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Europe’s cross-sector partnership on alternatives to animal testing will support the upcoming EU roadmap, working alongside the bloc’s chemicals, food and medicines regulators

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Voluntary action won’t deliver real demand for EU-made green products, letter says

In Italien gilt ab Samstag auf Skipisten eine Helmpflicht. In der Schweiz ist hingegen keine Pflicht geplant.

Die SVP will eine Zehn-Millionen-Schweiz verhindern – notfalls mit dem Ende der Personenfreizügigkeit. Die Mitte möchte die SVP-Initiative mit einem direkten Gegenvorschlag auskontern. Nun entscheidet die zuständige Ständeratskommission. Was läuft hinter den Kulissen?

Der FC Barcelona kehrt am 7. November für ein öffentliches Training ins Camp Nou zurück. Dies dient als Test für eine teilweise Wiedereröffnung des renovierten Stadions, die bis Ende 2025 geplant ist. Maximal 27'000 Besucher sind zugelassen.

The US has announced it is withdrawing some of its soldiers from Romania. In an attempt to allay fears, the Ministry of Defence in Bucharest said the decision had not come as a surprise and takes account of the fact that Nato has boosted its overall presence on the eastern flank. Press commentaries nonetheless reflect a sense of foreboding.

According to a report by the Politico news website, Hungary is planning to forge an anti-Ukrainian bloc in the European Union with the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The new Czech government has also said it wants to revitalise the cooperation between the four Visegrád states - although Poland has so far shown no interest in such plans. Could this be the birth of a pro-Russian lobby in the EU?

US President Donald Trump has announced plans to resume nuclear weapons testing. On his Truth Social platform he justified the move citing tests carried out by other countries. China has reminded the US of its commitment to a moratorium on nuclear testing and to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. The last US nuclear test was carried out in September 1992 under former president George H. W. Bush.