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Published on 07/05/2026 – 15:53 ​​GMT+2 One person has died and 43 were rescued when a migrant boat got into difficulties in the Aegean Sea, Turkish authorities said on Thursday, while an NGO accused the Greek coastguard of endangering the vessel. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The migrants were around 30 kilometers from the Greek island of Lesbos […]

Published on 07/05/2026 – 15:01 GMT+2•Updated 3:34 p.m Member states of the European Union and the European Parliament reached a provisional deal to simplify the bloc’s artificial intelligence (AI) rules as part of an omnibus package. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The tentative agreement includes a delay for some major obligations for AI systems to prevent legal and […]

During a keynote speech in Berlin, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul called for the EU’s inanimity principle to be scrapped. Instead, a “qualified majority” should be enough, he said at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on Wednesday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The move would effectively abolish the veto power that currently allows any one of the blocks 27 […]

The European Commission is considering suspending methane fines for oil and gas producers during gas shortages, emergency storage situations, or major oil supply shocks, according to a leaked document seen by Euronews. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The draft text, circulated to EU member states, says penalties should not jeopardize gas or oil supplies during periods of market […]

ByEdward Wolter Published on 07/05/2026 – 12:28 GMT+2 Reinhold Würth describes the period from 1945 to 2026 as Germany’s 80 golden years, without war, with increasing prosperity and a functioning democracy. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “My professional development and career can also be compared with the development of the Federal Republic of Germany. My father Adolf was […]

Published on 07/05/2026 – 12:27 GMT+2•Updated 12:28 Voters across Britain are casting their ballots in local elections today, choosing councils and mayors in parts of England, and parliaments in Scotland and Wales. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The vote comes at a tumultuous time in British politics, with the long-standing dominance of Labor and the Conservatives increasingly under […]

ByProf. Dr. hc mult. Reinhold Würth, Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group Published on 07/05/2026 – 12:00 GMT+2 In April 2026, I celebrated my 91st birthday. At the end of World War II, I was 10 years old, which gave me the opportunity to experience the golden years of the German […]

Around 90 million people in the European Union live with a disability. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “It could be you, it could be me,” Hadja Lahbib, European Commissioner for Equality, told Euronews’ flagship morning show, Europe Today. Lahbib presented the European Commission’s “Enhancing the Strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities up to 2030” communication, a […]

This is the story of a professor of language science who mistook his grandiose dreams for reality. Between an oversized ego and digital stagecraft, this is the tale of an academic hoax that will, for him, be settled in court. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Florent Montaclairaged 56, is currently the subject of an investigation opened by the […]

Published on 07/05/2026 – 10:44 GMT+2 Several drones entered Latvian airspace from Russia overnight, with two of them crashing and one causing a brief fire at an oil depot, the army said on Thursday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “Several unmanned aerial vehicles entered Latvian airspace” the army of the EU and NATO member bordering Russia said in […]