4 Takeaways from France’s First Presidential Debate

Mélenchon stated that if elected, France would “disobey” EU regulations on trade and economic policy, and reaffirmed his intention to rewrite the foundational treaties of the bloc.
Le Pen, known for her Euroskeptic views and previous desire to have France exit the EU, announced she would reduce France’s financial contribution to Brussels by €5 billion if she were president.
Le Pe

Tielt – The city of Tielt in West Flanders has started a new project for the care of neighborhoods that will assist old and dependent individuals to stay at home for as long as possible. In the first week of September, the municipal welfare office will organize face-to-face meetings that will help the needy people get in touch with the volunteers.
Why is Tielt launching a new neighbourhood-care

By Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of Vereya
The Donatists occasionally referenced the era of St. Cyprian, claiming the Church was pure in his time. Augustine discusses how, despite St. Cyprian’s severe judgment of the wicked, he maintained ecclesiastical communion with them, sharing the Lord’s Bread and Cup with unworthy individuals, including bishops. If the Church had perishe

La candidate du RN, malgré les spéculations quant à la réforme qu’elle proposerait, a affirmé son soutien au retour d’un âge légal de retraite de 60 à 62 ans, selon l’âge d’entrée sur le marché du travail. Elle estime que cette réforme coûterait 9 milliards d’euros par an, mais la considère comme un “choix de société”.
Simultanément, Le Figaro a annoncé qu

Bilzen (Eurotoday Newspaper) – A Belgian court sentenced a 24-year-old Dutch man from Bilzen to suspended imprisonment on Thursday because of “intimate terrorism” as prosecutors stated, when the man’s girlfriend testified that she was physically abused with her baby in her arms, who she had to let down to be hit herself. In Tongeren criminal court he received 20 months of suspended jail time, a

An image shows a snowplow spreading salt on a Dutch highway during summer to prevent asphalt melting.
Salt on Dutch Highways in Summer
Using snowplows to spread salt on highways in the summer might appear bizarre but is a planned maintenance protocol in the Netherlands. When temperatures rise above 40°C, the Dutch infrastructure agency employs these measures to safeguard the pavement.
Thermal Ove

Dendermonde (Eurotoday Newspaper) – The annual Katuit Giant Procession in Dendermonde, East Flanders, took to the streets on Thursday evening on a visibly altered route after the city’s safety cell moved to protect participants and spectators from an approaching band of severe thunderstorms. 
There were forecasts made by the forecasters from the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (KMI) wh

Die verschlechternde Sicherheitslage in Libyen erschwert die Bemühungen, sich als zuverlässiger Lieferant für Europa zu etablieren. Schmuggel von Kraftstoff durch Banden und Milizen hat die Fördermengen beeinträchtigt, und politische Gruppen zielen auf die Energieinfrastruktur ab.
Diesen Monat griffen Drohnen ein Kraftwerk und eine wichtige Raffinerie in Zawiya nahe Tripolis an, dem Sitz der inter

KINGNEWSWIRE // PRESS RELEASE // Church of Scientology Hamburg honours three individuals for their dedication to humanitarian efforts, showcasing the practical tools utilized by Scientology Volunteer Ministers in communities and emergencies worldwide
HAMBURG, Germany, 27 August 2026 — While humanitarian efforts are commonly linked to large-scale emergencies and international aid, an event at the

Kazakhstan has elected the first members of its new national parliament, known as the Kurultai, completing the institutional transition approved in the country’s constitutional referendum in March.
Voter turnout reached 74.08 per cent. Adilet secured 71.17 per cent of the vote, while four other parties passed the five percent threshold and gained parliamentary representation.
Adilet’s decisive ma