The European Union has remained united on Ukraine, Hungary is alone - informed the President of the European Council Antonio Costa in Brussels after an extraordinary summit, at which the provisions in this matter were adopted by 26 countries. The head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen recognized that in order to achieve lasting peace, the USA needs Europe.more

The UK yesterday lifted sanctions imposed on 24 Syrian institutions, including the central bank and oil companies, Reuters reported.more

Three mathematics and physics students from the south of Italy have won around €50,000 thanks to an artificial intelligence mechanism that analyses the probability of drawing specific numbers. ‘They took my advice and combined it with their knowledge’. - announced the owner of the collector's office where the winnings were made.more

FC Barcelona intends to offer goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny a one-year extension to his contract expiring at the end of the season, Spanish daily Marca reported.more

The election of Donald Trump as US president and changes to the UK tax system have resulted in a 40 per cent increase in the number of applications by Americans for UK citizenship, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.more

Three major energy suppliers Octopus Energy, E.ON Next i EDF issue urgent smart meter warning to 185,000 customers who risk being cut off. Those needing to act are households with electricity meters that rely on the Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) to set the rate of energy. This service charges them cheaper rates depending on the time of day. more

Listed 16th in the world rankings, Great Britain will be the opponent of the White and Red tennis players in the competition to advance to the Davis Cup elite. The match will take place on 12-13 or 13-14 September in Poland.more

More than 900,000 Londoners say they are unable to work full-time because of a long-term health condition – including a rising number of younger adult Londoners blaming mental health issues. A City Hall report has revealed that, over the last decade, there has been a 62 per cent increase in the number of Londoners reporting a work-limiting mental health condition.more

Poundland's owner has said it is considering putting the chain up for sale after warning tax changes coming in April will put more pressure on the business. The discount chain has 825 UK stores but sales were down this January and February, its Polish owner Pepco Group said.more

British military experts have developed an air defence plan over Ukraine independently of NATO; it envisages the use of 120 fighter jets, ‘Guradian’ reported today. Among the 74 signatories of the Sky Shield plan are former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and Deputy Senate Speaker Michał Kaminski.more

If President Donald Trump withdraws the US from NATO, European allies will stop following Washington in foreign policy, wrote Admiral James Stavridis, former Commander-in-Chief of NATO's Combined Forces in Europe, in a text published today by Bloomberg.more

The Home Office is launching an advertising campaign in Iraq to try to deter people from crossing the English Channel in small boats. Similar campaigns were launched in Albania and Vietnam by the previous Conservative government in 2023 and 2024.more

Magda Linette won against American Peyton Stearns 6:3, 4:6, 6:3 in the first round of the WTA rank 1000 tennis tournament in Indian Wells. Her next opponent will be number four seeded American Jessica Pegula.more

Passengers travelling on Irish Ryanair from November 2025 will no longer be able to download and print traditional paper boarding passes. They will have to use digital boarding passes generated on the ‘myRyanair’ app, the carrier announced yesterday.more

A British citizen captured while fighting alongside the Ukrainian army has been sentenced in Russia to 19 years in prison on charges of terrorism and “mercenary activities”. James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, was captured by Russian forces last November while fighting on Ukraine’s side during its cross-border offensive in Russia’s Kursk region.more

In his annual State of the Union address, US President Donald Trump focused on domestic policy, claiming that ‘America is entering a golden age’. He treated foreign policy marginally. According to the media, ‘the world was the big absentee from this speech’.more

On 5-7 March this year, a delegation from the Senate of the Republic of Poland, headed by the Marshal of the Senate, Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, is visiting the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Yesterday, the guests from Poland visited the London POSK, where in the evening they met with representatives of the Polish diaspora.more

Poland's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 2.6 per cent in January 2025, up from 2.7 per cent in December last year, Eurostat said on Tuesday. The same value as in Poland in January was recorded only in the Czech Republic - also at 2.6 per cent.more

Barcelona, featuring Robert Lewandowski and Wojciech Szczesny, beat Benfica Lisbon 1:0 away in the first match of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League football competition, despite playing most of the game in the decider. As many as eight successful interventions were shown off by Szczęsny.more

Camden Council has given the go-ahead to pedestrianise Camden High Street to create a "less stressful" experience.more

London’s rental inflation seems to be on the wane as data released today by Zoopla shows rents in the capital increased by 1.1 per cent in the year to January.more

A looming deadline for people to plug gaps in their National Insurance record, to ensure they get the full state pension, has been softened. Concerns over a rush of last-minute enquiries mean anyone who requests a call back from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on the issue will not be regarded as having missed the 5 April deadline.more

For the first time since the 2020 season, Iga Swiatek failed to win any tournament in the first two months of the year. The Polish tennis player's next opportunity to add to her collection of titles will be the WTA 1000 tournament in California's Indian Wells, which starts today.more

Greggs' revenue passed £2bn last year thanks to higher sales of pizzas, chicken goujons and potato wedges, but the sausage roll remains its top seller. The firm traditionally known for its baked goods said adding more items to its menu was a sign of its "further growth ambition".more

The US has declared a trade war on Canada, PM Justin Trudeau commented yesterday on the US imposing tariffs on products imported from Canada.more