Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged on Monday to prove the “doubters” in his own party and among the electorate as a whole wrong as he tries to fight off demands to step down after devastating local election results for his Labor Party. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Starmer argued that he will “face up to the big challenges” […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 11/05/2026 – 11:49 GMT+2 Around 50 farmers mobilized in the Lyon region on Monday morning following a call by the Coordination Rurale union to protest soaring fuel costs linked to the crisis in the Middle East. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING After staging a roadblock with around 20 tractors near a loading point at the TotalEnergies […]
Continue ReadingThe pro-Brexit Reform UK emerged as the biggest winner in last week’s English local elections, gaining more than 1,400 council seats. Most of those gains came from Labour, shifting the spotlight firmly onto its leader. But is his time in Number 10 already on the clock?
Continue ReadingPublished on 11/05/2026 – 10:31 GMT+2•Updated 11:10 EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Monday rejected the possibility of appointing former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder as the bloc’s negotiator in potential peace talks on Ukraine. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Saturday that Schröder act as a European mediator in future negotiations, claiming […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 11/05/2026 – 9:27 GMT+2 Latvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds resigned on Sunday following a recent incursion by two Ukrainian drones into the Baltic country’s territory. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Latvia’s Prime Minister, Evika Silina, had called for Spruds’s resignation, writing on X that he had “lost (her) trust and that of the public.” Silina said […]
Continue ReadingBySerge Duchene Published on 09/05/2026 – 18:30 GMT+2•Updated 6:55 p.m Niger, ruled by a junta hostile to Western countries, on Friday suspended nine French media outlets that could “seriously endanger public order”. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING A statement broadcast on state television said the suspended media had repeatedly broadcast content “likely to seriously endanger public order, national […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 08/05/2026 – 20:52 GMT+2•Updated 23:28 Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a presidential decree on Friday night, confirming he would “permit” Russia to hold the Victory Day parade on Saturday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “Taking into account numerous requests, and for humanitarian purposes outlined during negotiations with the American side on May 8, 2026, I hereby decree: […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 08/05/2026 – 17:40 GMT+2 Bulgaria’s parliament on Friday formally approved Rumen Radev as the new prime minister in a bid to end political instability and spur economic development in the EU member country. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “We have no illusions about the crises and trials facing the government, which will soon be seeking your […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 08/05/2026 – 16:34 GMT+2 The European Commission has cleared Hungarian Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi of allegations linked to a reported spying network that targeted Commission staff, closing an internal investigation without finding evidence of individual wrongdoing. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The announcement came a day before Hungary’s incoming Prime Minister, Péter Magyar, is due to take […]
Continue ReadingOne year ago, Robert Francis Prevost emerged from the conclave as Leo XIV with the aim and the hope of his electors to find a balance between his two predecessors, the conservative Benedict XVI and the revolutionary Francis. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The Pope spent this anniversary in a community, that of Pompeii and Naples, where he […]
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