British Ambassador to Hungary Iain Lindsay ends his four-year term.

Baroque melodies, Gershwin classics, Latin American rhythms and chamber music treasures at Paris’ sumptuous Palais Garnier; the legendary tenor Rolando Villazón and violin virtuoso Renaud Capuçon presented a spellbinding and wide-ranging journey for the third and final concert of the Rolex Perpetual Music series. The performances have been in support of the world of music that’s been so affected by the pandemic. […]

Russia has announced an intention to independently explore Venus a day after scientists said there was a gas that could be present in the planet’s clouds due to single-cell microbes. The head of Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, told reporters that they would initiate a national project as “we believe that Venus is a Russian […]

The family of a boy who suffered severe brain damage after the Cork hospital he was born in failed to diagnose meningitis has settled a legal action for €22.5m (£20.6m). Cork University Maternity Hospital apologised to Calum English, who is now eight, and his parents. His mother called on the Irish government to reform the […]

A German football team lost 37-0 to their local rivals after fielding only seven players who socially distanced throughout the match. Ripdorf fielded the minimum number of players on Sunday because their opponents SV Holdenstedt II came into contact in a previous game with someone who tested positive for Covid-19. Their team tested negative but […]

On 16 September, following the execution of a European investigation order, a house search led by the Romanian authorities in the county of Neamt uncovered the rare books buried underground. Reported stolen from a warehouse in Feltham (UK) in 2017, the priceless historical antiques included first editions of Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton from the […]

Seized with an interpretation request concerning the arrangements for implementing a Commission decision penalising France for State Aid declared incompatible with the common market, the Court of Justice rules that the decision is invalid. The Commission erred in law in considering that the reduction in employees’ contributions conferred a direct advantage on fisheries undertakings. Following, […]

The Court of Justice dismisses the appeals brought by EUIPO and a Spanish company against the judgment of the General Court authorising football player Lionel Messi to register the trade mark ‘MESSI’ for sports equipment and clothing In August 2011, the footballer Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini filed an application with the European Union Intellectual Property […]

Originally cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, then held online, the Art Paris event for modern and contemporary art has finally taken place at the Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées. Nearly 57,000 visitors attended, with work from around 900 artists on display. The event’s director, Guillaume Piens, admits it’s been a very difficult time: “The galleries are really very worried. They […]

EU-27 and UK collectively the second largest arms supplier in the world Common Position criteria take precedence over national interests Uniform data from member states would contribute to more transparency EU citizens have to be better informed about their governments’ strategic choices on an issue that directly affects their security, warn MEPs. In light of […]