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Iranians began to regain internet access on Wednesday after authorities ended a monthslong shutdown, one of the world’s longest and strictest national shutdowns, following the United States’ and Israel attack on Iran on 28 February. Their decision to lift some restrictions this week came as negotiators appeared to be closing in on a more permanent truce as representatives from the US and Iran engaged to finalise a potential deal. But many Iranians fear access could be cut off again – at a moment’s notice. On Wednesday many users said service was slow and spotty in some areas, with apps like…
Take a look at almost any travel bucket list and Machu Picchu is likely to feature prominently. But visiting Peru’s famed 15th-century Inca citadel is becoming increasingly challenging, with tourists facing overcrowding, long queues and unreliable transport services. Now, a global heritage foundation that works to improve conditions at famous archaeological sites has offered to work with Peruvian authorities on the iconic site. The announcement by the New7Wonders foundation comes months after it warned last September that a designation of one of the New Seven Wonders of the World – given to Machu Picchu in 2007 – was at risk…
Value-added services are designed to enhance applicant convenience and are developed in “consultation with, and approved by, client governments,” added the company. All nine EU governments that responded to Lighthouse Reports’ requests for comment said they issued sanctions against VFS where appropriate and took allegations of aggressive upselling seriously. Still, seven of the respondents noted they were generally pleased with the practice of outsourcing visa applications, and two said they were specifically happy with their cooperation with VFS. When approached with the findings of this investigation, the European Commission said that, due to EU countries’ growing reliance on VFS and…
By Michaela Küchler, Secretary General of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Published on 28/05/2026 – 7:33 GMT+2 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Cultural theorist Aleida Assmann has suggested that “communicative memory” – the kind passed directly from those who lived through events – lasts for around eighty years. At first, that sounds like an academic observation. But eight decades on from the Holocaust it feels more immediate. We are living through the very moment she described: the point at which memory begins to…
Published on 28/05/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 Hospitality brand Ennismore has opened its first Morgans Originals hotel in India. Described as a “luxury lifestyle” property, the all-suite Roswyn, A Morgans Originals Hotel has launched in Mumbai close to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. Aimed at guests staying for work, stopovers or extended visits in Mumbai, Roswyn’s accommodation has been designed as full living spaces, rather than traditional hotel rooms. The hotel’s 109 suites start from 80 square metres and each includes a study, lounge, kitchenette and home bar, and bedroom. The interiors were created by Paris-based designer Daphné Desjeux, who drew…
Is your hot girl – or guy – summer getting a little too literal? Following one of the hottest May’s on record, who isn’t longing to sit very still in the shade, by a large body of cool water, wearing probably as little as possible. But in a cruel twist of fate, many of us are stuck in the offices, melting as the mercury keeps rising. If your brain is simply too addled by the constant planning of how to keep your electrolytes up to be able to give heatwave office outfits any thought, we’re here to help. Loose clothing:…
Eigentlich klingt es simpel und gerecht: gleicher Lohn für gleiche Arbeit. Aber die neue Entgelttransparenz-Richtlinie der EU droht zu einem Bürokratiemonster für deutsche Unternehmen zu werden. Künftig soll jeder Beschäftigte das Recht haben zu erfahren, was Kollegen in gleichwertigen Positionen verdienen. Gordon Repinski bespricht mit Maximilian Stascheit, warum Familienministerin Karin Prien die offizielle Umsetzungsfrist im Juni reißen wird , warum die Wirtschaft Sturm läuft und wie das Ministerium nun versucht, den Betrieben zumindest bis Ende nächsten Jahres Zeit zu verschaffen. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview verteidigt die ehemalige Familienministerin Lisa Paus (Grüne) die Richtlinie vehement. Sie argumentiert gegen die Blockadehaltung aus der Wirtschaft…
Europe’s far right is yet again under the microscope as a European Parliament watchdog moves to ban the Alternative for Germany’s EU party. On the show, Zoya Sheftalovich and Sarah Wheaton discuss how the far-right Europe of Sovereign Nations party — home to Germany’s AfD — risks losing EU funding and even its status as a political party. In a 300-page letter, the Authority for European Political Parties and Foundations cites evidence of anti-immigration, antisemitic and anti-LGBT rhetoric from its members. It argues this “casts doubt” on the ESN’s compliance with EU values. Next, we discuss how one of Europe’s…
LONDON — Nigel Farage was hoping to sabotage Labour’s leadership fight. But a former ally is now trying to eat into his vote from the right — with some significant online help. Next month’s Makerfield by-election looked set to be a head-to-head battle between Farage’s Reform UK and Andy Burnham — a Labour mayor who hopes the contest will provide a stepping-stone in his push to become prime minister. But a Survation poll released this weekend put Restore Britain — a relatively obscure party led by multimillionaire former football chairman Rupert Lowe — in third place. Campaigners who have been…
Relations between Blair and Starmer have been remote in recent months, according to a senior figure at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, the ex-PM’s sprawling policy and strategy consultancy. Having given up having much influence on the Starmer operation, Blair now “wants to rise above right or left and talk about the center much more broadly — what are the ideas Britain needs to thrive? He wants politics to look upwards and outwards. And whoever wants to take that forward, that’s up to them,” this person said. Protesters wearing Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson masks hold pictures of…