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Welcome back. When I launched this newsletter, I promised you zeitgeist, so here’s the zeitgeist — I am filing this at ungodly hours, from a flat in Tivat, on the coast of Montenegro, on five hours’ sleep, praying for no typos and my keyboard on fire. But oh boy how I love this job. This week, we were deployed alongside my producer Paul and my cameraman Pierre to Porto Montenegro for the EU-Western Balkans summit. To kick off, we sat down with António Costa on the eve of the gathering. The European Council chief told me there is real momentum…
Published on 06/06/2026 – 16:50 GMT+2 Nearly 500 Ebola cases have now been confirmed in a rapidly expanding outbreak in central Africa, according to the World Health Organization, fuelling concerns that the epidemic could become one of the largest on record. The WHO has already declared the crisis an international public health emergency as health officials race to contain its spread across the region. “That scale is possible,” warned Jason Asher, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics, referring to fears the outbreak could eventually rival the devastating 2014 West Africa…
“When the governing party is on the right, relations with the Church tend to be better than when the left is in power,” said Carlos Espaliu, lecturer in international law and international relations and head of the Tomás Moro observatory at the CEU Fernando III University. “But, right now, relations with this government are better than they have been with other Socialist administrations.” Touchstone issues The Catholic Church has not changed its position on previously divisive issues such as same-sex marriage, abortion or euthanasia, Simón said, but these issues “are not on the political agenda, because in some cases they…
“Following a final examination today, the patient and his family were discharged from Charité in good health,” the hospital said in a statement. Previously, the local health department lifted the quarantine order for the family, since 21 days had passed since their last exposure to the virus. Stafford thanked Charité: “I received first-rate care, including experimental treatments currently being tested for this type of virus.” He said his thoughts are with the people in Congo, who do not have access to this level of care. “We are very pleased with the successful course of treatment and consider this a significant…
The exchange of fire on Friday came days after renewed strikes between the U.S. and Iran. According to the BBC, one person was killed and dozens injured in an Iranian drone strike on Kuwait’s international airport earlier this week, with the U.S. retaliating with what it called “self-defense” strikes on Iran. Iran has repeatedly targeted Kuwait and Bahrein, where U.S. bases are located. With talks between Iran and the U.S. stalling, navigation in the Strait of Hormuz remains sharply reduced, causing a lasting spike in oil prices. But even as hostilities continue between the two countries, Washington has granted visas…
Published on 06/06/2026 – 13:57 GMT+2 Iran’s football players have been granted US visas ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, although several senior officials and support staff are still awaiting clearance less than two weeks before the team’s opening match. The visa delays have complicated preparations for Iran’s tournament campaign and prompted concerns over the delegation’s ability to travel together for the competition, which is being co-hosted by the US, Mexico and Canada. A White House official confirmed that Iranian players had received visas to enter the US ahead of their first Group G fixture against New Zealand in…
At first glance it could look like a scene from a western: a man on horseback crossing the pastures to look after the livestock. Only we are not in Texas; we are in Canale Monterano, where the figure of the buttero tells the story and identity of the Maremma area of Lazio. Here, however, the horse is not a symbol of the past but a working tool and a direct link with a centuries-old tradition that still shapes the land, with practices handed down from generation to generation and protected above all by the Butteri di Canale Monterano association. Unlike…
Montenegro’s prime minister has told Euronews that his country joining the European Union successfully can revitalise the process for the rest of Balkan countries waiting to join the bloc after hosting a high-level political summit this week with EU leaders. “The momentum is definitely different from previous times, we definitely see that everybody is hopping on a boat called the unification of Europe,” Milojko Spajić said in an interview on the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans summit held in Tivat on Friday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen echoed that sentiment, telling reporters that the country’s membership is now…
A statement from Downing Street late Friday said Nowak’s family “do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension.” Violent protests broke out earlier this week as details of Nowak’s death emerged and spurred claims the U.K. has a “two-tiered” justice system that is biased against white people. Digwa, a 23-year-old Sikh, who stabbed Nowak with a knife he claimed to be carrying for religious reasons, was sentenced to life in jail on Monday. In his post on Friday, Vance wrote that “Henry Nowak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by…
Residents of St. Petersburg were told not to leave their homes after a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack that also targeted areas from the Black Sea to central Russia. Russia said it had intercepted hundreds of the drones, including those headed for Saint Petersburg, where it is hosting a major economic forum, as Ukraine reported at least three people killed by Russian strikes overnight. On Saturday morning, Russia’s defence ministry said it downed a total of 376 Ukrainian drones in locations along the border, including Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk and locations in Crimea and the Sea of Azov. Ukraine President Volodymyr…