Olive oil fraud and mislabelling cases hit record high in EU
Fifty potential cases in first three months of this year as rising costs lead to increase in parallel market The EU had a record number...
Month : July 2024
Paris Olympics organisers apologise to Christians for Last Supper parody
Apology follows anger among Catholics and other groups at opening ceremony segment that resembled biblical scene The organising committee of Paris 2024 has apologised to...
Ancient Roman Appian Way becomes Italy’s 60th Unesco world heritage site
Highway that consolidated Roman empire joins modernist Romanian sculptures as latest sites added to list Italy’s Via Appia Antica, or Appian Way, the earliest and...
One dead and dozens rescued in latest attempt to cross Channel
French authorities say they received call for help from overcrowded dinghy in early hours of Sunday One person has died trying to cross the Channel...
Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán warns EU on path to ‘self-destruction’
Far-right leader talks of new Asia-oriented world order and throws support behind Donald Trump Hungary’s nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, said on Saturday that the...
Why Édith Piaf’s plaintive song was the perfect fit for Céline Dion at Paris Games
The melody for the first live performance since 2020 by the singer, who has suffered with ill-health, was suitably tragic It was a very public...
Russia-Ukraine war live: EU says conflict an existential threat to the bloc
This live blog is now closed, you can read more of our Ukraine war coverage here The Russian defence ministry said that Russian forces had...
Extreme heat poses ‘real risk’ to Spain’s mass tourism industry
Public health adviser says higher temperatures caused by climate crisis pose danger for visitors not used to them The climate emergency poses a “real risk”...
Teenage suspect remanded over murder of Ukraine nationalist lawmaker
Vyacheslav Zinchenko, 18, remanded in custody for 60 days after Iryna Farion shot in Lviv on 19 July A Ukrainian court has remanded an 18-year-old...
Sinéad O’Connor waxwork pulled from Dublin museum after backlash
Irish singer’s brother speaks of shock at ‘hideous’ figure which ‘looked nothing like her’ Dublin’s wax museum is withdrawing a figure of Sinéad O’Connor amid...
