The International Monetary Fund argued the European Union should delay billions in repayments for Covid-era debt to help free up money for defence or infrastructure spending. “We see this as a good option in the context of ramping up spending on what we call European public goods,” Oya Celasun, deputy director of the IMF’s European […]
Continue ReadingA demonstration with around 3,000 expected participants from the pro-Palestinian environment has been announced for May 16th. Here is a demo in Berlin, May 2024. IMAGO / Rolf Zöllner ESC The police are expecting disruption and blockades, especially on the final day of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in Vienna. May 5, 2026, 2:36 p.mMay […]
Continue ReadingAhead of its own midnight ceasefire, Ukraine also launched a series of aerial attacks on Russia, hitting an industrial area in Kirishi in the Leningrad region and a factory that produces military components in Cheboksary, in Russia’s Chuvash Republic.
Continue ReadingEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to hike tariffs on European cars, warning Washington to stick to the terms of its trade deal with Brussels. Speaking out for the first time since Trump’s Friday announcement that he would impose 25 percent tariffs on EU-made automobiles, von […]
Continue ReadingWas deposed: Ilie Bolojan.Image: keystone May 5, 2026, 1:59 p.mMay 5, 2026, 1:59 p.m In Romania, the pro-Western government under the bourgeois Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan was deposed by a vote of no confidence with a large majority in parliament. The opposition right-wing extremist faction AUR submitted the application together with the Social Democrats (PSD), […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 05/05/2026 – 13:52 GMT+2 Sweden’s government said on Tuesday it would push forward with a plan to form a new spy agency targeting overseas threats, part of a wider rethink prompted by Russia’s war in Ukraine. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The new agency would be called Sweden’s foreign intelligence service (UND) and would start operations […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 05/05/2026 – 12:51 GMT+2 NATO is still assessing the broader implications of the US decision to cut at least 5000 US troops from NATO territory, senior military spokesman Col. Martin O’Donnell told the Europe Today show. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The 32-member alliance currently hosts around 80,000 US forces across European territory, and O’Donnell says […]
Continue ReadingAn oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.Image: keystone May 5, 2026, 12:37 p.mMay 5, 2026, 12:38 p.m According to the European Union’s Energy Commissioner, Dan Jørgensen, the world is confronted with “probably the worst energy crisis of all time”. “Since the outbreak of the conflict in the Middle East, the member states of the […]
Continue ReadingThe EU’s 27 finance ministers have reacted cautiously to US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 25% tariffs on EU cars. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Meeting for an Economic and Financial Affairs Council in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday, the ministers said they would adhere to the framework agreed with the US in July 2025, which limits […]
Continue ReadingThe explosion is the latest accident in the locality of Sutatausa, the site of another deadly mine disaster in 2023.
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