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Relax, revive, refresh: 30 of the best spa hotels and retreats in Europe

From luxurious urban escapes to holistic getaways and indulgent country breaks, here’s our pick of the very best spas

The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2025

The UK does have a ‘special relationship’ – but it’s with Europe

The government is only deceiving itself by trying to ‘make Brexit work’ and forlornly pursuing a trade deal with Trump

The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2025

NHS contraceptive pills funding Hungary PM’s 'propaganda' as he restricts abortion

PROFITS from contraceptive pills used by the NHS are funding an organisation with close ties to Hungary’s hard-right government which has…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 5, 2025

1,500 ancient European genomes reveal previously hidden waves of migration, study finds

Researchers developed a more precise method of understanding ancestry from ancient DNA and used it to identify previously unknown waves of migration.

LiveScience · Jan 3, 2025

Saturn will disappear behind the moon for skywatchers in Europe on Saturday. Here's how to see it.

One of the last easily visible lunar occultations of Saturn until 2037 will occur on Jan. 4.

LiveScience · Jan 3, 2025

Elon Musk "spreading hate" in Europe

After funding Trump's White House bid, the world's richest man is backing the far-right in UK and Germany

Salon · Jan 3, 2025

2,600 UK personnel to join Nato exercise amid ‘unshakeable commitment’ to bloc

Armed forces minister Luke Pollard said the Government ‘wants the UK to be Nato’s leading European nation’.

Evening Standard · Jan 3, 2025

More than 2,200 people died in Mediterranean in 2024, UN finds

Figure includes hundreds of children, who make up one in five migrants trying to reach Europe fleeing war and poverty

The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2025

Ukraine closure of Gazprom pipeline to Europe hurts Russia’s war effort but leaves Transnistrians in the cold

Kyiv has finally turned off Russia’s gas supply to Europe, ending a source of income that helped pay for Moscow’s war against Ukraine. The decades-old deal, which allowed the transit of natural gas produced by Russian energy giant Gazprom through Ukraine, ended at midnight on December 31, shutting down Russia’s…

The Conversation · Jan 3, 2025

Comment: Remote working is damaging the tech industry - just look at gaming

The tech sector has always thrived on ideas and innovation but in recent years, large parts of it have stuttered. For the third year in a row, investments across the industry fell in 2024 and European startups struggled to raise even half of the $101 billion raised when the sector…

Evening Standard · Jan 3, 2025