Published on 03/23/2026 – 10:17 GMT+1 Next time you grumble at the petrol pump, who should you really be mad at? The oil companies, your government, or the EU? ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The truth is, you are paying for a lot more than just the energy itself. In 20 EU countries, taxes swallow more than half […]
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Continue ReadingVideo: watson/Elena Maria Müller Mar 23, 2026, 9:29 a.mMarch 23, 2026, 11:31 am After a fire in the London district of Barnet, the police are investigating suspected anti-Semitic arson attacks. Four ambulances belonging to the Jewish community’s rescue service were set on fire, police said. The incident is being treated as an anti-Semitic hate crime. […]
Continue ReadingGood morning from Brussels. In the Mared Gwyn. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The President of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, has warned the world that the energy fallout of the Iran was could be worse than the impacts of the twin 1970s oil crises and Russia’s war in Ukraine combined, as the Trump-imposed deadline on […]
Continue ReadingSlovenia’s ruling liberals and opposition right-wing populists were tied, according to nearly final preliminary figures in Sunday’s fiercely contested parliamentary election, signaling a time of political unpredictability in the central European nation. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING After tallying about 99% of the votes, the State Election Commission reported the centre-left Freedom Movement, led by Prime Minister Robert […]
Continue ReadingAccording to the World Weather Organization (WMO), there is currently little room for optimism regarding the state of the global climate. March 23, 2026, 06:49March 23, 2026, 06:49 The imbalance between the Earth’s energy intake and output is growing rapidly, as stated in the WMO report on the state of the climate in 2025. Extreme […]
Continue ReadingZoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur unpack Donald Tusk’s accusation that Hungary may have leaked sensitive European Council discussions to Moscow — and what that means for trust, decision-making and Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán’s position in Brussels. Plus: Europe’s balancing act as Donald Trump turns up the pressure over Iran — and a breakdown of the […]
Continue ReadingThat, too, will have a lasting impact well beyond anything the war in Iraq did. Finally, the fact remains that when Bush decided to invade Iraq, Russia and China were still minor global powers. Russian President Vladimir Putin was only just starting his effort to stabilize the economy and rebuild Russia’s military power, while China […]
Continue ReadingBut the calculation among plotters is still likely to come down to weighing the state of the war against how bad the verdict is from voters at the May local elections. “He’s played a blinder and is exactly where most of the country is,” one Starmer critic said. “But if it’s a bloodbath in May […]
Continue ReadingBut just a day before Tuesday’s elections in Denmark, a right-leaning and a left-leaning bloc are nearly tied with each other in the polls, both just short of a majority in the country’s 179-seat parliament. Rasmussen’s Moderates, meanwhile, are projected to secure 12 seats. That sets him up to either backstop Frederiksen to form another […]
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