12 Apr 2026
BBC News
'We need real peace': Easter truce fails to lift grim mood in war-torn Ukraine
Easter festivities are muted in Kharkiv as Ukrainians expect fighting to flare up again after a weekend truce.
12 Apr 2026 9:38am GMT
Hungarians vote in big numbers on whether to end Orbán rule and elect rival
Most polls favour Péter Magyar, who fronts a grassroots party, and early figures point to a record turnout of voters.
12 Apr 2026 9:31am GMT
How Hungary's knife-edge election could impact the US and Russia
The BBC's Europe Editor Katya Adler reports from Prime Minister Victor Orbán's home town of Felscút.
12 Apr 2026 2:52am GMT
How Hungary's knife-edge election could impact the US and Russia
The BBC's Europe Editor Katya Adler reports from Prime Minister Victor Orbán's home town of Felscút.
12 Apr 2026 2:52am GMT
11 Apr 2026
BBC News
Irish cabinet meeting to be held to discuss ongoing fuel protests
Hundreds of petrol stations in the Republic of Ireland have run out of fuel as the protests and blockades continued for a fifth day.
11 Apr 2026 8:12pm GMT
Germany's far-right AfD adopts 'radical' manifesto ahead of key polls
The far-right party is riding high in the opinion polls in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.
11 Apr 2026 6:55pm GMT
EU airline industry warns of fuel shortages if Strait of Hormuz stays closed
Airports Council International (ACI) Europe said its members had "increasing concerns" about the availability of jet fuel.
11 Apr 2026 9:21am GMT
Who is Viktor Orbán, Hungarian PM fighting to stay in power after 16 years?
Since 2010, Orbán has transformed Hungary into what the European Parliament has denounced as a "hybrid regime of electoral autocracy".
11 Apr 2026 4:43am GMT
Péter Magyar, the former Orban ally vying for power in Hungary
Magyar represents the biggest threat to Viktor Orban's rule in Hungary since he won the first of four consecutive victories in 2010.
11 Apr 2026 4:38am GMT
Final push for votes as challenger to Hungary's Orbán senses victory
As Péter Magyar's opposition movement leads in the polls, tens of thousands of anti-Orbán supporters fill Heroes' Square in Budapest.
11 Apr 2026 12:17am GMT
10 Apr 2026
BBC News
French man charged with locking son in van for more than a year
The boy was found malnourished, naked, lying next to human excrement and unable to walk, the prosecutor said.
10 Apr 2026 6:39pm GMT
EU fingerprint and photo travel rules come into force
The EU's much-delayed Entry/Exit System will change the way UK passengers travel to 29 countries.
10 Apr 2026 3:29pm GMT
Man accused of coercing wife into sex with 120 men goes on trial in Sweden
The 61-year-old denies threatening physical violence and plying his wife with drugs to force her into having sex with strangers.
10 Apr 2026 3:06pm GMT
Russia and Ukraine agree to Orthodox Easter truce
Vladimir Putin announced the truce, which will last from Saturday afternoon through Easter Sunday.
10 Apr 2026 11:56am GMT
German transgender far-right extremist arrested in Czech Republic
German media reports say Marla-Svenja Liebich used to be a member of a neo-Nazi group called Blood and Honour.
10 Apr 2026 10:05am GMT
How the cost of holidays, food and clothes is rising - despite the Iran ceasefire
Fuel costs have already soared, flights and mortgages are also rising - and food could soon do the same.
10 Apr 2026 12:00am GMT