Europe presses Trump for fresh Ukraine peace push at G7 summit
Zelensky had offered to meet Putin on the sidelines of the summit, with Trump and European leaders present.
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Magyar bars Orbán return with eight-year limit on prime ministers
It applies retroactively to all tenures held after May 2, 1990.
French goverment moves to make rioters pay after PSG victory chaos
Almost 900 people were arrested as rioters clashed with police, set vehicles on fire, vandalised businesses, and attempted to block major roads.
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Hungarian Interior Minister says country won’t implement EU migration pact ‘in its current form’
Hungary has instead focused on physical border protection, including its southern fence.
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Brussels suspends most prominent conservative think tank from Transparency Register
MCC Brussels will appeal and described the move as a politically motivated attempt to marginalise a prominent conservative voice in the EU capital.
Belgian and French police break up European drug network feeding Italy and Spain
The traffickers prepared vehicles fitted with concealed compartments, which allowed them to hide the drugs.
British government confirms social media ban for all under-16s
Starmer said the measure was necessary to protect children from what he described as the harmful effects of social media.
Vox to sue former Spanish PM Zapatero over jewellery worth €1.3 million
The move follows the discovery of a cache of jewels in a safe at Zapatero's Madrid office.
G7 allies seek common ground with Trump after Iran accord
European leaders are impatient to see the Strait reopened after the limiting of shipping traffic during the war caused a spike in global energy prices.
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EU countries agree to maintain compensation paid to passengers for flight delays
Only Spain and Latvia voted against the compromise, with Austria and Finland abstaining. Spain said the compromise was not ambitious enough.
Brussels welcomes US-Iran deal and presses for toll-free reopening of Hormuz
Ursula von der Leyen, António Costa and Kaja Kallas backed the deal.
‘Anti-fascist certificate’ for publishers ahead of Rome book fair sparks censorship row
Meloni accused organisers of introducing a discriminatory criterion for participation and warned against the use of political labels.
Polish public debt exceeds EU’s 60% GDP limit
The rising debt in Poland has been driven by one of the fastest growing budget deficits in the EU.
Riot police clash with protesters in Geneva as G7 leaders gather in France
Near the headquarters of the United Nations, demonstrators threw stones, bottles, pieces of cement and firecrackers at officers.
EU finance ministers back EIB drive to fund defence and energy
The bank's Board of Governors, made up of the finance ministers of the 27 member states, approved the strategy at their annual meeting.
Jewellery discovery adds to legal woes for Zapatero
Court-appointed experts have valued the haul of over 103 pieces at more than €1.3 million.
US warned French authorities multiple times about main suspect in Lyhanna murder, exposing major justice system failure
Despite these red flags, including a formal complaint filed in summer 2025 alleging repeated rape of another young girl.
Socialist former Belgian PM Elio Di Rupo accused of corruption and influence peddling
The criminal complaint centres on a 2018 transaction involving the sale of shares in the property company Land Invest.
OpenAI picks Madrid for first Spanish office as government hails AI rules
The company behind ChatGPT said the new hub would open in the second half of 2026.
EU top court adviser: Commission failed to grant public enough access to COVID vaccine contracts
The Commission had released only heavily redacted versions, citing commercial confidentiality and personal data protection.
The nation at war: There will be Belfasts across Europe, too
The images of riots in the United Kingdom are not a passing nuisance. They are a warning in flames.
Polish journalist who investigated Tusk’s ally detained for three months without trial
Leszek Kraskowski, who has for over 20 years investigated allegations of the abuse of power and corruption against all governments.
Italy reports dramatic fall in illegal immigration as repatriations surge under Meloni government
Since the Meloni government took office in October 2022, the total number of repatriations has increased by more than 40 per cent.
Aviation industry urges Brussels to drop carbon market plan for global flights
"In the current geopolitical context, extending the EU ETS beyond intra-EEA flights will likely provoke an even stronger international backlash than in 2012".
Dreams of an EU army just crashed
For years, European Union federalists have hoped that one particular project would take flight: A Franco-German jet fighter.
Trump says he has ‘ended’ war with Iran as Tehran withholds confirmation
The remarks came hours after he cancelled air strikes that had been scheduled.
Spanish defence firms offer to build new fighter after FCAS collapse
The companies said prolonged uncertainty threatened not only their own expertise and resources but also the stability of their partners and supply chains.
EU targets Russian Patriarch Kirill in biggest sanctions package in two years
His name was added to the bloc's 21st package of sanctions against Russia, presented in Brussels.
Italy plans 40,000-troop army expansion in major defence overhaul
Italian forces would grow in stages between 2030 and 2033, the reports said, filling personnel gaps that have opened up over recent years.
French, German and UK envoys meet Russian deputy minister in Ukraine peace push
The three countries are among Ukraine's main backers and lead the "coalition of the willing" assembling post-war security guarantees for Kyiv.