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Published on 08/05/2026 – 13:06 GMT+2 Bank robbers took multiple hostages in the western German town of Sinzig on Friday, police said, with several heavily armed officers surrounding the bank. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Police said there were believed to be “several hostage-takers and hostages inside the bank,” and that the driver of a cash transport vehicle […]

Since the fateful events of February 2022, the European Union has embarked on an unparalleled political project to cripple Russia’s ability to wage war on Ukraine, hoping the persistent pressure would eventually force the aggressor to concede defeat. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING After 20 rounds of economic sanctions, carefully designed to inflict the maximum pain, the ultimate […]

Two of the five French passengers aboard the MV “Hantius”, a vessel affected by cases of hantavirus, decided to speak out, but they chose to do so via an email sent to France Inter on Thursday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Julia and Roland, a retired couple in their sixties, describe a situation that is far calmer than […]

Published on 08/05/2026 – 12:13 GMT+2 China denounced convictions of two men in the United Kingdom for spying on Hong Kong dissidents as a “political farce” on Friday, accusing the country of “erroneous practices.” ADVERTISING ADVERTISING A London jury found the pair, a retired Hong Kong policeman and a former UK Border Force official, guilty […]

Portugal is preparing for this year’s wildfire season with an exercise involving a fire similulation tackled by more than 700 operations from six European countries. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Crews from Cyprus, Spain, France, Poland and the Czech Republic joined their Portuguese colleagues for the almost week-long exercise set against the backdrop of a large, fast-spreading rural […]

European Commissioner for Defense Andrius Kubilius and European Commissioner for Budget Piotr Serafin are due to travel to the capitals of Poland and Lithuania on Friday to finalize EU defense loan agreements with both countries. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The loans form part of the EU’s SAFE (Security Action for Europe) program, an initiative spearheaded by the […]

Updated: 08/05/2026 – 11:27 GMT+2 Disarming Hezbollah will require a lot of “will, courage and decision” from Lebanon. A difficult mission, as the country has “no state” and the Lebanese are “paying the price” of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, MP Nadim Gemayel said in an interview on Euronews’ morning show Europe Today. …More

Published on 08/05/2026 – 11:13 GMT+2 A large forest fire was burning through the Chernobyl exclusion zone on Friday following a drone crash near the defunct nuclear plant the previous day, Ukrainian authorities said. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Radiation levels at the site were within “normal limits,” authorities reported, adding that firefighters were working to contain the […]

Published on 08/05/2026 – 10:25 GMT+2 It was a bold move by Giorgia Meloni. This week, the Italian Prime Minister posted an AI-generated image of herself in underwear, a picture that had already been circulating on social media. It was intended as a warning: if this can happen to a head of government, it can […]

Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted on Friday that he will not resign after bruising elections that saw his governing Labor Party suffer big losses and the hard-right party Reform UK make major gains. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING With about a quarter of the votes counted on Friday morning, Starmer said he took responsibility for the “very tough” […]