Spain’s North African enclave had long been a migrant hotspot, with its local sea known as a ‘cemetery’ to locals. But a sudden increase in arrivals on Thursday, leaving 27 dead, has prompted EU talk of freezing Schenegen travel freedoms.
As AI reshapes everything from call centres to coding, Europe’s failure to train, retain and fairly treat its native tech workers risks deepening dependence on migrant labour.
The Russian missile was in Polish airspace for six minutes. Everything Poland did well happened after it hit the ground.
Romania must defend itself against repeating drone incursions from Russia, even without a proper government and with its public finances in shambles.
Shell records disclosed in a UK court case show the company kept a major Nigerian pipeline running despite warnings that oil theft was causing spills across the Niger Delta.
FP-1, Liutyi, Hornet: The drones behind Russia’s new fuel crisis (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,619)By turning Russia’s vast territory and imported refinery hardware into easy prey, Ukraine’s precision drone strikes are now driving the country’s worst fuel crunch since Soviet times.
A group of leading scholars has questioned the legality of an EU Commission options paper on restricting imports from Israeli settlements, before EU foreign ministers revisit the issue in September.
A newly created office with sweeping powers could soon test whether Hungary’s change of government means real accountability for the oligarchs who grew rich under Orbán.
Germany has betrayed its post-war moral and legal foundations by shielding Israel from accountability for alleged violations of international law, writes former EU envoy Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff.
The UK’s new PM is hard not to like. However, calls to drill in an untapped oil and gas field, alongside an unrealistic budget, could turn the tide against him all too quickly.
Ukraine escalates Wildberries attacks to hit Russia’s second-biggest bank as missile crashes in Poland (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,618)Internal warnings from Kyiv’s FirePoint drones unit suggest the strikes on Wildberries are less about stopping vest deliveries to the front than about hitting VTB-backed credit lines and exposing how deeply Russia’s war economy depends on one shopping app.
The EU is seeking to build seven AI Gigafactories to reduce dependence on foreign tech, in a multi-billion euro public-private scheme.
Europe is right to strengthen stockpiles, early-warning systems, and civil defence. But the decisive question is not whether every person can survive 72 hours alone. It is whether Europe has designed its preparedness so that no one is abandoned during those hours.
In a country where teenagers still dream of leaving even as their parents return for less money and more meaning, Moldova’s strange pull on its lost citizens is a gripping story of departure, comeback—and the nagging urge to escape again.
Leaked legal opinions and internal files reveal how EU Commission negotiators bypassed member states, ignored red flags on human rights, and kept talking to Israeli officials long after being told a 2022 draft deal for the exchange of personal data between Europol and Israel broke EU and international law.
Russia denies fresh mobilisation plans as analysts warn of post-election call-up and citizens research how to leave the country (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,617)Russians now face the prospect that this war will soon reach directly into their wallets, freedoms and families, as recruitment is collapsing, refineries and warehouses are burning and half a million more men is possibly needed at the front.
The EU debates how to rewrite its farm policy, miners’ fields, blocked borders and undercapitalised smallholders. It reveals a looming showdown over who will actually profit from Europe’s next big enlargement.
The EU Commission stands by its vow that “there is nothing to ‘cure’ in LGBTIQ+ people,” yet so-called ‘conversion’ practices still continue unregulated in 18 member states despite recent campaigning. But will a ban on such practices be enough?
Under the current EU budget, social spending through ESF+ amounts to nearly €96bn. According to internal calculations made by European Parliament services, total social spending could fall under the next MFF to between €63bn and €87bn.
Despite a strict ban in Spain on products from the illegally-occupied territories, three Israeli agricultural giants are openly boasting about shipping dates and nuts to the country — often relying on local suppliers and major supermarket brands to quietly reach Spanish shelves.