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Published on 19/02/2026 – 14:56 GMT+1 The head of Italy’s state sports broadcaster Paolo Petrecca resigned, RAI said Thursday, after his commentary during the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony became an international embarrassment. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Petrecca stepped down as director of RaiSport following his live commentary on February 6, during which he confused Italian actress […]

Published on 19/02/2026 – 14:53 GMT+1 The European Commission has called an extraordinary meeting of its Oil Coordination Group to address a growing dispute between Hungary, Slovakia, and Ukraine over the Druzhba oil pipeline. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING On Wednesday, Hungary and Slovakia halted diesel supplies to Ukraine after a Russian attack on the pipeline in Ukrainian […]

Published on 19/02/2026 – 14:28 GMT+1 The United States would consider dropping out of the International Energy Agency (IEA) if it continues to pursue a climate agenda of achieving emissions neutrality by 2050, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright told a panel on the sidelines of the IEA’s ministerial meeting on Thursday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “We’re definitely […]

Georgia’s former President Salomé Zourabichvili said Washington could play a key role in ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, with US President Donald Trump potentially forcing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hand into a peace agreement. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “The uncertainty that Putin is experiencing with Trump’s actions is the best ally for forcing him down to a […]

Also in this newsletter: Political jostling for the European Central Bank presidency begins amid rumors of Lagarde’s early departure; and an exclusive story on the new procedure agreed to select the host of the European Customs Authority.

Published on 19/02/2026 – 7:43 GMT+1•Updated 7:48 On today’s show: ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Maia de la Baume fills us in on the inaugural meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace taking place in Washington, DC. An interview with Salomé Zourabichvili, the 5th President of Georgia. Jakub Janas explains whether Europe is experiencing mass immigration — an issue […]

Published on 18/02/2026 – 18:59 GMT+1•Updated 7:20 p.m EU lawmakers have drafted a procedure to select the future host of the European Customs Authority, a new decentralized agency tasked with supporting and coordinating national customs administrations across the bloc. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The agency is expected to be set up in 2026 and operational in 2028. […]

Published on 18/02/2026 – 18:02 GMT+1 EU member states will extend the bloc’s mechanism to regulate price spikes beyond 2030 in a bid to ensure the carbon price under the upcoming tax on cars, vans and buildings does not spike excessively when the system takes effect in 2028. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Households and businesses using fossil […]

The European Commission’s surprise decision to dispatch Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica to the first formal gathering of the Board of Peace in Washington has sparked outrage among several member states, with France leading the charge in voicing both institutional and political objections. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING During a meeting of EU ambassadors on Wednesday, critics […]

Published on 18/02/2026 – 16:25 GMT+1 Hungary and Slovakia announced on Wednesday that they would suspend diesel exports to Ukraine amid growing tensions over oil deliveries, saying they need to secure their energy supplies to replace imports of Russian oil through the damaged Druzhba pipeline – with Hungary also accusing Ukraine of political blackmail and […]