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Hunters account for less than 1 percent of Italy’s population, and polls suggest around eight in 10 Italians regard hunting as dangerous or unethical. The government’s determination to push ahead with the reform regardless has drawn attention as a potential play to woo conservative voters — particularly with Meloni now facing pressure from a new nationalist movement belonging to retired General Roberto Vannacci. “We considered it essential to revise legislation that is more than 30 years old and adapt it to an environmental and hunting context that has changed considerably,” Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Luca De Carlo told POLITICO, rejecting…
Published on 15/07/2026 – 8:01 GMT+2 Euronews’ Sasha Vakulina reports from Kyiv on Ukraine’s government reshuffle, the political implications of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s reset and the country’s efforts to strengthen its air defences amid intensified Russian attacks.Jorge Liboreiro reports from Kyiv as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen prepares to announce a new support package for Ukraine, including fresh funding, progress on EU accession and a new agreement on drone production.World Food Programme Executive Director Carl Skau joins Europe Today to discuss the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and how the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are threatening…
The digital divide in artificial intelligence adoption between the Global North and Global South is widening, Microsoft’s chief responsible AI officer told Euronews Next. “We cannot let the digital divide become an even greater AI divide,” warned Natasha Crampton, who is also a former member of the UN’s High-Level Advisory Body on AI. Speaking on the sidelines of last week’s UN AI for Good Summit in Geneva, she laid out a vision for bridging the gap. Calls for AI sovereignty have swept the floors of tech conferences, particularly since the Trump administration forced Anthropic to exclude non-US citizens from using…
As millions of holidaymakers take to the skies this summer, aviation authorities are renewing warnings over one of the most common items found in travellers’ luggage. Passengers are being urged not to pack power banks, vapes and other lithium battery-powered devices in checked bags following a sharp rise in battery-related incidents on aircraft. The warning comes as airlines in Europe and around the world tighten their own rules amid growing concerns over the fire risk posed by faulty lithium batteries in the cargo hold. The British Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has revealed that the fire risk posed by this type…
Friedrich Merz stellt sich heute der Sommerpressekonferenz. Statt neuer Angriffsflächen will er vor allem Stabilität vermitteln und seine jüngsten Kompromisse als Erfolge der demokratischen Mitte verkaufen, analysieren Gordon Repinski und Rasmus Buchsteiner. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview kritisiert der CDU-Außenpolitiker Roderich Kiesewetter Trumps wankelmütige Iran-Politik und drohende Zölle für die Straße von Hormus. Statt kurzfristiger Wirtschaftsinteressen fordert Kiesewetter den strategischen Stopp iranischer Finanzströme und eine konsequente Entwaffnung der Hisbollah. Unterdessen greift im Auswärtigen Amt von Johann Wadephul eine neue Sprachregelung. Sonderzeichen wie Gendersternchen, Unterstriche oder Doppelpunkte sind ab sofort im amtlichen Schriftverkehr und im Intranet untersagt. Das Ministerium verliert sich in bürokratischen Leitfäden…
Cuba suffered another blackout of the National Electric System, or SEN, on Tuesday, leaving the entire island country without power, officials said, in what was the third such incident in less than two weeks as a US oil embargo stresses the island’s grid. Since January, when US President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on any nation that supplies or sells oil to the island, fuel has been scarce across Cuba, exacerbating the island’s continuing financial and economic crises. Public transportation has largely been halted, and officials have cancelled tens of thousands of surgeries. Cuba produces only 40% of the…
By Kirsten Ripper & Euronews with AP Published on 15/07/2026 – 6:05 GMT+2 The Swiss have only just finished collectively celebrating the success of their national side which – unlike the German national team – at least reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup, before going out to Argentina. People in Switzerland clearly know that a lost match is not the end of the world, as 80 percent of them are nevertheless looking to the coming year with confidence. That is the finding of a new survey. Commissioned by the insurance company Helvetia Baloise, it questioned 1,866 people in German- and French-speaking Switzerland. “Our study…
European allies are moving to help strengthen Ukraine as Kyiv ups the pressure in its war against Russia. As a part of that push, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and a group of EU leaders are making a surprise trip to Kyiv to push through a string of new defense initiatives. Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart discuss these packages set to be announced today. Next: As of today you can walk from Spain into the British territory of Gibraltar and barely notice you’ve crossed a border. We take a look at one of the loose ends of Brexit that is finally being tied up. Lastly,…
“Putin always escalated when he felt he was in trouble … the most natural escalation is the provocation,” said Kasparov, a former world chess champion who is now one of the Kremlin’s most prominent exiled critics. Kasparov said he expects such a move could involve an incursion into a country on NATO’s eastern flank, such as Latvia or Estonia, intended to test whether other members of the alliance — and particularly the United States — would respond. He pointed to recently proposed legal changes by the Russian government making it easier to mobilize troops by eliminating the medical examination previously…
Few in Westminster believe that Farage will lose on Aug. 13. Clacton is as close to diehard Farage territory as it gets (he won 46 percent of the vote at the last general election). But how the ploy affects his standing with the nation at large is another matter. In the poll, 45 percent said the by-election bid will damage Farage’s image, compared to 27 percent who thought it would aid his reputation. By a margin of 29 points, a majority of respondents sided with the by-election being a pointless waste of time and money (56 percent disapprove of the…