Poland’s ambitious push to build a hydrogen-powered public transport system is faltering, with several buses halted by soaring fuel costs and fragile infrastructure, according to a new report by the NGO Central and Eastern Europe Bankwatch Network. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Polish municipalities embraced hydrogen buses largely because subsidy schemes covered up…

Published on 18/05/2026 – 9:08 GMT+2 Around 10 “new” suspected victims have come forward as part of a French probe into the network of late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a prosecutor said on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT France opened a human trafficking investigation after the US Justice Department released the…

Good morning. It’s Mared Gwyn, back penning this newsletter after a week in my native Wales during what was a pivotal week for UK politics. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The governing Labour party has been plunged into crisis after bruising defeats in the recent Scottish, Welsh and local elections, and a tussle…

Juanma Moreno of the People’s party is so set to secure an absolute majority in Andalusia, according to first results and announced earlier by Sigma Dos exit poll for ‘Canal Sur’. The PSOE, by contrast, has struggled to attract votes. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The PP would take between 56 and 59…

Published on 17/05/2026 – 20:38 GMT+2 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Sweden on Sunday, the second stop of a tour through Europe that also includes the Netherlands, Norway and Italy. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In Gothenburg, Modi met with his Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson and European Commission Chief Ursula von…

Investigators have ruled out that terrorism was at play after a man drove a car into crowd in the Italian city of Modena on Saturday, injuring eight people. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The driver, a 31-year-old Italian man of Moroccan heritage, hit several people before crashing into a shop window, colliding head-on…

Published on 16/05/2026 – 20:19 GMT+2 Several people were injured after a car ploughed into pedestrians in the city centre of Modena, in northern Italy. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Eight people were injured, four of them critically, Mayor Massimo Mezzetti told Italian TV. He said a woman pinned against a shop window…

Published on 16/05/2026 – 16:39 GMT+2•Updated 16:42 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has kicked off the European leg of his official tour with a meeting with the Dutch King and Queen in The Hague. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Modi is currently on a six-day trip across the Middle East and Europe that…

Published on 16/05/2026 – 15:08 GMT+2•Updated 15:17 A tragedy unfolded in the night between Friday and Saturday on the island of Lampedusa, where a newborn migrant baby girl just a few weeks old died of hypothermia immediately after disembarking and while being rushed to the island’s outpatient clinic. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT…

Spain’s National Police have led an international operation against the theft of high-end watches, which has culminated in the arrest of 12 people in Naples, in southern Italy. Those detained are part of criminal groups specialising in violently attacking tourists in some of Spain’s main tourist hotspots. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The…