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Published on 23/08/2026 – 8:10 GMT+2 Six EU countries are intensifying calls for a bloc-wide windfall tax on oil companies as profits surge amid the war in the Middle East, according to a draft letter seen by AFP on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The finance ministers of Germany, Italy, Austria, Poland,…
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola paid tribute to former Estonian Prime Minister and European Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas following the news of his death which was announced by the EU’s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “It is with sadness that I must announce that my dear…
Published on 22/08/2026 – 17:28 GMT+2 It was his first public engagement after the summer break: Two days after the complete extinguishing of the forest fire in the Hürtgen Forest, Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) visited the affected area today to thank the emergency services. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Merz was met…
Published on 22/08/2026 – 17:09 GMT+2 Polish authorities have launched action to deal with malicious food-delivery pranks after persistent harassment and threats issued via bogus orders for meals to be paid for on delivery began to resurface. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Officers from the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC), under the…
Published on 22/08/2026 – 15:26 GMT+2•Updated 15:26 French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Saturday that France would deliver new interceptor missiles to Kyiv following a major Russian attack on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Ukrainian authorities said Russia launched two waves of drone attacks…
Across the country, firefighters are battling to deal with the weather front moving across Poland. Since midnight they have already responded to more than 4,000 call-outs to remove fallen trees, secure damaged roofs and pump water from flooded streets and buildings, the State Fire Service reported at 10:00 on Saturday.…
This week Morocco once again put Ceuta and Melilla at the centre of its territorial claims. On Friday, Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi defended his country’s “historical and geographical” rights over the two autonomous cities and proposed setting up a mechanism for dialogue with Spain to address their future. ADVERTISEMENT…
By Manuela Scarpellini & Euronews Published on 21/08/2026 – 15:42 GMT+2•Updated 22:02 A sword-wielding attacker has killed one person and severely wounded two teenagers at a high school in central Sweden on Friday, authorities said, while media reports indicated that police had shot the suspect in the leg. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “An assailant armed…
Published on 21/08/2026 – 21:51 GMT+2 “It is clear that, with Donald Trump, I thought things would be easier, given our convergence on immigration and woke culture. But things turned out differently.”, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told to the New York Times, setting out her view of the difficult relations…
Ukraine imposed sanctions on the creators and distributors of Masha and the Bear, Russia’s most popular children’s cartoon, accusing the series of spreading pro-Kremlin narratives under the guise of entertainment for children. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The measures were included in a new sanctions package signed by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, targeting Russia’s military-industrial…
