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Published on 25/06/2026 – 15:41 GMT+2 The European Commission said on Thursday that Microsoft and Amazon’s cloud services should fall under a strict regulatory regime, at least on a preliminary basis, as Brussels tries to make the cloud market fair and contestable while promoting European providers. The decision means Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services – the two largest cloud service providers, accounting for roughly 60 percent of the European market – should be subject to the obligations and prohibitions of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the law designed to curb anti-competitive practices by dominant companies. Notably absent from the…
Legendary Congolese and French rapper Youssoupha joined content creators, media professionals and young audiences in Brussels for a conversation about the issues shaping a new generation for African youths, from music and culture to mental health and social media. The gathering formed part of the Kouman x Brussels initiative built around the popular Ivorian podcast “Laissons Parler les Gens,” which uses digital storytelling, humour and culture to invite conversations on issues affecting young Africans and their engagement online. Youssoupha acknowledged cyberbullying, harassment and bullying formed part of the challenges of today’s digital age, but he urged young people to focus…
By Euronews Published on 25/06/2026 – 14:40 GMT+2 This week, paragliders are filling the skies above Kazakhstan’s Zhetysu region. Located in the southwest of the country, the area is considered one of top flying destinations and is gaining international recognition since paragliding in Kazakhstan is no longer just a tourist activity. This summer, the country is hosting the first Paragliding World Cup in Central Asia, bringing together around 150 pilots from 33 countries. Behind the prestigious event is the Virshki family, who have spent more than 15 years helping develop paragliding in Kazakhstan and promoting extreme sports in the country. Igor…
By Pilar Montero Lopez Published on 24/06/2026 – 13:20 GMT+2•Updated 25/06/2026 – 14:49 GMT+2 Every major technological revolution brings unpredictable consequences that are hard to come to terms with. In the case of artificial intelligence, the debate among artists no longer revolves around whether it should exist but how it should be used. Javier Bardem has repeatedly made clear his criticism of this technology because, in his view, it has an enormous capacity to manipulate reality. Now he’s joined fellow actor Cate Blanchett, a driving force behind a project called rslmedia.org and its new free online platform which acts as a…
The party conference is taking place at a politically charged moment for the AfD, which leads national polling at about 28 percent support, ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democrats at about 22 percent. Party conferences are the AfD’s highest decision-making gatherings, where delegates set the group’s direction, shape its program and make key personnel decisions ahead of election campaigns. The stakes are especially high this year. In September, the AfD has a strong chance of winning a plurality in the eastern states of Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern — two races that could further test Germany’s political firewall against the far…
The EU Pay Transparency Directive was to enter into force on June 7, and it requires employers to disclose pay ranges before hiring, report on gender pay gaps, and take corrective action when those gaps exceed 5 percent without justification. Workers will know what a role pays before they apply, and the burden of proof in discrimination cases shifts onto employers. The figures behind the law remain stark. Eurostat data shows women’s average gross hourly earnings across the EU stood 11.1 percent below men’s in 2024, a gap that has barely budged in a decade. “Same job, same performance, same…
The word “microplastics” appeared for the first time in 2004, coined by Richard Thompson, now a marine biology professor at the University of Plymouth. Over the past 22 years, microplastics have gained increasing attention from researchers eager to understand their impacts on the environment and the human body. But how much do we actually know about microplastics? Euronews Tech Talks collected this and more questions from the audience and posed them to Heather Leslie, an independent scientist from Amsterdam, and Francesco Regoli, vice rector for research at the Polytechnic University of Marche. What are microplastics? Microplastics are tiny plastic fragments…
“These services will only continue to grow in importance, which is why it is essential that we ensure a well-functioning and competitive market,” Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera said in a statement. Designation under the DMA — a bespoke regime that imposes a set of do’s and don’ts on Big Tech service providers — would oblige the companies to make it easier and cheaper for customers to switch to rival providers or to use more than one, and to drop practices that regulators deem unfair. The Commission is also conducting a third procedure to determine whether the DMA checklist, largely designed…
Published on 25/06/2026 – 11:11 GMT+2 The Barcelona provincial prosecutor’s office has agreed to process a complaint against Pilar Rahola on charges of incitement to hatred and complicity in genocide related to the Gaza war. The legal action was brought by two activists from the Socialist Youth Organisation (OJS) of Catalonia. The activists were already known to Rahola. They threw red paint over her during a lecture organised by the Fundació Martí l’Humà in La Garriga in October 2024. The pair faced their own charges over that incident. The public prosecutor has opened pre-trial investigative proceedings, preliminary steps before any…
Published on 25/06/2026 – 12:42 GMT+2 Called Starfall, the spacecraft quietly lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday on a test mission. Here is everything we know about the mission. The launch caught many space enthusiasts off guard, with SpaceX revealing virtually nothing about Starfall beforehand, and that secrecy carried through to launch day when the company abruptly cut its webcast just ten minutes after liftoff. The launch comes as news broke that SpaceX boss Elon Musk lost his trillionaire status on Wednesday after stocks in his companies, SpaceX and Tesla, dropped following an initially successful public offering.…