Fake job ads have become a serious problem in Europe, with new cases reported regularlyaround the continent. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In recent years, Europol and national governments have been urging job seekers to be extra cautious, amid a sharp increase in fraud attempts, mostly on online platforms. As AI and deepfakes…

On 8 May 1945, Nazi Germany’s armed forces – the Wehrmacht – surrendered unconditionally, marking the end of World War II in Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Eighty-one years later, a development that at first seems paradoxical is becoming increasingly visible: growing numbers of descendants of Holocaust survivors from Israel, the US…

Good morning. It’s Maïade La Baume and Angela Skujins, joining forces for the final newsletter of the week. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ​While you were sleeping, US president Donald Trump was back to using his favourite tool — threats. After speaking with Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday evening, Trump…

Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted on Friday that he will not resign after bruising elections that saw his governing Labour Party suffer big losses and the hard-right party Reform UK make major gains. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT With about a quarter of the votes counted on Friday morning, Starmer said he took…

Published on 08/05/2026 – 15:00 GMT+2 AI-driven robots currently in operation in a huge e-commerce warehouse near Berlin have been designed to handle over 600 units per hour. The robots are able to autonomously identify the nature, size, shape and weight of each item and its packaging, and to optimise…

Published on 08/05/2026 – 15:11 GMT+2•Updated 15:20 Airlines cannot charge passengers additional fees for a flight bought in the EU, even if fuel prices surge sharply in the wake of the Middle East crisis, the European Commission said on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A Commission guidance note for the EU transport…

Published on 08/05/2026 – 20:19 GMT+2 Marco Rubio’s visit to Rome, after an audience at the Vatican with the Pope on Thursday, saw talks on Friday with the Italian government: a ‘positive meeting’, during which it was reiterated that the “American presence in Europe is important” and that Italy “does…

A slew of false and unverified images have spread online after a deadly car attack in Leipzig, with several suggesting that the suspect was linked to the left-wing anti-fascist Antifa movement and Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The perpetrator, named in German media as Jeffrey K,…

Published on 08/05/2026 – 17:40 GMT+2 Bulgaria’s parliament on Friday formally approved Rumen Radev as the new prime minister in a bid to end political instability and spur economic development in the EU member country. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We have no illusions about the crises and trials facing the government, which…

One year ago, Robert Francis Prevost emerged from the conclave as Leo XIV with the aim and the hope of his electors to find a balance between his two predecessors, the conservative Benedict XVI and the revolutionary Francis. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Pope spent this anniversary in a community, that of…