Author: Euronews

Various accounts accuse her of being in a new relationship with a Russian billionaire, despite the very recent death of her husband. ADVERTISEMENTYulia Navalnaya published a video on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday in which she vowed to continue the political work of her late husband, Alexei Navalny, who recently died in a Russian penal colony.And within hours, multiple accounts on the platform started massively sharing images of Navalnaya with another man on a beach, accusing the widow of already having found someone new.”Me and my new boyfriend are devastated by my husband’s death,” wrote one user.”Here’s a photo of the grieving…

Hungary has seen a steady but consistent rise in unemployment since mid-2022, as it dealt with the fallout from economic crises triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENTHungary’s unemployment rate jumped to 4.6% from November to January, up from 4% in the same period the previous year.The increase means that the number of people out of work aged 15-74 has gone up by 30,000 to 226,000, according to new figures released by Hungary’s central statistics office on Friday.The office said that of the total number of unemployed people in Hungary, 121,500 were…

The German financial centre beat off competition from eight others as the EU puts the final touches to dirty-money reforms. ADVERTISEMENTFrankfurt has won the race to host the EU’s prestigious new anti-money laundering authority, AMLA, the centrepiece of reforms that follow a series of dirty money scandals.Germany’s financial centre beat off competition from major cities including Paris, Madrid and Rome, in a Thursday night (22 February) vote procedure that could set a new precedent for the future siting of EU agencies.“We’ve had so many wake-up calls in recent years when it comes to dirty money being washed through the mainstream…

The San Francisco-based firm is set to make its stock market debut in March, the first social media IPO since Pinterest went public in 2019. ADVERTISEMENTReddit confirmed rumours on Thursday by filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission in preparation for its IPO launch.The company will offer formerly private shares on the New York Stock Exchange, listed under the ticker symbol RDDT.Prices and the number of shares up for grabs have not yet been determined, but Reddit has announced a surprising quirk that will favour active users of its platform.Although IPOs are usually only available to institutional investors, Thursday’s…

Two complaints made over past year cover several appointments, alleging irregularities in pre-selection, bias, nepotism and graft. ADVERTISEMENTEuropean anti-fraud office OLAF has received two complaints alleging fraud surrounding recruitment at the EU’s Alicante-based intellectual property office (EUIPO), Euronews can reveal, according to two sources familiar with the complaints and sight of related documents.The two complaints were made within the last year and relate to several recruitment and selection processes. They allege frequent irregularities in the work of pre-selection committees, with a view to present sole candidates for selection, or to favour specific candidates.In two of the recruitment processes subject to…

Households in England, Scotland, and Wales will pay 12% less for their energy bills from April, although costs remain historically high. ADVERTISEMENTThe British energy regulator Ofgem announced on Friday that it will drop the energy price cap in response to falling wholesale costs.From April to June, the maximum price suppliers will be able to charge customers will fall to its lowest level in two years.Compared to the same period in 2023, Ofgem is planning a cut of around 12%, which will bring an annual average household bill to £1,690.This is down from the current yearly total of £1,928, saving customers…

The European Commission is preparing to unblock up to €137 billion in cohesion and recovery funds for Poland, which until now has been unable to access the cash over rule-of-law concerns. ADVERTISEMENTThe announcement was made by President Ursula von der Leyen during a trip to Poland on Friday, where she spoke next to Prime Minister Donald Tusk.The breakthrough comes days after Polish officials travelled to Brussels to present an “action plan” of nine draft bills aimed at restoring judicial independence from the country’s highest tribunal to the lower courts. “We are impressed by your efforts and those of the Polish people…

This is the first time that Nvidia has labelled Huawei as one of its competitors. ADVERTISEMENTNvidia has identified Chinese tech company Huawei as one of its top competitors in various categories such as chip production, AI and cloud services.The tech giant said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday that it expects “an increasingly competitive environment in the future” as rival companies ramp up CPU, GPU and AI production, among other technologies such as ethernet.”Some of our competitors may have greater marketing, financial, distribution and manufacturing resources than we do and may be more…

Farmers complain that the EU’s environmental policies, such as the Green Deal, and low-cost imports from third countries which they say don’t have to respect such high environmental standards. ADVERTISEMENTFarmers from 10 EU countries, ranging from Central Europe to the Baltics and the Balkans, were on Thursday participating in a protest against the bloc’s agriculture policies, bureaucracy and overall conditions for their business, organisers say.Many of the farmers from the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland and Slovakia, met at a number of border crossings.Farmers complain that the EU’s environmental policies, such as the Green Deal, which calls for limits on the use of…

The number of parents getting into debt to cover childcare costs in the UK has risen by a third over the past 12 months, according to a new survey. ADVERTISEMENTThere has been a sharp increase in childcare debts that parents are facing in the UK, according to research on behalf of campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed.In a survey of 35,800 parents in England with a child under the age of five, some 45.9% – almost half – revealed they had to get into debt or withdraw money from their savings to pay for childcare. That represented a 30% increase on 2023,…