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☆ We left behind our careers in Nashville to have an 'adult gap year.' We traveled a lot and now happily live in Spain.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Cait Church | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementWe left our stressful careers in the music industry in Nashville to have an "adult gap year." We spent a year traveling through Europe to find the joy and balance our lives had been missing. We fell in love with València, Spain, on our trip and have since moved there. Each place had its own unique charm, but one stood out above the rest: València, Spain. We're now living in Spain and happily getting settledWe couldn't stop thinking about Spain even after we'd left.

Persons: we'd, València, We're, we're Organizations: Cait Locations: Nashville, Europe, València, Spain, Tennessee, Portugal, France, Montenegro, Greece, Albania, Ireland, England

☆ I couldn't afford retirement in the US on $3,000 a month, so I moved abroad. I've lived in 43 countries and am happier.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Bour, now 70, and his wife worried about affording retirement in the US and moved abroad in 2019. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Norman Bour, 70, who, along with his wife, left the US for Europe to live abroad in 2019. Courtesy of Norman BourMy girlfriend at the time, now wife, and I left the US in February 2019. While living abroad, we self-insure.

Persons: Norman Bour, —, they've, We've, We'll, we'll, Bour Organizations: Service, Social Security, Petronas Locations: California, Bour, Malaysia, Europe, Los Angeles, Costa Mesa , Orange County, Orange, United States, Valencia, Spain, South America, Asia, Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Southern California, Copenhagen, France, Nice, Australia, Vietnam, Thailand, Bali, Kuala Lumpur, Batu, Sicily, Malta, Sardinia, Balkans, Eastern Europe

☆ Europe’s centrists are flocking to the right on migration, as a far right surge and a border crisis spooks the continent
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Increasingly, Europe’s centrist figureheads are dropping their once-high-minded rhetoric on irregular migration, reaching instead for positions that were previously the preserve of the continent’s populist rabble-rousers. In Poland, like in much of Europe, “voters across the board expect that border security and migration controls are the priority,” Kucharczyk said. But Thursday’s victory for Tusk in Brussels underscores a broader, rightward shift across Europe on the issue of irregular migration. “It’s an existential issue for this coalition, and they don’t want to take chances on issues like migration,” Kucharczyk said. The wider question is whether the longstanding principles of the border-free Schengen Area can survive an enduring era of rising migration and populist subversion.

Persons: Donald Tusk, ” Tusk, Spain’s Pedro Sanchez –, Tusk, ” Jacek Kucharczyk, Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s, Olaf Scholz, ” Kucharczyk, ”, Adnan Beci, Ursula von der Leyen, Chancellor Scholz, Keir Starmer –, –, Scholz, Thomas Niedermueller, Italy’s, Giorgia Meloni, “, Marta Welander, PiS, Poland’s, Kucharczyk Organizations: CNN, European Union Council, of Public Affairs, Wednesday, Getty, European Commission, EU, Committee, Law and Justice, SPD, ISIS, – Locations: Brussels, Poland, EU, Belarus, Europe, Russia, Albania, Warsaw, AFP, EU’s, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Solingen, Hungary, Slovakia

☆ Italy criminalizes surrogacy abroad in move slammed as ‘medieval’ by critics
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Antonia Mortensen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Human life has no price and is not a commodity.”People demonstrate near Italy's Senate this week to oppose the country's new legislation. Francis has shifted the church’s approach on welcoming LGBTQ people, but has maintained a strong line opposing both abortion and surrogacy. The new Italian law does not differentiate between same-sex and heterosexual couples, nor between altruistic or paid surrogacy, but it will disproportionately affect the LGBTQ community, advocates fear. “Law or no law, same-sex families exist and will continue to exist. LGBTQ activists who protested outside the Senate on Wednesday said that heterosexual couples make up 90% of all surrogacies.

Persons: Giorgia Meloni’s, Pope Francis an, Meloni, Simona Granati, Francis, ”, “, ” Laura Boldrini, ” Alessia Crocini, Michela Calabro, Mauro Scrobogna, Elon Musk, Francis ’ Organizations: CNN, Italy, Catholic Church, Italian Catholic Church, Italy's Senate, Catholic, “, Families, European Union Locations: Italy, United States, Canada, Italy's, Vatican, Italian, ” Italy, ”, Albania

☆ Italy ships migrants to Albania for first time under controversial plan
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Egypt and Bangladesh are among 22 countries deemed “safe” by Italy, a designation that prevents their nationals from qualifying for political asylum, with few exceptions. Under the protocol signed between Italy and Albania last year, those sent to Albania must not show signs of torture, illness or vulnerability or be part of nuclear families traveling together. Those brought directly to Italy instead would fall under EU regulations, which involve a lengthy asylum process. If they are denied asylum in Italy, they will then be deported back to their countries of origin at Italy’s expense. More than 1 million migrants have made it to Italy by sea from North African ports since 2014, according to Italian government statistics and UNHCR.

Persons: Italy CNN —, Giorgia Meloni, Meloni, Guglielmo Mangiapane, Filippo Ungaro, ”, “, Marta Welander, Welander Organizations: Italy CNN, Italy’s Coast Guard, EU, Italian Coast Guard, Italian Navy, Italian, Albanian, UN, UNHCR, UNHCR’s, CNN, “ UNHCR, ”, Rescue, UN’s, Organization for Migration Locations: Rome, Italy, Shengjin, Italian, Libya, Egypt, Bangladesh, Albania, Europe, UNHCR’s Italy, EU, Spain, North

☆ Italy’s hard-right government set to send sea migrants to Albania in bid to curb arrivals
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

However, the court’s decision is non-binding and Italy and Albania are not prohibited by the ruling from going forward with the plans. That’s all, very normal variations during construction.”A general view of the reception center for migrants in Shengjin, Albania, on June 4, 2024. If they do not qualify for asylum, they will be deported to “safe” countries, according to the agreement between Italy and Albania. The cost comes to around 7.5% of what Italy currently spends on its migrant reception centers, Meloni said in June, speaking alongside Rama. Other listed “safe countries” include Egypt, Tunisia and the Ivory Coast, citizens of which make up a large portion of arrivals.

Persons: Rome, It’s, Gjader –, Matteo Piantedosi, There’s, Florion Goga, Piantedosi, Giorgia, Keir Starmer, “, ” Meloni, Meloni, Starmer, Rama, ” Rama, Giorgia Meloni, Adnan Beci, ’ ”, Alketa Misja, ”, ” Gianfranco Schiavone, Schiavone Organizations: Rome CNN, European Union, Court, Justice, Reuters, CNN, United Nations, Refugees, UNHCR, Interior Ministry, Meloni, Amnesty, Italy's, Albania's, Edi, Getty, AP, Migration, United Nations ’ International Organization for Migration, Union Locations: Albania, Italy, European, Albanian, Shengjin, Gjader, Agrigento, Sicily, Catania, Malta, Greece, Spain, Libya, Tunisia, Meloni’s, Rome, Europe, AFP, Italian, Bangladesh, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Afghanistan, Syria, Lezhe, Refoulement, North, Denmark

☆ I moved to Bali and turned my life into a 'workcation.' There are struggles, but every day feels like a beach day now.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Kaila Yu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

We stayed for 10 months and fell in love with the place for its optimal work-life balance and gorgeous weather. My current job understands my remote work lifestyle and allows me to work from anywhere. AdvertisementI miss being close to my family, but I don't miss MelbourneI don't miss Melbourne much, except for being close to family and friends. However, remote work in digital marketing has allowed me to turn my life into a workcation. I've found a way to balance work and leisure, making every day feel like a beach day.

Persons: —, Eliot Davenport, It's, I've, OnlyFans influencers, Manseen Logan Organizations: Service, Business, Bali, pats, Melbourne Locations: Melbourne, Australia, Guatemala, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, South Africa, Spain, Albania, United States, Croatia, Bali, Menjangan, West Bali, Amed, North, America, Orange County, Savannah , Georgia, mlogan

☆ My family immigrated to the UK with nothing when I was 5. Now I run a fitness empire that made $70 million last year.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

I was an immigrant child, and growing up in the UK in an Albanian family wasn't easy. It's ironic, given that I now run two fitness businesses and my main passion is getting women into strength training. I now run two fitness businesses that combined made over $70 million last year. What strength training does for your mind and body is profound; it's so empowering. It was good for SEO but contradicted our message and ethos, which is that strength training is about more than just how your body looks.

Persons: —, Krissy Cela, — I'd, Jack Bullimore, I've, David, Lukas Kurzmann, I'd, We've, Oner, I'm Organizations: Service, Business Locations: London, LA, Albania, Greece, PE

☆ A least 8 people have died trying to cross the English Channel, French authorities say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

At least eight people died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French maritime authorities said Sunday. Once the vessel reached the beach, rescue services offered medical assistance to 53 migrants, a statement from the French maritime authorities in charge of the Channel and the North Sea said. Before Saturday’s accident, at least 43 migrants had died or gone missing while trying to cross to the U.K. this year, according to the International Organization for Migration. Other surveillance and rescue operations are underway Sunday along the entire Pas-de-Calais coast amid stormy weather conditions and agitated sea, French maritime authorities said. In July, four migrants died while attempting the crossing on an inflatable boat that capsized and punctured.

Persons: “, Jacques Billant, Billant, David Lammy, “ It’s, Keir Starmer, Giorgia Meloni, ’, Starmer, ” Organizations: Channel, Calais, BBC, Labour Party, International Organization for Migration, Britain Locations: France, Ambleteuse, Boulogne, Calais, Eritrea, Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Pas, Britain, ’, Italy, Albania, Tirana

☆ I’ve been to 100 countries. I didn't expect to want to return to these 5
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Todd Miller | Marylou Costa | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Here are the spots I thought would be "one and done" but that are on my list of return trips. A village in Rwanda, a country with a population of nearly 14 million people. Aerial view of Sveti Stefan, a fortified island village with 15th century stone buildings on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro. I am eager to return to the White Continent again to experience the planet's coldest, windiest, driest, and perhaps most serene place. VanuatuVanuatu is one of the least visited countries in the world, not because it isn't welcoming or rewarding, but because of its remoteness.

Persons: I'm, Edwin Remsberg, Wadi Al Disah, Todd Miller, Todd Miller Wadi, Disah, it's, Sveti, Feng Wei, Andrew Peacock, George Island, doesn't, Yasur Organizations: Bank, Getty, Rwanda, Saudi, UNESCO, Vanuatu Vanuatu, Air Vanuatu Locations: Turkey, Nepal, South Africa, Indonesia, Rwanda, Burundi, Lake Kivu, Africa's, Saudi Arabia, Kingdom, Saudi, Wadi Al, Jordan's Wadi, Petra, Saudia Arabia, Montenegro, Croatia, wallow, Kotor, Sveti Stefan, Stari, Serbian, Albania, Antarctica, George, Vanuatu

☆ Ballet-inspired double skyscraper design tricks the eye
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

These were two of the visual cues for Bond Tower, a 50-story residential building and hotel that seems to trick the eye. Designed by Portuguese architecture firm OODA, the skyscraper will feature two connected structures that gently separate before rejoining one other, giving it a warped effect. Bond Tower was designed by the firm OODA, which has three more projects underway in the city. This month, OODA will break ground on a greenery filled residential tower called Hora Vertikale that was designed as a “vertical village,” according to the firm. On the avenue where Bond Tower will rise, Brito expects that OODA’s design will soon be joined by other high-rise companions.

Persons: Diogo Brito, it’s, ” Brito, Heinz, Peter Bader, Gustav Klimt’s, OODA, Brito, ”, Spain’s Bofill, “ Organizations: CNN, Bond, Territorial Council, Tirana, Digest Locations: Albania’s, Tirana, OODA, Albanian, ”, Albania

☆ Greece shuts Acropolis and Adriatic Sea hits record-high temperature as extreme heat bakes Europe
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Story Associated Press | Angela Dewan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Athens CNN —The Acropolis in Greece shut for hours, record-breaking ocean temperatures off Croatia and plans to feed zoo animals popsicles in Italy — southern Europe is baking under a “hellishly hot” heat wave. If you don’t come prepared, you’re going to sweat.”Tourists leave the Acropolis hill in Athens, on July 17, 2024. The site was shut at 12 p.m. for five hours to keep visitors out of the heat. Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesThe heat has come largely from hot air blowing in from Africa, which meteorologists forecast will continue through Sunday. The brutal heat wave hitting southern Europe has so far spared Paris, which is set to host the Olympics later this month.

Persons: ”, Toby Dunlap, Nikolas Kokovlis, Carmen Díaz, “, Patrizia Valerio, goer Mattia Rossi, ” Rossi Organizations: Athens CNN, Culture Ministry, Cross, Tourists, Aris Oikonomou, Getty Locations: Athens, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Europe, Pennsylvania, AFP, Africa, Basilicata, Palermo, Sicily, Verona, Rome, Madrid, Varese, Balkans, Dubrovnik, Serbia, Albania, Neighboring, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Turkey, Paris

☆ Euro 2024 day 22: Goodbye to Ronaldo and Kroos as Spain and France set up semi-final
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( The Athletic Uk Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Euro 2024 has its first pair of semi-finalists. GO DEEPER Toni Kroos was at the top of his game at Euro 2024 - so why is he retiring? France had also lost their previous three penalty shootouts in major tournaments, not winning one since the 1998 World Cup. And he did, sending Costa the wrong way to keep France’s Euro 2024 dream alive. every one bar their final group game) Ronaldo played every second.

Persons: Mikel Merino’s, there’s, Joao Felix, Cristiano Ronaldo, Toni Kroos, Florian Wirtz’s, Merino, Jaime Reina, Qian, Kroos, Sebastian Stafford, Dermot Corrigan Spain’s, Luis de la, Mikel Merino's, Li, bea, kee, tim, Ron, dre, Amy Law, sid e Organizations: England, Getty, Champions League, Real Madrid, Bloor, Croatia, Albania, Georgia, pla Locations: Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, Denmark, Italy, SPAIN, ste, goa

☆ Heat waves: Here’s why your AC can’t save you anymore
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Then came the heat wave. But it is also a lifeline against increasingly brutal heat, the deadliest type of extreme weather. It allows people to live in places where temperatures push close to the limits of survivability and where extreme heat persists even at night. And many electrical grids are being pushed to a breaking point due to increasingly frequent extreme weather and soaring demand for cooling. Heat can affect vital organs and cause heat exhaustion, heat stroke and even death.

Persons: Ida, ”, Jen Brady, Michael Webber, Webber, Brian Stone Jr, Hurricane Ida, Leah Millis, ” Webber, ” Stone, Stone, Kate Gallego, ” Gallego, it’s, Mario Tama, Central’s Brady, —, Ian, “ Organizations: CNN, Climate Central, Climate, University of Texas, Georgia Institute of Technology, “, Service, Authorities, Arizona Public Service, Babcock Locations: Louisiana, New Orleans, Austin, California, Pacific Northwest, Europe, Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, New Orleans , Louisiana, Hurricane, Atlanta, Detroit, Phoenix, Phoenix , Arizona, Florida

☆ Ismail Kadare, Whose Novels Brought Albania’s Plight to the World, Dies at 88
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Rusha Haljuci | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ismail Kadare, the Albanian novelist and poet who single-handedly wrote his isolated Balkan homeland onto the map of world literature, creating often dark, allegorical works that obliquely criticized the country’s totalitarian state, died in Tirana, Albania, on Monday. In a literary career that spanned half a century, Mr. Kadare (pronounced kah-dah-RAY) wrote scores of books, including novels and collections of poems, short stories and essays. He shot to international fame in 1970 when his first novel, “The General of the Dead Army,” was translated into French. Mr. Kadare’s name was floated several times for the Nobel Prize, but the honor eluded him. In 2005, he received the inaugural Man Booker International Prize (now the International Booker Prize), awarded to a living writer of any nationality for overall achievement in fiction.

Persons: Ismail Kadare, Bujar Hudhri, Kadare, RAY, ”, Man Booker, International Booker, Gabriel García Márquez, Philip Roth Organizations: Onufri Publishing House, Dead Army, Man, International Locations: Albanian, Tirana, Albania

☆ A Guide to Ismail Kadare’s Books
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Amelia Nierenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Ismail Kadare, the most celebrated Albanian author in a generation, was a prolific writer who often found ways to criticize the country’s totalitarian state, despite the risks involved. He died on Monday in Tirana, Albania’s capital, at 88. Kadare rose to international fame during one of Albania’s darkest chapters: the dictatorship of Enver Hoxha, the Communist tyrant who died in 1985. He walked a careful line, alternately criticizing and placating the regime. In the mid 1980s, he had to smuggle his manuscripts out of the country.

Persons: Ismail Kadare, Kadare, Enver Hoxha Locations: Albanian, Europe, Tirana, Communist

☆ Euro 2024 day 16 – Lightning stops play, Italy’s coach goes backwards, five cruel minutes
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( The Athletic Uk Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Lightning stops playAfter several days of hot weather, the skies above Dortmund’s Signal Iduna Park had been gathering throughout the evening. Thunder and lightning could be heard from afar, with the rain arriving after 32 minutes of Germany’s last-16 game against Denmark. Soon after, lightning flashes could be seen from inside the stadium, with two to three ear-splitting cracks of thunder. The suspension lasted for around 24 minutes — with preparations to restart occurring as soon as the lighting had moved out of the area. Players reemerged from their changing rooms five minutes before the resumption, and waited momentarily for groundstaff to test the pitch.

Persons: Michael Oliver, Oliver, Alex Gottschalk, Bjorn Kuipers, Alex Livesey, Jonathan Richter, Jacob Whitehead Italy, Spalletti’s, Luciano Spalletti didn’t, Spalletti, “, That’s, I’ll, ”, Masashi Hara, Italy haven’t, Strikers Gianluca Scamacca, Mateo Retegui, Giacomo Raspadori, ” Spalletti, “ It’s, Gabriele Gravina, James Horncastle, Joachim Andersen, Manuel Neuer, Christian Eriksen’s, Andersen, Thomas Delaney, Robert Andrich, David Raum’s, Kai Havertz, Kasper Schmeichel, Musiala, What’s Organizations: England, Denmark, UEFA, Getty, FC Nordsjaelland, Major League Soccer, International Broadcasting Centre, Fiat, Croatia, Albania, Strikers, Spain, Italian Football, Georgia Locations: Slovakia, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Ukraine, France, England, Sweden, Danish, Real Salt, LAFC, Utah, —, ignominy, Korea, Macedonia, Gelsenkirchen, Iserlohn, Gelsenkirchen . Debutants Georgia, Portugal, Spain

☆ Euro 2024: Our ranking of all the games in Germany this summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Ahmed Walid | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +35 min

AdvertisementThis was Belgium at their finest, and Romania raised the level of their game in the second half to try to equalise. If Austria wanted to have any chance of qualifying to the round of 16 they had to beat Poland in their second group game. The wide areas were where Ukraine focused their attacks, and Oleksandr Zinchenko’s square pass to Mykola Shaparenko made it 1-1 in the second half. However, Samet Akaydin and Altay Bayindir’s mishap on the second goal decreased Turkey’s probability of a comeback. More off-ball runs in the second half led to the third, and by then the match was done and dusted.

Persons: Muldur, Arda Guler, Georges Mikautadze, Khvicha, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Kerem Akturkoglu, Ronald Koeman’s, Romano Schmid, Austria, Cody Gakpo’s, Memphis Depay, Marcel Sabitzer, Merih Demiral, Ralf Rangnick’s, Vincenzo Montella’s, Michael Gregoritsch, Alexander Prass, Christoph Baumgartner, Mert Gunok, Kvaratskhelia, Jasir Asani’s, Zlatko Dalic’s, Mario Pasalic, Luka Sucic, Marcelo Brozovic, Majer, Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic, Ante Budimir, Andrej Kramaric, Klaus Gjasula’s, Albania’s, Dan Mullan, Gianluigi, Italy weren’t, Nico Williams, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Kevin C, Cox, Jeremy Doku, Ivan Schranz, Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku, Leandro Trossard, Stanislav Lobotka, Juraj Kucka, Ondrej Duda, Martin Dubravka’s, David Hancko’s, Stu Forster, Zan Karnicnik’s, Jan Oblak’s, Luka, Patrik Schick, Ondrej Lingr’s, Ivan Hasek’s, Giorgi Chakvetadze, Saba Lobjanidze, Julian Nagelsmann, Germany didn’t, —, Murat Yakin’s, Dan Ndoye, Manuel Akanji, Fabian Schar, David Raum, Christina Pahnke –, Romania Domenico Tedesco’s, Youri Tielemans, Timothy Castagne, De Bruyne, Luciano Spalletti’s, Mattia Zaccagni, Kasper Schmeichel, Rasmus Hojlund, Manuel Neuer, Joachim Andersen, Kai Havertz, Jamal Musiala, Ricardo Rodriguez, Schar, Akanji, Gianluca Scamacca, Remo Freuler’s, Ruben Vargas, RONNY HARTMANN, Gareth Southgate’s, Milan Skriniar, Denis Vavro, Lobotka, Francesco Calzona’s, David Strelec, Jude, Harry Kane, Peter Pekarik, Michel Aebischer, Aebischer, Kwadwo Duah, Hungary’s, Dominik Szoboszlai, Roland Sallai, Willi, Adam Buksa, Nathan Ake’s, Alex Livesey, Bull, Rangnick’s, Baumgartner, Marko Arnautovic, Nicolae Stanciu, Razvan Marin, Denis Dragus, Shaun Botterill, Neuer, Robert Andrich, Jonathan Tah, Antonio Rudiger, Ilkay, Steven Bergwijn, Xavi Simons, Netherlands ’, Stefan de Vrij, Virgil van Dijk, Fabian Ruiz, Rodri, Fabian, Lukas Haraslin, Hancko, Andriy Yarmolenko, Mykhailo Mudryk —, Oleksandr, Mykola Shaparenko, Shaparenko, Denmark Christian Eriksen, Jonas Wind, Eriksen, Benjamin Sesko’s, Kasper Hjulmand’s, Erik Janza’s, Carl Recine, Antonin Barak’s, Tomas Soucek —, Hungary’s Barnabas Varga, Kevin Csoboth, De Bruyne’s, N’Golo, Aurelien Tchouameni, Didier Deschamps ’, — Theo Hernandez, Jules Kounde —, Francisco Conceicao’s, Ruben Dias, Gabriel Bouys, Croatia hadn’t, Unai Simon, Nicolo Barella, Alessandro Bastoni, Rey Manaj, Havertz, Florian Wirtz, Musiala, Ryan Porteous, Scott McTominay, Tony Ralston’s, Xherdan, Kose, Bernardo Silva’s, Samet, Cristiano Ronaldo, Sesko, Diogo Costa’s, Torsten Silz, Alexander Bah, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Kylian, Ousmane Dembele, Deschamps ’, England’s, Pierre, Emile Hojbjerg, Morten Hjulmand, Marc Guehi’s, Alex Grimm, Maximilian Wober, Spain Luis de la, Dani Olmo, Ferran Torres, Marvin, Let’s, Mark Carey, Michael Cox, Michael Regan – Organizations: Golden, Memphis, UEFA Nations League, Albania, Spain, Italy, Getty, Georgia, Hungary, Croatia, Real Madrid, Denmark, Milan, Bologna, Poland, olimpico, Dumfries, Georgia openign, Valencia, Ukraine, Manchester United, Portugal, …, Turkey, B, Slovenia AET, Danish, England, Calzona, Serbia, Michael Regan – UEFA, UEFA Locations: Turkey, Georgia, Kerem, Netherlands, Austria, France, Poland, Portugal, Croatia, Italy, Albania, Pasalic, Gjasula, Spain, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Belgium, Slovakia, Doku, Slovenia, Serbia, Republic, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Germany, Romania, Youri, Modric, Denmark, England, Hungary, Dumfries, Ukraine, Ilkay Gundogan, Gakpo, AFP, Scotland, Samet Akaydin, Altay, Romanian

In the biggest shock (by the FIFA world rankings) of Euro 2024 so far, Georgia defeated Portugal 2-0 to secure a place in the knockout stages in what is their major tournament debut. Georgia reached Euro 2024 — their first-ever appearance at a major tournament — after beating Greece in a playoff penalty shootout at the end of March. They had actually finished fourth in their Euro qualifying group, ahead of only Cyprus, but reached the playoffs via the Nations League route topping Group C4. Frustration was understandable, but it consumed him for the rest of the game — right until he was substituted midway through the second half, still without a goal in three appearances at Euro 2024. Going into tonight’s game, he had conceded four goals at Euro 2024 — but that was from 20 shots on target.

Persons: Roberto Martinez, Kvaratskhelia, Georges Mikautadze, Cristiano Ronaldo, —, , Willy Sagnol, ”, Steve Clarke’s, tamely, Giorgi Mamardashvili —, Sagnol, “, Tom Burrows, Ronaldo, Goncalo Ramos, Oliver Kay, Germain, Mikautadze, Diogo Costa, Joao Palhinha, Luis de la Fuente, De la, Antonio Silva, Silva, Pedro Neto, Martinez, Joao Felix, Felix, Francisco Conceicao, Conceicao, Neto, Jay Harris, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Diogo Dalot, Chris Brunskill Organizations: FIFA, Spain, Sunday, Georgia, Greece, Nations League, Athletic, ”, Scotland, Valencia, Ajax, Portugal, Paris Saint, Albania, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Barcelona, Europa League for Locomotive Tbilisi Locations: Georgia, Portugal, Slovenia, Frankfurt, France, Belgium, Turkey, Cologne, Cyprus, Germany, Czech Republic, Romania, Europe, Metz, Paris, Napoli

☆ Euro 2024: Mattia Zaccagni’s last-gasp equalizer sends Italy through to knockout stages and breaks Croatia hearts
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Mattia Zaccagni’s last-minute stunner earned Italy a 1-1 draw and sent the defending champion through to the last-16 of Euro 2024, breaking Croatia’s hearts in the process. Luka Modrić’s goal 10 minutes into the second half after he had just missed a penalty looked like it would be enough to earn the Vatreni a place in the knockout stages. Late dramaCroatia has proven to be a real bogey team for Italy over the years. The Azzurri hadn’t tasted victory over Monday’s opponent in their previous eight meetings, a run stretching back to November 1994. Few teams in world football know how to eke out a result when it matters the most and there will not be a country that relishes the prospect of facing this resilient Italy team.

Persons: CNN — Mattia Zaccagni’s, Luka Modrić’s, Zaccagni, Riccardo Calafiori’s, Dominik Livaković, Torres, Dani Olmo’s, hadn’t, Italy’s, La, Luka Modrić, Christophe Simon, Luka Sučić, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Mateo Retegui, Nicolò, Alessandro Bastoni, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Ante Budimir, Mario Pašalić, Davide Frattesi, Modric, Donnarumma, Ronny Hartmann, Bastoni Organizations: CNN, Italy, Croatia, Albania, La Roja, Getty Images Locations: Spain, Croatia, Italy, Croatia’s, Albania, Germany, AFP, Livaković, Getty Images Italy

☆ Germany gets stoppage-time goal to top Group A at Euro 2024, Hungary boosts qualification hopes with late goal
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

However, Niclas Füllkrug equalized late on to rescue a point for the host nation and see it top the group. The draw means that Germany finishes on seven points after its three games in Group A, two points ahead of Switzerland. Elsewhere, Hungary scored a dramatic 100th-minute winner against Scotland to get its first win of the tournament and boost its qualification hopes. Germany piled on the pressure as the second half went continued, with Kai Havertz hitting the bar. The second half followed much the same pattern until the injury suffered by Varga halted the game.

Persons: Dan Ndoye, Remo Freuler, Niclas Füllkrug, Barnábas Varga, Angus Gunn, Varga, Damien Meyer, Dominik Szoboszlai, Robert Andrich, Jamal Musiala, Daniele Orsato, Ndoye, Jonathan Tah, Angelos Tzortzinis, Murat Yakin’s, Julian Nagelsmann, Yann Sommer, Kai Havertz, Willi Orbán’s, Kevin Csoboth, Lee Smith Organizations: CNN, Switzerland, C, B, Scotland, Getty, Stuttgart, Hungarian, Germany, Frankfurt, Hungary Locations: Germany, Frankfurt, Switzerland, England, Denmark, Slovenia, Serbia, Italy, Albania, Croatia, Hungary, Scotland, Stuttgart, AFP

☆ Power outage hits Balkan states as heat overloads system, minister says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Montenegro’s energy minister said the shutdown was caused by a sudden increase in power consumption brought on by high temperatures, and by the heat itself overloading systems. “This was just waiting to happen in this heat,” Gentiana, a 24-year-old student in Montenegro’s capital Podgorica, told Reuters. Suppliers in the four countries said they started restoring supply by mid-afternoon and power was largely back by the evening. Power in Albania was restored within half an hour, but the country remained at a high risk of further shutdowns as power usage and heat levels were still high, he said. Western Balkan nations have seen a boom in solar energy investment, meant to ease a power crisis that had threatened a shift away from coal.

Persons: ”, Sasa Mujovic, Belinda Balluku, Balluku Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Suppliers, Air, HRT, Albanian Energy, North Macedonia’s Energy Regulatory Commission Locations: Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania, Croatia’s, Balkans, Montenegro’s, Podgorica, European, Bosnia’s, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Mostar, Croatian, Split, Greece, Croatia

☆ Turkey 0 Portugal 3: Win secures top spot, a calamitous own goal and pitch invaders target Ronaldo
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Jacob Whitehead | Tim Spiers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Both lay entangled in the Turkish net, sandwiched between a view of reality in front of them and the sound of insanity from Portugal’s fans behind them. So keen must Ronaldo have been to actually watch a Portugal goal being scored, he squared to Fernandes when in on goal for the third. Another, a fully-grown man, almost grappled the Portugal striker with his arm tightly around his neck, which Ronaldo then removed. Tim SpiersTurkey bring the noise, Ronaldo feels its forceWith 25,000 Turkey fans in Signal Iduna Park’s south stand — usually Borussia Dortmund’s Yellow Wall, today deep red — decibels became a construct. But here, in the shape of Portugal’s Ronaldo, there was a focal point to their anger, as well as their support.

Persons: Bernardo Silva’s, Samet Akaydin, Bruno Fernandes, Cristiano Ronaldo, Tim Spiers, Jacob Whitehead, Altay Bayindir, Bernardo, Joao Cancelo, Ronaldo, Akaydin, Bayindir, Zeki Celik, Dean Mouhtaropoulos, Kose, Kenzo Tribouillard, Jacob Whitehead Portugal, you’re Ronaldo, Nuno Mendes ’, Friso, Ronny, Fernandes, Rico Brouwer, Goncalo Ramos, hobbled, Ronaldo selfie, Roberto Martinez, Martinez, Cancelo, Joao Palhinha, Pepe, imperious, Mendes, Rafael Leao, Tim Spiers Turkey, Portugal’s Ronaldo, Ronaldo’s, —, howls Organizations: Premier League for Manchester United, Getty Images, Getty, European, YouTube, UEFA, Turkey, Borussia Locations: Portugal, Turkey, Dortmund, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, AFP, Scotland, Albania, Slovenia, Georgia, Hamburg, Gelsenkirchen

☆ Finally, a Euros for a Whole Continent
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Rory Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Edi Rama’s best friend during the World Cup summer of 1982 just so happened to be the one person he knew who owned a color television. So every evening, Rama would find himself crammed into his kitchen with countless others, desperately hoping that the fuzzy, flickering signal would hold. Even communication with the outside world, particularly the West, was limited. Rama and his friends could only follow that World Cup through what he has subsequently called a “dark network” operated by RAI, the Italian state broadcaster. The commentators’ words, he said, “had the indescribable effect on us of not feeling alone in that black hole.”

Persons: Rama, Enver Hoxha, Italy’s Tuttosport, Dino Zoff, ” Rama, “ Organizations: RAI Locations: Albania, Italian, Italy, Madrid, Tirana

☆ Spain 1 Italy 0: Calafiori own goal settles ‘European Clasico’, Nico Williams shines
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( The Athletic Staff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

Meetings between Spain and Italy rarely disappoint and this one was no exception — even if it was an own goal that decided the contest. Victory sees Spain progress to the knockout stage as group winners, while for Italy it’s all to play for against Croatia on Monday. The one-way traffic continued after half-time, and Spain got to 11 efforts at goal without finding the net. Some will focus on Donnarumma pushing Morata’s header into a helpless Calafiori’s path for Spain’s goal. As the team in front of him were run ragged by Williams and Yamal, the 25-year-old Donnarumma kept things dignified.

Persons: Luis de la Fuente, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Riccardo Calafiori, Donnarumma, Alvaro Morata, Nico Williams, Victory, Dermot Corrigan, Mark Carey, James Horncastle, De la Fuente, Williams, Lamine, Fabian Ruiz, Yamal, Alex Gottschalk, Federico Chiesa, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Calafiori, Rey Manaj, David Inderlied, —, palmed Pedri’s, didn’t, James Horncastle Pedri, Italy’s, Pedri, Luciano Spalletti’s, Bryan Cristante, Nicolo Barella, Mark Carey Nico Williams dazzles Williams, Di Lorenzo, Edith Geuppert –, Spalletti’s, Marc Cucurella, Dermot Corrigan Spain’s, who’s, Lamine Yamal, Riccardo Calafiori 😬, Ruiz, aly Organizations: ”, Athletic Bilbao, Croatia, De, Italy, Images, Albania, Getty, Paris Saint, League, Barcelona, Athletic, Spain, Premier League Locations: Spain, Italy, Gelsenkirchen …, Gelsenkirchen, Paris, Barella, Spain’s, Calafiori, ain

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