In the first quarter, no fewer than 723,704 new EVs were registered in the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the countries of the European Free Trade Association, marking a healthy 26.2% increase year over year.
We had problems because of a shortage of jet fuel in three Italian airports -- Venice, Brindisi and Catania. It was all resolved within a day and in some cases within hours, without having to cancel flights.
Basic-Fit has disclosed a data breach affecting the personal information of roughly 1 million members. Compromised information includes names, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and bank account details.
Bregman claims, 'Today the whole of Europe risks turning into one big Venice, a beautiful open-air museum. A great destination for Chinese and American tourists. A place to admire what was once the centre of the world.' This statement encapsulates the concern that Europe is losing its cultural significance.
The first of 2026's biannual changing of the clocks takes place on the weekend of March 28th and 29th in France and across the whole of the European Union (plus the UK). Clocks officially go forward one hour at 2am (France time) on Sunday, March 29th, meaning that the hour between 2am and 3am disappears into the ether for the summer.
Eric Schmidt has been a central figure at Google for nearly two decades, serving as CEO and executive chairman of the company and of Alphabet, the conglomerate of which Google is a part, between 2001 and 2017. An active supporter of the Democratic Party, he maintained a close relationship with Barack Obama from the beginning. He is currently, among other things, CEO and investor in Relativity Space, an aerospace company.