President Lagarde presents the latest monetary policy decisions – 30 April 2026

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Today our Governing Council decided on monetary policy.

Listen to President Christine Lagarde present today’s decisions. The statement also covers:
• how the economy is performing
• how we expect prices to develop
• the risks to the economic outlook
• the dynamics behind financial and monetary conditions

Published and recorded during our press conference on 30 April 2026.

Our monetary policy statement at a glance, 30 April 2026 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/visual-mps/2026/html/mopo_statement_explained_april.en.html

Christine Lagarde, Luis de Guindos: Monetary policy statement, 30 April 2026 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/2026/html/ecb.is260430~f99cb123a8.en.html

Monetary policy decisions, 30 April 2026 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2026/html/ecb.mp260430~81b7179e6f.en.html

Combined monetary policy decisions and statement, 30 April 2026 https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/press_conference/monetary-policy-statement/shared/pdf/ecb.ds260430~1c397fa90c.en.pdf

European Central Bank
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCdRgwrVhgw

Your FBI: Counterintelligence – Roman Rozhavsky

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (video statements)

When you think about counterintelligence you may first think about spy movies or television shows. In real life, the FBI’s job goes beyond that.  Roman Rozhavsky, assistant director of the FBI’s Counterintelligence and Espionage Division, discusses how the FBI crushes national security threats.
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Why transition away from fossil fuels?

Source: United Nations (video statements)

As the situation in the Strait of Hormuz has shown, a global economy that is built on fossil fuels is inherently volatile and unstable. Assistant Secretary-General of the UN Climate Action Team, Selwin Hart, explains how the just transition away from fossil fuels is no longer just a climate imperative – it’s an economic and development imperative.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QZ5pshdzl_g