Report by committee of experts also calls for doctors to ask about screen time during checkupsSmartphones sold in Spain should carry a label warning users about their potential health impacts, experts have told the Spanish government, in a report that …
Whoโs at the top of the class and who flunked? Here are POLITICO’s grades for each 2019-2024 European commissioner.
Paris renews push for EU-wide uptake of its “digital majority” at 15.
Experts fear tough rules for the art world โ meant to root out criminals โย will send business to New York and Hong Kong.
Thieves steal two works after ripping them from their frames as they were too big for their carThieves have blown open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands to try to steal four works from a famous series of Andy Warhol screen prints, …
A pro-Trump comedianโs racist diatribe drew widespread condemnation.
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Sundayโs results will show whether the country’s efforts to avoid their own ‘Brexit moment’ will succeed.
The former president was on the other side of Pennsylvania on Monday evening.
In the US, I was asked to tip after buying a single banana. To my horror, tip-creep is spreading in French bars and restaurantsAs an American living in Paris, Iโm not exactly sure when I first started having moments of culture shock on my visits back t…
POLITICO has reviewed the declarations of interest of every European Commission nominee.
Foreign shipping companies that dominate seaborne trade draw bipartisan criticism as U.S. ports grind to a halt.
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Venue owner says Sicilian Letters, about the Cosa Nostra leader Matteo Messina Denaro, โdoesnโt interest meโThe owner of the only cinema in Castelvetrano, the Sicilian hometown of the notorious Cosa Nostra mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, has refused …
Laura Carreiraโs impressive debut drama sees a quietly excellent Joana Santos endure dehumanising work conditions while looking for a way outThe human cost of the online convenience shopping revolution is, arguably, still to be properly addressed in ci…
Offline Clubโs first global event on Sunday will begin with tips on how to be phone-free for 24 hours every weekHaunted by a pile of unread books? Or taunted by climbing equipment lurking in the cupboard? If you are one of the UK adults who spends on a…
The operations in Lebanon and Syria could spark a global reckoning over vulnerabilities faced by tech companies with global manufacturing operations.
The reconstruction of the 1976 trial of voluble and charismatic leftist Pierre Goldman tackles antisemitism and historyFrench cinema has recently given us some sensationally good courtroom dramas, such as Alice Diopโs Saint Omer and Justine Trietโs Ana…
One of the worldโs leading vision impairments, myopiaโs prevalence is set to increase, with vast implications for countryโs budgets and their peopleโs health and well-being.
Trump, however, said the Secret Service did an โabsolutely outstandingโ job.
Destruction of Ukraineโs energy infrastructure puts botanical gardenโs rare and exotic species in dangerZhanna Yaroslavska showed off a barrel-shaped stove in the middle of a tropical greenhouse. Nearby was a large pile of logs. โItโs a pretty neandert…
Tributes paid to โgenuinely kindโ former England and Lazio football manager in his home town of TorsbySven-Gรถran Eriksson obituaryDavid Beckham joined mourners at the funeral of former England manager Sven-Gรถran Eriksson in his home town of Torsby in S…
Where was the president in the eight hours after the Sept. 11 attacks? The strange, harrowing journey of Air Force One, as told by the people who were on board.
It’s highly unlikely Ursula von der Leyen’s team will be able to start in November.
As Chicago made clear, Harrisโ gifted nomination gives her a chance to be whatever people want her to be.
As part of a series of public health recommendations for parents, the Swedish government has also recommended progressive limits on screen time, ranging from one to three hours per day for children from 2-18.
Governments across Europe are imposing smartphone bans in schools in an attempt to tackle screen addiction and cyberbullying.
As Chicago made clear, Harrisโ gifted nomination gives her a chance to be whatever people want her to be.
Is the arrested Telegram CEO a free speech martyr or a shadowy criminal?
This plucky documentary tells of the small town whose residents created its first football pitch, and the years that followed chasing their goalSet in Hellissandur, Iceland, population 369, this modest documentary tells the story of how the village got…
Film icon Alain Delon whose death was announced Sunday was โone of the last real French movie stars,โ said Rebecca Leffler, France Correspondent for Screen International, adding that Delon was more than an actor and a โpersonalityโ.
French film legend Alain Delon has died at the age of 88, his three children told AFP in a statement on Sunday, following a battle with ill health.ย
Beagle Ceco and his team will operate until Sept. 8 at the country’s main airport.
Bringing more celebrities into political coverage could make it livelier โ and perhaps even more informative.
Political turmoil gave way to people buying into the Games but leaders know sustaining optimism is not easyIn a park by the canal edge in Saint-Denis, Laken Lima sat in a deckchair at an Olympic fan zone watching the taekwondo on a big screen, as touri…
TikTok promised not to roll out a reward program in its Lite app to push users to engage more in the European Union.
Misinformation and disinformation played major part in riots after stabbings involving childrenAnyone in Ireland sitting in front of their television screen or checking their mobile phone about events unfolding in Southport this week could not help but…
Google-owned video service in โearly inningsโ of sporting content growth, says CEO Neal Mohan
Jarring and heartbreaking documentary excavates the film-makerโs past while illuminating an abuserโs place in the cycle of violenceEnveloped in a sonic cocoon of gentle ocean waves and rustling wind, the sensorial opening of Efthymia Zymvragakiโs featu…
Inspired by opera houses, the grands magasins were astonishing spectacles, built on a pharaonic scale. A new exhibition in the French capital charts the golden age of a dying conceptOn the top floor of the fabled La Samaritaine department store in Pari…
Top ECB official got caught on a hot mic saying Harris will never win.
Daniela de Feliceโs impressionistic, sensuous documentary meditates on the romantic relationships and student activism of her youth in 1990s ItalyBittersweet memories rise like mist in Daniela de Feliceโs impressionistic, sensuous documentary recallin…
Politicians across Europe and the U.S. have raised the alarm over social media’s digital harm to kids.
From creating an EU-wide money market to protecting kids online, POLITICO looks at what lies ahead for lawmakers.
A former top Homeland Security Department official discusses the fallout from the Trump assassination attempt.
Germany, the Netherlands and others are looking at Swedenโs system which screens over 100,000 teenagers a year.
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In Norway, children walk to school aged six, or even travel across the country โ and no one bats an eyelid. Why do these kids have so much independence, while other countries are so risk-averse? Itโs 1.30pm. Nila and Arion arrive home after finishing s…
Madrid unveils a digital wallet to help porn platforms verify users’ ages.
Europe’s nationalists have often struggled to field a clean sheet of respectable candidates.
“At least Trump does not support giving our territories to Putin.”
One prominent operative texted, โTime for an open convention.โ
British political campaigners are being caught out on the doorstep โ and fear a new tech trend could usher in an era of abuse and scandal.
Apple says competition rules that require functionality with rival products would compromise privacy and securityApple will delay launching three new artificial intelligence features in Europe because European Union competition rules require the compan…
The star of La Dolce Vita and A Man and a Woman, who has died aged 92, had a unique screen presence that was at once alluring and forbiddingThe superbly aquiline beauty and patrician style of Anouk Aimรฉe made her a 60s movie icon in France, Italy and e…
We made our own group of the most outlandish MEPs coming to the new European Parliament.
While all eyes are on France’s spot election, Germans too may soon face an early vote.
Wrong results, wrong ballots and snap elections.
The far right had a good night. Others not so much.
โThere is neither an agreement nor a request from the U.S. to resettle legal immigrants in Greece,โ said the Greek migration minister.
Edouard Baer says he โdoes not recognise himselfโ in allegations of harassment and assault by six womenEdouard Baer, a French actor best known for playing Asterix on screen, has become the latest star to feel the impact of sexual assault allegations as…
EU’s content-moderation rulebook has proven to be โnot sufficientโ to stand up against tech giants, said Mette Frederiksen.
Mexican President Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obradorโs ability to command the stage explains a lot about Donald Trump โ and offers lessons for Joe Biden.
Once the most 3D of all forms, architecture is becoming reduced to gigantic flashing billboards
Shot on 16mm, Marija Kavtaradzeโs quiet drama tells a mature and moving story about the many ways people can be in loveA delicate love affair blooms in the new film from Lithuanian director Marija Kavtaradze, which explores attraction and intimacy with…
Livestream artwork with 2.4m-wide screen allowed people in both cities to see but not hear each other, leading to offensive conductAuthorities in Dublin are to temporarily shut down the live video portal with New York because of unruly behaviour.The ci…
Events off screen could be as dramatic as those in the selection of star-studded film premieres.
Events off screen could be as dramatic as those in the selection of star-studded film premieres.
Events off screen could be as dramatic as those in the selection of star-studded film premieres.
Dubliners urged to give โIrish welcomeโ via interactive sculpture but bad behaviour is also on displayRain sluiced down on a grey Dublin afternoon but the crowd clustering around the portal ignored the downpour and waved at a man cycling towards the sc…
Once a celebration of arthouse raunch, the film festival has had to change in the #MeToo era. Is that why, on screen and off, pooches are everywhere this year? Our writer goes walkies on the Cรดte dโAzurOne of the most eagerly anticipated talents about …
The ravages of too much screen time: for me, the axe fell when I brought home my first report card in the sixth grade: my TV viewing was curtailed to a single hour a day. That was before the Internet.
Children should not access most social media until 18 amid attempt to โmonetiseโ and โcontrolโ them, says study commissioned by MacronChildren should not be allowed to use smartphones until they are 13 and should be banned from accessing conventional s…
Eponymous hero tackles a pooch-pinching operation by getting captured in this old-fashioned productionIn some ways, the Lassie films are like the canine answer to the James Bond series. Both have literary antecedents, both have been big screen successe…
Here’s what you need to know about the French president’s wide-ranging address on Thursday.
Jean-Luc Mรฉlenchon’s latest scandal, in which he compared a French university head to a Nazi, has some on the left considering succession plans.
Tens of thousands of people in eastern France cross the border to Luxembourg every day for work โ yet Marine Le Penโs National Rally is gaining ground in the area.
The hidden history of the Cold War adoption complex.
Deputy PM Oliver Dowden will take steps to deliver on pledge to Joe Biden to confront China trade quandary.
As his new film looks at societyโs relationship with the camera, the double Palme dโOr winner talks about the power of the screen โ big and small โ and why the next generation will be MarxistโI have an idea,โ says Ruben รstlund. โWhat if you were only …
Hundreds of European conservatives gathered in Cyprus for a “cultural weekend” that mixed policy discussions, networking and time away from the bureaucratic machine.
MEPs will vote Wednesday on a raft of laws to form a common European migration and asylum policy. ย ย
The French president faces fresh test as outlook for nation’s finances dims, threatening to upend his EU project.
Pro-Kremlin website spread propaganda and “paid” European politicians, top European officials said.
A poor Roma neighborhood has one of the lowest turnout in the European election.
Oregon lawmakers gave it three years. Portugalโs program took longer to show results.
EU countries’ bickering over whether to grant Ukraine’s farm production another year of access to their markets could well be a taste of whatโs to come if Kyiv becomes the bloc’s 28th member.
The most important responsibility for election management bodies today is to build and sustain votersโ trust in the integrity of the electoral process โ and tech companies can help.
It is unclear who will replace the EU’s justice commissioner during his leave of absence.
Companies face fines of up to 10 percent of their global annual turnover if European Commission decides they are breaking the laws.
Portuguese director Susana Nobre explores the sadness of bereavement with deadpan obliqueness in this story about a womanโs reaction to her motherโs deathThereโs a studied impassivity to this elegant Portuguese movie about grief from Susana Nobre. Itโs…
Commission president wants to use a defense boost to help her get a second term.
The future of NATO, negotiating with Putin, and Prince Harry feature in a half-hour talk with the former U.S. president.
Some had grumbled it was mere politicking from Macron, yet enshrining the right to abortion felt like a rare moment of unityThere was little doubt that the French parliament would reach a majority on Monday, when it gathered in a special session to ens…
A company has used the presence of coffee on screen to forecast the winner of the 2024 Best Picture. Are they onto something un-frapp-ing believable, or is there trouble brewing?
Party calls for a probe on 71st anniversary of Soviet dictator’s death.
French film star who spanned Hollywood and French New Wave cinema, best known for the controversial The Devil in the FleshMany postwar British filmgoers had their perception of French women shaped by seeing such sophisticated stars as Edwige Feuillรจre,…
Prosecutors say Alain Delon, known for his tough-guy persona on screen, does not have a gun permit.
Prosecutors say actor, 88, does not have permit for any of the 72 weapons seized from his home south of ParisPolice have seized 72 firearms from the home of French screen legend Alain Delon, who doesnโt have a permit for any of them, prosecutors said o…
