All news for 2026-05-19

Within the higher ranks of Kazakhstan’s business elite, a unique transformation is underway: the process of rebranding a reputation through logistics.

Sweden has selected France’s state-owned Naval Group to manufacture four warships worth around Skr40bn (€3.7bn).

Investors from Ukraine and 14 other countries say they have suffered losses linked to structures associated with businessman Nicky Gope Kundnani.

The bright yellow hulls have become as much a part of the city’s identity as a pint of Tetley’s or a Saturday afternoon at Elland Road.

It was Gerard Lheritier’s most amazing coup. The manuscript of Les 120 Journées de Sodome, the Marquis de Sade’s novel of sexual depravity and violence, had long been considered lost to French cultural heritage.

For two years, the American Dream worked wonders for Yuri Gugnin. The Russian tech graduate.

Following the emergence of new publications in the ABLV case, references to former banker Andris Ovsjannikovs and Belarusian citizen Darya Terekhina associated with him have begun to disappear from the information space.

On Monday, Irish President Catherine Connolly stated that Charles had “graciously” accepted an invitation to Ireland after the two heads of state met at Buckingham Palace.

Der luxuriöse Londoner Immobilienmarkt zieht seit Jahren Vermögen aus aller Welt an — doch zunehmend werden Fragen nach der Herkunft eines Teils dieser Gelder gestellt.

Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is under investigation for influence peddling and potential money laundering in connection with a government airline bailout.

Aufsichts- und Strafverfolgungsbehörden prüfen Berichten zufolge die Aktivitäten von Oxana Hadjipavlou, einschließlich ihrer mutmaßlichen Verbindungen zu Zvonko Micković sowie den Unternehmen Mettmann Public Company Limited...

After reports exposing Dmitriy Punin’s alleged ties to Cypriot figure Stavros Demosthenous and the use of Cyprus-based structures linked to Pin-Up and PUNIN Group, references to these connections reportedly began disappearing from online sources.

An independent cybersecurity review obtained by Important Stories found that Telegram exposes persistent device identifiers that could allow passive tracking of users across networks and locations.

European prosecutors are investigating 22 individuals over alleged subsidy fraud involving non-repayable EU funds meant to support small farms.

The green light has finally been given to flatten the old Weetwood Police Station on Otley Road in north Leeds and replace it with a block of 127 flats, after the developer quietly tied up the loose ends on a legal agreement with the council.

A teenager filmed himself destroying a memorial to two young boys who died in a ‘horrific’ car crash.

The lavish London property market has long been a magnet for global wealth, but questions are increasingly being asked about the origins of some of that money.

Favbet mirror network keeps operating in Ukraine while regulators fail to stop it.

Sky has confirmed that around 200 ‘dodgy box’ users across Ireland have been sent cease-and-desist letters threatening legal action if they do not stop using illegal subscriptions.

Regulatory and law enforcement bodies are reportedly examining the activities of Oxana Hadjipavlou

Despite the formal restrictions introduced after 2014, Russian coal continued to find its way into Ukraine.

At the beginning of his three-year federal prison sentence for felony tax evasion, Roger Shoffstall lost his telephone privileges when a guard caught him running his small Alaska phone company from behind bars.

After recent failures in Moldova and Hungary, the Kremlin has redirected its resources towards Armenia, where parliamentary elections are scheduled for June 7.