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16.05 / 13:21

Eurovision Song Contest EU slashes growth forecast and predicts prices will rise faster than thought this year

The war in Ukraine is severely curtailing the European Union's economic rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic with this year's growth forecast sharply revised down, the European Commission warned on Monday.

16.05 / 12:49

Eurovision Song Contest Moon In pictures: Stargazers enjoy super blood moon amid lunar eclipse

Stargazers in parts of Europe and elsewhere around the world have been enjoying the rare sight of a super blood moon.

16.05 / 11:39

Netflix Eurovision Song Contest NATO Swiss Swiss voters have their say on Netflix, Frontex and organ donations

More than two-thirds of Swiss voters have backed an increase in funding for the European border agency Frontex in a referendum.

16.05 / 11:05

NATO Returns Northern Ireland: Boris Johnson battles on two fronts as Brexit protocol returns to haunt him

Boris Johnson heads to Northern Ireland on Monday to try to break political deadlock in the UK territory which also threatens to bring to a head differences with the EU over post-Brexit trading arrangements.

16.05 / 08:21

NATO Live: The battle for eastern Ukraine continues as Sweden, Finland move a step closer to joining NATO

Attention turned elsewhere this weekend as Ukraine won the Eurovision Song Contest and both Sweden and Finland moved a step closer to joining NATO.

15.05 / 12:09

Death NATO Military NATO warms to membership applications of 'closest partners' Finland and Sweden

NATO members' foreign ministers meet on Sunday in Berlin to discuss providing further support to Ukraine and moves by Finland, Sweden and others to join the western alliance in the face of threats from Russia.

15.05 / 11:05

Death Military Ukraine war: Zelenskyy hails Eurovision victory and vows to host contest in 2023

In the third month of Russia's war against Ukraine, fighting continues in the country's east and south, with Putin's forces struggling to make significant progress.

14.05 / 17:09

Eurovision Song Contest NATO Finland will join NATO to 'strengthen its security', President Niinistö tells Putin

Finland's President Sauli Niinistö has formally notified Vladimir Putin of the country's application to join NATO, in a phone call on Saturday.

14.05 / 15:21

Eurovision Song Contest G7 Ukraine war: Grain exports blocked by Russia threaten to bring hunger and famine, G7 warns

The Group of Seven leading economies warned Saturday that the war in Ukraine is stoking a global food and energy crisis that threatens poor countries, and urgent measures are needed to unblock stores of grain that Russia is preventing from leaving Ukraine.

14.05 / 13:37

Eurovision Song Contest Fire Arrest India: Police arrest company owners after building fire kills 27 in New Delhi

Police arrested two owners of a company that manufactures and sells security cameras after a massive fire reportedly started in their office in a four-storey commercial building in the Indian capital, killing 27 people and injuring 12 others, police and fire officials said Saturday.

14.05 / 10:57

Eurovision Song Contest analysts Ukraine war: Russian army 'withdrawing from Kharkiv area', say Ukrainian military and analysts

In the third month of Russia's war against Ukraine, fighting continues in the country's east and south, with Putin's forces struggling to make significant progress.

13.05 / 22:07

Eurovision Song Contest War crimes Kyiv Russian solider, 21, on trial for murdering civilian in Ukraine war

A young Russian soldier has gone on trial in Ukraine for war crimes, after he was accused of murdering a Ukrainian civilian.

13.05 / 22:07

Eurovision Song Contest On the ground in Mykolaiv, a shelled city in Southern Ukraine

In Southern Ukraine, the city of Mykolaiv was shelled throughout the night and into Friday morning. And one of the buildings hit was a garage owned by a civilian.

13.05 / 20:13

Eurovision Song Contest Bitcoin Eurovision: Who are the five hot favourites for song contest glory?

This year's Eurovision Song Contest in Italy is bringing joy and music to living rooms across the continent just when it's needed the most -- amid a devastating war in Ukraine and a cost of living crisis.

13.05 / 15:31

NATO Threat Sweden joining NATO would 'deter the threat of military conflict in northern Europe', says report

Sweden joining NATO would deter the threat of military conflict in northern Europe, a new report has concluded.

12.05 / 17:51

Art NATO What are the next steps if Sweden and Finland ask to join NATO?

Finland and Sweden could soon ask to join NATO after Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked a surge of support for joining the security alliance.

12.05 / 17:45

Art Fire Colectiv: Appeals court jails eight people over deadly Romania nightclub fire

Eight people have been jailed over a deadly fire at a nightclub in the Romanian capital Bucharest, which killed 65 people and injured 200 others.

12.05 / 11:13

NATO Ukraine to hold first war crimes trial over Russia's invasion

Ukraine’s top prosecutor has disclosed plans for the first war crimes trial of a captured Russian soldier, as fighting raged in the east and south and the Kremlin left open the possibility of annexing a corner of the country it seized early in the invasion.

12.05 / 10:13

NATO 'Finland must apply for NATO membership without delay,' says country's president and prime minister

Finland's leaders are set to announce their positions on whether the country should join the NATO military alliance.

11.05 / 08:05

European Union Live: Ukrainians make gains in east, hold on at Mariupol mill

Ukrainian forces made strategic gains on Tuesday, pushing Russian forces back in some parts of the country. Meanwhile, the US House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly to send a new $40 billion Ukraine aid package.

10.05 / 18:49

European Union foreign German foreign minister Baerbock pledges to 'ensure justice' on visit to Ukraine

German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock travelled to Bucha, Ukraine, on Tuesday where Russian troops are alleged to have committed war crimes after bodies of civilians were found in the streets and in mass graves.

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