On 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 Two people were killed and two severely injured when a car ran into a crowd in the centre of the eastern German city of Leipzig on Monday, local broadcaster […]
Continue ReadingPolice report May 4, 2026, 5:29 p.mMay 4, 2026, 6:28 p.m A major police operation is currently underway in the German city of Leipzig. A police spokesman confirmed that a car drove into a crowd of people in the city center Central German Radio (MDR). The incident occurred on Grimmaische Strasse, a shopping street. A […]
Continue ReadingPolice report May 4, 2026, 5:29 p.mMay 4, 2026, 5:52 p.m Image: DPA A major police operation is currently underway in the German city of Leipzig. A police spokesman confirmed that a car drove into a crowd of people in the city center Central German Radio. The incident occurred on Grimmaische Strasse, a shopping street. […]
Continue ReadingGameStop’s boss Ryan Cohen says he sees potential to make eBay a much bigger rival to Amazon.
Continue ReadingPublished on 04/05/2026 – 14:51 GMT+2 Spanish police have impounded what is believed to be a national record haul of cocaine from a ship in the Atlantic Ocean, with the seizure potentially reaching 40 tonnes, a union said on Monday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The Civil Guard intercepted the vessel in international waters off Spain’s Canary Islands […]
Continue ReadingInverters are a piece of technology that turns solar panels’ electricity into current that flows into the grid. Huawei is a market leader in the technology. The EU has long been concerned about the threat posed by Chinese tech giant Huawei and its smaller rival ZTE in 5G networks, and is seeking to push EU […]
Continue ReadingThe EU created the European Innovation Council Fund in 2020 to take equity stakes in startups, with the Scaleup Europe Fund to follow before the summer, aiming to plug a funding gap that many European companies face. That €5 billion fund is expected to make much larger investments than the earlier one, from which investments […]
Continue Reading“Russia has announced a May 9 parade in Moscow without military equipment,” he told leaders attending the European Political Community Summit in Yerevan, Armenia. “They cannot afford military equipment — and they fear drones may buzz over Red Square.” “This is telling,” Zelenskyy added. “It shows they are not strong now.” It’s widely believed that […]
Continue Reading“Espionage is a security issue for Austria,” Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger told POLITICO. “This government has made a policy shift and is taking consistent action against it. We have made this unmistakably clear to the Russian side, also with regard to the ‘forest of antennas’ at the Russian mission.” Meinl-Reisinger said it was “unacceptable” for […]
Continue ReadingThe Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism is awarded each year around 16 October, the day of the journalist’s assassination. The Prize rewards on a yearly basis outstanding journalism that promotes or defends the core principles and values of the European Union such as human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, and human rights. […]
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