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By Euronews Persian Published on 03/09/2026 – 17:43 GMT+2•Updated 17:49 An Iranian café chain boss has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison and had all his property confiscated by the state for supporting the January protests, in one of the harshest sentences handed down to an entrepreneur in connection with the unrest. Sadegh Saeedinia, manager of the Saeedinia café chain, was convicted on charges including “media and propaganda activities against national security,” “conducting propaganda against the system,” and “taking operational action on behalf of hostile groups.” He will also be barred from working in the café sector for…
Published on 03/09/2026 – 19:39 GMT+2 If you walk through the centre of Lisbon from this Thursday, the 3rd, until the 13th, you run the risk of hearing screams coming from a cinema: another horror marathon is kicking off with the return of MOTELX, this time in an expanded format. For the first time, the festival runs for ten days and gains extra space by adding a second venue, the Cinemateca Portuguesa, to its usual home at Cinema São Jorge. This growth has a clear reason, as there is a round-number anniversary to celebrate: the 20th edition. The festival, directed…
The deepening crisis at Germany’s largest company comes at a terrible time for Merz, who promised to reform the economy and revitalize the country’s industrial base when he took power in 2025. Instead, automotive suppliers, chemical companies and other manufacturing firms are bleeding jobs, energy prices are high and the country is facing a growing wave of Chinese exports that threaten to gut important industries. All of those worries are coalescing around VW, an industrial powerhouse that employs over 280,000 people in Germany. “The crisis at VW is affecting the mood across the whole country. VW embodies German social capitalism like…
Former French socialist President François Hollande published his newest book on Thursday entitled “Unite. New World, New Left”, in which he outlined a series of 80 proposals for France’s political future — a move widely seen as an effort to appeal to centrist voters. Although his book may read like a manifesto, Hollande is keeping his cards close to his chest: stating that he will wait until December before announcing his decision about whether he will run for the country’s highest office or not. For now, Hollande will not participate in the left-wing primary set to take place in October,…
A Russian government decree requiring owners of chickens, camels, reindeer and the like to register their animals took effect on Tuesday, triggering a wave of public mockery and a minor administrative crisis as Russians began turning up at government service centres with live birds. Videos on social media showed people with chickens in tow waiting in queues, taking numbered tickets and lining up at counters. Some residents dressed their birds up before bringing them in. Bloggers and social media users quickly compared it to the satirical fiction of Gogol, a writer who specialised in skewering the absurdities of Russian bureaucracy.…
The law against ultra-fast fashion, which came into force on Tuesday, is “not discriminatory” and is primarily intended to “protect the environment and consumers”, a source in the French Foreign Trade and Attractiveness office, which comes under the Foreign Ministry, told Euronews on Thursday in response to accusations from Beijing. “It is in everyone’s interest, including China’s, to have a calm relationship with France, with the European Union, and a civil trade relationship”, the source said. At a press conference on Thursday, Chinese Commerce Ministry spokeswoman Huang Ling called for the suspension of the new French law known as the…
PARIS — Four U.S. space companies have decided not to participate in next week’s international space summit in Paris after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration pressured firms to ditch the event. Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, rocket maker Stoke Space and Starcloud, a startup that is trying to launch data centers in space, notified French authorities on Thursday that they were “canceling their participation” in the event, according to an official from the French ministry of higher education, research and space. “It is hard not to draw a connection to the rumors of pressure that have been circulating…
Published on 03/09/2026 – 16:54 GMT+2 The European Commission suspended imports of meat from Brazil on Thursday over concerns about antibiotic use, after Brasília failed to convince the EU executive that its products comply with European standards. The move comes as Brazilian meat imports lie at the heart of opposition to the free trade agreement signed in January 2026 by the Commission with Mercosur countries — Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. EU farmers accuse Latin American producers of failing to comply with the bloc’s phytosanitary and food safety standards, arguing that this gives Latin American products an unfair advantage on…
Published on 03/09/2026 – 18:26 GMT+2 Several incendiary devices were set off during the night outside Munich-based technology group Rohde & Schwarz and German drone manufacturer Helsing. Investigators currently believe that two of the devices ignited, while the third apparently did not. A witness called the police at around midnight after incendiary devices were thrown from a moving car at a building site on the street. Officers who arrived at the scene were able to extinguish the fire immediately. No major damage was reported. The suspects, a 38-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman, were then arrested. According to German public…
By Christina Molle with AFP Published on 03/09/2026 – 17:20 GMT+2 A first soon on France’s roads? On Wednesday 2 September, Paris authorised tests of Tesla self-driving cars on its roads. The Transport Minister, Philippe Tabarot, also spoke on Wednesday with Tesla boss Elon Musk about the decision. “With two vehicles being made available, we are now entering a new phase: that of on-road trials”, the minister said in a message posted on the social network X. Yet only in July, Paris had initially said it did not intend, at this stage, to authorise Tesla’s fully automated, supervised driving system, citing safety concerns.…