And Crosetto said at an event during Italy’s Armed Forces Day that “in a world that has gone crazy … it is our duty to ensure that Italy can defend itself,” validating Trump’s longstanding demand that NATO allies should do — and spend — more to defend themselves. Meloni will try to convey alignment when […]
Continue ReadingAn outbreak of hepatitis A in a seaside Welsh town has led a health body to ask parents to be “vigilant with their children’s handwashing”. Public Health Wales said it was working with the local health board and council to look into a small number of hepatitis A cases of the same strain, which have […]
Continue Readinganalysis Eastern Europe expert Marcel Hirsiger analyzes the harbingers of this year’s celebrations of the victory over Nazi Germany. And he comes to a serious conclusion for Russia. May 6, 2026, 8:56 p.mMay 6, 2026, 8:56 p.m Marcel Hirsiger / ch media No heavy military equipment, hardly any high-ranking international guests: the Victory Day parade […]
Continue ReadingHarris-Hess referenced a ministerial meeting in Nicosia last week, where EU capitals aligned on an EU-wide restriction, as an indication of the political momentum. Whatever form a ban takes, if it is decided, it is necessary to discuss “What is the environment we want to see for those who can access the service?’ It can’t […]
Continue Reading“Clearly, the administration thinks a deal is possible, given the way they publicly rolled out Project Freedom only to suddenly pause it hours later,” Grant Rumley, a former Middle East policy adviser to both the Biden and Trump administrations, told the BBC.
Continue ReadingEuropean Commission Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu said in an interview with Euronews on Wednesday that she is committed to eliminating poverty in the EU within 25 years. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Her comments followed the Commission’s presentation of its first-ever anti-poverty strategy, which aims to eradicate extreme poverty and social exclusion by 2050 through non-binding recommendations and best […]
Continue Reading“Lots of people feel very strongly, both about their local services as they should do and feel equally strongly about the fact that there’s a reprehensible genocide happening,” he said. The extra scrutiny facing the Greens in recent days does appear to be having an impact — and not in the direction Polanski wants. A […]
Continue ReadingMeta, the operator of Facebook and Instagram, is to be investigated by the media regulator Coimisiún na Meán over ‘dark patterns‘. So what are these so-called ‘dark patterns’? Dark patterns may be stopping users of the popular social media channels from accessing feeds not based on profiling. Profiling is the use of automated systems to […]
Continue ReadingBut in response to fierce opposition from industry, member countries and the U.S. government, the Commission is now floating a more relaxed approach to enforcement of the rules. Under the draft recommendations, companies would be allowed exemptions under three crisis conditions outlined in the EU’s security of supply regulation — including the “early warning” level, […]
Continue ReadingThree patients with suspected hantavirus infections were being evacuated from a cruise ship to the Netherlands on Wednesday, the U.N. health agency said, as the vessel at the center of a deadly outbreak remained off Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board waiting to head to Spain’s Canary Islands.
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