Published on 11/05/2026 – 11:49 GMT+2 Around 50 farmers mobilised in the Lyon region on Monday morning following a call by the Coordination Rurale union to protest soaring fuel costs linked to the crisis in the Middle East. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT After staging a roadblock with around 20 tractors near a…

The next MFF has sparked a high-stakes tug-of-war between the European Commission, which proposed an initial €1.8 trillion plan, the European Parliament, insisting on an additional €200 billion, and “frugal” member states determined to slash spending.

Published on 11/05/2026 – 9:27 GMT+2 Latvian Defence Minister Andris Spruds resigned on Sunday following a recent incursion by two Ukrainian drones into the Baltic country’s territory. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Latvia’s Prime Minister, Evika Silina, had called for Spruds’s resignation, writing on X that he had “lost (her) trust and that…

Published on 11/05/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2 On 28 April, the European Parliament has formally adopted its position on the EU’s 2028-2034 budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), with 370 votes to 201 and 84 abstentions. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT MEPs demand a 10 per cent increase to the Commission’s original almost €2…

Published on 10/05/2026 – 16:47 GMT+2•Updated 17:03 One day after the new parliament convened and Péter Magyar was sworn-in as prime minister, thousands have been celebrating Europe Day in Budapest, along with the 22nd anniversary of Hungary’s accession to the European Union. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On 9 May 1950, the anniversary…

There are around 44,000 to 45,000 church buildings in Germany – depending on which sacred spaces are included. Many of these buildings shape the character of villages, neighbourhoods and landscapes. But the question of how they can be preserved is being asked ever more often as congregations shrink and costs…

Mariano Ordaz, a 67-year-old pensioner, was finally evicted last Thursday from the home where he had lived all his life in the Embajadores neighbourhood, in Madrid’s central district, when the fifth eviction order was carried out. On four previous occasions, pressure from local residents had managed to halt the process;…

Péter Magyar has been sworn-in as Hungary’s new prime minister, after taking his oath in parliament on Saturday morning, bringing an end to 16-years of Viktor Orbán rule, cementing a landslide April election victory. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Magyar’s Tisza party secured 141 seats in the 199-seat National Assembly, an outright majority.…

Fake job ads have become a serious problem in Europe, with new cases reported regularlyaround the continent. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In recent years, Europol and national governments have been urging job seekers to be extra cautious, amid a sharp increase in fraud attempts, mostly on online platforms. As AI and deepfakes…

On 8 May 1945, Nazi Germany’s armed forces – the Wehrmacht – surrendered unconditionally, marking the end of World War II in Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Eighty-one years later, a development that at first seems paradoxical is becoming increasingly visible: growing numbers of descendants of Holocaust survivors from Israel, the US…