Big tech platforms will once again be allowed to voluntarily scan private messages on social media platforms for child sexual abuse material (CSAM), after the European Parliament last week revived a derogation to e-Privacy rules that it had previously struck down in March. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING In what critics have described as a political maneuver using […]
Continue ReadingLatvia has become the latest focus of what EU governments describe as Belarusian President Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s campaign to use migration as a tool of political pressure against the bloc’s eastern frontier. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING After years in which Latvia, Lithuania and Poland shared the bulk of irregular crossings from Belarus, Latvian authorities say the pressure has […]
Continue ReadingUpdated: 17/07/2026 – 8:23 GMT+2 Violent storms brought giant hailstones, heavy rain and powerful winds to several parts of France. Videos show large hail battering homes and cars. The storms turned deadly, with two people killed in weather-related incidents as much of the country remained under weather alerts. …More
Continue ReadingPublished on 17/07/2026 – 7:30 GMT+2 Restricting Chinese access to the EU’s market of 450 million consumers could undermine Beijing’s export-driven economy and pose a risk to the country’s political stability, German liberal MEP Engin Eroglu, chair of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with China, told Euronews, arguing that China’s model is “flawed.” ADVERTISING […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 17/07/2026 – 7:30 GMT+2 Restricting Chinese access to the EU’s market of 450 million consumers could undermine Beijing’s export-driven economy and pose a risk to the country’s political stability, German liberal MEP Engin Eroglu, chair of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with China, told Euronews, arguing that China’s model is “flawed.” ADVERTISING […]
Continue ReadingThe last time that Ursula von der Leyen traveled to Kyiv, in late February, she arrived in the midst of a grueling winter. Ukraine was suffering widespread blackouts caused by Russian strikes. The population endured sub-zero temperatures without heating. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING This week, on her second trip this year, she declared upon arriving at the […]
Continue ReadingUpdated: 16/07/2026 – 20:26 GMT+2 Supporters welcomed France’s assisted dying law after parliament approved the landmark legislation, calling it “a huge relief” for people with incurable illnesses. The law still requires approval from France’s Constitutional Council. …More
Continue ReadingByGreta RuffinowithAFP Published on 16/07/2026 – 17:56 GMT+2 The European Union on Thursday ordered Google to share data with rival search engines and open up its Android operating system to compete AI services. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “Thanks to these measures we hope to see emerging alternatives to Google Search and Google’s AI services, such as Gemini, […]
Continue ReadingByGreta RuffinowithAFP Published on 16/07/2026 – 16:06 GMT+2 A UK court on Thursday sentenced two young men to prison over a 2024 cyberattack on London’s public transport operator that exposed the personal data of millions of customers in one of Britain’s largest data breaches. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Thalha Jubair, 20, from east London, and Owen Flowers, […]
Continue ReadingAnyone looking for an owner-occupied flat in a major German city will only get a handful of square meters for €390,000. In Kamsdorf, in the Thuringian district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, the same amount will buy an entire small village. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING It includes 15 single-storey buildings, each with around 100 square meters of floor space, plus […]
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