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Expected in late June or early July, the 21st sanctions package will also likely target Russian banks, financial institutions and military-industrial companies as well as firms selling stolen Ukrainian grain, according to seven EU officials and diplomats with knowledge of the discussions, who were granted anonymity to discuss the preparations. Officials also see a chance to move ahead with sanctions previously blocked by the government of Viktor Orbán, the former Hungarian prime minister. Among them are measures targeting senior members of the Russian Orthodox Church, notably its leader Patriarch Kirill, a close ally of Putin’s who has lauded the Ukraine…
Published on 11/05/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2 On 28 April, the European Parliament has formally adopted its position on the EU’s 2028-2034 budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), with 370 votes to 201 and 84 abstentions. MEPs demand a 10 per cent increase to the Commission’s original almost €2 trillion budget proposal from 16 July 2025, according to the Parliament’s Research Services April 2026 report. The Parliament wants funds evenly divided among the three key areas (cohesion and agriculture, competitiveness, and external action) and excludes NextGenerationEU repayments of €149.3 trillion (2025 prices) from spending ceilings. Calling for a more ambitious budget,…
As European governments discuss stricter social media rules for children under 16, young people say they are being shut out of a conversation that directly affects them. Supporters of the proposed bans argue they are necessary to protect children from online harms, but youth activists across Europe say a blanket ban is not the answer. Instead, they are calling on policymakers to make platforms safer through stronger regulation, better enforcement, and digital literacy education. In France, Ireland, and the Netherlands, students and youth advocates say social media has become deeply woven into how their generation socialises, learns, organises, and participates…
Es ist ein Lehrstück über Fehleinschätzungen im Kanzleramt. Der Bundesrat hat die geplante 1.000-Euro-Prämie knallhart scheitern lassen. Gordon Repinski analysiert, wie die Koalition den Ernst der Lage verkennen konnte und warum die Abstimmung zwischen der A-Seite (SPD) und der B-Seite (Union) in einem kommunikativen Desaster endete. Hat die Regierung Merz die Macht der Länder schlicht unterschätzt? Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Der frühere NATO-Generalsekretär Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Er spricht über die Zukunft des Bündnisses, den notwendigen europäischen Beitrag zur Verteidigung des Kontinents und die strategischen Herausforderungen in einer instabilen Weltlage. Rasmus Buchsteiner über die bevorstehende Wiederwahl von DGB-Chefin Yasmin Fahimi. Er beleuchtet zudem…
When foreign ministers meet in Brussels today, Israel and Russia will likely dominate the agenda. Today on the pod, Zoya and Nick discuss why the bloc might finally be able to move forward on sanctioning several Israeli individuals involved with settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. Plus, the EU is looking to move forward on a new round of sanctions towards Russia, hoping to pressure Moscow back to the negotiating table. Also on the show, the Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares told Zoya in an exclusive interview that the EU needs to build its own military. He argues, with Russia on its…
Should it win the Elysée in next year’s election, as polls currently predict, the National Rally would likely either make good on that proposal or redirect some of its funding toward other priorities. “People from the cinema world live in another reality, they are not aware of the financial problems of the French,” said Philippe Ballard, one of the National Rally lawmakers who led the effort to reduce state funding for the entertainment sector. Ballard said his constituents “roll their eyes” at talk of state-backed cinema at a time when they’re forced to choose between filling up their gas tanks…
Backers of the Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham fear the West gambit could trigger a contest too soon for their man to find a route into parliament. “Anyone calling for the PM to quit but using the words ‘orderly transition’ is talking about waiting for Andy,” one of his supporters said. The assumption is that a contest sooner would benefit expected candidates Wes Streeting, the health secretary, and Angela Rayner, the former deputy prime minister who was forced to resign from government over a tax scandal. The former is said to be drawing up a policy program, while the latter set…
British Army medics have parachuted onto the remote South Atlantic territory of Tristan da Cunha, where one of the 221 residents has a suspected case of hantavirus. The patient was a passenger on the MV Hondius and disembarked last month. The U.K. defense ministry says a team of six paratroopers and two medical clinicians jumped Saturday from a Royal Air Force transport plane, which also dropped oxygen and medical equipment. Tristan da Cunha is Britain’s most remote inhabited overseas territory 2,400 kilometers from the nearest inhabited island, St. Helena. The group of volcanic islands has no airstrip and is usually…
By Euronews with IJF Published on 10/05/2026 – 20:08 GMT+2 On the final day of the 2026 Qazaqstan Barysy Grand Slam, the heavyweights took centre stage in Astana. We’ve had two days of non-stop action. And the crowd has created an electric atmosphere. At -90kg, Guilherme SCHIMIDT of Brazil, took on Boris RUTOVIC of Serbia. With 20 seconds left RUTOVIC scored the only yuko of the contest, the 19 year old securing a gold medal in only his second grand slam. International Judo Federation Head Referee Director, Mr Armen BAGDASAROV was on hand to award the medals. At -78kg German compatriots…
The deputy head of the EU’s Frontex border control agency warned there is a “high” risk of arms being smuggled from Ukraine to the EU in the event of a deal ending the war with Russia. “There could be weapons smuggling on a larger scale. That could become a security problem for Europe,” Frontex Deputy Executive Director Lars Gerdes told WELT, owned by Axel Springer, which also owns POLITICO. He said that once the full-scale war that Russia launched four years ago ends, it would be “quite possible” for a repeat of the situation in former Yugoslavia, when illegal arms…