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Published on 29/08/2026 – 17:24 GMT+2 Iceland’s capital Reykjavík recorded a higher voter turnout in the high-stakes EU referendum by noon than at the same time during the country’s parliamentary elections in 2024, preliminary figures showed on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In the hours after voters began casting their ballots in…
By NH Published on 29/08/2026 – 11:33 GMT+2 The Schakal is more than just a new armoured vehicle. It is a key component of the German army’s so-called Medium Forces – a new category of troops designed to be rapidly deployable while also offering substantial firepower. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This capability is…
By Laura Fleischmann Published on 29/08/2026 – 12:02 GMT+2 Authorities in Nepal suspect that the recent devastating flash flood was triggered by a glacial lake outburst or a glacier collapse in the Himalayas – something experts say could also threaten the Alps. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A torrent of water, mud and debris…
French police arrested a Russian man of Chechen origin after a deliberate car ramming in the north of the country killed two men, both believed to be Afghan nationals, and wounded nine others, officials said on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The car ploughed into a group of people gathered outside a…
General Charles de Gaulle used to talk about Europe stretching “from the Atlantic to the Urals”. At the time, he was defending a geopolitical project designed to reunify the continent as the Cold War split Europe into two blocs. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But in the midst of the current global geopolitical…
Published on 29/08/2026 – 9:00 GMT+2 Icelanders are voting today on whether to resume their EU accession bid or shelve the prospect of joining the bloc for the foreseeable future. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Polling stations are open from 9am to 10pm local time, with voters deciding whether to return to membership…
Published on 27/08/2026 – 14:10 GMT+2 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that if negotiations to reduce the record-high trade deficit with China did not produce a breakthrough, the EU should make use of all its trade defence mechanisms. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Tensions have remained high between…
Several hundred tonnes of fish died in August in one of Hungary’s largest fish farm complexes at Rétimajor, south of Budapest. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This fishpond system, with a water surface of around 800 hectares, is what remains of the former Sárrét marshlands. Its current owner, Ferenc Lévai, privatised it in…
Spain has received the European Union’s green light to temporarily cut taxes on petrol and diesel below the bloc’s normal minimum levels to lower fuel prices for households and businesses hit by the Middle East energy crisis, an official European Commission document reveals. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The EU normally sets minimum…
One of the new Hungarian government’s key pledges was to recover state assets and financial instruments that have been unlawfully managed or have gone missing and to prevent further abuses. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT To this end, a special authority is being set up; its head was elected on Friday by secret…
