The EU’s drug strategy is the Council’s ambitious response to growing concerns about European drug use and trafficking. The European Union Drugs Agency’s 9 of June report revealed at least 7.600 annual overdose deaths. Synthetic drug trafficking increased by over 1.000 percent in a decade. Organised crime networks are adapting…

Published on 10/06/2026 – 17:51 GMT+2•Updated 15/06/2026 – 8:01 GMT+2 On 9 June, the European Union Drug Agency publishes the 2026 European Drug Report on the drug situation in Europe, focusing on use, trafficking and related harms. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The report warns of a rapid transformation of the EU drugs…

Voters in Switzerland have cast their final ballots on Sunday on an initiative championed by the hard-right Swiss People’s Party (SVP) to cap the rich Alpine country’s population at 10 million. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to early results by the federal government, nearly 53% of voters rejected the proposal, with nationwide…

Published on 14/06/2026 – 13:06 GMT+2 Romanian President Nicusor Dan has nominated a new prime minister after Eugen Tomac dropped out on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Eugen Tomac resigned this morning, and under these circumstances, I am appointing Adrian Vestea as Prime Minister,” Dan announced in a post on X. “Neither…

After three days dedicated to industry professionals, the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) in Berlin opened to the public over the weekend. Fighter jets, transport aircraft and helicopters drew crowds of visitors, with the Bundeswehr dominating large parts of the site as the exhibition’s largest single exhibitor. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Beyond the…

French President Emmanuel Macron met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday at the Palais des Expositions in Nice, where the “Bharat Innovates” Indian tech showcase opened. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The three-day event, backed by the Indian Ministry of Education and staged abroad for the first time, brings together 120 Indian…

Delegates of the new Russian opposition party Peaceful Russia gathered in Berlin on June 12 and 13 for a party congress to adopt the party program. A total of 126 delegates were invited. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT There was heated debate over who should become the party leader. Russian opposition politician and…

Published on 14/06/2026 – 12:45 GMT+2•Updated 12:46 Russian attacks killed two and injured four in Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast, according to police reports. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “A 64-year-old woman died as a result of enemy drone strikes in the Bilopol community, and men aged 51 and 66 were wounded,” Ukraine’s national police…

Published on 11/06/2026 – 12:53 GMT+2•Updated 19:32 Eurogroup President Kyriakos Pierrakakis told Euronews that fiscal policy across the euro area must complement the efforts of the European Central Bank to contain inflation, after the conflict in the Middle East triggered an increase in energy prices across the bloc. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT…

Pope Leo XIV began his visit to the Canary Islands on Thursday with a message focused on the migration crisis and the need for a shared response to one of the archipelago’s biggest challenges. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The pontiff arrived in Gran Canaria in the morning at 10:40 local time and…