Updated: 12/06/2026 – 14:08 GMT+2 European economic conditions “have worsened,” International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said, as the IMF is now “downgrading” its growth projections and “uplifting” its inflation forecasts. Georgieva recommends that the EU invest “together” and “wisely”. … More

Protests have been growing in Albania against a planned resort development backed by Jared Kushner, with thousands taking to the streets of Tirana on Thursday. But now they have sparkled more than just the political and invironmental debate. This has turned into a high stakes diplomatic standoff between Albania and…

Thousands of people travelled from far and wide to celebrate King Charles III’s official birthday parade, dubbed the ‘Trooping the Colour,’ in London on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The monarch was joined by his wife, Queen Camila, as they greeted the crowds in a horse and carriage. Then, from the balcony…

A major reform of European migration rules aimed at hardening border procedures and overhauling the asylum process comes into force on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “For the first time we have a comprehensive European system,” said Magnus Brunner, the European Union’s migration chief, adding that the reform would hand EU nations…

Published on 12/06/2026 – 16:22 GMT+2•Updated 16:30 The US is planning to withdraw access to deep strike capabilities for NATO allies as part of its wider plan to pull out of Europe’s security architecture. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Trump administration informed NATO allies last year it would cut military assets available…

Published on 12/06/2026 – 16:39 GMT+2•Updated 17:23 Any tweaks to the EU’s current protection scheme for those fleeing war in Ukraine should be implemented “very gradually”, the UN’s Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly Clements has told Euronews, as EU capitals reportedly mull removing protections for Ukrainian men of conscription…

Welcome back, this newsletter comes to you from a train departing Luxembourg to Brussels, with very dodgy internet, wrapping two days of meetings. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT For those who don’t know, I started my career in politics covering Eurogroup meetings, doing more doorsteps in the cold than I can remember. And…

Published on 13/06/2026 – 10:23 GMT+2•Updated 11:10 German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt believes the risk of potential drone attacks targeting the Bundestag and other constitutional institutions has increased. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a letter to Bundestag President Julia Klöckner, seen by the German newspaper Rheinische Post, Dobrindt called for a permanent…

Published on 13/06/2026 – 10:51 GMT+2 The picture was taken by Emilio Morenatti, an AP photographer and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, during the popemobile tour through Barcelona last Tuesday. In the image at the top of this article, Pope Leo XIV gazes intently at a boy and holds both his…

For the first time, Poles were able to see the most advanced fighter jets, which in the coming years will become one of the pillars of the country’s military aviation. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Three fifth-generation F-35 aircraft, nicknamed “Husarz,” performed a ceremonial flypast over Poland’s largest cities as part of the…