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Published on 03/09/2026 – 6:41 GMT+2 Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, asked a judge on Wednesday to dismiss the drug trafficking indictment against them on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country. In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, Maduro’s attorneys said a judge was required by law to reject the indictment because it cannot be brought against a foreign leader. “No American court has ever presided over the criminal trial of a foreign leader who was recognised by their own country as the sitting head…
Nearly six in ten Europeans gave money to good causes in 2025, either by directly helping people in need, donating to charity or giving for religious reasons. This is according to the World Giving Report by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). In its latest global report, CAF surveyed 60,443 people in 105 countries between 5 January and 18 February 2026 about giving throughout 2025, with nationally representative country samples generally ranging from 250 to 1,000 adults. According to the findings, the most generous European countries included Ireland and Romania. Looking specifically at charitable giving, Ireland and the Netherlands had the…
For three days, some of Granada’s most emblematic historic venues will become stages for a new generation of musicians. From 3 to 5 September, the city will host the first edition of Neorama, a festival created to give visibility to emerging musical talent from different parts of Spain. Driven by the Confederation of Youth Musical Societies of Spain (JME) to mark its 75th anniversary, Neorama has been launched with the aim of connecting the training of young musicians with their entry into the professional sector. The organisers present it as the first touring, nationwide festival devoted specifically to emerging musical…
At the informal General Affairs Council in Dublin today, the EU’s next 7-year budget is set to dominate the agenda. The talks are still in deadlock over the size of the money pot … but the red lines of various capitals are starting to take shape. On today’s episode, host Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart explain why — counterintuitively — that’s actually a step forward for the negotiations. Next, the pivotal regional election in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt is just days away … and the far-right AfD party is poised to win big. But just how big? And what would the party…
Published on 02/09/2026 – 12:29 GMT+2 European foreign ministers have said they’re ready to stand firm against a surge of Russian hybrid war attacks across the continent, rallying behind Germany after its decision to formally hold Russia responsible for a drone incident at Leipzig airport last month. The show of unity came at a summit of EU foreign affairs ministers in Wicklow, Ireland, also attended by ministers from Ukraine, Canada, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The Leipzig airport incident on 4 August saw German authorities intercept a drone carrying military-grade explosives. Berlin has been unequivocal in attributing the incursion to…
US energy firms signed a series of multi-billion-dollar deals with Venezuela on Wednesday, days after the South American country agreed to grant Washington control of a huge chunk, roughly one-fifth, of its vast oil reserves. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright travelled to Venezuela’s capital Caracas to oversee the signing of deals worth “tens of billions of dollars of investment,” seen as a quid pro quo for Washington winning majority control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves. Wright said the deals signed by Venezuela with US oil major Chevron, GE Vernova – a General Electric offshoot – and Italy’s…
Ein Antrag im CDU-Kreisverband Harz droht die politische Zukunft von Sachsen-Anhalts Ministerpräsident Sven Schulze zu gefährden. Kurz vor der Wahl steht die strikte Unvereinbarkeit mit der Linkspartei auf dem Prüfstand. Es ist ein Beschluss, der Schulze jede Machtoption rauben könnte. Nikolaus Doll von WELT berichtet von einem denkwürdigen Abend und welche Kettenreaktion der Union nun bevorstehen könnte. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview bespricht Jasper Bennink mit dem Digitalminister Karsten Wildberger die wachsende Gefahr durch autonome KI-Agenten in Unternehmensnetzwerken. Wildberger skizziert einen globalen Regulierungsansatz nach dem Vorbild der Atomkraft und offenbart, wie verwundbar die Systeme aktuell noch sind. Das ausführliche Gespräch gibt es in…
The EU’s diplomatic service presented on Wednesday additional listings targeting 27 Russian individuals and entities involved in the forced deportation and indoctrination of Ukrainian children. EU ambassadors reviewed the new blacklisting at their first meeting since the summer recess. It is expected to be adopted by the end of the month. It is not the first time Brussels has targeted those responsible for Russia’s illegal mass abduction, deportation and re-education of minors from Ukraine’s occupied territories. Several individual listings have already featured in previous sanctions packages. In May, EU countries blacklisted 16 individuals and seven entities to mark the high-level…
The man leading the charge to make Germany proud again won’t say he wants his fellow Germans to “forget” the Nazi past, but that is where his ideas invariably lead. Hans-Thomas Tillschneider, a 48-year-old lawmaker for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, was until recently little known beyond his largely rural constituency. But he may soon be in a position to help realize one of the greatest ambitions of the party’s most extreme faction: remaking his country’s postwar identity and steering Germans toward leaving behind the Nazi past. That history “remains present in…
Russia may attempt to influence next year’s general election in Italy, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday, calling it an “issue that concerns the entire European Union.” “It cannot be ruled out that there may be attempts to influence the elections in the countries where the vote is being held,” said Tajani after arriving for an informal EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Wicklow, Ireland. “I do not rule out attempts by the Russian Federation to interfere in the democratic life of European Union countries, interfering in free democratic elections held in our countries, attempting to influence the will of…