“A tariff war isn’t in anybody’s interests,” he said. “What I want to do is to avoid a tariff war, because it will be businesses, workers and families across the country that will be hit by a trade war.” Britain has “not got to that stage,” he said on the question of U.K. retaliation. “My […]
Continue ReadingWhen: Monday 19 January at 16.30 Where: Daphne Caruana Galizia Press room and via Interactio Key topics this week include: Debate with Presidents Costa and von der Leyen on the results of the December EU summit and the need for a stronger and more sovereign Europe Debate on the EU’s response to President Trump’s claims […]
Continue ReadingThe EU’s anti-coercion instrument, which French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday mentioned activating after US President Donald Trump’s tariffs threats regarding Greenland, is a trade tool that the bloc adopted in 2023 but has never used. Compared by some to a “bazooka”, it aims to respond to any country using trade weapons to pressure an […]
Continue ReadingMichael O’Leary and Elon Musk called each other idiots.Image: Keystone/www.imago-images.de A heated argument has broken out between the SpaceX boss and Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary. Both call each other idiots. Now Musk is hinting that he is considering buying the airline. Jan 19, 2026, 11:26 amJan 19, 2026, 11:26 am Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has […]
Continue ReadingGrant for an estimated 800,000 electric vehicles.Image: keystone The new funding bonus for electric cars is coming. Who can benefit from it and which cars it applies to. January 19, 2026, 11:20January 19, 2026, 11:30 a.m Christopher Clausen / t-online An article by Anyone who buys or leases an electric car in Germany will in […]
Continue ReadingRussia targeted energy infrastructure in Odesa region overnight on Sunday, according to Ukraine’s Emergency Service. A fire broke out and was promptly extinguished. At least six people were wounded in the Dnipropetrovsk region from Russian attacks, the emergency service said. Russia has hammered Ukraine’s power grid, especially in winter, throughout the nearly four-year war. The […]
Continue ReadingAs Russian soldiers try to infiltrate Kupyansk through a gas pipeline, Ukrainian forces are waiting for them.
Continue ReadingEU member states are finding themselves in a “real bind” as they debate how to respond to US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats over Greenland, FRANCE 24’s Douglas Herbert said in an analysis. “This is the ultimate litmus test”, he said, adding that the issue boils down to Europe’s sovereignty and self-determination and whether it […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The Kremlin has claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace”, and that Moscow is studying the proposal and […]
Continue ReadingThe Tánaiste will be discussing the threat of new tariffs by the US at a meeting of EU Finance Ministers on Monday, as Trump has insisted that a deal will be done over Greenland. US President Donald Trump threatened to hit eight European countries with 10 per cent tariffs from February 1st because they oppose […]
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