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The Austrian singer JJ has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Basel with his song Wasted Love. Once again, heated discussions and disruptive actions took place during the competition due to Israel's participation. Israel was represented by Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the Hamas terrorist attack on 7 October 2023. She came second thanks to enormous backing in the audience vote.

The Liberal candidate Rafał Trzaskowski has won the first round of the presidential election in Poland with 31.4 percent of the vote, giving him a narrow lead against right-wing conservative candidate Karol Nawrocki (29.5 percent). The two will now face each other in the run-off on 1 June. The right-wing populist Sławomir Mentzen came third with 14.8 percent, followed by far-right candidate Grzegorz Braun with 6.3 percent.

The downgrade was mostly due to a steep reduction in the growth forecast for Germany, the EU’s largest economy, whose export-dependent industries are heavily exposed to global trade tensions.

In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about a new prison reviving memories of the penal colony in French Guiana, Estonia training for a war with Russia that NATO hopes to deter, and so much more.

Interview to Basque politician Lorena López de Lacalle, President of the European Free Alliance (EFA) after her re-election as the party leader. EFA is the only European political party that defends the right to self-determination as a cornerstone for European democracy.

“Store for the People” promises essential foods at no more than a 10% markup, prioritising Bulgarian-made products.

The facility more than 7,000 kilometres from mainland France will include a “high-security unit” designed to house drug trafficking convicts and “Islamists”.

The center-right AD-PSD/CDS coalition won Sunday’s legislative elections with 86 seats, while the Socialist Party and far-right Chega tied at 58 seats each after all national votes were counted.

On the sidelines of Pope Leo XVI’s inauguration, the meeting unfolded amid simmering EU-US trade tensions over tariffs.

A far-right surge in Portugal triggered 'a disaster of historic proportions' for the Socialists.

Negotiators were finalising details of the package – which will include a security pact – through the weekend.

Johann Wadephul caught Berlin off-guard when he endorsed a higher NATO spending target of 5%. Will he be more than just Merz's messenger?

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