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By Euronews/Ács Gábpr Published on 25/07/2026 – 15:45 GMT+2 The time is set for Hungary’s Fidesz party to break from opposition politics and establish a new “resistance politics,” former PM and party leader Viktor Orbán stressed in a speech on Saturday. Speaking at the Bálványos Summer University, Orbán, who was ousted from government after 16 years following elections in April, said there was no longer time for the party to dwell on the election loss and that it must turn its attention to defending Hungary’s freedom, which he claimed was under threat. Orbán said he believed that those who voted for…
Published on 25/07/2026 – 16:06 GMT+2•Updated 16:07 The Central Bank of Russia expects inflation at 6–7% in 2026 “due to the significant increase in fuel prices that has already occurred”. Previously, the regulator had expected it to slow to 4.5–5.5%. Inflation expectations among households, businesses and financial market participants have risen. Their persistence at elevated levels may impede a sustained slowdown in inflation, the Bank of Russia said in a press release. “The fuel situation falls into what is known as supply shocks,” admitted Elvira Nabiullina, the head of the Bank of Russia, at a press conference on the same…
Nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated because of the fires in southwestern France out of which more than 167,000 are in Gironde, the department of Bordeaux, and around 30,000 in the nearby Landes department. French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday announced that he requested the activation of an EU emergency mechanism, which has prompted other EU countries including Portugal, Croatia, Slovakia and Sweden to send airplanes and helicopters to help France. “Europe stands with France and Spain against the devastating wildfires that are hitting them,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote in a social media post on Saturday,…
It was meant to be a simple walk in the forest to pick berries. Instead of woodland fruit, a resident of Świnoujście found something that could help solve one of the mysteries of the war. In woodland not far from facilities belonging to the Museum of Coastal Defence – Fort Gerhard, the man came across an unusual depression in the ground. Around it lay numerous fragments of a metal structure. They did not look like random scrap. Among the scattered pieces you could see sections of aluminium sheets, parts of a structure and the remains of burnt ammunition. One of…
Wildfires raging near Madrid turned the sky orange and the sun blood-red over the village of Zarzalejo, as authorities battled what regional leader Isabel Díaz-Ayuso called the worst fire in the capital’s history. Two major blazes merged into one, burning 30 square kilometers by Friday and forcing evacuations or home confinement for some 60,000 people. A separate fire in nearby Ávila consumed 90 square kilometers. Spain’s Civil Guard arrested one man over the alleged use of heavy machinery in a high fire-risk zone. PM Pedro Sánchez is set to visit the region on Saturday as temperatures top 39°C amid an…
The Italian minister said Fedorov was “moved” by the proposal and saw it as “a mark of respect and friendship,” but he didn’t elaborate on whether Fedorov accepted or not. Crosetto strongly praised Fedorov, who has been credited with bringing a technology overhaul to Ukraine’s military but also clashed with top generals. “Fedorov embodies innovation; he is one of those who has completely changed the rules of the game on the battlefield, enabling Ukraine first to hold its ground and then to take the initiative,” Crosetto said, adding that Fedorov was faced with “a resistance to change” that is also…
Tensions in the Middle East are on the rise again, as Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched attacks against Saudi Arabia. According to Greek military sources, one of the attacks targeted a major refinery installation in the Yanbu area. The Greek Patriot missile battery deployed there as part of the Hellenic Force in Saudi Arabia intercepted the attack, which was launched from Yemeni territory. The Greek battery later also shot down a drone approaching from Yemen. The battery is part of the “Integrated Air Missile Defense Concept” initiative, aimed at supporting Saudi Arabia’s air defences. Houthi retaliation Earlier, Yemen’s Houthi…
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Belgian police on Friday arrested an intern at NATO’s strategic headquarters of the Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE,) suspecting her of “spying on behalf of a third country and of being a member of a criminal organization,” the Belgian Federal Prosecutor Office wrote in a statement on Saturday. The intern, a Canadian national of Chinese origins, “had come to the attention” of the security services of SHAPE, NATO’s strategic command for operations in Mons, Belgium. Belgian authorities searched her home and office on Thursday. Belgian prosecutors gave no further details on what the woman is suspected of. Camille Gijs contributed to…
“I have no other way to describe it but an escalation of attempts,” she said in the interview, adding that she feared for her job and hence was afraid to say “no” to Khan’s advances. Khan has denied any wrongdoing and, according to Reuters, called the Friday vote “unlawful, procedurally unfair and unsupported by evidence.” The vote to fire Khan comes a week after the U.S. administration announced a campaign to dismantle what it called a “threat posed by the ICC to U.S. sovereignty.” Washington argues that the court should not have the authority to investigate and prosecute U.S. citizens. Last year,…