Spanish police shield Ceuta migrant camp from residents
Officers fired warning shots on El Trampolín beach as demonstrators pulled down tents at a settlement the city government has asked Madrid to clear.
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Kelin’s exit predates the drone row used to explain Moscow’s London vacancy
Retirement, a thin bench of candidates and a pattern already seen in Brussels and Vilnius may explain more than retaliation.
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Ireland moves to tighten citizenship after five years above 100,000 arrivals
Some 110,600 people came to the State in the 12 months to April 2026, and 24,059 became Irish citizens in 2024, the highest annual figure in a decade.
Spain’s intelligence services warned before the Ceuta assault
The CNI picked up a call to cross on July 29 and passed what it had to the security forces and the Government Delegation.
Mohammed VI pardons 634 as Moroccan offender numbers increase in Europe
The King used a religious holiday to release extremism convicts by decree, days after tens of thousands crossed into Ceuta
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US Supreme Court clears path for Trump mail-voting curbs before midterms
The 6-3 ruling lifted a lower-court injunction but left the legality of the executive order itself undecided.
Zelensky blocks Ukrainian elections again, calling a wartime vote a ‘tsunami’
The President, whose mandate ran out in 2024, has once more ruled out the ballot his ousted defence minister is demanding.
Ceuta emergency calls rise tenfold to 200 a day after invasion
Officers in the city were working shifts of up to 16 hours and sleeping in army barracks, the union said.
Meloni admits relationship with Trump ‘would be easier’
The Italian Prime Minister says she has not spoken to the US President for weeks and that Rome's strategy does not turn on personal ties.
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Hungarian public television resumes news after government-ordered blackout
Weeks earlier the Prime Minister overturned an editorial appointment at the broadcaster with a comment on Facebook.
Member states split over Brussels’s ‘Buy European’ procurement plan
Governments and MEPs remained at odds over how much of the EU's public spending should be reserved for home-made goods.
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European banks raid Wall Street to close the investment banking gap
Barclays recruited Bank of America's Mike Joo to co-lead its investment bank, the latest senior hire from a US rival by a European lender that has been losing ground in dealmaking.
Portugal bans face coverings in public as President signs Chega bill
The Socialist head of state has approved a measure first tabled by the party of the man he defeated in February's presidential run-off.
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How the Danish migration model works, from the border to the doorstep
Denmark built its migration system on four pillars over a decade, and reduced asylum approvals to the lowest level in 40 years.
Spanish business group plans Hispanidad theme park in Pizarro’s home town
The promoters of Ciudad Hispánica put the cost at €700 million and say it would create more than 700 direct jobs in one of Spain's poorest regions.
Brussels urges immediate return of Ceuta’s unaccompanied minors to Morocco
The European Commission said EU law covered the removal of children as well as adults, while it welcomed Madrid's pledge that nobody would be moved to the Spanish mainland.
Spanish police check more than 5,000 arrivals from Italy in Sánchez’s row with Meloni
Spanish police have identified 5,080 arrivals on 462 flights since the retaliatory controls began on August 8, with no sign that Rome will drop its own measures.
Guardia Civil confirms 15 rapes in Ceuta and detains man wanted by Interpol
The man was held during reinforced checks at the frontier and remains in the enclave while his extradition is processed.
Coal falls to a record low in EU electricity as grid costs and taxes keep bills high
Eurostat figures show the fuel now generates less than a tenth of the bloc's power, though the retreat has not delivered cheaper electricity for consumers.
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Austria denies meeting Hungarian water official sent abroad during Danube crisis
Fidesz has accused a minister in Péter Magyar's Government of lying about why the state secretary for water management left the country at the height of the energy emergency.
Brussels targets social media over Ceuta as Morocco has been offered more EU support
The European Commission has brought the 27 member states into its campaign against online disinformation, while Morocco stays off the agenda.
Spain records Europe’s steepest fall in young people living independently
Fewer than a third of Spaniards aged 18 to 34 now live without financial help from their parents, against roughly half across the European Union.
Retailers and restaurants warn new EU packaging rules will push up prices
Industry says the cost of redesigns, reuse systems and separate registration in every member state would land on the consumer, as small cross-border sellers begin switching…
Brussels ranks new water supply a ‘last resort’ and answers drought with forums and roadmaps
The methodology for measuring the EU's 10 per cent water efficiency goal is not due until 2027, while member states face a shortfall of about €25 billion a year in water…
EU packaging rules take effect as Commission misses its own labelling deadline
Limits on 'forever chemicals' in food packaging apply from August 12, though the harmonised sorting label promised to business is still missing.
US Senators recover Fauci’s phone as Brussels still cannot find von der Leyen’s texts
The trove opened with the former US health chief's messages on miscarriage risk, sent nine days before he told an audience regulators had seen no warning signs.
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Coverage of the Ceuta crisis turns on Meloni’s motives rather than on the border
European outlets have read Italy's checks as a performance for domestic consumption, an account that requires the dispute with Madrid to be insincere.
WNBA sets up eligibility task force as two ex-NBA men enter women’s draft
Two former first-round NBA picks said they would enter the 2027 women's draft, testing a rulebook that never defined the word "woman".
Netanyahu rejects Trump’s 15-point Gaza plan
The Israeli Prime Minister has said his troops will stay put until Hamas gives up every weapon it holds.
Sánchez turns Spain’s border controls on Italy rather than on Morocco
Madrid will screen passengers arriving from a fellow member state at ports and airports, days after tens of thousands walked and swam into Ceuta unchecked.