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Published on 23/08/2026 – 14:27 GMT+2•Updated 14:49 European Central Bank (ECB) chief Christine Lagarde could be set to take charge of the World Economic Forum (WEF) at some point in 2027, a Swiss newspaper has reported. The Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) reported over the weekend that Lagarde had been referred to as a “putative candidate” for the position of WEF president during a board meeting near Geneva earlier this week. Lagarde, who is on the WEF’s Board of Trustees, has thanked fellow board members for their confidence in her and said she is “ready to serve,” the outlet said, citing…
Published on 19/08/2026 – 15:40 GMT+2 Switzerland’s government said on Wednesday it was seeking to…
Along its eastern border, a fence separates the Baltic state of Latvia from Belarus. Border…
By Romain Gutkind with AFP Published on 19/08/2026 – 9:58 GMT+2•Updated 10:42 The Official Journal (source in French)…
Published on 19/08/2026 – 10:51 GMT+2 Ukraine’s anti-corruption investigators launched a major operation on Wednesday…
Two fishing companies — Norebo JSC and Murman Sea Food — were placed on Brussels’…
Published on 19/08/2026 – 8:16 GMT+2•Updated 8:21 Firefighters managed overnight to fully surround Belgium’s largest…
Ukraine’s former Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for wartime elections just hours after President Volodymyr…
The European Union’s push to build a more integrated electricity grid is running into an…
The European Commission’s revision of the European Union’s carbon market, the Emissions Trading System (ETS),…
Published on 18/08/2026 – 9:13 GMT+2 Ukraine’s parliament returns to work on Tuesday after its…
A Russian attack on a village in the Kharkiv region of northeast Ukraine killed at…
Published on 18/08/2026 – 22:50 GMT+2 French film producer Nicolas Altmayer and his partner, Dior…
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