Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lourdes on Saturday evening, landing at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées International Airport to begin the next stage of his four-day France visit, hours after drawing hundreds of thousands of worshippers to an outdoor Mass at Paris’ Place de la Concorde. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Leo opened his pilgrimage in Lourdes…

Published on 26/09/2026 – 18:37 GMT+2 The traditionally particularly busy “Italian weekend” is just around the corner and on 26 and 27 September will mark the halfway point of this year’s Oktoberfest. After the extreme overcrowding last year, organisers are looking with particular attention at visitor flows in 2026. ADVERTISEMENT…

Despite having apologised and despite Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s attempts to put an end to the controversy that erupted during the week, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani’s comments about choosing a life partner on the basis of criteria such as the length of the skirt she should wear continue to…

Published on 26/09/2026 – 14:59 GMT+2 Six people have been confirmed dead after a building where they were staying collapsed in Athens. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The building collapsed following an explosion on Friday morning in the Plaka district of the Greek capital. Four US tourists had been staying on the first…

On Friday, the first day of his visit to France, Pope Leo XIV drew huge crowds. According to the Vatican, 300 000 people cheered the pontiff as he passed through the streets of Paris in his popemobile. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A little later, 80 000 young people attended a vigil at…

Inside a production facility in Krefeld, Germany, a family-owned recycling company is recovering lithium from used batteries without relying on aggressive chemicals. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The process was developed by Accurec Recycling GmbH, which has specialised in battery recycling for more than three decades. Speaking to Euronews, the company’s head of…

Published on 26/09/2026 – 12:21 GMT+2 Thousands of people are taking part in Madrid’s second “March for Dignity” on Saturday, with protesters calling for a general election and voicing their support for Ceuta amid the autonomous city’s ongoing migrant crisis. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The demonstration, organised by the Sociedad Civil Española…

Published on 26/09/2026 – 10:02 GMT+2 Pope Leo XIV is set to travel to the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes on Saturday as part of his official visit to France this week. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Nestled in the Pyrenees near the Spanish border, the small town of Lourdes draws millions…

A diplomatic dispute over Hungary’s participation in a Ukrainian-led regional summit, followed by the disclosure of an oil-storage agreement between Hungarian energy group MOL and Ukraine’s Naftogaz, has driven relations between Budapest and Kyiv to a new low. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Carpathian Eight (C8) summit, a new regional cooperation framework…

As the Cognac harvest draws to a close in southwestern France, winegrowers already know they face another difficult year. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Cognac makers are struggling. The 300-year-old amber brandy is only produced around the Charente River, but it has been caught in the trade wars between the EU and China,…