Greece to allow 13-hour work days despite protests
The proposal has sparked two general strikes this month, with employees viewing it as an attack on their rights
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Hundreds gather for rare anti-Putin demonstration in St Petersburg singing protest songs: ‘The old man clings to his throne’
Young people sang ‘Swan Lake Collective’ a song by a Russian rapper that was banned by a court
India says priority is consumers after Trump comments On halting Russian oil
India has announced that its energy priority was the interest of its citizens, after US President Donald Trump claimed New Delhi had promised it will stop buying Russian oil.
EU unveils ‘flagship’ defence projects to counter Russian threat
The European Commission on Thursday unveiled a roadmap proposing four major defence projects, including a counter-drone system and measures to strengthen the EU’s eastern border, as part of plans to boost Europe’s military readiness by 2030 amid growi…
Italian news publishers demand investigation into Google’s AI Overviews
Newspaper federation says ‘traffic killer’ feature violates legislation and threatens to destroy media diversityItalian news publishers are calling for an investigation into Google’s AI Overviews, arguing that the search engine’s AI-generated summaries…
Former US Embassy guard who spied for Russia and Iran jailed
The mam was found guilty of five espionage-related charges and acquitted of gross corruption
UK border chief ‘frustrated’ at French failure to curb small boat crossings
Martin Hewitt tells MPs ‘political instability’ is factor in failure to roll out more interventionist tacticsUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK’s border chief has expressed frustration that the French authorities have not been able to roll out tac…
Museum makes appeal to Taylor Swift after fans flock to see ‘Ophelia’ painting
A German museum has seen hundreds of additional visitors due to a scene in Swift’s new video
European NATO allies pledge to buy more US arms for Ukraine
A further 10 European NATO allies signed up to join the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) scheme during a meeting of the alliance’s defence minister in Brussels on Wednesday, in a bid to make up for a recent shortfall in supply to Kyiv.
French prime minister survives two no-confidence votes
Closeness of first vote highlights difficulties Sébastien Lecornu facesEurope live – latest updatesThe French prime minister has survived two votes of no-confidence that had sought to threaten to topple his fragile, minority government days after it wa…