What is ‘Kushner Island’ and why are Albanians protesting about it?

Thousands of people took to the streets of Albania to protest plans for luxury tourism developments linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump over the weekend. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Demonstrators gathered in the capital, Tirana, and at the protected Vjosa-Narta lagoon on the country’s Adriatic coast, where campaigners say a project…

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EU migration pact: are countries ready to revamp the asylum system?

In 2025, the EU saw 669,400 first-time asylum requests and 178,000 irregular border crossings. The scale is putting pressure on the five member states along the Central Mediterranean route: Spain, Italy, France, Germany and Greece received 83% of all first-time asylum applications. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Frontline countries lack the physical capacity…

Ukraine, E3 agree peace terms as pro-EU party claims win in Armenia

Published on 08/06/2026 – 7:58 GMT+2•Updated 8:09 Also on today’s show: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Euronews’ Sasha Vakulina reports on the meeting between the leaders of France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Ukraine. Euronews’ Jane Witherspoon reports live from Yerevan on Armenia’s elections. Interview with Edi Rama, Albanian Prime Minister, and Hervé…

Ukraine’s €90bn EU loan is ready to roll out

The EU’s €90 billion loan for Ukraine is set to start flowing in mid-June, but the cash envelope comes with question marks. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT So far, the shopping list it will fund has been closely guarded by Ukraine. It seems inevitable that the lion’s share of the money will be…

Danes show off their manes in Denmark’s national mullet championship

COPENHAGEN — Business in the front, party in the back. A packed Danish crowd celebrated on Saturday the much-maligned but enduring mullet hairstyle, defined by very short hair at the front and longer hair at the back. Denmark’s raucous 2026 Mullet Championship, presented on an outdoor stage in central Copenhagen,…

UK, France, Germany back Zelenskyy’s call for Putin meeting in London

Published on 08/06/2026 – 6:05 GMT+2 The leaders of France, Germany and the United Kingdom backed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in calling for direct ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine, according to a joint statement issued following defence talks in London on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Zelenskyy met with British Prime…

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