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Published on 02/05/2026 – 20:14 GMT+2 Volodymyr Zelensky says that, after speaking to Robert Fico by phone, the Slovak prime minister will support Ukraine’s EU membership bid. He also reported that he had invited Fico to Kyiv, and that Fico had invited him to Bratislava, and that both had accepted the invitations. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “We […]

Published on 02/05/2026 – 19:01 GMT+2 After being rescued from a Baltic Sea bay off the island of Poel and transported for several days, the rescued humpback whale has been released into the North Sea. At around 9.00 am, the animal was no longer in the barge, Jens Schwarck from the private rescue initiative told […]

The Israeli government has announced that Abu Keshek and Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila are already in the country, where they will be interrogated imminently. Israel’s foreign ministry made the announcement on social media, without specifying either their point of arrival or the location of the questioning. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Israel accuses both men of maintaining ties […]

Published on 02/05/2026 – 12:00 GMT+2 Russian attacks are continuing to target cities across Ukraine as the Kremlin shows no signs of letting up and peace efforts appear to have stalled as the ongoing US-Israeli war in Iran continues to occupy global priorities. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Ukrainian officials say a barrage of Russian drones targeted the […]

Published on 01/05/2026 – 21:11 GMT+2 France and Germany sent firefighting units to the Netherlands on Friday to help battle woodland blazes flaring in several areas. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Many of the fires that broke out on Wednesday and Thursday were raging in land used for military training, including an artillery range, in the south. Stretched […]

Hungary’s incoming Prime Minister Péter Magyar has defended his decision to appoint his brother-in-law, Márton Melléthei-Barna, as Minister of Justice. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING He’s been slammed, primarily by figures in the now opposition Fidesz party, which was ousted from government when Magyar’s Tisza won April 12’s parliamentary elections by a landslide. “We need to start putting […]

Published on 01/05/2026 – 18:39 GMT+2•Updated 7:09 p.m US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he will increase the tariffs charged on cars and trucks from the European Union to 25% next week, a move that could further jolt a global economy already rattled by the Iran war. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Trump said in a […]

Published on 01/05/2026 – 18:03 GMT+2 An arson attack last month on a synagogue in North Macedonia’s capital has been linked to the so-called Islamic State (IS) group, the country’s intelligence service said on Friday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Nobody was injured in the April 12 attack, which is the Orthodox Easter, but an entrance of the […]

Published on 01/05/2026 – 15:36 GMT+2 A 33-year-old man will appear in court next week after he was detained on suspicion of plotting an attack on two Dutch princesses, prosecutors said on Friday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING According to details in a court scheduling order published on the website of The Hague Public Prosecutor’s Office, the man […]

Published on 01/05/2026 – 15:07 GMT+2 A proposal for a new US-led coalition to reopen the Strait of Hormuz would complement and not compete with a similar mission spearheaded by France and the UK, France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Friday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Speaking in Abu Dhabi, Barrot said he had briefed Gulf allies […]