Finnish horse enthusiast is an EU tech front-runner
Henna Virkkunen is well placed to nab a key European Commission post on tech or innovation.
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Ireland may no longer be able to ride two horses
How should a government with too much money handle a surprise €13bn rebate?
China’s green ‘trojan horses’ are starting to divide Europe
It hardly goes unnoticed that Chinese companies are stepping up green investments in Europe, write Leon de Graaf, Dominika Floriánová, Flora Wallace and Giorgia Andriola.
Battle of Waterloo dig uncovers horror of severed limbs and shot horses
Excavators in Belgium find 15 limbs and seven equine skeletons at site of decisive 1815 battle against NapoleonThe carnage and horror of the battle of Waterloo have been laid bare in an excavation by military veterans and archaeologists that has uncove…
Archaeologists to dig in search of skeletons at Waterloo battlefield
Further excavation of burial pit hoped to help explain what happened to remains of thousands killed in 1815 clashThe fate of those killed in the notoriously bloody Battle of Waterloo has long been the subject of macabre speculation. Now, a team of arch…
Puppyganda: The fluffy friends doing politicians’ PR work for them
Rounding up the good boys and girls of the diplomatic scene.
You’ve had two years: EU eyerolls at Hungary’s request for help with Russian oil
After failing to reduce their reliance on Moscow for energy, Hungary and Slovakia now want help from Brussels.
Farewell Rishi Sunak
Britain’s prime minister is destined to failure. Does he even know why?
UK Labour candidate suspended after … betting he would lose
‘Stupid’ Labour hopeful Kevin Craig is dropped by the party over a pre-election bet — just hours after the Tories had to yank support for two of their own.
Wild horses return to Kazakhstan steppes after absence of two centuries
Seven Przewalski’s horses, the only truly wild species of the animal in the world, flown to central Asian country from zoos in EuropeA group of the world’s last wild horses have returned to their native Kazakhstan after an absence of about 200 years. T…
How to watch the EU election like a Pro
4 days, 27 votes — it’s a European election bonanza!
Remains of horses buried 2,000 years ago found in central France
Archaeologists trying to determine whether animals were killed in battle or buried as part of a ritualFrench archaeologists have uncovered nine large graves containing the remains of horses from up to 2,000 years ago, in a find described as “extraordin…
If you think Biden has troubles, just look at Trudeau
The Canadian prime minister’s grim poll numbers stoke speculation about his future.
Will the EU get a war budget?
The debate over the bloc’s next seven-year spending plan is already starting. And while the Ukraine invasion shapes the debate, the negotiations will be messy — and about a whole lot more.
Blood covered royal horses rampage through London
The Household Cavalry horses caused havoc in central London but are now accounted for, said police.
Copenhagen has fewer statues of women than ‘mythical animals’ – but Denmark seeks change
Only five in 101 statues in Copenhagen depict women, with 26 of animals and 70 of menDenmark has pledged to put up more statues of women, with the country’s culture minister saying the capital has “more statues of mythical beasts and horses”.According …
‘Their heads were nailed to the trees’: what was life – and death – like for Roman legionnaires?
It was the defeat that traumatised Rome, leaving 15,000 soldiers slaughtered in a German field. As a major show explores this horror and more, our writer finds traces of the fallen by a forest near the RhineIt is one of the most chilling passages in Ro…
PMQs scorecard: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clash over Rwanda plan
Rishi Sunak came armed with a prop for the occasion.
How UK Labour stopped worrying and learned to love Davos
Keir Starmer has sent his biggest hitters to the World Economic Forum as the party burnishes its business credentials.
‘She’s the best’: Copenhagen prepares for Queen Margrethe’s abdication day
Hotels and restaurants fully booked as thousands expected in Danish capital to farewell monarch of 52 yearsOn the streets of Copenhagen, the sound of drums boomed from the square and a blur of red and white flags came into view. People on cherrypickers…
British MPs back bill banning Israel boycotts
Israel is the only state explicitly named in the legislation, alongside the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
‘Without a function they’re doomed’: in search of a new job for Portugal’s ancient pony breed
Known since Palaeolithic times, valued by the Romans and key to Portugal’s empire-building, there are now less than 3,000 Garranos leftThere is more life in the fog-bleached mountains of northern Portugal than the raptors wheeling overhead in search of…