Suspected drone explodes and crashes into Lithuanian lake near Belarus border
Lithuania last year asked NATO for more air defences
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Viktor Orbán celebrated by Europe’s far right before Hungary election
France’s Marine Le Pen and the Netherlands’ Geert Wilders among speakers praising prime minister at Budapest eventMarine Le Pen has called Viktor Orbán “an exceptional leader” and Geert Wilders hailed “a lion on a continent led by sheep” as Europe’s fa…
Hungarian election candidate accuses ruling party of ‘treason’ over alleged EU leak to Russia
Péter Magyar, who is leading in polls, says Orbán’s government is ‘betraying Hungarian and European interests’Europe live – latest updatesThe candidate leading the polls in Hungary’s upcoming elections has said the alleged sharing of confidential EU in…
Zelensky turns to African nation to solve Ukraine’s energy crisis
Russia intensified its attacks on Ukrainian gas production facilities in recent months
Italian voters reject overhaul of judiciary pushed by Giorgia Meloni
Referendum result could tarnish PM’s reputation and make winning next year’s general election challenging Italian voters have rejected an overhaul of the country’s judiciary pushed by the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, an outcome expected to tarnish h…
Italian voters reject Giorgia Meloni’s judicial reform in referendum defeat
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni conceded defeat on Monday in a referendum which sought to overhaul the country’s judiciary. The vote is a major blow to Meloni’s far-right leadership, and could weaken her re-election chances next year.
Europe’s ‘staggering’ clean power gains undermined by failure to phase out fuel-burning machines
The EU’s reluctance to replace petrol cars and gas boilers keep it hooked on foreign fuels, say industry groupsEurope has made “staggering progress” in producing clean power but neglected efforts to phase out fuel-burning machines, the head of an indus…
EasyJet bookings fall because of Iran war as boss warns of air fare rises
Airline has hedged much of fuel into 2027, avoiding soaring prices, but costs likely to hit passengers by end of summerBusiness live – latest updatesThe boss of easyJet has said the war in the Middle East has started to hit flight bookings, while the s…
French local election results give unexpected lift to centrist parties
Outcome suggests that when mainstream parties cooperate they can still block Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally Europe live – latest updatesFrance’s local elections, closely watched for clues to next year’s crunch presidential vote, have given pa…
Leonid Radvinsky death: OnlyFans owner dies aged 43
Radvinsky acquired majority stake in adult content site in 2018, which hit 300 million users under his watch