These Alpine adventure destinations offers snow-covered slopes, unique hotels and local delicacies. But between Interlaken and Innsbruck, where should you choose to travel this winter?
The EU will soon add over 1,600 names, including 77 lawmakers who stood for election in the occupied territories of Ukraine, to its Russia sanctions. The decision comes amid an unsettling rise in hybrid attacks.
A skull found nearly a century ago has helped Egyptian and European researchers revise part of the crocodile family tree, shedding light on the Mediterranean's prehistoric wildlife and revealing an unexpected connection to the Great Sphinx.
The US, China and the EU are taking sharply different approaches to regulating artificial intelligence. Here is how the world's biggest economies are tackling the technology, and what is at stake.
A century after leaving the Netherlands for New York, Willem de Kooning is returning home in a major new exhibition at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum.
A one-minute siren sounded in Tel Aviv as Israelis gathered to mark the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks and remember those killed.
Google had called the data centres its biggest investment in Europe.
A Tokyo sleep competition organised by Koala offered ¥2 million to the best sleeper, highlighting Japan’s long-hours work culture and sleep deprivation.
The Kremlin welcomed the offer while Russia's health watchdog shot back that Moscow was "ready to assist the US in tackling infectious disease outbreaks" as the WHO asked Russia for additional information.
Hungary dropped its veto on two clusters of Ukraine's EU accession talks on Wednesday. The next phase depends on Kyiv's parliament passing a minority-rights law.
Rescue workers are continuing a search for residents after an apartment building in Pryluky was destroyed.
The European Union has released €1.24 billion for Ukraine to buy drones, drone interceptors, drone ammunition and munitions manufactured domestically in a bid to push back against Russia's ongoing and escalated air attacks.
Irkutsk residents react to reports of a suspected pneumonic plague death at a local anti-plague institute, with authorities saying the cause of death remains unconfirmed.
Kyiv residents took refuge in metro stations, preparing to sleep underground before a Russian missile and drone attack killed at least eight people.
Two researchers have won this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work that could change how medicines are made.
The Meloni government has neither renewed the fuel excise discount nor launched the mooted tax rebate scheme. Brussels awaits the 15-16 October European Council, while EU capitals move ahead in a haphazard fashion.
EU ministers are set to confirm their commitment to the green transition despite soaring energy prices and supply concerns, according to a draft COP31 position seen by Euronews.
Cemil Tugay, who won İzmir for the CHP with a 314,000-vote margin in 2024, received his AK Party badge from Erdoğan in Ankara on Wednesday, ending 27 years of centre-left rule in Turkey's third-largest city.
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Fears that the death may have been caused by pneumonic plague has prompted calls for more transparency from Russia.
The step comes after several groups complained of police using disproportionate force towards teenagers.
Nurassyl Medeu (pictured) is betting that the future of sports education will be built at the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, and global competition. In Kazakhstan, his journey from computer science and artificial intelligence to sports education and international
The Dubai-based airline has touched down in Finland’s capital Helsinki for the first time as it reports operating at around 93% of its pre-disruption capacity.
A senior advisor to Melania Trump posted a comparison online that doesn't make much sense...
The motion, filed by MPs aligned with the Paydari Front, accuses Araghchi of meeting US envoy Steve Witkoff at the UN General Assembly without authorisation, a claim directly opposed by Supreme National Security Council chief Mohsen Rezaei, who said the talks had prior approval.
Four children are among the dead after an overnight barrage that Ukraine's president said showed the urgent need for more air defences as Kyiv residents spent the night sheltering in subway stations.
Brussels has yet to find a way to curb Chinese imports, while EU leaders demand results from Beijing talks as a trade war looms.
Moscow proposed wet-leasing Vietnamese aircraft, crews and maintenance, but any transfer would involve Airbus or Boeing jets, exposing Vietnamese carriers to secondary sanctions. Nearly a fifth of Russia's largest airlines' planes are already grounded, double the normal
Czech Television said in a statement: "We won't see the Czech flag on stage next year,” citing ongoing financial pressures.
Bill Browder, once Russia’s largest foreign investor, said sanctions are the “worst thing” that can happen to Russian oligarchs, adding that they are “scheming and trying to come up with ways of getting off the sanctions list”.
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has urged heavily indebted governments to tighten their belts and central banks to take a hawkish stance, signalling a return to austerity as the energy shock from the Iran war, record public debt and a credit-fuelled AI investment boom weigh on
In Afyonkarahisar, hot air balloons drift over 3,000-year-old Phrygian rock carvings, mineral-rich thermal springs have drawn visitors since 1200 BC, and poppy seeds define a UNESCO-recognised culinary tradition.
A group representing the bereaved families organised tributes, including a silence at 6:29am - the minute the attack began - and a ceremony that will follow tonight in Tel Aviv.
The world is marking the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks by Hamas — a day that shocked Israel to its core and reverberated across the region and beyond. Meanwhile, the war against Hamas in Gaza continues to produce a human catastrophe, with tens of thousands dead and
In the second quarter of 2026, house prices in the EU rose by 4.7%, while rents increased by 3.0% compared with the second quarter of 2025. Compared with the first quarter of 2026, house prices increased by 1.2% and rents by 0.7%. Between 2025 and the second quarter of 2026,
The Reserve Bank of India raised borrowing costs for the first time in over three years on Wednesday, as the Middle East war pushes up prices in Asia's third-biggest economy and weighs on an already fragile rupee.
The Oscar-winning actress was one of the last stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood and was the oldest living Oscar winner.
Belgian virologist Marc Van Ranst says that while people may think of plague as “something medieval”, cases are reported every year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Madagascar. However, he says the laboratory link makes this incident “a little more serious”.
Ceremonies at the Nova festival site and Kfar Aza marked three years since the Hamas-led October 7 attack that sparked the Gaza war.
Between April and June 2026, tourists spent 258.8 million nights in EU short-term rental accommodation booked through Airbnb, Booking or Expedia. The total number of guest nights in the second quarter of 2026 increased by 5.3% (+13.1 million) compared with the same quarter of
Clashes erupt in Paris as school pupils demanding better funding face riot police, amid nationwide protests over shortages and crumbling schools.
Good morning. It’s Wednesday. On today’s docket: Israel’s Ambassador to France Joshua Zarka responds to mounting controversy over the removal of the Israeli flag at an exhibition in the European Parliament, and the latest on the suspected pneumonic plague outbreak.
Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in the EU, and screening and other preventive measures are essential to lowering the impact of the disease and reducing mortality rates. In 2024, Denmark (82.1%), Sweden (82.0%) and Finland (81.6%) recorded the highest
EU ministers agreed on new rules allowing sanctions for migrants who refuse to cooperate with return procedures, detention up to 24 months or longer for security risks, and return hubs outside the EU. Watch the video!
Christa Pike remains shackled to her hospital bed with burned and blistered arms, while Tennessee has suspended executions and its prison chief has resigned.
Known for its showy plumes and used as an ornamental for decades, pampas grass, also known as Cortaderia selloana, is spreading, threatening biodiversity and raising vegetation management costs. Experts call for urgent action to halt its advance and reduce pollen exposure.
The Government's delay in bringing the Verifactu e-invoicing system into force gives firms and the self-employed more time, but fuels uncertainty over its rollout.
The WHO says the risk of a plague epidemic is low after a lab worker died in Siberia. We report on the drone attacks that have sunk ships off Romania and Bulgaria in recent days. And: EU envoys are set to approve the biggest Russia sanctions package since 2022.
The Commission is gathering feedback on the proposed EU Kids Act. The aim is to collect input from children, parents, guardians, teachers and educators, as well as online platforms covered by the proposal. It will build on the broad public evidence base that supported the
"You're dreaming in colour", "a Potemkin budget, flimsy as cardboard", "purely incantatory, utterly unenforceable": the government torpedoes the counter-budget put forward by National Rally leader Marine Le Pen.