Published on 12/05/2026 – 10:51 GMT+2•Updated 11:01 European Union energy ministers are expected to discuss domestic natural gas drilling during an informal meeting in Cyprus on May 13, against a backdrop of rising oil and gas prices and concerns about supply shortages, according to a document seen by Euronews. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Since the US-led conflict […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 11/05/2026 – 14:42 GMT+2•Updated 2:42 p.m German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom and defense firm Rheinmetall said they are developing what they called a “defense shield” against drones and acts of sabotage. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING In a joint press release on Monday, the companies announced plans to protect cities and critical infrastructure across Germany. This […]
Continue ReadingGerman Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and his Ukrainian counterpart Mykhailo Fedorov signed an agreement in Kyiv on Monday to launch “Brave Germany,” a joint program focused on developing defense technology and supporting innovative start-ups. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING According to the Ukrainian news outlet Ukrinform, Fedorov said Germany was now “the world’s leading provider of security support […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 11/05/2026 – 13:33 GMT+2 Sweden’s intelligence service said on Monday that it suspected two people of skirting sanctions and exporting “advanced products” to Russia, with media reporting it was industrial products intended for Moscow’s military-industrial complex. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The Swedish Security Service (Sapo) said in a statement the two suspects had been arrested […]
Continue ReadingPrime 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 […]
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