Published on 03/05/2026 – 9:09 GMT+2•Updated 04/05/2026 – 13:52 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump said late on Saturday that Washington will significantly reduce its troop presence in Germany, escalating a dispute with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Pentagon announced on Friday that it would cut 5,000 troops from…

Published on 04/05/2026 – 14:17 GMT+2•Updated 17:53 European Commissioner for Trade Maroš Šefčovič is scheduled to meet his US counterpart Jamieson Greer on Tuesday amid rising tensions between the bloc and the US following President Donald Trump’s announcement of a potential 25% tariff on EU automobiles. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The discussions,…

By&nbspJohanna Urbancik Published on 04/05/2026 – 14:23 GMT+2 Germany’s Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has claimed a “migration turnaround” as he approaches a year in office, but courts have begun striking down the border controls at the centre of his policy and migration researchers have questioned whether his figures prove anything…

Published on 04/05/2026 – 18:20 GMT+2 Four migrants were found dead near the Slovenian border and two others were taken to hospital in a serious condition after being transported by truck in “inhumane conditions,” Croatian police said on Monday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT There was no detail provided on the cause of…

A car ploughed into people on a street Germany’s eastern city of Leipzig on Monday, leaving at least one person dead and several others injured, authorities said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The driver was arrested after the vehicle careered from a main square down a major city centre street, close to historic…

Published on 04/05/2026 – 19:07 GMT+2 Twenty-three innocent bystanders have been killed and 30 wounded in gangland shootings in Sweden in the past three years, according to statistics released on Monday that highlighted its battle to rein in violent crime. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The country has struggled for more than a…

Published on 04/05/2026 – 17:49 GMT+2 Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides has led the charge for EU leaders to pin down what the bloc’s mutual defence clause could look like – and how it could be used to support the security of the union. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT That push has now moved…

Published on 04/05/2026 – 14:51 GMT+2 Spanish police have impounded what is believed to be a national record haul of cocaine from a ship in the Atlantic Ocean, with the seizure potentially reaching 40 tonnes, a union said on Monday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Civil Guard intercepted the vessel in international…

Published on 04/05/2026 – 15:24 GMT+2•Updated 15:29 An image of a newspaper front page is circulating widely online, claiming that Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will give the country’s newly regularised migrants €2,800 per month per family for two years until they find a job. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The article supposedly…

The European Commission will gradually eliminate the use of Chinese-made inverters in EU-funded energy projects, a major step aimed at protecting critical energy infrastructure from possible cyber threats that could trigger power outages. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The move follows warnings from analysts that Europe’s heavy reliance on Chinese-made solar inverters —…