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Published on 15/06/2026 – 16:58 GMT+2 The Czech cabinet has signed off on legislation that would end licence fee funding for the country’s public broadcasters, replacing it with direct state budget financing — a shift that journalists, media freedom groups and tens of thousands of citizens say puts editorial independence at risk. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The bill, approved on Monday, affects Czech TV and Czech Radio, which would instead receive fixed annual sums broadly in line with the licence fee revenues they collected between 2008 and 2024 — before a previous centre-right administration increased them last year. Culture Minister Oto Klempir,…

The alpine resort of Évian-les-Bains, better known for its mineral water than its geopolitics, will become the temporary centre of global diplomacy from Monday as leaders of the world’s seven largest advanced economies gather for their annual summit. The 52nd G7 meeting runs until Wednesday on the French shore of Lake Geneva. By most assessments, it arrives at one of the most fraught moments in recent memory. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Donald Trump is expected to fly to France late Sunday, immediately after watching a mixed-martial arts bout on the White House South Lawn — a fight that falls on his 80th…

Thousands of people travelled from far and wide to celebrate King Charles III’s official birthday parade, dubbed the ‘Trooping the Colour,’ in London on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The monarch was joined by his wife, Queen Camila, as they greeted the crowds in a horse and carriage. Then, from the balcony of Buckingham palace, the Royal Family gathered to watch the military flyover of Buckingham Palace where four fighter jets left a trail of red, blue and white vapour in honour of the British crown. Prince Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, did not attend the parade.…

Kelly Clements tells Euronews that any planned changes to EU protections for Ukrainian refugees should be carried out “very gradually”, as some EU capitals push for excluding military-age men from the scheme.

While flight displays and military hardware continue to draw the crowds, drones, autonomous systems and a new generation of defence companies are increasingly shaping the conversation at ILA Berlin.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed to continue Kyiv’s strikes deep inside Russia in response to attacks on Ukraine, but also a way of forcing the Kremlin into direct talks.

The European Union has invested €527 million into a flagship fund designed to better connect the Western Balkans to the bloc’s transport network. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT However, more than a decade after the initiative was launched, EU auditors warn that the region is unlikely to complete its core European transport network by the 2030 deadline. As the EU seeks to deepen ties with candidate countries and expand its influence in the Western Balkans, the bloc still lacks a reliable overview of whether many of the projects it finances there are being delivered on time and within budget, according to the latest…

Thousands of people took to the streets of Albania to protest plans for luxury tourism developments linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump over the weekend. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Demonstrators gathered in the capital, Tirana, and at the protected Vjosa-Narta lagoon on the country’s Adriatic coast, where campaigners say a project threatens one of the Mediterranean’s most important biodiversity hotspots. Waving Albanian flags and carrying inflatable pink flamingos — which have become the symbol of the movement — protesters chanted “Cancel the project!” and marched under banners reading “Ivanka go home” and “Albania is not for sale”. But what exactly is…

France is set to begin trialling its own artificial intelligence-powered battlefield command during a NATO exercise on Monday, Defense News reports. AI battlefield systems help optimise decision-making and target identification. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Developed with French firms, Arcadia is being positioned as a European alternative to Maven, an AI platform used by NATO that was developed by US defence tech contractor Palantir. Push for European defence tech sovereignty The system, known as Arcadia, will be deployed during NATO’s Coalition Warrior Interoperability Exercise in Poland from 8 to 26 June, according to General Patrick Justel, deputy chief of staff of the French…

The arrival at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport shortly after half past ten in the morning marked the official start of a trip that will run until 12 June and take in Madrid, Barcelona, Gran Canaria and Tenerife. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT It is the first apostolic visit by Leo XIV to Spain since his election as pontiff on 8 May 2025, and the first by any pope to the country in fifteen years, since Benedict XVI attended World Youth Day in 2011. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia welcomed the pontiff on the airport tarmac. From there, the journey to the Royal…