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 —…

World leaders began to arrive in Yerevan, Armenia on Sunday ahead of the 8th European Political Community meeting under the motto ‘Building the Future: Unity and Stability in Europe’. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT At a time of profound geopolitical transformation, leaders from nearly 50 countries, including all 27 members of the European…

Updated: 04/05/2026 – 10:03 GMT+2 A coalition of European mayors is set for a high-level meeting with the European Commission and Parliament on the housing crisis. Affordable housing isn’t anymore one of the four pillars of the European social model, warns Roberto Gualtieri, Rome’s mayor, to Euronews. … More

By&nbspMagnolia Tovar, Head of the ‘Technologies and Impact’ division at the think tank ‘Future Cleantech Architects’, and a trained chemical engineer Published on 04/05/2026 – 11:13 GMT+2 Half of the world’s population is alive thanks to synthetic fertilisers. At the heart of modern agriculture lies ammonia. It is the key…

Published on 04/05/2026 – 10:52 GMT+2 Ukraine launched a drone attack on Moscow overnight on Monday striking a residential building in the Russian capital, Russian Telegram channels reported. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Russian officials did not comment much on the incident, except for the mayor of Moscow. In a post on a…