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Updated: 27/04/2026 – 18:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this April 27th, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
Oil producers across the South Caucuses and Central Asia are navigating a more fluid global market, as long-standing export models give way to faster, demand-driven trading dynamics. At the second Caspian and Central Asia Oil Trading and Logistics Forum in Baku, industry experts described a clear pivot towards flexibility and away from predictable, long-term contracting. “Markets are very volatile now, and volatility always creates niche opportunities,” said Colin Nesbeth, founder and CEO of Central Asia Marketing. “From a trading point of view, opportunities appear that simply weren’t there before.” That volatility, however, cuts both ways. Companies shut out of one…
Lindner is a car enthusiast and is known for driving a vintage Porsche. He served as finance minister for three years in the troubled three-party coalition government of previous Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which collapsed in late 2024, leading to an election. Lindner’s pro-business and car-friendly FDP crashed out in that election, failing to garner the 5 percent of votes required to secure seats in the German parliament. The ailing liberals have failed to make the 5 percent threshold in the every state election since then. While Lindner was mostly off the grid in the months after the government collapse, he has…
Italy has extradited a Chinese hacker to the United States accused of spying for his country’s government during the COVID-19 pandemic, police said on Monday. The man was arrested at Milan’s Malpensa airport last July and is “suspected of acting for the Chinese government,” a police statement said. The FBI accuses Xu Zewei of hacking US government entities, research institutes and universities involved in vaccine research in 2020 and 2021 at the height of the pandemic, the statement said. The police did not identify the man but said he was a former head of a major technology company in Shanghai.…
Participants from 16 European countries gathered in the Belgian town of De Panne to take part in the annual European seagull screeching contest. Competitors, some dressed in costumes, took to the stage to imitate the distinctive cries of seagulls, performing for both judges and a lively audience. The unusual event, held in a local bar, aims to celebrate the often-misunderstood birds while providing entertainment and community spirit. Judges scored contestants on creativity and performance, turning what many described as a “useless trick” into a moment to shine.
Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary has claimed that two or three European airlines “could go bankrupt” before the end of this year due to soaring oil prices. The outspoken boss of Europe’s biggest airline said that the Iran war has already cost Ryanair an extra $50 million (€42.6 million) in fuel costs in April alone. “If oil stays at these levels, two or three European airlines in October or November could go bankrupt like Wizz Air, which wants to sue me but won’t have enough time to do so, and airBaltic,” he told Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore. “A good…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz tore into Washington on Monday, warning the Trump administration is being played and “humiliated” by the regime in Tehran and lacks a clear strategy to end the conflict. Speaking during a school visit in his home region in western Germany, Merz said the U.S. had misjudged the Iranian regime and entered the war without a clear exit plan. “The Iranians are clearly stronger than expected and the Americans clearly have no truly convincing strategy in the negotiations either,” Merz said, according to German Press Agency dpa. “A whole nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership.”…
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at NATO allies, accusing them of being cowards for refusing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The waterway, which carries a fifth of all global oil supplies, has been weaponised by the Iranian regime and remains shut with severe ramifications for the energy prices. Trump has claimed that reopening the strait is a “small endeavor” and lambasted European allies for their inaction. In the aftermath, he has suggested the US will reassess its relationship with the alliance, calling it a paper tiger without American military power behind it. The biggest source of…
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By Pascale Davies with AP Published on 27/04/2026 – 15:24 GMT+2 China has blocked Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus, in an unexpected move to reverse a deal that apparently aroused Beijing’s concerns about the transfer of advanced technology. China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the country’s top planning agency, said on Monday it was prohibiting a foreign acquisition of Manus and had required all the parties to withdraw from the deal. It did not specifically name Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook and Instagram. The decision was made by the commission’s Office of the Working Mechanism for Security Review of Foreign…