On 22 March 2016, Brussels Airport became the site of the deadliest terrorist attack in Belgium’s post-war history. 13 minutes later, at 9:11am another blast was heard in Maelbeek metro station, a few kilometres away.
In recent history, the El Niño phenomenon has in most cases brought exceptionally hot and wild weather. And 2026 is likely to be the same, especially its second half.
Beef quotas and the scrapping of an Australian tax on luxury cars are the main issues to be resolved by officials.
A Ukrainian drone knocked out a Russian helicopter in a rare incident, while massed drone attacks degraded air defences in Russian-occupied Crimea.
For a decade, ‘Apple Engineering’ was a masterclass in planned obsolescence. Now the new Neo is the most repairable Mac in 15 years. This is not due to some sudden surge of corporate altruism — the Neo exists because of a hard deadline: 31 July 2026.
Europeans are looking for answers to the energy crisis. Several EU member states are proposing to revise how the carbon market works, so that it weighs less on prices. But could this actually make a difference?
Interview with Anna Thalhammer, who exposed Austrian journalists suspected of working for Moscow, why the country treats Russian espionage so casually, and how its history has shaped this attitude.
EU leaders failed to convince Hungary to lift its veto on Ukraine support, as president Volodomyr Zelensky lamented the blockage.
“As the [Middle East] region enters a period of religious holidays, I think everyone should calm down and the fighting should stop,” said French president Macron in Brussels.
“Unfortunately, some governments are using this crisis and the rise in electricity prices to undermine climate policies,” Spain’s socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchéz said on arrival at an EU leaders summit in Brussels.
With just over three weeks to go, a literal ‘false flag’ operation at a Tisza rally, a potential JD Vance (but not Donald Trump) visit, some suspect candidates name-changing to confuse voters, and the latest opinion polling.
“Just before zero hour [midnight], the first [Russian] assault groups … moved off in the drizzle and ran straight into the drones,” said a Ukrainian commander.
Croatia says 13 tankers carrying non-Russian oil are ready to supply Hungary, even as Budapest presses Ukraine to deliver cheaper Russian fuel in exchange for lifting its veto on a €90bn loan for Kyiv at Thursday’s EU summit.
MEPs expect to take a final plenary vote on a hotly contested EU-US trade deal in Strasbourg next Thursday.
On March 22 and 23, Italians will vote in a referendum intended to curb the power of the country’s prosecutors. But the reform championed by prime minister Giorgia Meloni could produce the opposite effect, giving prosecutors even greater control over Italy’s justice system.
Ukraine faces a financial crisis as Hungary blocks the EU’s €90bn loan. Can Brussels convince Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán to lift his veto?
Russian president Vladimir Putin’s regime is testing a “sovereign internet” following the Chinese and Iranian model and is preparing a system of total censorship for cases of public discontent.
“We … gave flesh and bones to the [EU’s] mutual assistance clause,” Cypriot president said, after France and others sent warships to protect the island, which is a member of the EU but not Nato.
Hungary’s veto on Ukraine money is to hijack the spotlight at Thursday’s EU summit in Brussels, alongside disagreements over Europe’s carbon market — overshadowing what was meant to be a key debate on turning Europe into a truly economic powerhouse.
A blocking minority of member states is pushing to weaken the bloc’s carbon pricing mechanism — which requires industries to pay for their pollution.
