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 […]
Continue ReadingESC 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 […]
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 ReadingThe 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, […]
Continue ReadingEU 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe painting is believed to have been plundered by high-ranking Nazi Hermann Goering during World War Two.
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 ReadingKim Jong Un has secured himself against an attack by foreign forces.Image: keystone North Korea’s constitution was amended. If ruler Kim Jong Un is killed or incapacitated by foreign forces, a nuclear strike must follow immediately. The background is the Israeli-American attack on Iran’s leader Ali Khamenei. May 11, 2026, 10:37 amMay 11, 2026, 10:37 […]
Continue Reading“I expect political agreement on the sanctions of violent settlers,” Kallas said ahead of the meeting. “I really do hope that we have a political agreement regarding the violent settler sanctions that has been on the table for quite some time.” “There are proposals put forward by the member states,” she added. “Let’s see whether […]
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 […]
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