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A video impersonating Euronews has circulated online with the false allegation that a Ukrainian soldier shot and killed three NATO servicemen during a military exercise in Latvia. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The report claims that a soldier opened fire during NATO’s Baltic Trust 2026 exercise, an event that did occur, killing three…
Published on 07/09/2026 – 8:30 GMT+2•Updated 8:31 Alternative for Germany’s dominant showing in Sunday’s Saxony-Anhalt election has triggered starkly divided reactions across the continent, exposing the widening fault line between Europe’s establishment centre and its emboldened populist right. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT AfD won 43.8% of the vote, more than double its…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is completing her two-day whistlestop tour of the Greenlandic capital, Nuuk, on Monday to further European Union-Arctic relations — and gather intelligence as the European Union maps out a new Arctic Policy. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT When the policy’s first iteration was published in 2021,…
Ulrich Siegmund was born on 25 October 1990 in Havelberg, Saxony-Anhalt. The now 35-year-old has been a member of the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament since 2016 and, since August 2022, has co-chaired the AfD parliamentary group together with Oliver Kirchner. In 2025, he was chosen as the AfD’s lead candidate for…
Published on 06/09/2026 – 20:58 GMT+2 Following talks held on Sunday between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his team and US peace envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv, the Ukrainian President said that war with Russia “at the moment” is likely to continue into winter.…
By Manuela Scarpellini & Maria Tadeo Published on 06/09/2026 – 18:16 GMT+2•Updated 20:24 German far-right party AfD has taken a commanding lead in Sunday’s Saxony-Anhalt vote, but it remains unclear whether it will be able to form a government, according to exit polls. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to ARD projections, the far-right AfD is…
A bottlenose dolphin calf was found dead at around midday on Wednesday on Trampolín beach in Ceuta, according to ‘El Faro de Ceuta’, and in circumstances that the Association for the Defence of Urban Trees, Biodiversity and the Environment (DAUBMA) considers an attack. The organisation has filed a formal complaint…
Published on 06/09/2026 – 16:21 GMT+2 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is visiting Greenland on Sunday and Monday as the bloc signals its continued support for the island amid US President Donald Trump’s repeated calls for the United States to acquire it. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT As part of the…
Published on 06/09/2026 – 12:59 GMT+2 Germany is planning to develop a “protective shield” to combat sabotage attempts following an attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport last month, Bild newspaper reported on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Alexander Dobrindt, Germany’s Interior Minister, told the outlet that Russian hybrid attacks had become a…
By Kirsten Ripper & Euronews with AP, MDR Published on 06/09/2026 – 10:14 GMT+2 On Sunday, polls opened in the German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt in a key regional vote. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT More than 1.7 million voters have until 6 pm local time to cast their votes in an election seen as an important test…
