The most important election in Europe for a long time is taking place in Hungary on Sunday, April 12. After 16 years in power, Europe’s longest-serving leader Viktor Orbán is seeking re-election in a de facto vote on the future direction of Hungary: toward European-style liberal democracy or closer ties with Russia. Orbán is the […]
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 Israel has issued a diplomatic reprimand to Spain’s most senior diplomat in Tel Aviv following the detonation of a giant effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Spanish […]
Continue ReadingWhy JD Vance is helping right wing populist Viktor Orbán’s failing election campaign in Hungary US vice president JD Vance is in Budapest in a last minute attempt to boost the campaign of Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, a key European ally of the Trump administration, ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary elections. Orbán’s Fidesz political party […]
Continue ReadingHelicopters transferring ‘seriously injured’ people to Tenerife Two helicopters are transferring two “seriously injured” people to hospitals in Tenerife, Canary Islands emergency services said. Another person is being transferred to the University Hospital of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, while someone has been taken to the University Hospital of Canarias. Harriette Boucher10 April 2026 16:59 Pictured: […]
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 Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed Ukrainian forces shot down Iranian-designed Shahed drones in multiple Middle Eastern nations in the US and Israel’s war on Iran, in a rare disclosure of […]
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 Greece will ban social media access for children under the age of 15 from January 1, 2027, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced. Explaining the reasoning behind the move, Mitsotakis […]
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 China has executed a French citizen convicted of drug trafficking, the French Foreign Ministry has confirmed. Chan Thao Phoumy, 62, was put to death in Guangzhou, despite clemency appeals […]
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 Pope Leo used his Easter Sunday message to implore global leaders to cease ongoing conflicts and abandon any pursuit of power, conquest, or domination. Addressing thousands gathered in St. […]
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 Two more people have been detained in connection with the arson attack on a Czech optics and drone factory last month, authorities said. No injuries were reported after an […]
Continue ReadingOverwhelming stress from the risk of Russian bombardment is causing rising rates of premature childbirth in Ukrainian women, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned. The UNFPA is the sexual and reproductive health agency of the UN, offering women and girls living in war zones safe childbirth, reproductive choices, and support to victims of […]
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