Day: June 4, 2026

Kyiv Hails Drone Attack on St. Petersburg Designed to Unsettle Putin

Kyiv Hails Drone Attack on St. Petersburg Designed to Unsettle Putin

As Moscow stages a forum designed to attract overseas investment, Zelensky welcomes UAV penetration of the air defences protecting Russia’s second city.

June 4, 2026
EU Advances Ukraine Membership Bid After Hungary Lifts Veto

EU Advances Ukraine Membership Bid After Hungary Lifts Veto

A deal between Budapest and Kyiv on the rights of ethnic Hungarians in western Ukraine has cleared a key obstacle to the opening of the first negotiating cluster.

June 4, 2026
Germany Fails in UN Security Council Reelection Bid

Germany Fails in UN Security Council Reelection Bid

By missing out on a two-year UN term, the Federal Republic has dealt another blow to the prestige of beleaguered chancellor Friedrich Merz.

June 4, 2026
Immigration Experts: Routes into Europe Changing Faster Than Brussels Can Respond

Immigration Experts: Routes into Europe Changing Faster Than Brussels Can Respond

Analysts from several countries warned that migratory pressure is no longer affecting only frontline countries, and raised concerns about the EU’s ability to control its external borders.

June 4, 2026
Sorry, Charles: Even Dickens Wasn’t Woke Enough

Sorry, Charles: Even Dickens Wasn’t Woke Enough

Rochester’s Guildhall Museum has fallen prey to what C.S. Lewis called “chronological snobbery.”