Author: Euronews

Published on 25/09/2025 – 15:02 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT A €400 million financing facility was formalised for Palestine during a signing ceremony in New York on Wednesday, held alongside the UN General Assembly. The program is structured as an intermediated facility, channelled through the PMA and local financial institutions, to improve access to finance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as mid-cap companies. The plan is part of an overall €1.6 billion EU facility over 2025–2027. European Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica and EIB Vice-President Ambroise Fayolle sealed the agreement, together with the Palestinian ambassador to the UN…

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ADVERTISEMENT US President Donald Trump has called for an investigation after claiming he was the victim of “triple sabotage” during his visit to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. In a long message posted on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday, Trump insisted that he had experienced “three sinister events”, which included the sudden halting of an escalator he and First Lady Melania Trump were on. Trump argued that the incident was not a coincidence, citing a report in the Times of London that UN staffers had joked about turning off an escalator during his visit. “The people that did…

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ADVERTISEMENT The Trump administration’s abrupt decision to slap a $100,000 (€85,000) fee on H-1B visas has stunned and confused employers, students and workers from the United States to India and beyond. Since announcing the decision on Friday, the White House has tried to reassure jittery companies that the fee does not apply to existing visa holders and that their H-1B employees travelling abroad will not be stranded, unable to re-enter the United States without coming up with $100,000. The new policy took effect at 12:01am ET on Sunday. Despite the effort at reassurance, “there’s still some folks out there recommending…

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ADVERTISEMENT For most Europeans, the daily home to work commute is the equivalent of working one extra part-time shift a week or 48 minutes a day. That’s according to new research from talent firm sd worx,* which surveyed 16,000 workers across 15 countries. Belgium-based workers spend the longest time on the road, averaging 57 minutes a day, followed by Sweden and Netherlands-based employees with 54 minutes and 52 minutes respectively. Slovenians enjoy the shortest trips, with their daily home-to-work journey taking just 40 minutes. When it comes to distance, however, Dutch employees top the list: They cover about 40 kilometres…

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ADVERTISEMENT This year’s season has been very challenging for airlines and passengers in Europe. Strikes by ground staff, pilots and flight controllers thwarted holiday plans for many travellers and exposed carriers to losses. But experts say these aren’t the only challenges airlines have faced this year. “In our industry, strikes are quite common. We run 15 branches of our Aviator ground handling business in Scandinavia, and in fact, there has not been a single year when we have not had major challenges in terms of strikes,” says Gediminas Žiemelis, CEO of Avia Solutions Group. He points out that there are…

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