Published on 24/03/2026 – 12:49 GMT+1 Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar has condemned what he called a covert intelligence operation against his Tisza Party, after investigative reports revealed that state authorities interrogated two IT specialists linked to the party and tried to breach its systems. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Hungary will go…

Published on 24/03/2026 – 11:31 GMT+1 It is an over 20-hour flight to Sydney, but the prize at the end might just be worth it. Or like European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, “trade is not just economics, it’s power”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Let’s take a look. The economic…

Good morning from Brussels. I’m Mared Gwyn. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT While you were sleeping: Down under in Canberra, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese clinched a free trade deal designed to bolster the two blocs’ economies at a time of increased geopolitical and trading…

Published on 24/03/2026 – 8:39 GMT+1•Updated 9:02 Hungary’s Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has acknowledged that he regularly contacts his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, during private EU meetings on foreign affairs. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Earlier, the Hungarian government had dismissed those allegations as fake news. The Washington Post reported over the weekend…

As the war in Ukraine enters its fifth year and the war in the Middle East rages on, more than seven in 10 EU respondents say they are “highly worried” about the active conflicts near the European Union, according to the latest Eurobarometer. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Among the 16 EU countries…

Published on 23/03/2026 – 7:30 GMT+1•Updated 10:39 While the Commission wants to invest more than €43 billion by 2027, housing is becoming a structural crisis. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT House prices increased by 60.5%, and rents rose by 28.8% compared to 2015. House ownership in 2024 was 68%, down from 69% in…

The report, adopted with 367 votes in favour, calls for urgent action to tackle rising costs, shortages, and declining living standards across the bloc. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In most European capitals, young people would need to earn much more than they do now to buy a home, since prices have risen…

Slovenia’s ruling liberals and opposition right-wing populists were tied, according to nearly final preliminary figures in Sunday’s fiercely contested parliamentary election, signalling a time of political unpredictability in the central European nation. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT After tallying about 99% of the votes, the State Election Commission reported the centre-left Freedom Movement,…

Published on 23/03/2026 – 7:44 GMT+1•Updated 8:01 Stefan Grobe reports on the latest developments and reactions to the Iran war, now entering its fourth week. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT EU Editor Maria Tadeo breaks down the controversy surrounding Hungary, which has been accused of sharing sensitive information from EU meetings with Russia.…

France’s municipal runoff delivered a mixed verdict for the country’s main political forces on Sunday: the Left held Paris with Socialist Emmanuel Grégoire, the far-right and its allies scored a major symbolic win in Nice, and mainstream parties pointed to resilience in several big and mid-sized cities ahead of the…