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By Euronews with IJF Published on 29/08/2026 – 8:39 GMT+2 Welcome back to the IJF World Tour, and for the first time to Lausanne, Switzerland! Before the tournament, at the IOC building, Olympic judo legends took a chance to sign the commemorative wall. And International Judo Federation President Mr Marius Vizer took time to greet some potential future Olympians at a local masterclass. Inside the Vaudoise Arena, a special tournament began, adaptive judo athletes competed side by side on the same mats as the world’s best judoka for the very first time. And having had their moment in the spotlight. The…
Published on 29/08/2026 – 9:00 GMT+2 Icelanders are voting today on whether to resume their EU accession bid or shelve the prospect of joining the bloc for the foreseeable future. Polling stations are open from 9am to 10pm local time, with voters deciding whether to return to membership negotiations or reject even exploring what a deal would look like. A “Yes” vote would not commit Iceland to joining the EU, but it would reopen accession talks, with any eventual membership deal put to another referendum. Iceland applied to join the bloc in 2009, in the wake of its financial crisis.…
Military-run Guinea-Bissau will hold a referendum on Sunday on a constitutional change that would give the president more powers ahead of a general election meant to restore civilian rule later this year. This new constitution was presented by transitional, unelected bodies that emerged from the military coup d’état last November. Bubacar Turé, who heads the Guinean League for Human Rights, told Euronews that at this stage, only the “yes” camp is running an official campaign and is doing so “in all regions.” “There is a campaign under way led by the military, their political supporters and also some senior figures…
Lace up your boots. UK Google searches for the term “walking holiday” have increased by 60% year-on-year as more travellers discover the joys of immersive, slower travel. And a walking holiday could be one of the most rewarding ways to experience Europe’s most popular places this autumn – both for you and the destinations you’re visiting. Is walking the answer to overtourism? “Overtourism isn’t just about numbers – it’s about concentration,” says walking holiday specialist and Greek resident Annie Antonatou. Her trips include the island of Santorini, Greece’s busiest cruise port outside Athens. She says walking holidays here provide a…
French far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon has proposed to cancel a large chunk of France’s public debt, namely the 18 percent that is currently held by the country’s central bank. The rationale is to unlock money for public spending, but is this is even feasible? Mélenchon, currently a candidate for the presidential elections in April 2027, and seen as a front-runner, first floated the idea during the COVID 19 pandemic and revived the controversial call this month while on the campaign trail. “All we have to do is take the 18% held by the Bank of France and chuck it in…
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Germany is falling behind in its race to refill its gas storage facilities before winter, prompting calls for stronger incentives to accelerate injections. High market prices have slowed the refilling of Germany’s storage facilities, putting the country’s target at risk. “If storage injections continue at their current pace, Germany will not meet the statutory storage filling requirements by 1 November,” Sebastian Heinermann, managing director of the gas-storage association INES, told Euronews Business. German storage facilities were approximately 51.5% full on 25 August, compared with around 69% a year earlier. Germany is required to reach an aggregate filling level of 70%…
Former Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves, an influential voice in the European security debate, told Euronews he is sceptical that the US dispatched CIA Director John Ratcliffe to warn Russia against escalation, arguing that Washington remains more concerned about Iran. In an exclusive interview with Euronews, Ilves said he had “severe doubts” that concerns over the Baltic states were the reason for Ratcliffe’s visit, despite a flurry of reports suggesting Washington wanted to send Moscow a message against any form of aggression. “What is the real problem for the United States right now? The real problem is Iran, the fact…
Several hundred tonnes of fish died in August in one of Hungary’s largest fish farm complexes at Rétimajor, south of Budapest. This fishpond system, with a water surface of around 800 hectares, is what remains of the former Sárrét marshlands. Its current owner, Ferenc Lévai, privatised it in 1994 and has since been running it as a continuously developed, integrated agri-tourism estate, although its main source of income is still fish farming. The fishpond system, made up of shallow, nutrient-rich lakes of varying depth, reedbeds, islands and muddy shorelines, provides a uniquely concentrated and hard-to-replace habitat for water birds. The…
Spain has received the European Union’s green light to temporarily cut taxes on petrol and diesel below the bloc’s normal minimum levels to lower fuel prices for households and businesses hit by the Middle East energy crisis, an official European Commission document reveals. The EU normally sets minimum excise-duty rates for petrol and diesel. Countries can tax fuel above those floors, but going below the EU minimum requires specific flexibilities under the EU’s Energy Taxation law, which Spain secured from July to September because of the exceptional energy crisis triggered by the US and Israel’s war on Iran and the…