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By Franziska Müller Published on 03/06/2026 – 11:40 GMT+2 An Israeli traveller tried to book a hotel in Bavaria but was turned away. The reason given, according to a screenshot circulating on social media: they were being refused because of their Jewish background. The case is now being examined by the justice authorities, and the Booking.com platform has removed the hotel from its listings. According to the Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt (source in German)), antisemitic offences reached a new high in 2024: 6,236 incidents were recorded, including 173 violent crimes. Antisemitic response from a Bavarian hotel The Israeli Consul General…
Updated: 03/06/2026 – 11:33 GMT+2 Black smoke billowed over St. Petersburg after a Ukrainian drone strike sparked a fire at an oil terminal, according to Ukrainian and Russian officials. The attack came days before President Vladimir Putin is due to attend a major economic forum in the city. … More
Published on 03/06/2026 – 11:31 GMT+2•Updated 11:36 The Spanish fashion giant behind Zara, Inditex, posted net income of €1.4 billion in the first quarter, up 5.4% year-on-year and ahead of market expectations. Sales rose 5.8% to €8.7bn, or 8.8% at constant exchange rates, ahead of the roughly 8% analysts had anticipated. Gross profit rose 6.9% to €5.4bn, helped by an improvement in profit margins, meaning the company kept a larger share of revenue as profit. EBITDA, a measure of underlying earnings, increased 7.3% to €2.6bn. Inditex shares rose more than 5% on Wednesday after the company reported a strong start…
The overnight attack was a joint operation by the Security Service of Ukraine, the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Special Operations Forces, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. Russian authorities confirmed the assault on Wednesday. “Early this morning, infrastructure facilities in Kronstadt, Kirovsky, and Krasnoselskiy districts were attacked by UAVs. Several objects were damaged. Several people were injured. There are no casualties,” St. Petersburg Mayor Aleksandr Beglov said in a statement. Russian officials did not confirm the terminal — which is the biggest in northwestern Russia — was hit, but local open-source investigators geolocated…
It might sound paradoxical, but for many employees across Europe, temporary work is a constant condition. Around one in 11 workers in the EU is in INE — short for involuntary non-standard employment. This is according to Eurofound, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. Being in INE means people are stuck jumping from one part-time, fixed-term or gig-economy job to the next, because they can’t find stable alternatives, like a permanent, full-time contract. Eurofound says the real number of people in INE could be even higher than one in 11, with young workers particularly affected.…
Westminster may look busy but are MPs just waiting for the potential return of Andy Burnham? With the Makerfield by-election just over a week away Burnham insists he’s focussed on winning the seat. But behind the scenes allies are already developing ideas that could underpin a future bid for No10. Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy look at who is moulding the Burnham project and why certain plans for the economy and AI are attracting growing scrutiny from Westminster and the City. You can get the full list of candidates standing in the Makerfield by-election here.
A grey plume of smoke was seen rising over St. Petersburg early on Wednesday, as officials gathered for Russia’s annual economic forum, which Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend. Ukrainian drones struck energy and military sites in the Russian port city, Russian and Ukrainian authorities reported. The Ukrainian military struck the Petersburg Oil Terminal overnight, roughly 1,100 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X. “Another target was an enterprise in the Tambov region involved in the production of Russian weapons,” he added. The city’s governor, Alexander Beglov, wrote that several infrastructure facilities were struck in the…
Three EU countries — Germany, Austria and Portugal — are bidding for two non-permanent seats on the U.N.’s most powerful body in a General Assembly vote set for Wednesday. Portugal, thanks to its strong ties with Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries, is generally regarded as a shoo-in for the two-year term beginning in 2027. That leaves Germany and Austria — countries bound by close historical and cultural ties, but also occasional tensions — competing for the final seat. Germany is the Goliath in the contest, yet that has not stopped German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul from aggressively lobbying Berlin’s case, reflecting…
Good morning from Brussels. This is Mared Gwyn with a packed newsletter to kick off your Wednesday. First, an exclusive: The European Commission is set to criticise the Italian government’s cuts to excise fuel duties in a report published later today, arguing that such untargeted measures are ineffective. This after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked Brussels for even more fiscal flexibility to respond to the energy crisis stemming from the Iran war, as our political correspondent Luca Bertuzzi explains. The Commission is also expected to castigate Rome for a lack of a robust industrial plan, in separate country-specific recommendations also…