Week Ender: Did Europe dodge a summer travel crisis?
Europeans are traveling in huge numbers this summer — but the conflict in the Middle East, volatile fuel prices linked to disruption in the...
Berlin mayor drops reelection bid over blackout lie
Wegner’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won 28.2 percent of the votes in Berlin’s snap election in February 2023, held after the Constitutional Court...
Russian authorities ask residents to work from home as fuel crisis escalates
The decree also encourages citizens to use their cars as little as possible. “We recommend that residents of the Novosibirsk region limit the use...
Bonus episode: Ernstfall — What if Russia attacks NATO?
Today, we’re bringing you a special bonus episode from our colleagues at WELT.Originally released in German, Ernstfall is now available in English.What if...
Why Europe’s heat waves are still so deadly
“We built our cities for the climate from before,” said Jeroen Kluck, a professor at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences researching climate resilience...
Hungary’s Orbán-appointed president vows to resist Magyar’s attempt to remove him
“He never objected in any case to the Fidesz leadership or the Fidesz government. And now he objects, for the first time, to defend...
Orbán-appointed Hungarian president bans Orbán from returning to power
BUDAPEST — Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok, an appointee of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, on Friday approved a constitutional amendment barring the same Orbán...
Romanian PM-designate loses party support as political crisis deepens
Veștea quickly rejected the threat, posting on Facebook that “I will not resign, regardless of the pressure being exerted on me.”Without official party support,...
Romania’s PM-designate promises reforms to help business as he urgently seeks support
Do you see the risk that more fiscal restraint enacted by a “technical” administration could increase voters' distrust in politics and fuel more support...
AI upskilling can transform Spain’s economy
Forty years ago, on June 12, Spain formally anchored its future to the European Union. As the tremors of the 1979 energy crisis subsided...
Macron invites Saudi crown prince and Qatari emir to discuss Middle East crisis at G7
The two Gulf leaders were asked to join talks next Tuesday to secure and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to maritime traffic. Renewed strikes...
Why the ECB is in a tricky spot
The European Central Bank will meet today and make a decision that depends heavily on events happening thousands of kilometers away. That’s because the war in Iran has pushed up energy...
UK’s diplomats left in disarray by Mandelson scandal
That cut short Robbins’ mission to deliver a radical program of departmental reform by 2030 — and now insiders complain this has left the...
Severe Asthma: It’s Time to Act for Patients — and Health Systems
A chronic disease still treated as a crisisDespite being a well-characterised condition with clear clinical guidelines, severe asthma is still managed too often as...



