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Published on 22/06/2026 – 16:44 GMT+2•Updated 17:05 “There is an urgent need to address hunger and malnutrition while also tackling the structural causes that sustain them.” Pope Leo XIV made the remarks during a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Rome on Monday 22 June. The pontiff thanked the international organisation for its work in “saving lives in emergency situations and providing food assistance amid conflicts and natural disasters”. Addressing WFP staff, he said their work is “deeply in tune with the mission of the Catholic Church”, which seeks to “defend human dignity…
Published on 22/06/2026 – 18:27 GMT+2•Updated 18:42 The judge investigating the death of Mango’s founder, Isak Andic, has ordered a new round of inquiries that includes hearing evidence as witnesses from the family’s therapist, the businessman’s daughters, his partner and the company’s chief executive, Toni Ruiz. The magistrate has also ordered a forensic reconstruction of the fatal fall that occurred in Montserrat on 14 December 2024. The new measures form part of the case in which Jonathan Andic, the businessman’s eldest son and the only person who accompanied him on the hike, remains under investigation on suspicion of homicide. According…
La folle rumeur d’une nouvelle dissolution de l’Assemblée refait surface. Peut-on imaginer Emmanuel Macron reprendre une telle décision après son échec de 2024 et pourquoi le ferait-il ? Anthony Lattier explore la question avec Pauline de Saint Remy et Jason Wiels de POLITICO dans le podcast Playbook Paris. **Un message de Groupement Mousquetaires : Depuis plus de cinquante ans, des entrepreneurs indépendants s’engagent au cœur des territoires pour soutenir l’économie locale, l’emploi et la proximité au service des consommateurs.**
The European Union has set the stage for decoupling Moldova’s accession process from Ukraine’s after both candidates overcame Hungary’s two-year veto and opened the fist cluster of negotiations. The two countries have been informally paired since the early days of Russia’s war of Ukraine, which prompted the back-to-back membership applications. Since then, the question on when Chișinău should part ways from Kyiv has been looming over the conversation. But the optics of leaving a country at war behind on the waiting list proved problematic and the duo remained united in practice. On Tuesday, at the end of an EU-Moldova summit…
Published on 22/06/2026 – 15:28 GMT+2•Updated 15:40 A year ago, the name Abelardo de la Espriella did not appear on any list of presidential contenders. No one in or outside Colombia had heard of him. Today, however, after the second round of elections and pending the final count, he has become the next president of Colombia. A lawyer by profession, De la Espriella founded his movement, “Defensores por la Patria,” (Defenders for the Homeland) less than a year ago. In July 2025, he registered his party with a stated purpose: to block the left represented by Gustavo Petro and his…
Greece’s tourism sector enjoyed a strong first four months of 2026, with travel receipts and arrivals moving to clearly higher levels compared with the same period in 2025. In April 2026, the travel balance posted a surplus of €735.9 million, up from €697.3 million in April 2025. Travel receipts rose by 9.5%, reaching €1.11 billion, from €1.02 billion a year earlier. The increase was mainly driven by a 10.6% rise in inbound travel flows, despite a slight 1% drop in average spending per trip. The picture over the first four months is even more striking. The travel balance surplus jumped…
Ramsey ordered Jeffrey Donaldson — one of Northern Ireland’s most prominent politicians for decades — to be remanded in custody ahead of his scheduled sentencing Sept. 25. The judge told Donaldson he would be listed on the U.K.’s National Sex Offenders Register and must expect to face “a lengthy sentence.” His legal team did not immediately indicate whether he would pursue an appeal. Donaldson’s downfall as DUP chief in 2024 came weeks after he delivered the big achievement of his leadership — an agreement that spurred his party to resume its awkward partnership government with Sinn Féin at Stormont after…
Published on 22/06/2026 – 16:51 GMT+2 A summit between the EU and UK due to be held on July 22 is looking increasingly doubtful after UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer set out a timetable for his departure from 10 Downing Street earlier on Monday, with Brussels confirming that the plans are being re-assessed. “We are re-assessing with (European Council) President Costa and the UK the opportunity of still holding the summit as had been announced last week and we will take it from here,” the European Commission’s chief spokesperson Paula Pinho said in response to a question by Euronews on…
Thousands of kites took to the skies above Denmark’s west coast on Sunday as visitors gathered for the annual Fanø International Kite Festival, one of the largest events of its kind in the world. The video shows giant dragon, octopus, whale and astronaut-shaped kites flying above the beach, while teams of enthusiasts work together to launch and guide them. Organisers say the festival attracts around 5,000 kite flyers from 26 countries each year and features roughly 25,000 kites. Participants range from hobbyists to experienced kite makers, many bringing large inflatable designs that dominate the skyline. The event has become a…
The probe follows the finance department’s finding that the now-defunct Identity and Democracy group misspent €4.3 million between 2019 and 2024. ID remained active until the June 2024 European Parliament elections, after which many of its members and staff regrouped under the Patriots banner. According to the report, officials discovered irregularities in the Patriots’ accounts covering the period between July 16 and Dec. 31, 2024. The findings conclude the group donated €54,620 to local and regional organizations — a practice prohibited under Parliament rules, which require expenditure to be linked to political activities at the EU level. Associations promoting French…