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The number 79,432 has won the top prize in Spain’s Christmas Lottery Extraordinary Draw, bringing four million euros per series and 400,000 euros for each winning ticket. The draw, a fixture of the Spanish calendar, once again drew national attention as the results were announced. Winning tickets were sold in several locations, including La Bañeza, Villablino and Pola de Gordón in the province of … [Read more...]

Foreign direct investment into Poland has slowed sharply. After averaging around 3% of GDP between 2000 and 2024, inflows fell in 2024 from 125.7 billion Polish złoty (€29.8bn) to 56.5 billion złoty (€13.4bn) — a drop from 3.7% to 1.6% of GDP. Yet Poland remains heavily internationalised: the total stock of foreign investment climbed to nearly 1.4 trillion złoty (€332bn) by the end of 2024, up on … [Read more...]

By&nbspEuronews Published on 22/12/2025 - 13:15 GMT+1 Denmark expects all nations, including the United States, to respect its territorial sovereignty after US President Donald Trump appointed a special envoy to bring Greenland under Washington's control, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said on Monday. Rasmussen … [Read more...]

Hundreds of people have joined an annual year-end clean at two major Buddhist temples in Kyoto, continuing a tradition that dates back more than 500 years. The ritual takes place every December 20 at Higashi-Honganji and Nishi-Honganji to prepare the sites for the New Year. At Higashi-Honganji in Shimogyo Ward, around 200 participants gathered, including worshippers from across Japan and local … [Read more...]

By&nbspUna Hajdari Published on 22/12/2025 - 12:42 GMT+1 Italy’s competition authority has fined Apple, Apple Distribution International and Apple Italia €98 million for exploiting its “position of absolute dominance” through the App Store, accusing the company of unfairly burdening app developers with its tracking … [Read more...]

Updated: 22/12/2025 - 12:00 GMT+1 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this December 22nd, 2025 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More Appeared first on: euronews.com … [Read more...]

2025 started and ends with the losses of two cinematic titans – David Lynch and Rob Reiner – and the intervening months brought the threatening advancement of AI (with still no restrictions or guardrails for everyone’s favourite technology); protests against genocides; Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos brazenly claiming that cinemagoing is “an outdated concept”; and news of looming corporate monopolies … [Read more...]

Michaela Benthaus, a paraplegic engineer from Germany, has become the first wheelchair user to travel to space after flying aboard a Blue Origin suborbital mission from West Texas. The 10-minute flight, which provided more than three minutes of weightlessness, required only minor adjustments to the New Shepard capsule, designed with accessibility in mind. Blue Origin added transfer equipment to … [Read more...]

By&nbspEuronews Published on 22/12/2025 - 11:38 GMT+1 •Updated 11:42 President Emmanuel Macron confirmed Sunday that France will proceed with the construction of a new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, a major addition to the … [Read more...]

A petition has been launched calling for Italy to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and to "join the other countries that have distanced themselves". The move comes from USB - RAI coordination, a young union branch founded two years ago with currently around 50 members at the state broadcaster. In the USB statement it reads: "Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands have taken a … [Read more...]

A festive countdown to Milano Cortina 2026: how TCL’s support is putting Milan’s Christmas tree at the centre of a month-long celebration of Olympic dreams. Thousands of spectators gathered in Milan’s Piazza del Duomo for the city’s annual tree-lighting ceremony, yet the 2025 edition marked the start of something bigger. A highlight of the festive calendar, this year’s event unveiled a 29-metre … [Read more...]

Christmas shopping used to mean packed department store counters with last-minute gift seekers jostling beneath twinkling lights and towering holiday displays. Now, Christmas shopping has moved indoors, with shoppers filling stockings from the sofa and rather than being attended to by sales associates in red-and-green sweaters. It is shoppers like Quinn Kelsey who keep department store executives … [Read more...]

On a rainy night at Rabat's recently inaugurated Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, the Atlas Lions opened their campaign with a 2-0 victory over Comoros, a result secured by a spectacular overhead kick from Ayoub El Kaabi. Outside the stadium, a handful of flags fluttered in the downpour, and celebrations were relatively modest. Many supporters were more focused on finding shelter than putting on … [Read more...]

Controversy around Israel’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest continues to intensify following confirmation that Israel will be allowed to compete in next year’s edition. Now, 170 Belgian artists and cultural workers have signed a petition denouncing the national broadcaster RTBF’s decision to participate in Eurovision 2026, warning that the competition risks becoming a platform for … [Read more...]

The election campaign in Hungary is in full swing almost four months before the actual vote. Independent pollsters show a 4–8% lead for the opposition center-right Tisza Party, while pollsters funded by the government report a commanding lead for Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz, which has been transforming the country for almost 16 years with a supermajority (constitutional majority). The only thing these … [Read more...]

A Russian general was killed Monday morning after an explosive device detonated beneath his car in Moscow, authorities said. Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Trainin Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff, died from his injuries, according to Russia’s Investigative Committee. The blast damaged several nearby parked vehicles, as forensic teams examined the damaged … [Read more...]

By&nbspEuronews Published on 22/12/2025 - 9:00 GMT+1 A top Russian general died Monday morning after an explosive planted under his car detonated in Moscow, investigators said. Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff, died from his … [Read more...]

It was billed as the scandal that threatened to shake the core of European democracy. Explosive allegations, a spectacular police operation and allegations of big money used by three non-EU countries to influence the European Parliament's decisions. At the centre of the storm was then-MEP and Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili, young, glamorous, and well-connected. Three years later, the … [Read more...]