Withdraws from Hungarian politics: Viktor Orbán.Image: keystone analysis Long-term ruler Viktor Orbán is giving up his seat in the new parliament to concentrate on reorganizing his party. But can this still succeed? April 26, 2026, 8:10 p.mApril 26, 2026, 8:10 p.m Florian Bayer, Vienna Things are now happening in quick succession in Hungary: two weeks […]
Continue ReadingVideo: watson/Emanuella Kälin April 26, 2026, 2:45 p.mApril 26, 2026, 3:14 p.m Let it all go: In a strange competition at an agricultural fair in Tartu, Estonia, around a dozen participants competed in imitating pig sounds. On an open-air stage, the pig impersonators squealed and grunted for all they were worth – and as authentically […]
Continue ReadingA glider. (symbol image)Image: DPA April 26, 2026, 2:25 p.mApril 26, 2026, 2:25 p.m A Swiss pilot died when a glider crashed in Trentino. The plane had taken off from Lienz, Austria, on Saturday afternoon and was flying over the Maddalene Group when it crashed. This is where the accident happened. The machine crashed into […]
Continue ReadingUkraine marked the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster on Sunday. FRANCE 24 spoke with Michael Bluck, Director of the Centre for Nuclear Engineering at Imperial College London, to look back at the tragic event that marked history. Pointing to various factors that caused the explosion at Chernobyl, Bluck said that the Soviet Union’s […]
Continue ReadingThe EU’s 20th sanctions package, approved last week after Hungary and Slovakia dropped their veto, targets another 20 Russian banks, cutting them off from euro transactions and business in the bloc. The breakthrough on the sanctions came after a dispute over the Druzhba oil pipeline — which carries Russian crude via Ukraine to Central Europe […]
Continue ReadingAn American intercontinental ballistic missile: Finland is preparing to deploy nuclear weapons.Image: Imago The Finnish parliament is set to overturn a law that previously banned the import of nuclear weapons. What this means for the role of Russia’s neighbor in NATO. April 26, 2026, 12:41 p.mApril 26, 2026, 12:41 p.m Thomas Wanhoff / t-online An […]
Continue ReadingThe suspect arrested in the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting on Saturday was identified by a law enforcement official as Cole Tomas Allen, a Los Angeles-area man who appears from social media sites to be a Caltech graduate working as a part-time teacher and game developer. The official said Allen, approximately 31 years of age, […]
Continue Reading110 hectares in Carinthia were affected by the fire. April 26, 2026, 11:44April 26, 2026, 11:44 A forest fire in Austria appears to be largely under control. The district fire department said the situation had eased somewhat and the flames had not spread any further. The fire broke out on Thursday evening. Most recently, an […]
Continue ReadingVideo: watson/emanuella kälin April 26, 2026, 11:34 amApril 26, 2026, 11:56 am After an exchange of fire at the US correspondents’ dinner President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and several Cabinet members were rushed to safety. The 79-year-old president stumbled as security forces led him out of the hall. Video: watson/emanuella kälin The Secret […]
Continue ReadingRussia’s economy is weakening, the central bank is intervening again. But is that enough to solve Putin’s debt problem? April 26, 2026, 11:25 amApril 26, 2026, 11:25 am Thomas Wanhoff / t-online An article by The Russian central bank cut its key interest rate on Friday for the third time this year, the twelfth time […]
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