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A criminal organisation that used Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to clone the voices of relatives in order to make telephone scams more convincing has been dismantled by the Directorate for Combating Organised Crime. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The gang is alleged to have defrauded citizens using various pretexts, posing among other things as employees of the Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO), mobile phone companies and fibre-optic service providers. They would then exploit voice-cloning technology to create the impression that a relative or other trusted person of the victim was on the line. The organisation’s activities were brought to an end following…

Andrew Caruana Galizia, Head of Europe and Eurasia at the World Economic Forum, believes there are certain areas where Europe “will never be able to be self-sufficient, like critical raw materials”. But he insists “best thing Europe can do” is focus on its own internal market. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Caruana Galizia also said that Europe has “the best savers in the world”. Despite this, the “real tragedy” is that they are “poorer than Americans”. Even if Europeans save “twice as much as Americans”, they are “unable to build up wealth at the same rate as Americans”, Caruana Galizia said.

In comments to Euronews, the Australian government has responded to European Parliament President Roberta Mestola’s hint that Australia and New Zealand could also be invited to be “associate members” of the European Union. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT While Australia’s relationship with the EU has “never been stronger or more important”, the spokesperson said Canberra is focusing on finalising the EU-Australia trade deal “which will bring us even closer together”. “This once-in-a-generation deal gives our farmers, exporters, producers and businesses access to 27 EU countries and 450 million consumers,” the spokesperson said. “Australia is a trading nation, and in a time of global…

Published on 18/09/2026 – 11:31 GMT+2•Updated 12:50 On Friday, Spanish authorities began moving thousands of migrants to a new facility in Ceuta, with police struggling to maintain order as people fought to secure a spot at the new site after weeks of living on the beaches and streets. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The operation, which saw migrants moved from the Trampolín and Benítez beaches to the port of Ceuta, got underway shortly after 6:30 am, with several Civil Guard patrols deployed to gather people and escort them on foot to the new settlement, around two kilometres away. The transfer quickly became difficult…

Sweden’s parliamentary speaker has formally asked Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson to try to form a government after her centre-left alliance won a narrow majority in Sunday’s election. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a post on Instagram, Andersson said she had accepted the task and that she wanted to “lead a government that realises the new direction that the Swedish people have voted for — a direction that moves Sweden forward and keeps our country united,” Andersson has 28 days to assemble her cabinet and report back to the parliamentary speaker, Andreas Norlen. Earlier, Norlen held consultations with party leaders over coffee…

Published on 18/09/2026 – 14:52 GMT+2•Updated 14:57 Canada is seeking to join the European Union’s €90 billion support loan for Ukraine, the European Commission said on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “I can confirm that Canada has expressed an interest in joining the €90 billion Ukraine support loan,” a Commission spokesperson told journalists. “We are working hard with Canada, and the respective technical talks are very much ongoing.” EU leaders set up the loan to meet two-thirds of Ukraine’s financial and military needs for 2026 and 2027, with the other third covered by other Western allies. So far, Brussels has disbursed nearly…

The race to develop the energy source of the future is gathering pace. Who will win? The US and China? Or Europe? German start-up Focused Energy, based in Darmstadt, aims to become the global leader in the construction of commercial laser fusion power stations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The development of fusion energy is on top of the political high-tech agenda of Germany and the European Union. Fusion start-ups are being founded in great numbers around the planet, especially laser based fusion technology, which attracts huge amounts of risk capital. This spring, Focused Energy raised $240 million dollars alone – the largest…

Published on 18/09/2026 – 16:18 GMT+2•Updated 16:20 Emmanuel Macron has condemned what he calls Russia’s “intent” to “intimidate” and to “undermine efforts to support the Ukrainians”. In his view, “the outcome will be the opposite”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The French president was speaking after a confidential meeting at the Élysée with the main presidential candidates or their closest associates. Macron warned the “nature of Russian aggression and threats in Europe is changing”. One example cited by Macron was the discovery of a drone loaded with explosives at Leipzig airport this summer. “We are not intimidated because we know that what is…

Police moved hundreds of migrants from the beaches of Ceuta to a temporary camp in the port area on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT During the transfer, crowds of migrants rushed towards the site, with police struggling to contain people jostling for one of the 1,700 places available at the new tented camp. The migrants had been living on the beaches for weeks following a record influx into the Spanish enclave. More than 70,000 migrants streamed into Ceuta from Morocco on July 30 and 31 in an unprecedented, chaotic surge that left scores dead and sparked European Union infighting over the sensitive…

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz and Trump’s war with Iran are causes behind the turmoil in the energy markets, not Ukraine’s attacks on Russian diesel refineries. That is the message Irish Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister (Tánaiste), Simon Harris, shared with Euronews in an exclusive interview ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Harris pushed back against recent remarks made by US President Donald Trump, who blamed Ukraine’s strikes on Russian diesel refineries for creating a shortage. Oil prices are hovering around $108 per barrel. “The reason there’s a major energy crisis in the world right now is because the Strait of…