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Greek traffic police service in the Attica region have launched a new round of intensive checks on electric scooters, after two serious accidents on Tinos and Glyka Nera, in which a 14-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy were badly injured. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The checks focus mainly on the use of electric scooters by minors, as well as on general compliance with the Highway Code, while businesses that sell, supply or rent out these vehicles are also coming under scrutiny. Particular emphasis is being placed on the centre of the capital Athens, where the use of electric scooters is especially widespread.…

I am travelling to Latvia for a work trip centred on three d’s: drones, defence and debesmanna. Squeezing in time to the Rīga Conference and other sites relevant to the country’s upcoming EU council presidency — next year — is a must, too. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Meanwhile, my colleagues in Brussels are holding down the fort, where one topic is stealing the spotlight. “Migration is very much back on the agenda,” one senior EU diplomat said to a crowd of journalists chewing on hors d’oeuvres Monday night at a rentrée party. What is clear is the migration horse certainly has bolted,…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2•Updated 8:24 Mared Gwyn explains why Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas is asking Brussels for help after 80.000 migrants illegally crossed into the city last month. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Interviews with Arancha González Laya, former Foreign Affairs Minister of Spain, on the Ceuta crisis; and Maciej Jakubowski, Director of Poland’s Educational Research Institute, on the newly released PISA results. Sasha Vakulina breaks down a new report claiming the UAE explicitly warned Benjamin Netanyahu of the Hamas 7 October attack days in advance. According to the report, the Israeli Prime Minister failed to inform the country’s security…

The European Union and Russia are geopolitical adversaries, with Russia under sweeping EU sanctions and its ties with the bloc severely curtailed. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Yet inside one of the largest international scientific collaborations in history — and the world’s largest nuclear fusion experiment — the two remain linked by a partnership forged decades ago and built to endure for generations. While Brussels steps up pressure on Moscow over its war in Ukraine and hybrid attacks, Russian engineers and their European counterparts continue to work together on an international project called the “International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor” (ITER), an experimental nuclear fusion…

Béla Anda believes Merz has shown “some emotions, but in the wrong way”, making it difficult for him to connect with citizens. To avoid repeating the lack of connection with voters, the former government spokesman recommends simply “letting Merz be Merz”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Anda insists that Merz should maintain his position and avoid being “strong on one topic and then totally change”, a pattern he believes has been repeated over the past year and a half. Merz should “keep together” the governing coalition and advises against moving closer to the far-right AfD, arguing that a majority of CDU members prefer…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 5:02 GMT+2 The US forces have destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday in response to the latest attacks on its warships, US Central Command said. Following the American strikes, Iran launched missiles at US targets in Jordan, according to Iranian state-run media. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT US said the military struck the tankers on Tuesday after the Revolutionary Guards targeted a Navy warship with ballistic missiles twice over the past two days. Stating that the US warship “successfully evaded the attempted Iranian attacks and that no American personnel were harmed.” The statement added that the crews of…

The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Reverence for the dead runs exceptionally deep among the peoples of the Balkans. Religious differences have set them against one another many times over the centuries, yet Balkan Christians, Catholic and Orthodox alike, as well as Muslims, all regard respect for the dead as a defining part of their identity. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT History has often shaped and sustained this tradition, but we should not look to history for an alibi for our own mistakes. History, after all,…

Europeans create 35 million tonnes of waste each year by throwing away broken appliances. France and Belgium have repair rates of 18% and 15%, respectively. Of roughly 28 million household breakdowns a year, only 5 million result in a technician fixing the device. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Some 77% of citizens would rather repair products than replace them. Yet only 5% of washing machines and 33% of vacuum cleaners are priced at a point where professional repair makes economic sense. Most fall into a “borderline” or “unviable” zone, where a new machine is cheaper than the spare parts. “Access to repair is…

Published on 08/09/2026 – 9:56 GMT+2•Updated 10:14 The heads of the EU’s two main institutions have condemned the presence of senior Serbian officials at the funeral of the convicted war criminal, in a joint statement published simultaneously on X on Tuesday morning. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “The images from Ratko Mladić’s funeral yesterday in Belgrade were shocking. Ratko Mladić was a convicted war criminal. He was responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa wrote on X. Ratko Mladić, known as the Butcher of Bosnia, died in late…

A fake story on X has claimed that former French prime minister and current Le Havre Mayor Édouard Philippe bought a luxury villa in Sicily, and linked it to a real but unrelated investigation into his alleged misuse of public funds. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A video shared online said Philippe acquired the estate from Le Havre local councillor Stéphanie de Bazelaire, and raised questions about how the alleged purchase was financed. It was initially shared by a mock-up Italian online newspaper called “Repupplica.com”, which has now been taken down. The domain, however, sounded very similar to the genuine news outlet Repubblica.it.…