Published on 02/07/2026 – 17:07 GMT+2 A handshake, €150,000 in cash and a coded text: Maltese prosecutors on Thursday set out their case against a tycoon accused of ordering the murder of a prominent investigative journalist. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Yorgen Fenech is accused of masterminding the 2017 killing of Daphne Caruana…

EU Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi is facing renewed scrutiny after a leaked European Commission document indicated that Hungary’s Permanent Representation operated a spy ring during his tenure as Hungary’s permanent representative. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Last October, several media outlets reported that Hungary’s Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels had allegedly run…

Published on 02/07/2026 – 22:38 GMT+2 A suspect has been identified in the investigation into a parcel bombing that seriously wounded a sanctioned Ukraine-born multi-millionaire and two others in Monaco, the principality’s prosecutor’s office said Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “An arrest warrant has been issued for the suspect, who will be…

Nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated in southern France and water-bombing helicopters deployed to battle wildfires after a record-breaking heatwave last month, officials said on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Tourists and local residents had to be moved after a wildfire broke out in the town of Sainte-Marie-la-Mer and spread to Canet-en-Roussillon.…

Published on 02/07/2026 – 21:10 GMT+2•Updated 21:13 The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Thursday that eight people had been arrested as part of a probe into an international network of men drugging and sexually abusing women they know. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The NCA, which looks into international crime, said…

Published on 02/07/2026 – 18:23 GMT+2 Russia is increasingly using jet-powered drones in its mass attacks, counting on the fact that missiles used by Ukraine’s air defences to intercept them are in limited supply. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to Ukraine’s Air Force spokesperson Colonel Yurii Ihnat, Moscow is now deploying jet-powered…

Ireland is under mounting pressure to end its alumina sales to Russia, as the risk of propping up Moscow’s war machine becomes an explosive liability. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The government in Dublin is weighing whether to allow EU sanctions on the raw material, which is sold as a white powder and…

Representatives of EU institutions took the stage at a flagship conference in Brussels to push European governments to agree an ambitious long-term budget, including with new own resources. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT During the Annual EU Budget Conference, the Commission’s flagship event, European Commissioner for Budget Piotr Serafin took an opportunity to…

Almost 1.2 million undocumented migrants have sought legal status in Spain under a scheme that has defied a growing European crackdown on irregular immigration, according to final figures released on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The government of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, a standard bearer of more open immigration policies, launched…

European Commission officials privately acknowledge that air conditioning is essential during increasingly frequent heatwaves, as passive cooling measures such as shading and insulation will not always be sufficient. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But as cooling demand rises, they also argue that relying solely on air conditioning would drive up electricity consumption, require…