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By Euronews Published on 24/09/2025 – 13:46 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT An old video of a march in Warsaw to mark Poland’s independence day has resurfaced online, with social media users falsely claiming that it depicts mass protests in Paris against the French government. One post, for example, says that 250,000 French people took to the streets against the government’s cuts to healthcare spending and public holidays. Before being ousted in a no-confidence vote, France’s (now former) Prime Minister François Bayrou had planned a raft of budget cuts, including the removal of two public holidays, to try to slash France’s €3 trillion debt.…
An Auckland woman who ran a business supplying workers to harvest fruit and vegetables for growers was sentenced to home detention for close to $1.5 million in tax evasion.Haitelenisia Kaumaevae appeared for sentencing in the Pukekohe District Court on September 23 after pleading guilty to four representative charges of tax evasion for aiding and abetting the company M&H Kaumavae Ltd.Based on returns filed by defence counsel in November last year, Kaumavae evaded $1,487,359 in GST, PAYE, and income tax.Inland Revenue (IR) said the case was a “wilful example” of repeated fraud, depriving the wider public of a substantial sum of…
ADVERTISEMENT The European Commission is working on a new proposal to impose tariffs on the Russian oil that still enters the single market via Hungary and Slovakia amid mounting pressure from Donald Trump to cut off all energy ties with Moscow for good. The extra duties are meant to increase material costs for both nations and, therefore, stimulate the urgency to find alternative suppliers. “We will in due course present what we have on mind with this,” Olof Gill, the Commission’s deputy spokesperson, said on Wednesday, noting the initiative will be separate from the 19th package of sanctions currently on…
Dr Anna Breman has been named as the new Governor of the Reserve Bank. Breman had served as a deputy Governor of Sweden’s Riksbank – its central bank – since 2019.“Dr Breman comes to New Zealand with an impressive blend of technical skills and organisational leadership experience,” Finance Minister Nicola Willis said.Breman will be the first woman to hold the role. History-making appointment as Willis introduces central bank’s new governor – Watch on TVNZ+Breman holds a PhD in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics, and had previously been a group chief economist at Swedbank. She has also worked at…
Published on 24/09/2025 – 13:20 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT EU member states diluted water rules — enabling up to ten times more chemical pollution arising from medicines to be permitted in groundwater compared with an original European Commission proposal — when the institutions finalised an update to the Water Framework Directive on Tuesday. Member states also downgraded a proposal to set a broad cap on the amount of pharmaceuticals acceptable in groundwater, narrowing the rules to cover specific substances and leaving others unregulated. The 2000 Water Framework Directive of groundwater, rivers and lakes, provides for supervision and monitoring of the ecology and…
Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced Dr Anna Breman as the new Governor of the Reserve Bank this afternoon.Breman will be the first woman to hold the role, and will start her five-year term on December 1.For a replay of Willis’ announcement, watch the video above.Today’s announcement came after a turbulent time at the central bank.In March, then Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr resigned. In June, it was reported his resignation was attributed to a “distressing” disagreement over the central bank’s funding.Also in June, Willis criticised the Reserve Bank over sharing information surrounding Orr’s resignation.By August, Reserve Bank board chair Neil…
ADVERTISEMENT The EU has lifted a halt on poultry imports from Brazil four months after they were stopped because of an avian flu outbreak. The European Commission has begun gradually lifting the temporary restrictions on imports of poultry products from Brazil, an EU executive spokesperson confirmed to Euronews on Tuesday. “Providing the epidemiological status remains stable, the second step, as from the 2 October, will be the lifting of restrictions on the state of Rio Grande do Sul (except the 10 km radius around the outbreak which will be finally re-opened by 16th October),” the spokesperson added. Brazil has…
A driver stopped in west Auckland because officers recognised that he was forbidden to drive was found to have a loaded gun, cash and drugs in his car. Police uncovered a sizeable amount of methamphetamine. (Source: Supplied)Police initially signalled a 36-year-old man to stop early yesterday morning “because they knew he was forbidden to drive and breaching the conditions of his bail”, Inspector Kelly Farrant said.When they then began their search of the car they allegedly discovered the loaded sawn-off shotgun, meth and $5000 cash.The sawn-off shotgun. (Source: Supplied)The arrest was made by Henderson beat team members on Arawa St,…
ADVERTISEMENT A report showing the online prevalence of Kremlin-friendly narratives blaming Ukraine for this month’s incursion of drones into Polish airspace is being misrepresented as showing that Poles mainly hold Kyiv responsible for the incident. Analysts at Res Futura, a Polish NGO specialised in information security, gathered as many as 179,000 Polish social media posts and comments in the aftermath of the September incursion, and found that 38% of those comments blamed Ukraine while 34% blamed Russia. This, according to Res Futura, was driven by an “organised disinformation campaign” coordinated by pro-Russian accounts, aimed at sowing distrust in the Polish…
Kawerau is, once again, suffering from unpleasant odours — this time described as a chemical smell like burning rubber or plastic.People have reported having trouble breathing from the smell, which has haunted the town since Sunday and was continuing to disturb the community on Tuesday.Fingers have been pointed at people burning rubbish and the town’s industrial sector, but Bay of Plenty Regional Council, which has responded to the reports, said yesterday afternoon that it was still investigating.Compliance team leader Trudy Richards said, since Sunday, the council had received 26 calls to its 24/7 Pollution Hotline regarding strong, unpleasant odours.”The first…