Hungary has ordered the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats to protect its “security and sovereignty,” the country’s foreign affairs minister, Anita Orbán, announced on Tuesday. The decision comes several months after the Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo reported that nearly one-third of the 47 staff members at the Russian embassy in Budapest have links to Russian
Polling stations have opened in the east German state of Saxony-Anhalt, where the populist, far-right, anti-immigration Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is predicted to come out on top in an election that could have a major effect on Germany’s political landscape. About 1.7 million people are eligible to vote. Polling stations opened at 8am local time
A protest in Zagreb against Croatia’s government for the illegal storage of toxic waste. A landfill near the town of Gospic, is being used to hold toxic waste from several countries, including Germany.
BIRMINGHAM, England — Nigel Farage has one overriding task: to convince voters he is ready to take over as British prime minister in an election he believes may be just months away. “When that election comes we will be ready, and when that election comes we will fight to win,” he told his party’s conference
Only 1.6 million eligible voters are called to choose a new state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday. The region between the Elbe River and the Harz Mountains in eastern Germany is outnumbered in population by 10 of Germany’s 16 federal states. Nevertheless, the vote has become a major challenge for the federal government coalition of
U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoys Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Moscow and Kyiv in the coming days in an apparent attempt to restart stalled negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram. “We discussed today that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Moscow and then Kyiv on
It is rare for a state parliament election in Germany to attract as much media attention as the vote in Saxony-Anhalt. On 6 September 2026, the 1.7 million eligible voters in the eastern German state will decide whether the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) can form a state government for the first time. So far,
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) could bring sweeping changes if it were to form a government in Saxony-Anhalt. The far-right party, which is currently well ahead in opinion polls, is hoping to form a single-party government and see its lead candidate, Ulrich Siegmund, become state premier. The Saxony-Anhalt branch of the AfD is classified by
President Donald Trump avoided condemning President Vladimir Putin on Friday over allegations that Russia has carried out espionage attacks on NATO countries. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump brushed aside a question about one apparent incident: the discovery of explosive-laden drones on Aug. 4 at Leipzig airport in Germany, which officials have linked
Defence planners working with Nato fear that if war broke out with Russia, Europe could not currently sustain a prolonged war of attrition because of a lack of public readiness for war, a conference on the future of European military coordination heard this week.The pessimism reflects concern that Russia may be winning a so-called hybrid
