The US has launched new airstrikes on Iranian targets, prompting counter strikes by Tehran targeting American interests in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq, fuelling concerns about a wider renewal of......
For the first time, France's annual school questionnaire on bullying — which has been handed out to pupils since 2023 — will include questions on sexual violence. Pupils will be able to choose whether or not to they wish to remain anonymous in this questionnaire, to be distributed in November...
For many months before the 1995 French presidential election, Édouard Balladur, the incumbent prime minister, seemed certain of victory. Opinion polls consistently gave him a lead over his conservative rival......
The findings of a report on fashion data pose a political challenge for the EU, which has made textiles one of the testing grounds for its broader push to move from a linear economy – make, sell and throw away – towards a circular one....
The watch world and its legion of followers found out on Tuesday which 84 timepieces are in the running for the 2026 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève, the industry's top honour. Spread across 14 categories,......
Published on 01/09/2026 - 17:08 GMT+2 France is cracking down on ultra-fast fashion with a new fee that eventually reach almost €20 per garment. The levy, which comes into......
Summer blockbuster season is over and that can only mean one thing: it’s time to look ahead to this year’s slate of fall movies. That and everyone is going to start stocking up on pumpkin spice everything.......
Klaus-Michael Kühne had no children and lived in a Swiss canton with zero inheritance tax. When he died, his €42.2bn fortune passed tax-free into a decades-old charity, instantly making it one of the wealthiest foundations in Europe....
Brussels stayed mostly silent during Iceland's referendum campaign, which ended with 52.8% voting against resuming EU accession talks, echoing its muted response to Brexit a decade earlier.
Borrowing costs across some of Europe's biggest economies have surged to their highest levels in more than 15 years, as a renewed sell-off in global bond markets gathers pace. The global bond rout pushed......
Spain has once again broken tourism records. The country welcomed 58.1 million international tourists between January and July 2026, 4.6% more than in the same period last year. Tourism spending also hit an......
Published on 01/09/2026 - 11:43 GMT+2 Eurozone inflation climbed to 3.3% in August 2026, up from 2.9% in July, according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical......
By Inês Trindade Pereira & video by Maud Zaba Published on 01/09/2026 - 11:13 GMT+2 It's well-known that smoking is harmful to your......
A new French rail company has secured the first approval needed to launch high-speed services from Paris to cities including Bordeaux, Nantes and Angers, potentially bringing more choice and competition to some of the country’s busiest routes....
Published on 01/09/2026 - 10:49 GMT+2 Sweden's armed forces have carried out a full-scale exercise in the logistics of burying fallen soldiers, part of a broader shift by......
Authorities in the Thai resort city of Pattaya have stepped up security as they prepare to welcome thousands of sailors and marines from the USS Abraham Lincoln after more than 270 consecutive days at......
Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain and Sweden are pushing to explore the idea of moving from unanimity to qualified majority in foreign policy....
Good morning. It’s Mared Gwyn delivering your Tuesday newsletter from Brussels. We start today by crossing over to quaint County Wicklow on Ireland’s east coast – an unusual backdrop for talks on the security and defence threats spilling beyond Europe’s eastern flank....
The imprint founded by Elga Fontes entered the market in May to tackle the lack of Black authors and show their work goes beyond racism, discrimination or suffering. In 2026 it will publish two books and already has its 2027 list agreed....
Shares in fast-fashion giant Shein fell as much as 10% on their trading debut on Hong Kong's stock market on Tuesday, before recovering some of their losses, following years of delay to the company's plans to......
