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By Una Hajdari with AFP Published on 30/06/2026 – 16:24 GMT+2 Finland on Tuesday pulled the plug on analogue landline phone calls after almost 150 years, the latest country to push forward in a global transition towards digital infrastructure. Estonia, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain have already made the jump as countries across the world roll out fibre optic cable that can handle both internet services and voice calls. Finland’s fixed-line network began operating in the 1880s, but like everywhere else the digital revolution has swallowed up the old technology based on copper wires. And the Nordic country, home of mobile phone pioneer…
Updated: 30/06/2026 – 15:33 GMT+2 Euronews Culture spoke to EY Global Vice Chair Julie Linn Teigland at Cannes Lions about the next phase of AI. From personalised customer experiences to the importance of human judgement, she explained why the future of AI will depend on balancing technology with human creativity. … More
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Published on 30/06/2026 – 15:52 GMT+2•Updated 15:53 Ukraine and France are negotiating a license for SCALP missiles to be produced in Ukraine, Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov revealed, adding that Kyiv is making progress in the talks. France’s SCALP cruise missiles are equivalent to the British Storm Shadow, with a range of up to 250 km. Paris first agreed to transfer them to Ukraine in July 2023, at the NATO summit in Vilnius. Since then, Kyiv has deployed SCALP missiles in strikes against targets in Russia and occupied Crimea. “There is indeed progress but it is still too early to say,…
US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and senior adviser Jared Kushner arrived in Doha to meet Qatari mediators, the Gulf state’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday, as Washington’s negotiating team returned to the region for the latest round of talks to end the Iran war. “Mr Steve Witfoff and Mr Jared Kushner are here in Doha to meet with mediators, with Qatari officials,” foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari said. The talks will be around all regional issues… including, of course, negotiations with Iran, but also including Lebanon,” he added. “They are not here for their negotiations with the Iranians.”…
Published on 30/06/2026 – 14:59 GMT+2 Paris-based biotechnology company Abivax, which develops treatments for chronic inflammatory diseases, saw its shares jump 36% on Tuesday after releasing new data on its lead drug candidate, obefazimod. The latest results from the maintenance phase of its Phase 3 ABTECT trial showed the experimental oral treatment provided“clinically meaningful improvements” for adults with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, including patients whose disease had previously failed to respond to treatment. After 44 weeks, 37.2% of patients who had not responded during the initial treatment phase achieved clinical remission, meaning their symptoms had largely disappeared, while 34.5%…
Published on 30/06/2026 – 15:26 GMT+2 The UK’s competition regulator has opened a consultation that could force Apple and Google to loosen their grip on how UK customers pay for apps. The move is designed to bring down prices and spur innovation in the country’s tech sector. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Tuesday it was consulting on new conduct requirements for the two companies under the UK’s digital markets competition regime, targeting restrictions that currently stop app developers from directing customers towards cheaper payment options outside Apple and Google’s own platforms. The CMA designated Apple and Google’s…
“It’s a very cheap cup of coffee,” they added. The EU’s next €2 trillion budget — which will come into force at the start of 2028 — will have to be topped up to cover the costs of new members joining. The Commission issued its financial proposal for Montenegro’s accession to the EU on June 30. It must now be agreed by EU countries before the start of financial negotiations between Brussels and Montenegro. “Today’s package is another concrete step towards Montenegro’s future in our Union. We are getting Montenegro, Member States and our institutions ready,” the president of the European Commission,…
Haro in northern Spain is covered in red as thousands take part in the town’s annual wine battle in La Rioja. Armed with buckets, hoses and spray bottles, revellers soak each other with wine in the streets. As the day goes on, people climb the hill and gather at viewpoints for photos, group shots and a moment to rest. At the top, visitors pose by statues and wave flags. The festival mixes chaos and celebration, with music, dancing and constant splashes of wine creating a lively atmosphere.
At this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the spotlight was firmly on how brands are navigating an ever-changing media landscape increasingly shaped by AI, internet culture, and moments that can go viral overnight for entirely unexpected reasons. Among the executives in attendance was Dorothée Gardon, the Global Marketing Strategy & Integrated Media Director at IKEA, who spoke to Euronews Culture about how the company is navigating innovation, affordability, and viral culture in an increasingly fast-moving media landscape. One of the most unexpected examples of that intersection came earlier this year, when a tiny baby Japanese macaque named Punch…