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Published on 03/04/2026 – 12:34 GMT+2 Sweden’s coastguard said it boarded a vessel subjected to EU sanctions on Friday, suspecting it of an environmental crime after an oil spill in the Baltic Sea. The Flora 1 tanker vessel was boarded after an oil spill stretching 12 kilometres was detected early on Thursday east of the Swedish island of Gotland, the coastguard said in a statement. The vessel was escorted to an anchorage near Ystad in southern Sweden. “Upon discovery, it was determined that the vessel is on the EU sanctions list and several unclear issues surrounding the vessel were identified,…
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Vance’s visit, scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, was framed by Hungarian government spokesperson Zoltán Kovács as a celebration of deep ties between the two countries. “The visit highlights the strong and enduring alliance between Hungary and the United States,” he wrote on X on Friday. The outspoken U.S. vice president will hold talks with the MAGA-allied Orbán and then give a public address, during a trip that directly involves Washington in the final stretch of a heated election campaign. It echoes an American effort in Argentina last year, where U.S. officials including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent intervened to support President…
Three Greek cabinet members resigned on Friday in a burgeoning EU farm subsidy scandal that has heaped pressure on the country’s conservative government, state TV ERT reported. The channel said the ministers of agriculture and civil protection had resigned, alongside a deputy health minister, with the government spokesperson set to make announcements on a reshuffle. It comes after it emerged on Thursday that European prosecutors were probing an increasing number of Greece’s ruling party politicians for potentially skimming EU farm subsidies, widening an almost year-long scandal that has heaped pressure on the government. The EU’s European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)…
Earlier Thursday, Trump posted a video of a bridge being destroyed in an airstrike, captioning his post, “the biggest bridge in Iran comes tumbling down, never to be used again — Much more to follow!” During the five weeks of U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, Trump has threatened to strike civilian infrastructure including power plants and desalinization facilities, as he tries to break the Iranian regime. The 1949 Geneva Conventions prohibit attacks on objects and infrastructure considered to be “indispensable to the survival of the civilian population.” Under massive bombardment, Tehran is still resisting American and Israeli pressure, and is using…
In Lviv, families are attending workshops during Holy Week to learn the wax‑and‑dye technique, while the city’s Pysanka Museum draws visitors eager to reconnect with a tradition that dates back 2,000 to 3,000 years. The custom matters beyond Easter itself, as many Ukrainians now see it as part of a wider effort to preserve national identity and pass on cultural practices shaped by both faith and history. Artist Vira Manko, who has studied pysanky for 40 years and painted more than 3,000 herself, teaches participants how to sketch patterns, apply hot wax and dip the eggs from the lightest to…
French President Emmanuel Macron and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung agreed on Friday to work together to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and ease global economic uncertainties caused by the Iran war. Macron told Lee at the start of the meeting that the two countries can play a role in helping to stabilise the situation in the Middle East, including the Strait of Hormuz, according to South Korean media. At a joint televised briefing afterward, Macron underscored the need for France and South Korea to cooperate to help reopen the strait and de-escalate Middle East animosities, while Lee said…
Marathon vacations, or “mara-cations”, have been steadily gaining more popularity in the last few years. These are part of the wider run-cation travel trend, which covers everything from race sightseeing, guided trail running, organised runs and self-guided running routes. Rising interest in fitness among Gen Z and millennial travellers, especially women, has supported the boom in mara-cations, with Accor’s 2025 Travel Trend Report highlighting a 50% surge in searches for “workout holidays” in the last year. But what if you’re done with the classic marathons like London, Berlin, Boston and New York, and are looking for something more offbeat? Below…
Published on 03/04/2026 – 9:50 GMT+2 After the release of their politically-charged ‘Days Of Ash’ on Ash Wednesday, rockers U2 have unveiled a new EP titled ‘Easter Lily’. Released today, on Good Friday, the “separate, self-contained collection” offers six new songs, including a soundscape from Brian Eno. Frontman Bono said in a statement: “With Easter Lily, we ended up asking very personal questions like: Are our own relationships up to these challenging times? How hard do you fight for friendship? Can our faith survive the mangling of meaning that those algorithms love to reward? Is all religion rubbish and still…
Scenario 2 — Act as a spoiler Trump could also choose to make life difficult for allies inside NATO without going in all guns blazing. That’s already happening in a limited way. The U.S. has exploited the fact that all policy documents in NATO working committees are approved unanimously to block reports on softer issues like climate change and human security, sometimes alongside other allies, two NATO diplomats said. Work on the latter topic has effectively “gone to zero,” one of the diplomats said. Overall, “the U.S. still has a solid team, they participate in committees … they negotiate,” the…