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A crew of volunteer firefighters has encountered “every first responder’s worst nightmare” after arriving at a car crash to find their own family members were involved.Himatangi Beach Volunteer Fire Brigade, near Palmerston North, was called to the crash on Monday at 5.29pm, when that “nightmare became a reality”.”One of the vehicles involved belonged to Dianne, who is the wife of our Chief Fire Officer, and the mother of two of our brigade members. All three members were on the first arriving truck at the scene,” a post on its social media page read.”For all of you who were on the…

By Jonathan A. Greenblatt – CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. In October 2021, the European Commission called on all member states to develop national strategies against antisemitism.  However, three years later, the Belgian Federal Government still has failed to answer this call. The inertia is indefensible. ADVERTISEMENTThis past week has been marked by alarming and unacceptable violence against Jews across Europe that seems like a flashback to Europe of the last century.In Amsterdam, a…

A driver has received minor injuries in a crash which left a car on its side next to a house in Auckland’s Remuera this afternoon.The crash, which saw firefighters free the driver from the car, occurred on Combes Rd at around 1.30pm, police said.St John responded to the incident with one ambulance and assessed and treated one patient in a minor condition, a spokesperson said.A tow truck responds after a car ends up on its side next to a Remuera home. (Source: 1News)Fire and Emergency New Zealand said it responded with two fire engines and a heavy rescue engine from…

EU prosecutors are investigating eight individuals and two companies in Croatia over alleged bribery, abuse of authority and money laundering. ADVERTISEMENTCroatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenković has fired Health Minister Vili Beroš after he was arrested on suspicion of corruption as part of a European Union investigation.Eight individuals — including Beroš and the directors of two hospitals in the capital Zagreb — and two companies are suspected of “accepting and giving bribes, abuse of position and authority and money laundering,” the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) said in a statement on Friday. Speaking at a press conference on Friday after Croatia’s…

They are both Dunedin born and bred. And now Katie Gotlieb and Max Meffan have forged award-winning careers in the city while working on multimillion-dollar international projects for their employer Farra Engineering. Ms Gotlieb, 25, was recently named joint runner-up in the Steel Construction New Zealand (SCNZ) young achiever of the year award, while Mr Meffan was highly commended in the SCNZ apprentice of the year. Farra’s nomination for Ms Gotlieb described her as an ‘‘incredibly capable young woman’’ excelling in the field of engineering in construction. Her career to date at Farra as a project engineer in the design and innovation team had been an exciting one. As a graduate engineer, the company would have…

A former Tipene Funerals undertaker alleged to have mishandled human remains has pleaded not guilty in the District Court at Auckland this afternoon. Fiona Bakulich, 48, first appeared in court in October, where she faced 10 charges in total. One was a charge of misconduct in respect of human remains, while nine others related to obtaining by deception — which court records show amounted to more than $15,000. Bakulich was released on bail at her first court appearance. Her arrest followed a multi-month police investigation into “concerns around burials at Waikumete Cemetery” in Glen Eden.Today, before Judge Peter Winter, her…

In a wide-ranging interview with Euronews in Brussel, UNRWA Gaza director Scott Anderson drew a devastating picture of the situation in the Palestinian territory, underlining acute food shortages. Without swift action, a full-blown man-made famine could afflict life in Gaza, he claimed. ADVERTISEMENTFor the people in the Gaza strip, it’s a humanitarian disaster that could easily get worse, said Scott Anderson, Director of UNRWA in Gaza, in an interview with Euronews in Brussels.“We’re nowhere safe in Gaza,” he told Euronews political editor Stefan Grobe, “including the safe zones.”It’s now more than a year since that the war between Israel and Hamas began…

Dane Wall — owner of The Swan cafe, taproom and eatery in Bath St — is the new operator of the former Nova cafe space in the Octagon. Earlier this week, the Dunedin City Council, which owns the site which is shared with the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, confirmed a new tenant had been secured to lease the site. The popular Nova cafe closed in mid-March last year after owners Mark and Nick Fraser decided not to renew their lease. Mr Wall, who bought The Swan last year, had always wanted to grow his business into having several sites. He…

Kiwis are being asked to remain vigilant about job scams after a woman was swindled out of $25,000 by an “employer” who contacted her on LinkedIn.Financial Services Complaints (FSCL), an independent non-profit dispute resolution service, investigated the woman’s ordeal and released the details on its website today.It all started when Rika (not her real name) received a message on LinkedIn from a man named John, who claimed to be the owner of an American-based construction company.He told the woman that his company was in the process of finalising a tender to build a mall in Tokyo and asked if she…

An iwi is “devastated” after a monitored North Island brown kiwi was recently found dead, likely from a dog attack.Department of Conservation (DOC) rangers were tracking three tagged male kiwis when they discovered ‘Geyser’ dead in Rangataua Forest, southwest of Mount Ruapehu, last week.In the wake of the news, Ngāti Rangi and DOC are calling for hunters and dog owners to comply with their dog permits. “Ngāti Rangi sees kiwi as a taonga species — the iwi has strong cultural, spiritual and historic associations with kiwi,” Helen Leahy, Pou Ārahi of Ngā Waihua o Paerangi, said.She said just one kiwi…