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Published on 17/07/2026 – 16:41 GMT+2•Updated 16:42 Hungary has taken significant steps to restore the rule of law in the two months since Prime Minister Péter Magyar took office, the European Commission said in a report presented on Friday. The new government has launched “intense reform efforts”, with several legislative changes already advanced, according to the report, which describes the progress made as “impressive” given the short time since the change of government. “You have a very radical change compared with last year’s report. Things have moved very, very quickly in the right direction,” a senior EU official told Euronews.…
Updated: 17/07/2026 – 11:14 GMT+2 US Navy Blue Angels jets flew low over a crowded Florida beach, startling beachgoers as chairs and tents were blown away and children covered their ears. The dramatic flyover sparked renewed debate over the safety of low-altitude military demonstrations. … More
Published on 17/07/2026 – 13:37 GMT+2 Wine drinkers looking for outside validation have a new source for intel, if not debate. Last week, Michelin – the tyre company-turned-global rater of restaurants – released its inaugural winery guide. The Michelin Grape Selection began with one of the world’s most famous wine regions: Burgundy. But almost as soon as Michelin expanded into the millennia-old world of wine, its first ratings ran into trouble. Shortly after Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux discovered it had been awarded one Michelin ‘grape’ – the entry-level distinction in Michelin’s three-tier ranking for wine estates – the Burgundy producer returned it.…
BERLIN – Der Großteil der Industrie zeigt sich enttäuscht nach der Vorstellung der Änderungen am ETS. Nur die Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer (DIHK) lobt die Vorschläge größtenteils als Entlastung. „Teils sinnvolle Signale“, kommentiert Holger Lösch, stellvertretender Hauptgeschäftsführer des Bundesverbands der Deutschen Industrie (BDI). Die Vorschläge lieferten „aber weder ausreichende Voraussetzungen für Investitionen […], noch eine überzeugende Antwort auf die fortschreitende Deindustrialisierung“. „Die Pläne der EU-Kommission sind gefährliche Augenwischerei und riskieren, den Industrieumbau zu einem brutalen Industrieabbau zu machen“, sagte VCI-Hauptgeschäftsführer Wolfgang Große Entrup. Klimaschutz dürfe nicht zur Deindustrialisierung führen. Der ETS-Review bleibe „weit hinter den Erwartungen der energieintensiven Industrien zurück“,…
Poland’s conservative President Karol Nawrocki on Friday vetoed a bill to legalise civil partnerships, he announced in a statement. The legislation had been proposed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s centrist government ahead of last year’s parliamentary elections in Poland. “I have always emphasised that nothing that is a quasi-marriage can count on my support,” Nawrocki said on X. “As the guardian of the Constitution, I cannot accept a solution that would lead to the loss of the special status of marriage defined… as a union of a woman and a man.” The bill, first submitted to parliament last December, aimed…
According to state media, at least nine people had been rescued as emergency teams continued to search through rock, mud and debris. The landslide hit at around 9:08 a.m. local time after heavy rainfall triggered the collapse of a mountainside near the Wujiang River. Hundreds of residents were evacuated as authorities cordoned off the area, assessed nearby buildings for further risk and worked to prevent secondary collapses. Rescuers deployed more than 50 sets of search and detection equipment, while excavators cleared debris around damaged apartment blocks. Images from the scene showed large slabs of rock crashing into homes, with two…
Published on 17/07/2026 – 15:18 GMT+2•Updated 15:26 The European Commission urged changes in a report on Friday to improve the competitiveness of the bloc’s banking sector, laying the political groundwork for what could become a substantial overhaul of EU banking rules to unlock billions in capital. Despite a decade of progress under the Banking Union, Europe’s banking market remains fragmented along national borders. The Commission argues that this limits the banking sector’s ability to support businesses and households across the EU. The report proposes measures to encourage more cross-border banking, simplifying supervisory rules and deepen the integration of EU capital…
The 2026 World Cup is about to end, with two more matches left to play. Tomorrow sees France face England to secure the third-spot, while the final on Sunday will see Argentina battle it out against Spain. It’s been memorable tournament co-hosted by United States, Canada and Mexico, with plenty of moments going viral online. Some for the right reasons, others much less so. While Japanese fans cleaning up stadiums, Scottish food requests, and Erling Haaland being a gem of a man have provided much joy, some celebrations were overshadowed by scandals even before kick off. There’s been exorbitant ticket…
Burnham plans to tour places where Labour’s vote has tanked this summer, including the steel town of Port Talbot in south Wales and the oil and gas city of Aberdeen, speaking to ordinary people in high streets and work canteens. He will also increase the role for political press officers in No. 10 — giving journalists more political narrative to supplement lines from the civil service — and focus more on broadcast and alternative media. But beyond the vibes in the media, Burnham will have a mammoth task in trying to convert his message of hope into government policy. The…
Our journey starts at the farm of Georg Bockmaier. Usually he grows potatoes and cereals, just as his father and grandfather did. Grasbrunn, Bockmaier’s village in the outskirts of Munich, witnesses unusual activities: heavy machinery is brought in, a construction crew from Slovakia is building an agricultural photovoltaic (agri-PV) installation including a sophisticated solar tracking system on the field behind the Bockmaier farm. We’re in Bavaria, a region in southern Germany that’s regarded as a real hot-spot for start-ups, in particular when it comes to innovative smart farming solutions. Feld.energy is one of them. The ambitious start-up was founded two…