Author: Euronews

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will visit the Hungarian capital Wednesday to meet the country’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Source link

Long-term sickness has led to a growing number of people who are neither working nor looking for a job, known as economically inactive. This can in turn, be a significant risk to economic growth. ADVERTISEMENTThe UK unemployment report for the three months ending April 2024 was released on Tuesday morning, coming in at 4.4%, according to the Office for National Statistics. This was more than both the previous period and analyst expectations of 4.3%. This was also the highest figure since September 2021. The number of people without a job rose to 1.51 million, inching up 24,000. A significant portion of…

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party Fratelli d’Italia led the Sunday results with a strong 28% of the votes, boosting her leadership at home and consolidating her kingmaker role in Europe. ADVERTISEMENTA gigantic “Grazie” appeared in the background as Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni came up on stage at Rome’s Parco dei Principi hotel right after the first results on Sunday confirmed her Fratelli d’Italia party as Italy’s leading political force.Indeed, she has reasons to be thankful, and one thing is certain: the “just write Giorgia” slogan paid off. The decision to encourage Italians to vote for her as the lead…

Investors are fleeing French markets amid uncertainty following President Macron’s decision to call an early parliamentary election. Source link

The two-day Ukraine Recovery Conference comes ahead of a peace summit in Switzerland ADVERTISEMENTGermany is hosting a conference on Tuesday to gather support for Ukraine’s recovery from the destruction wreaked by Russia’s war.The meeting aims to send a new signal of solidarity with Kyiv at the start of a week of intense diplomacy.The two-day Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin follows a similar gathering in London a year ago. It comes before the Group of Seven summit of Ukraine’s leading Western allies in Italy and a global peace summit in Switzerland this coming weekend.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who last week attended…

Apple has officially embraced artificial intelligence (AI), making the announcement at its renowned Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Source link

Political scientist Dr Antonios Souris says part of the AfD’s success can be attributed to their successful social media campaign. Source link

After losing to the far-right National Rally in the European elections, French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly and called for early parliamentary elections. ADVERTISEMENTFollowing the defeat of his Renaissance party in the European elections, French President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly and announced early parliamentary elections. The French are now expected to return to the polls on June 30 and July 7.Macron, who had called for blocking the far-right, felt compelled to act decisively in light of the election results. “It enables Macron to avoid or in any case to try to avoid, three years of weakness…

The outgoing Belgian prime minister suffered a heavy blow in the elections on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENTFlemish liberal prime minister Alexander de Croo said Belgian King Philippe has accepted his resignation after his party Open VLD suffered a heavy loss at Sunday’s elections, according to an X post published on Monday.De Croo said the current government will take care of current affairs and prepare the transition to a new team while he will remain a caretaker prime minister until a new coalition is formed.”I would like to sincerely thank our voters and militants. The election results are a disappointment and I take…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats suffered their worst result in a national vote in more than a century, renewing questions over the government’s stability. Source link