00:00Do immigrants receive more benefits than firefighters' wages in Portugal?
00:07Portugal and other parts of Europe have been at the centre of one of the continent's worst wildfire seasons since records began in 2006,
00:16which has also turned into a breeding ground for misinformation.
00:19This post appeared on Instagram in August,
00:22which compares the supposed €910 that immigrants receive in benefits with the zero that volunteer firefighters receive in stipends.
00:31The account that published the picture is a self-professed supporter of the far-right Shaker Party and has more than 16,000 followers.
00:39Immigrants don't receive any preferential treatment over Portuguese citizens or immediate benefits upon their arrival in the country.
00:46According to Portuguese law, they only qualify for benefits after fulfilling certain requirements,
00:52depending on the benefit.
00:53For example, to qualify for the social integration income,
00:56non-EU and non-EEA citizens need to have legally resided in Portugal for a year.
01:01They must also be in a situation of what the government describes as extreme poverty
01:05and must enrol in an integration programme, among other requirements.
01:10The amount received depends on the composition of the household requesting it and its income,
01:14but government figures put the reference amount at €237 per month for the applicant
01:19and then extra amounts for other adults and children living in the household.
01:24Volunteer firefighters, meanwhile, receive a stipend of €75 per day,
01:29or about €3 per hour when divided over 24 hours,
01:33which the League of Portuguese Firefighters has criticised for not being enough.
01:37The lowest pay scale for a salaried firefighter, meanwhile, stands at €1,074 per month, according to government figures.
01:44Following the blazers in Portugal, citizens are angry that firefighters are not paid enough for their life-saving work,
01:50but posts suggesting that this is somehow the fault of immigrants are disingenuous.
01:55An image is circulating widely on social media claiming to show an Allied Forces World War II nurse
02:12taking the names of soldiers who died during the D-Day landings in Normandy in France.
02:17The picture is typically shared with captions saying that the men were buried in makeshift graves on Omaha Beach
02:23before proper cemeteries were built, and that nurse Clara Thompson wrote down the names of each soldier that she tended to.
02:30Her notebook was supposedly found decades later in her daughter's attic.
02:34The images appeared all over Facebook and X, but the story has been fabricated,
02:38with the picture having the hallmarks of being AI-generated.
02:41The Allies established eight military cemeteries within four days of the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944,
02:48with the first American and British nurses arriving on the 10th and 12th of June, respectively.
02:53In the picture, the alleged nurses not wearing an accurate uniform.
02:57A official archive shows that army nurses serving in Normandy wore much different attire to what is depicted here.
03:04More than 4,000 Allied soldiers died on D-Day,
03:07with the landings eventually leading to the liberation of France and subsequently the rest of Europe.
03:12It ultimately paved the way to an Allied victory against Nazi Germany, which surrendered in May 1945.
03:19For more investigations and fact-checks, head to our website, euronews.com.
03:26¿En qué lugar de la Unión Europea se valora más la cultura?
03:30El 79% de los encuestados afirma que la cultura es importante para ellos,
03:40lo que supone un aumento del 2% respecto a la anterior encuesta de 2007.
03:45Esto es lo que muestra la última encuesta del Eurobarómetro.
03:49Las puntuaciones más altas se encuentran en Luxemburgo, Chipre e Italia.
03:53Las más bajas son las de Alemania, Austria y Rumanía.
03:57Pero la cultura no es solo personal.
03:58Para más de 8 de cada 10 europeos, la cultura y las artes son importantes para el bienestar
04:03y el desarrollo económico del lugar donde viven.
04:07Una vez más, Luxemburgo, Portugal e Italia están a la cabeza,
04:11mientras que Bulgaria y Austria registran los niveles más bajos.
04:16Casi la mitad de los europeos participaron en actividades artísticas el año anterior a la encuesta,
04:20con el baile y el canto como actividades principales.
04:23La encuesta se realizó entre febrero y marzo de 2025 a más de 26.000 encuestados
04:31de todos los estados miembros de la Unión Europea y de todos los grupos sociales y demográficos.
04:36Sus resultados incorporarán a la brújula de la cultura para Europa,
04:39la estrategia de política cultural de la comisión prevista para finales de año.
04:42Debunking Viral Claims About Spanish Olive Oil
04:47Several viral online claims are suggesting that Spanish olive oil is being secretly mixed
04:55with Moroccan oil.
04:57Others say that the government is preparing to recall olive oil products from the market
05:01due to overproduction.
05:02One of these claims is false and the other only partially true.
05:06Spain is the world's largest producer of olive oil,
05:09responsible for nearly half of global output.
05:11The sector generates billions of euros each year and provides tens of thousands of jobs,
05:15so any suggestion of fraud or disruption quickly sparks public concern.
05:19The first claim that major brands such as Carbonell, Oji Blanca and Coype
05:23use Moroccan olives is unfounded.
05:25The confusion came from labels mentioning olives sourced inside and outside the EU.
05:29The reason for this is that in 2022 and 2023,
05:33after drought and extreme heat hit Spanish crops,
05:36these companies blended oil from Chile, Argentina and Tunisia,
05:40a common practice in the sector.
05:42But Morocco was never among the suppliers and since 2025,
05:46these brands have returned to using exclusively Spanish olives
05:49with new transparency measures like QR codes showing the product's origins.
05:53The second claim has a kernel of truth,
05:55but the claim that Spanish olive oil will be immediately recalled on the government's orders
05:59is false.
06:00Spain's agriculture ministry is indeed considering a legal mechanism
06:04that would allow the withdrawal of olive oil from the market if harvests are too abundant.
06:09The goal is to stabilize prices, prevent speculation and protect both farmers and consumers.
06:13But the measure, which is based on EU and national laws, has not yet been approved.
06:18It would have to get the green light before October 31st
06:21and would only apply to the 2025-2026 campaign if overproduction is clearly confirmed.
06:27Two major farming groups, COAG and UBA, support the idea,
06:31arguing it would stabilize prices and protect small producers.
06:34Still, the proposal is not even finalized yet,
06:37and experts believe it is unlikely to be used this year
06:40because production levels may not be high enough to trigger it.
06:43¿Qué dispositivos conectados a Internet utilizan más los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea?
06:53En 2024, el 70,9% de los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea
06:57utilizó dispositivos conectados a Internet.
07:00El mayor porcentaje de usuarios se registró en los Países Bajos,
07:04seguido de Irlanda y Dinamarca, según Eurostat.
07:07Por el contrario, los porcentajes más bajos se registraron en Polonia, Bulgaria y Romania.
07:11Los televisores conectados a Internet fueron, con diferencia,
07:15los dispositivos del Internet de las cosas más utilizados en 2024,
07:18según el 57,9% de las personas.
07:22Le siguieron los dispositivos como relojes inteligentes y las pulseras de fitness.
07:26Una quinta parte de las personas declararon utilizar videoconsolas
07:29y sistemas de audio domésticos conectados a Internet.
07:32El 16% de los encuestados afirma utilizar un asistente virtual
07:35en forma de altavoz inteligente.
07:37En cambio, el uso de dispositivos de domótica es menos frecuente.
07:42El 14,2% de las personas utilizó un sistema de gestión de la energía doméstica conectado a Internet.
07:48El 12,8% electrodomésticos inteligentes.
07:51Y el 11,8% dispositivos de seguridad inteligentes.
07:56Por último, el 10,5% declaró haber utilizado un coche con conexión inalámbrica.
08:00El 7,9% declaró utilizar dispositivos relacionados con la salud
08:06y el 2,3% utilizó juguetes conectados a Internet.
08:10Disinformation intensifies ahead of the Moldovan parliamentary elections.
08:22Online disinformation targeting Moldova's pro-European government
08:26is intensifying weeks before the country votes in pivotal parliamentary elections.
08:32Analysts fear that pro-Kremlin propaganda could skew the vote
08:36in favor of Moscow-friendly parties.
08:40And European leaders are sounding the alarm.
08:43La propaganda del Kremlin nos explica que los Européens
08:45quieren prolongar la guerra y que la Unión Europea opprime los pueblos.
08:49Ce son de mensonges.
08:50Our verification team has been examining some of the misleading narratives
08:54circulating on social platforms aimed at undermining President Maya Sandu
08:59and her pro-EU ruling party.
09:02AI-generated videos on TikTok allege that Moldova is occupied by European governments
09:08and will only be liberated once the ruling party is unseated.
09:12On Telegram, pro-Kremlin groups are claiming that Moldova will face the same fate
09:17as its neighbor, Ukraine, and be dragged into war
09:21if it continues on its path to become a member of the European Union.
09:25The narrative is being amplified across other platforms like TikTok
09:29with claims that the September vote is a choice between neutrality
09:33and joining Europe and NATO in a war against Russia.
09:37Also spreading are false claims that as many as 800 NATO soldiers
09:42could be deployed to Moldova in the run-up to the vote
09:45to suppress protesters and provide support to the ruling PASS party
09:49if it is defeated.
09:51But the Moldovan Ministry of Defence has denied the claim
09:53describing it as part of a campaign to instill fear and distrust
09:58ahead of the elections.
10:00Experts say a Kremlin-backed network of bots
10:03known as Matrioshka
10:05is also actively working to undermine the vote
10:08and that its activities could intensify in the coming weeks.
10:12What citizens of the European Union have more problems
10:18to attend their health buccodental health?
10:24More than 6% of the population of the European Union
10:26more than 16 years ago declared no being able to access
10:29to an attention of the tal adequate in 2024.
10:32The main reasons are its financial limitations,
10:35the long time of waiting
10:37or the distance to the place in the clinic.
10:39For example, the percentage of people in risk of poverty
10:42have been observed in Malta with a 0,4%
10:44in Letonia with a 16,5%
10:46in Romania with a 16,2%
10:48in Romania with a 16,2%
10:49in Romania with a 16,2%
10:50in Romania with a 16,2%
10:52in Romania with a 0,9%
10:54in Romania with a 0,9%
10:56in Romania with a 0,9%
10:58in Croatia with a 1,1%
11:00The percentage of people in risk of poverty
11:04that declared to have their needs
11:06needs of dental care not covered in 2024
11:08was of 13,7%
11:10a percentage much higher than
11:12the people in risk of poverty
11:14of 5,1%
11:16This disparity is reflected in all
11:18countries of the European Union
11:20The difference most significant
11:21are in Romania with a 30,9%
11:23in Romania with a 30,9%
11:25and Greece with a difference of 30,1%
11:27Also, there are great differences in Letonia and Portugal
11:31In other words, Germany, Malta and Poland
11:34have a small break
11:36compared to the needs of dental needs
11:38between those with risk of poverty
11:40compared to the people with greater income
11:43thank you
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