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Weird AI-generated babies greet European leaders at Albanian summit
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni thanked the organizers for “making me feel very young again.”

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Trump’s anti-EU rhetoric haunts Albanian election
A worsening showdown across the Atlantic could spell trouble for the candidate country.
Frontex: Illegal crossings into Europe down one third in a year
As Europe harshens migration rules, nearly 34,000 fewer people attempted to enter the EU illegally in the first three months of 2025 compared to 2024.
Europe cracks down on migration. The far right is cheering.
The EU’s new plan gets tough on deportations to outflank the continent’s surging populists. Instead, it might just be fueling their narrative.
Albania to block TikTok in the coming days
Ban follows fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old that may have been linked to arguments on social media.
Trump’s return freezes Western cyber plans to counter Russia, China
Allies are left hanging on cyber initiatives and funding. It leaves a vacuum for adversaries, officials warn.
Serbia and Albania to co-host European football tournament despite tensions
Football matches have been an arena for nationalist chest-thumping between aggrieved Serbs and Albanians in recent years.
Meloni’s Albania migration plan blasted after 3rd failure
Calling the project a “clamorous failure,” Elly Schlein, leader of the Democratic Party, said the prime minister should resign.
Italy’s Meloni defends Musk and Trump in rare press conference — 5 takeaways
PM says her relationship with U.S. president-elect is “very solid” and insists his recent incendiary remarks flow from a “peace-through-strength” approach.
Albania’s TikTok ban raises rule of law questions
Planned nationwide embargo on TikTok is an “abuse of power” and will suppress free speech, opposition warns.
Meloni’s Albanian migrant detention centers are now ghost towns
The much-touted solution to Europe’s migration crisis houses only Italian police — who have taken to adopting stray dogs and sunbathing.
The biggest battles headed for Brussels
What the European Union will be squabbling about in the Commission’s upcoming term.
Teen’s murder drives Albania to ban TikTok for a year
Prime Minister Edi Rama blamed the Chinese-owned platform for inciting violence after a schoolboy was stabbed to death.
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EU to propose new migration rules in latest rightward shift
One of the policies under discussion is restricting the freedom of movement of migrants set for deportation.
Giorgia Meloni’s vendetta against Italy’s judges
The right-wing prime minister has a “strategy” to discredit, frighten and silence critics, from the media to the judiciary, says a famous Italian journalist.
Meloni’s Albania scheme hits another bump in the road
Rome made a deal with Tirana to detain up to 36,000 people a year, but courts have sent migrants back to Italy for a second time.
5 things to know about migration czar Magnus Brunner’s European Parliament hearing
Treading carefully, Austria’s pick for commissioner pledged new legislation for migration — and little more.
Love Trump? Hate MAGA? Where to escape if your team loses the US election.
We’ve pulled together a handy list of European safe spaces if you need to eject from America after Tuesday’s vote.
Italy’s Meloni seeks to save Albania migration deal after court setback
Rome’s flagship scheme to send migrants to offshore detention centers in Albania has hit an immediate legal hurdle.
Albania’s former president arrested on corruption allegations
Relations between the country’s former president and current PM have deteriorated.
Germany arrests Libyan suspected of planning terror attack on Israeli embassy
Detention of Libyan man suspected of links to Islamic State threatens to further fan the debate over immigration.
12 migrants sent to Albania for processing are returned to Italy
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to convene a Cabinet meeting on Monday to address the issue.
Rome court rules offshore detention of migrants in Albania illegal
All 16 migrants set to be returned from Albania to Italy after their countries of origin deemed unsafe.
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