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Telekom and Rheinmetall join forces on drone defense shield for cities and infrastructure

May 11, 2026admin

Published 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 […]

Parachuting to a remote island to deliver Hantavirus aid

May 11, 2026admin

Members of the British Army have parachuted onto the remote Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha to help a British national with suspected hantavirus. Two paratroopers jumped in tandem with an intensive care nurse and a specialist doctor. Medical supplies were also delivered. The patient left MV Hondius, the cruise ship hit by a deadly […]

Berlin and Kyiv unveil ‘Brave Germany’ arms program

May 11, 2026admin

German 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 […]

Latvian defense minister resigns amid leadership turnover on NATO’s eastern flank – POLITICO

May 11, 2026admin

Two stray Ukrainian drones flew over the Russian border last Thursday and crashed ‌on Latvian soil, one of them exploding at an oil storage facility in eastern Latvia. According to Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Minister Andrii Sybiha, the drones were diverted by Russia’s electronic warfare. Latvia and Lithuania have called on NATO to boost air defenses […]

Coffin protest planned against Israel’s appearance at the ESC in Vienna

May 11, 2026admin

ESC May 11, 2026, 1:54 p.mMay 11, 2026, 1:54 p.m Protest actions for the country’s exclusion from the ESC are planned for the appearance of the Israeli participant Noam Bettan in the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest on Tuesday. In the afternoon the motto “No music for executions. No glitter over the bloodshed” symbolically […]

Sweden suspects two of sending military-industrial products to Russia in defiance of sanctions

May 11, 2026admin

Published 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 […]

France enforces strict measures after citizen tests positive for hantavirus – POLITICO

May 11, 2026admin

The woman started to feel unwell on the repatriation flight Sunday night, after the ship docked in Tenerife, Spain, reported Le Figaro. The other passengers will be re-tested, Rist said. All five passengers are now in isolation in Paris. One of the 17 repatriated U.S. citizens has also tested positive while another is showing symptoms, […]

France opposes fast-tracking EU budget deal by year-end – POLITICO

May 11, 2026admin

EU countries are facing mounting pressure to finalize an agreement before French presidential elections in April 2027, which could hand power to the far-right National Rally. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and European Council President António Costa — who will broker the final stage of the talks — have called on EU leaders to secure a deal in […]

Portrait looted by Nazis found in home of Dutch SS leader’s descendants

May 11, 2026admin

The painting is believed to have been plundered by high-ranking Nazi Hermann Goering during World War Two.

First protests against high fuel prices emerge: who will join first?

May 11, 2026admin

Published 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 […]