The Los Angeles car show has not started yet, but the firsts have already leaked here and there. After the new Range Rover Evoque leaked the new Porsche 911. The 992 series has evolved a little bit again. There are only three photos, but it is enough to see that Porsche – happy – has not changed too much of …
European government leaders have not come a step closer to a Brexit deal. For the time being there will be no new meeting of government leaders. According to Netherlands Prime Minister Rutte they have until the end of this year to reach a deal or force “Hard Brexit”.
EU finance ministers battled Saturday over a controversial proposal to slap a European tax on US tech giants amid rising worries that it is ineffective and protectionist. France for a year has rallied EU partners to draw up the tax which Paris says is necessary to ensure that global tech platforms such as Facebook and Google pay their fair share. …
Two seven-year-old children have died in the Mediterranean as hundreds of migrants sought to reach Spain from Morocco, a Spanish NGO said Saturday. Meanwhile 16 Moroccan migrants were reported missing after another boat capsized off the coast of north Morocco. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) 42,500 migrants have arrived by sea in Spain since the start of …
Spain sent 55 migrants back to Morocco on Monday a day after they forced their way into the Spanish territory of Melilla during an assault on the border in which two migrants died and 19 were injured. A total of 208 migrants entered Melilla on Sunday after climbing over two barbed wire fences which separate the tiny territory from northern …
Long an important source of revenue for telecom companies, roaming charges will be lifted in Europe starting June 15, raising pressure on operators in a tight market. Roaming charges within and outside Europe account for an average of around five percent of sales for telephone operators in Europe, estimates Sylvain Chevallier of BearingPoint. But the impact of the new measure …
Motorists who bought cars from the company over the summer say they were not told about a fault where a seat belt could unbuckle. Volkswagen’s handling of a “potentially lethal safety issue” involving seat belts has been “completely unsatisfactory”, Which? has said. The consumer group claims that the company has sold an estimated 55,000 vehicles since it was made aware …
A migrant died Sunday and 19 others were hurt after around 200 people scaled a fence to enter Spain’s Melilla enclave from northern Morocco, local Spanish authorities said. The man was among the migrants who climbed over two barbed wire fences and appeared to have died of a heart attack, they said in a statement. “Unfortunately, one of the migrants …
In a small town in northern Austria, Sylvia Hochstoeger never imagined she would become the figurehead for a protest movement. But it was the threat of expulsion hanging over Shafi, an Afghan apprentice training at her business, which forced her to fight against an “absurd” situation. “They tell you that integration is the most important thing, that you have to …
