Published on 15/05/2026 – 10:05 GMT+2 Helsinki Airport resumed normal flight operations on Friday after suspending air traffic for three hours due to a drone warning, officials said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The airport suspended air traffic from 4:00 am-7:00 am local time after safety authorities issued a danger alert for the…

Published on 15/05/2026 – 14:02 GMT+2•Updated 14:04 Ukraine and Russia exchanged 205 prisoners of war each on Friday, Kyiv and Moscow said, a week after US President Donald Trump announced a large swap would take place between the two countries. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a post on Telegram, Ukrainian President Volodymyr…

Thirty-six countries, mainly from Europe, have signed up to a special tribunal to prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, which will be headquartered in the Dutch city of The Hague. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The joint pledge was formalised on Friday during the annual meeting of…

Published on 15/05/2026 – 11:40 GMT+2 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday that joint debt was not an option to finance the European economy, speaking at a ceremony awarding former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi the Charlemagne Prize. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In his speech at Aachen Cathedral, Merz echoed…

Published on 15/05/2026 – 11:06 GMT+2•Updated 11:08 Vienna is hosting its 70th anniversary, but the “United by Music” motto is under its heaviest strain yet. Let’s look what’s behind the glitter. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT With only 35 participating countries, the lowest level since 2003, the competition is struggling to survive the…

Germany was the world’s largest exporter of plastic waste in 2025, sending 810,000 tonnes overseas, according to a new study. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT It was followed by the UK, which exported 675,000 tonnes abroad, said the report, which was carried out by journalists at Watershed Investigations and the environmental NGO Basel…

Good morning from Brussels. This is Maïa de la Baume and Angela Skujins, writing Friday’s newsletter from the Belgian capital, where EU officials have already slipped into long-weekend mode. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Just in: Latvia’s former defence minister Andris Sprūds, who resigned on Sunday, told the Europe Today programme that he…

Published on 14/05/2026 – 10:04 GMT+2 A court in Kyiv ruled on Thursday that a powerful former aide of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky be detained ahead of a high-profile trial on corruption allegations in a probe that has roiled the country. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Former chief of staff Andriy Yermak has…

Updated: 14/05/2026 – 15:03 GMT+2 The EU must realise that “it’s difficult to survive” if it does not speak with one voice, Michael Bloss, a Greens MEP, tells Euronews. He made the comments off the back of US President Donald Trump visiting China to speak with President Xi Jinping about…

Published on 14/05/2026 – 10:44 GMT+2 First, Elon Musk is there to protect Tesla’s massive Chinese footprint and his interests as head of xAI. Tim Cook is managing his final lap as Apple’s CEO, balancing billions in sales with a shift of production away from China. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT There is…