UK: Jaguar’s new concept car divides opinion

Luxury car maker Jaguar has unveiled its new electric concept car and, like a recent controversial teaser video, it has divided opinion. Some on social media said the new Type…

France: Government unstable after PM Michel Barnier forces through budget

France’s minority government is on the brink of collapse after Prime Minister Michel Barnier used special powers to force through his budget without a vote in parliament. Furious opposition parties…

Ireland: Fianna Fáil becomes largest party in Irish election

Fianna Fáil has won the most seats in the Dáil (lower house of parliament) following the Republic of Ireland’s general election. It won 48 seats while Sinn Féin – the…

Italy: Femicide victim’s family awaits killer’s sentence, and change

A verdict is expected on Tuesday in a murder case that gripped Italy and sparked a heated debate on the issue of violence against women. Prosecutors have asked that Filippo…

UK: Station reopens after ‘excess sewage water’ flood

A railway station which was shut due to flooding brought by heavy rainfall amid Storm Bert has reopened. Great Western Railway (GWR) confirmed Newbury Station was now fully open after work to…

Norway: Authorities suspend controversial deep-sea mining plan

Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining.Oslo had planned to let companies apply to mine 280,000 sq km (108,000 sq miles) of…

Russia: Moscow races ahead of NATO in weapons production for Ukraine war- SIPRI

New research shows that the revenues of Russia’s top defence contractors outpaced those of their United States and European counterparts last year, as they increased weapons production more effectively than…

Norway: Son of Norwegian princess arrested on suspicion of rape

The son of Norway’s crown princess Mette-Marit has been arrested on suspicion of rape. Marius Borg Høiby, 27, is the stepson of the heir to the Norwegian throne, Crown Prince…

UK: Man arrested after police seize 56,000 bird eggs

A man has been arrested after more than 56,000 bird eggs were seized during a series of raids. Essex Police attended an address in Benfleet, Essex, on Thursday as part…

Georgia: President Salome Zourabichvili will not step down until ‘illegitimate’ election rerun

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said she will not leave office when her term ends because the parliament is “illegitimate”, while the prime minister warned against a “revolution” amid continuing pro-European…