On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Spain’s Constitutional Court has rejected an appeal by the father of a 25-year-old paraplegic woman, upholding her right to access euthanasia, the court announced on Friday. This decision allows […]
Continue ReadingThe fine was the first under the DSA and was levied due to breaches in transparency obligations and the allegedly deceptive design of X’s blue checkmarks. Three cases were lodged against the Commission in the Court of Justice of the European Union’s docket on Feb. 16. One is from X Internet Unlimited Company and X […]
Continue ReadingMerz at the CDU party conference in Stuttgart.Image: keystone Feb 20, 2026, 1:37 p.mFeb 20, 2026, 1:37 p.m The German Chancellor and CDU leader Friedrich Merz has defended himself against criticism that he had set goals that were too ambitious after taking over government in May 2025. “Over the past few months, I have been […]
Continue ReadingThe airport had to stop operations in January because of the weather.Image: APA/VIENNA AIRPORT Heavy snowfall has caused major problems at Munich and Vienna airports. Munich Airport announced on its website that take-offs and landings could be delayed or canceled altogether. Feb 20, 2026, 1:11 p.mFeb 20, 2026, 1:11 p.m There had already been 100 […]
Continue ReadingHowever, he said that “despite this, Tottenham find themselves in crisis. They are fighting at the bottom of the table, just a few points from the relegation zone. Not because they lack resources, not because they lack benefits, but because they have squandered their opportunities.” Spurs are currently 16th in the 20-team Premier League, just […]
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Guanipa announces that he has been freed after “almost nine months” of imprisonment.
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Seven Chinese tourists and a bus driver are feared dead after a tourist bus driving across a frozen stretch of Lake Baikal in Russia’s Siberia plunged into the water […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 20/02/2026 – 12:34 GMT+1•Updated 12:35 European steel shipments to the US declined 30% between June and December 2025 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to recent Eurostat data compiled by Eurofer, the Brussels-based industry group. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The decline underscores the impact of the US’s 50% tariffs on EU steel, […]
Continue ReadingFeb 20, 2026, 12:33 p.mFeb 20, 2026, 12:33 p.m The German public TV broadcaster ZDF has dismissed its New York correspondent Nicola Albrecht with immediate effect after an incorrect report. Among other things, she reportedly used material generated with artificial intelligence (AI). Since January 1, 2025, Nicola Albrecht has been head of the ZDF correspondent […]
Continue ReadingAn Austrian court has convicted a man of manslaughter caused by gross negligence, after his girlfriend froze to death as the couple attempted to climb the country’s highest peak last year. The 37-year-old defendant was given a five-month suspended sentence and a 9,600-euro (£8,380) fine in a verdict handed down by the Innsbruck state court […]
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