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“That’s why we are taking these measures. We have to ensure the security of these specific places for the Jewish community. We must do everything we can to prevent attacks on people and also to stop all the attacks … [on Jewish] buildings,” he added. “Our job is to protect everybody.” As for whether soldiers will do a better job of providing security than police, Belgium’s Defense Minister Theo Francken told POLITICO: “They are not replacing anything — this is in addition to the police force. The police force remains the first responder … and has the responsibility for the…
Delmastro Delle Vedove had also received a criminal conviction earlier in the legislature after leaking official secrets. Justice Ministry chief of staff and former MP Giusi Bartolozzi is facing criminal charges over an alleged cover-up involving a Libyan warlord who was arrested last year on an International Criminal Court warrant and then flown out of Rome. During the campaign she called prosecutors “an execution squad,” reinforcing accusations that the government viewed investigations as political interference. Bartolozzi didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Meloni also signaled she had lost confidence in Tourism Minister Daniela Santanchè, who has been ordered…
It’s the first time a Lithuanian tree has won the prize in the contest’s 15 annual iterations. The Oak of Laukai’s victory follows a change in the online voting system that used to favor bigger countries and last year fueled a bitter feud between Polish and Spanish tree lovers. Poland has won the last four contests, mostly thanks to votes from followers of the Polish Instagram meme account Make Life Harder, which heavily promoted Polish entrants. But last year’s competition was soured by a campaign on a Spanish public TV comedy show featuring a sign calling the tree “a load…
The European Parliament will on Thursday vote to move forward the 2025 transatlantic trade deal agreed between the EU and the U.S. Puzder on Monday called on the European Parliament to back the deal, telling POLITICO it would unlock deeper transatlantic cooperation on energy, tech and AI even as he pledged to seek to revisit the bloc’s digital rules. Benifei, who leads the Parliament’s delegation on U.S. relations, warned that if U.S. “requests become a form of pressure over other issues like the trade deal or energy,” they will “backfire.” That’s because EU “constituents are fed up of threats, especially now that they are suffering…
Published on 24/03/2026 – 20:38 GMT+1 Russia launched almost 1,000 drones against Ukraine within 24 hours between March 23 and 24, making it one of Moscow’s largest aerial attacks since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. Following a massive barrage of missiles and drones overnight, Russia carried on its attack during Tuesday in a rare daytime wave of over 550 attack drones targeting central and western regions. At least three people have been killed and over 30 have been injured across Ukraine during the daylight attack, following the overnight missiles and drone assault, killing at least four people and injuring…
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is on track to win Denmark’s election, exit polls signaled Tuesday night. Her Social Democrats are forecast to secure the most votes in the parliamentary election, despite getting just 19.2 percent of the vote, its lowest total in more than a century, according to the exit poll published by public broadcaster DR. Final results are expected after midnight, which will set the stage for tough coalition talks that will likely last weeks. This story is being updated.
A fake Euronews-style article and website claiming that Hungary’s opposition leader Péter Magyar insulted Donald Trump is circulating online as part of a wider campaign researchers have linked to Storm-1516, a Russian disinformation operation. The article, which utilises a real byline and appeared on a fake Euronews website that has since been taken down, claims that Magyar delivered a blistering critique of Trump at a campaign rally. Among other false claims, the article says Magyar called Trump a “senile grandpa” and promised to undo “key agreements” made with the US, should Magyar win parliamentary elections in Hungary scheduled on 12…
By Euronews with AP Published on 24/03/2026 – 0:50 GMT+1•Updated 9:25 At least 66 military personnel have been killed and dozens injured in a Colombian Air Force Hercules plane crash on Monday, which took place while the aircraft was taking off in the department of Putumayo, an Amazonian province. The plane was transporting troops, according to the Minister of Defence Pedro Arnulfo Sánchez. Four people are still missing and dozens have been injured. The plane was carrying 128 people on board: 115 were from the Army, 11 crew members, and two from the National Police, General Hugo Alejandro López Barreto said. “At the…
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The leaders of over a dozen European right-wing parties gathered in Budapest on Monday in a show of support for Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The gathering was an assembly of Patriots for Europe, a group set up in 2024 by Orbán and other nationalist allies. The event included figures such as France’s Marine Le Pen, Italy’s Matteo Salvini and Geert Wilders of the Netherlands. One by one, each of the 13 speakers took the stage to praise Orbán and urge Hungarians to vote for him and his Fidesz party at the April 12 election. In a speech to the crowd,…