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Hungary’s incoming Prime Minister Péter Magyar has defended his decision to appoint his brother-in-law, Márton Melléthei-Barna, as Minister of Justice. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT He’s been slammed, primarily by figures in the now opposition Fidesz party, which was ousted from government when Magyar’s Tisza won 12 April’s parliamentary elections by a landslide.…
Published on 01/05/2026 – 14:51 GMT+2•Updated 15:17 A UK jury convicted a Kuwaiti national on Friday of trying to break into Israel’s London embassy to launch a knife attack, shortly after Britain refused his asylum application. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Jurors at London’s Old Bailey court found 34-year-old Abdullah Albadri guilty of…
Published on 01/05/2026 – 15:36 GMT+2 A 33-year-old man will appear in court next week after he was detained on suspicion of plotting an attack on two Dutch princesses, prosecutors said on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to details in a court scheduling order published on the website of The Hague…
By Euronews Published on 01/05/2026 – 14:30 GMT+2 A vast fire is burning on Italy’s Monte Faeta, between the provinces of Pisa and Lucca, where flames continue to spread, fuelled by strong winds. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The blaze has already destroyed about 800 hectares of woodland between Santa Maria del Giudice, Asciano…
Published on 01/05/2026 – 10:10 GMT+2•Updated 10:12 A 45-year-old man was charged with attempted murder on Friday in the stabbings of two Jewish men in London, the latest in a string of attacks that have sparked fear and anger in Britain’s Jewish community. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT London Metropolitan Police said the…
More than 840,000 people die each year from health conditions linked to job strain, such as long working hours, job insecurity and workplace harassment, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) study. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT These psychosocial risks can cause depression, burnout and cancer among workers, while companies are in…
Competitiveness and innovation are at the core of Ursula von der Leyen’s second mandate as chief of the European Commission. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Recent developments, such as proposals for new business-friendly legal frameworks like the 28th regime and repeated calls for deregulation, have raised concern among some observers, who argue that…
Dozens of activists on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla which was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters near Crete disembarked on Friday in the Greek island, according to reports. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Escorted by Greek coast guards, some 175 activists were taken in four buses to a town whose name was…
Croatia signed a deal with the United States on Wednesday to boost the expansion of gas pipelines and energy infrastructure throughout the Balkans, a step that could bind the country to long-term reliance on fossil fuels and threaten the EU’s energy and climate objectives. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The agreement, signed in…
US President Trump has continued his tirade against German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who heads the government one of America’s most important allies, telling him to “spend more time ending the war in Russia/Ukraine,” rather than commenting on the Iran war. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “The Chancellor of Germany should spend more time…













