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Published on 03/10/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2 Across the EU, the number of hospitality venues is falling fastest in Hungary. Between 2021 and 2024 the decline was 6 percent, while 22 member states recorded growth. Looking at the past ten years, the situation is even more dramatic: 18.5 percent of hospitality businesses have disappeared. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to a recently published study (source in Hungarian), one reason for the worsening trend is that cheap, poor-quality lángos and goulash bars, geared towards foreign tourists and working with high margins, are pushing quality restaurants out of the market. This segment primarily attracts low-spending…
EU farmers received lower prices for their products on average in the second quarter of 2026, while the prices of supplies used in agriculture increased, according to Eurostat. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Agricultural output prices fell by 5.8% compared with the same period in 2025, the statistics office said. It was the third consecutive quarter of year-on-year decline. Meanwhile, average prices for goods and services consumed in agriculture, such as energy, fertilisers and animal feed rose by 4.7%. Ministers for agriculture, who met on 28 September, highlighted high production costs, particularly for fertilisers and energy, alongside lower output prices and pressure on…
Seven member states have called for a fundamental rethink of the European Space Shield, proposing a new space security architecture that centres on protecting EU space systems and leaves capability development to national governments. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands and Sweden want the capitals in the driving seat and a narrower scope that respects national control over military space capabilities. Paris and Berlin have long been sceptical of the European Space Shield, an initiative Brussels pitched last year in the Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030. Now the bloc’s two heavyweights have set out their own vision of…
Two underage migrants were injured in a knife attack on Thursday during a fight in the La Marina area of Ceuta, in a new outbreak of violence amid the migration emergency gripping the city. The National Police intervened after the incident and emergency health services treated the two youths, who had cuts around their ankles. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The incident comes as Ceuta struggles with the impact of the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants and with the difficulties of providing accommodation for those who remain in the city. Health alert at Trampolín beach Ceuta’s Department of Health has also…
President Volodymyr Zelensky accused his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, of ripping up the rulebook of armed conflict by sanctioning massive attacks on civilian areas, an accusation the Kremlin has rejected. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The grinding conflict, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, has largely focused on ground fighting in the east, with Kyiv mostly spared from the devastation wrought near the frontline. But Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said the city should now be on a war footing. “The capital is in a very dramatic situation,” he posted on Telegram. “It’s no longer possible to pretend that we can…
Published on 02/10/2026 – 16:44 GMT+2 Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened the West that he would use “all weapons” in its arsenal — including nuclear — if Kaliningrad were attacked. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Putin comments came as tensions mounted over Kaliningrad — Russia’s heavily militarised territory that borders Poland, Lithuania and the Baltic Sea. “If it comes to a direct attack on the Russian Federation… then, of course, the question of the Russian Federation deploying all types of weapons at our country’s disposal will inevitably and immediately be on the agenda. This is inevitable,” Putin said at the annual Valdai forum.…
Published on 02/10/2026 – 16:48 GMT+2•Updated 16:53 G7 countries have agreed to release up to 100 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves over four months in a coordinated effort to bring down soaring energy prices, with a particular focus on diesel. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The release will be coordinated by the International Energy Agency (IEA), with a substantial amount of diesel to be made available within the first 20 days, according to a G7 statement. French President Emmanuel Macron, who currently holds the G7 presidency, said the countries had agreed to act together to ease pressure on energy prices. “We…
Spain’s parliament on Friday rejected two housing decree-laws promoted by the government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, pushed forward in the wake of Maricarmen’s eviction. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT These rejections, delivered in a voice vote, represent a parliamentary setback for the executive and came after a sitting marked by last-minute negotiations and uncertainty over the support of its parliamentary partners. Sánchez spoke for a few minutes before the vote to urge MPs to “do the right thing or history will judge you sooner than you think and more harshly than you can imagine.” After the first of the decrees was rejected…
Published on 02/10/2026 – 11:53 GMT+2•Updated 11:54 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is urging Brussels once again to give capitals more room to cushion households and companies from the latest energy-price shock, arguing that European Union fiscal rules are becoming increasingly restrictive as inflation drives up government spending. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a letter addressed to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, seen by Euronews, Meloni said the prolonged Middle East crisis has left European energy markets “extremely tight,” with oil prices up almost 80% and gas up to 156%. “Against this backdrop, the agreed net expenditure paths under the…
By Jean-Philippe Liabot & Andreas Rogal with AFP Published on 01/10/2026 – 20:15 GMT+2 A protest movement in France’s high schools intensified on Thursday, with students setting fire to bins and erecting blockades outside schools in an increasing number of cities. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The students have been protesting overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and crumbling facilities. Several school principals have been injured, harassed or assaulted at high schools, according to reports from regional education authorities, prefectures and union representatives. Police have already detained hundreds of protesters at the lycées, which students aged 15 to 18 attend for their final three years of secondary education in France.…