Published on 04/03/2026 – 22:06 GMT+1 Russian President Vladimir Putin handed over two prisoners of war to Hungary during a visit by Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó to Moscow. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The two men, holding both Hungarian and Ukrainian nationality, had fought in the Ukrainian army and had been held…

Published on 04/03/2026 – 20:30 GMT+1 A spiralling conflict has erupted in the Middle East, risking major regional spill-over and dragging in European Union countries. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The war is exposing the deep fault lines separating EU leaders, with Spain the only country to publicly condemn the US and Israel’s…

Pedro Sánchez knows exactly what he is doing. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By defying Donald Trump and doubling down on his bras de fer with the US president, the Spanish prime minister consolidates a two-fold strategy. On the one hand, he seeks to mobilize his progressive electorate domestically, resuscitating a “no to…

United States President Donald Trump’s decision to strike Iran, pursue regime change and reshape the balance of power in the Middle East has revived a formidable ghost that the European Union thought it had managed to banish for good: energy crisis. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The spiralling war has sent gas prices…

As military escalation surges in the Middle East, Iran’s announcement of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has sent crude oil and natural gas prices soaring. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Faced with rising energy costs at home, European leaders are scrambling to avoid a cascading energy crisis, and are especially concerned…

The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled its long-awaited industrial plan, rolling out a “European Preference” that shuts China out of European public funding and tightens the screws on Beijing’s future investments in the European Union. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The move comes after 200,000 European jobs were wiped out in energy-intensive industries…

Most card or online purchases in Europe go through Visa or Mastercard, two American companies that lead global payments. EU leaders now see this as a risk Europe can’t ignore, and they’re acting. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Wero is a digital wallet created by European banks and payment companies to avoid using…

Published on 03/03/2026 – 16:56 GMT+1 Drone activity targeting British military facilities in Cyprus has raised security concerns in recent days, but the incidents have so far not prompted formal consultations within either NATO or the European Union over collective defence measures. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Two drones targeting a British base…

Critics of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are casting her reaction to the US-Israeli war in Iran as the latest example of a foreign policy “power grab” – even as the commission’s formal diplomatic powers are limited and member states themselves are still grappling with how to respond.…

Pugapia and her daughters Aiga and Babawru lived for years as the only surviving members of the Akuntsu, an Indigenous people decimated by a government-backed push to develop parts of the Amazon rainforest. As they advanced in age without a child to carry on the line, many expected the Akuntsu…