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This autumn, Deutsche Bahn (DB), Germany’s national railway company, will begin rolling out a new digital infrastructure that it says will streamline international rail bookings. The move is part of a long-awaited push to simplify travel across Europe’s patchwork of national railway networks.“[You will] be able to book an international journey just as easily as a domestic one,” Michael Peterson, DB’s board member for long-distance transport, told German press agency DPA. “This brings us closer to a major goal,” he continued: seamless cross-border rail travel across Europe, powered by a unified digital system and regulations backed by the EU.What’s changing, and when?Starting…

Speaking on Monday at the WDR Europaforum, Merz said: “There are no more range limitations for weapons delivered to Ukraine. Neither from the Brits, nor the French, nor from us. Not from the Americans either.” He emphasized Ukraine’s right to hit military infrastructure on Russian territory. The change could pave the way for Berlin to deliver the long-requested Taurus cruise missiles, a step repeatedly blocked by the previous government led by former Chancellor Olaf Scholz over fears it would lead to escalation of the war. The Taurus system, with a range of over 500 kilometers, would enable high-precision strikes deep…

It’s been a rough takeoff to 2025 for many European air passengers.The first five months of the year were marred by tens of thousands of delays and cancellations.A new analysis of Europe’s 20 busiest airlines ranked their performance, revealing which ones had the most turbulent starts.Cancellations: Finnair, KLM and BA report worst ratesDutch carrier KLM scrapped the most flights between January and May (2,760), followed by British Airways (1,763) and Germany’s Lufthansa (1,757), says the report by flight compensation company FlightRight.Raw numbers aside, the highest rate of flights scrapped was on Finnair: 3.35% out of a total of over 43,000…

Israeli forces nearby fired warning shots amid scenes of panic at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation hub, backed by the United States.Eyewitnesses described tank fire, with military helicopters overhead firing flares as crowds fled the area.At least three Palestinians were injured, including one man seen bleeding from his leg.Thousands had walked miles from overcrowded camps along Gaza’s coastline, desperate after months of Israeli blockade left the region facing famine.Aid distribution was briefly halted but resumed once the situation returned to calm.

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Vibe: The décor is somewhat minimalist (Nordic, duh), but cool and refined, with soft jazz mingling with the sounds of happy Finnish chatter. A deer print on the wall eyed us balefully as we devoured his buddy. There’s a terrace to enjoy on sunnier days. Who’s picking up the check? At around €24 for a pasta main, the prices were assuredly more northern European than southern. Spotted: Presidents, prime ministers and other European political luminaries have all feasted at Atrio, the manager told us (though he couldn’t possibly name any, of course). We spotted the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas with a couple…

Published on 28/05/2025 – 13:33 GMT+2The number of people out of work in Germany rose to 2.96m in May — the highest May number seen since 2010 — the national employment agency said on Wednesday.The monthly increase, which came to 34,000 in seasonally-adjusted terms, was significantly higher than the 10,000 expected.The unemployment rate nonetheless remained unchanged month-on-month at 6.3%, despite showing a rise in year-on-year terms.“The rise of unemployment when compared to the previous year is due to the weakness of the manufacturing sector. There are however signs that things are looking up, which has to do with the planned…

 “With today’s move, we have exposed China, which has long been working to undermine our resilience and democracy,” Lipavský said. “Through cyberattacks, information manipulation, and propaganda, it interferes in our society — and we must defend ourselves against that.”  It is the first time the Czech government has attributed a national cyberattack to a state-backed actor. An investigation conducted by the Security Information Service, Military Intelligence, Office for Foreign Relations and Information, and National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NUKIB) provided Czech authorities with a high degree of certainty about who was behind the targeting of the ministry. APT31 is…

Published on 28/05/2025 – 12:40 GMT+2Heavy flooding in Romania’s Harghita County — the worst in the past three decades — has led to critical conditions at the historical Praid salt mine, one of Europe’s largest salt reserves and a major tourist attraction in the country, authorities said. According to County Prefect Petres Sandor, the inflow of water is uncontrollable.”We lost the fight with nature. The water has started to enter the salt mine again, with a flow that cannot be controlled at the moment,” Sandor told local press. “Authorities will carry out an expertise as soon as possible to establish…

The most recent discussions they had on the subject, he added, were in early April in Frankfurt, “to discuss with her the leadership transition [at WEF] with myself remaining chair until she was ready to take over, at the latest, early 2027.” He added that he had planned for “several years” for Lagarde to succeed him.An ECB spokesperson contradicted Schwab, saying that “President Lagarde has always been fully committed to deliver on her mission and is determined to complete her term.” Lagarde is a regular at the Davos meetings in January. She joined the WEF’s board of trustees in 2019…