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Germany arrests 3 over suspected Russian bomb plot and espionage

Officials say the group planned explosive parcel attacks to spread fear and destabilize the country.

May 14, 2025 12:48 pm CET

Russia burned down Warsaw’s biggest mall, Tusk says

“We will get you all!” Polish prime minister tells perpetrators still at large.

May 11, 2025 11:36 pm CET

Why Gen Z cares about the next pope — and what it says about the Church

For the first time, Conclave is cool. But what does this surge in interest reveal about the relationship between the young and one of the world’s oldest institutions?

April 28, 2025 4:01 am CET

Trump steps from the cloister to shake hands with world leaders in Vatican City

Trump is only the second sitting U.S. president to attend a papal funeral — and comes against the backdrop of the U.S.’s increasingly isolationist posture.

April 27, 2025 3:01 pm CET

UK lifts sanctions on Syria’s defense ministry

Downing Street said the move would promote regional stability and “encourage the return of Syrian refugees.”

April 24, 2025 3:19 pm CET

Greece must face punishment over abuses against migrants, Frontex official says

Athens has 13 open cases into alleged human rights violations involving migrants, the single largest number of incidents across the bloc.

April 24, 2025 4:00 am CET

US’s Vance pays flash visit to Pope Francis

Brief Easter Sunday meeting follows recent spat over migration between the Trump administration and the Holy See.

April 20, 2025 2:29 pm CET

Offshore detention is inhumane — I know because I lived it

Europe’s nations have proposed establishing refugee “return hubs” in third-party countries outside their jurisdiction for failed asylum seekers. But they should think twice.

April 18, 2025 4:00 am CET

US Mideast allies face ‘worst-case scenario’ with Trump aid cuts and tariff whiplash

The withdrawal of aid by the U.S. and Europe could feed extremism and lead to a surge in emigration, experts warn.

April 17, 2025 4:01 am CET

EU border agency threatens to slash Greek funding amid alleged illegal pushbacks of migrants

Greece has the highest number of open investigations on its practices across the European Union.

April 10, 2025 4:01 am CET

EU faces billion-euro dilemma over Turkey crisis

Ankara is too important an ally to alienate, no matter what happens on the streets of Istanbul, politicians and officials tell POLITICO.

March 27, 2025 4:01 am CET

UK spending cuts leave anti-ISIS projects in limbo

Key security fund — whose schemes range from stopping ISIS recruitment to clearing deadly mines in Sri Lanka — faces uncertain future after cut to aid spending.

March 25, 2025 4:00 am CET
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Poland shuts asylum door at Belarus border with EU backing

Warsaw will suspend protection for new asylum seekers crossing into Poland from Belarus, PM Donald Tusk says.

March 21, 2025 2:10 pm CET

‘People will die’: UN food aid agency warns Trump-led Western donor cuts will see millions starve

With an $8.1 billion shortfall and the U.S. leading other Western countries in pulling support, the World Food Programme is making drastic aid cuts and scrambling to find donors.

March 21, 2025 4:23 am CET

EU eyes Ukrainian storage fix to Slovakia gas spat

The proposal would allow Bratislava to rake in lost gas transit fees — but experts are doubtful it would work without subsidies.

March 21, 2025 4:23 am CET

JD Vance had a point on migration, Denmark’s prime minister warns EU leaders

In a wide-ranging interview, Mette Frederiksen says she considers “mass migration … as a threat to the daily life in Europe.”

March 20, 2025 4:01 am CET

As Trump cuts aid, EU leaders make plans to contain ISIS-linked camps

55,000 Islamic State-linked detainees are being held in Al Hol and Roj camps in northeastern Syria.

March 18, 2025 9:41 pm CET

Poland accused of brutality as Belarus border crackdown escalates

The EU has poured millions into Poland’s border enforcement — even as human rights groups accuse Warsaw of illegal pushbacks.

March 18, 2025 4:01 am CET
Unpacked

The depopulation of Ukraine

The war is exacerbating a demographics decline that had already started well before Putin ordered his troops across the border

March 14, 2025 4:00 am CET

Hungary rebuked by EU court over trans refugee’s gender status

Iranian transgender man had been seeking to correct Hungary’s asylum register which listed him as a woman.

March 13, 2025 12:27 pm CET

Trump aid freeze decimates UN food agency: ‘It’s catastrophic.’

Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization suspends projects after U.S. stops $300M a year in funding.

March 12, 2025 6:00 am CET

Italy must compensate stranded migrants, high court rules

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni calls decision involving the coast guard ship Diciotti “highly questionable” and “very frustrating.”

March 7, 2025 5:59 pm CET

This newbie UK minister faces a baptism of fire on a key Labour promise

Miatta Fahnbulleh, left-wing-economist-turned Labour minister, has been tasked with cutting Brits’ energy bills. But convincing the Treasury to budge makes it a mammoth task.

March 7, 2025 4:20 am CET

Trump threats prompt EU to plan for fresh Ukraine refugee wave

In December last year, more than 4.3 million people were under temporary protection in European countries after fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

March 5, 2025 6:20 pm CET
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