EUROPEAN POLITICS
Royal Navy ship HMS Lancaster seized weapons from a vessel travelling south from Iran while completing a routine security patrol after a US fixed-wing Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) platform detected a suspected smuggling vessel. ISR detected the vessel travelling…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Wednesday (1 March) that a “tragic human error” was probably responsible for a train collision that left at least 38 dead in the country’s worst rail tragedy. Two carriages were crushed and a third…
Germany will make humanitarian, and development aid more targeted towards the needs of minorities and women, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Wednesday. Baerbock (Greens) and her colleague, Economic Cooperation And Development Minister Svenja Schulze (SPD/S&D), unveiled a concept to…
Italy says no to the EU regulation banning internal combustion vehicles by 2035 unless the EU Commission revises its position and proposes environmentally and economically sustainable alternatives. After the Environment and Energy Security Ministry announced Italy’s negative vote on the…
A corruption scandal in the Canary Islands involving Socialist Party members, local businessmen, and former members of the military police has rocked the Spanish political arena three months before key regional and municipal elections. The so-called ‘Mediador case’ (caso Mediador)…
Sweden will review ways to increase voluntary return migration, Migration Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard announced on Wednesday, which the opposition considers yet another illustration of the far-right’s influence on the Swedish government. In a new demonstration of Sweden’s more rigid…
The Albanian Culture Ministry has announced the creation of the ‘Besa Museum’ in the capital of Tirana to celebrate the history of Jews in Albania and the actions of the Albanians that sheltered and saved them during WWII. Albania has…
The agreement unveiled by EU and the UK to govern trade between Britain and the island of Ireland is unlikely to come into force for several months, officials have warned. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von…
Changes to Germany’s ship security rules foresee restricting the work of migrant rescue boats in the Mediterranean, many of which operate under the German flag, leaked plans from the Transport Ministry reveal. The draft regulation, seen and reported on by…
Poland will launch a joint initiative with the European Commission to trace Ukrainian children who have been abducted by Russia during the invasion of Ukraine, ensuring those responsible are brought to justice. Under the leadership of European Commission President Ursula…
As the Hungarian parliament will discuss Sweden’s NATO membership this week, Budapest sent a delegation to Sweden to address “legitimate concerns” regarding Sweden spreading “fake news” about Hungary over the last few years. The Hungarian parliament, set to discuss Sweden’s…
The launch of a generalised vaccination campaign against human papillomavirus (HPV) in middle schools from 5th grade will start in September, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday. The vaccination will be free and offered to both girls and boys. “This…