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Brussels frees minors held after riot as youth detention places run out
Prosecutors had sought placement in a closed institution for eight of the youths, citing the seriousness of the alleged offences.
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The Africanisation of Europe
Europe, once a global teacher to Africa, now mirrors structural decline and resource vulnerability, losing global status and facing industrial downfall due to self-inflicted…
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Irish presidency proposes 8 per cent cut to Commission’s 2028-2034 EU budget plan
The proposal sets total commitments at roughly €1.62 trillion in 2025 prices, or about €1.83 trillion in current prices.
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German transport minister calls EU combustion-engine ban a ‘big mistake’
“The federal government is united in jointly advocating in Brussels for a reversal of the ban,” he said.
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German ex-chancellor Schröder lambasted for celebrating Putin’s birthday in Moscow
Schröder was already in the Russian capital on business when Putin learned of his presence from media reports on the morning of October 7.
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Crowd attacks Vlaams Belang politician at Antwerp city hall
Two people from the Belgian-Moroccan group have been detained by police following the incident.
Brazilian judge orders arrest of Eduardo Bolsonaro as runoff nears
He is currently in the United States, and the warrant takes effect if he returns.
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Left-wing Hungarian newspaper relaunches online
The new newsroom is built mainly on the staff of Népszava, another long-running left/social-democratic daily, together with many former Népszabadság journalists.
Russian Liberal politician jailed for four years over €37 in donations to Navalny foundation
The court ordered the 3,500 roubles confiscated, along with a mobile phone, Kommersant reported.
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BMW withdraws official-car offer to AfD state parliament president
The company gave no reason, though German media have linked the move to the vote in Magdeburg.
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Germany withdraws from joint next-generation tank project with France
Joint staff work over several years had clarified what a future main battle tank should look like, he said, and that effort “wasn’t a waste of time”.
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BBC pays white staff less than ethnic-minority colleagues in most pay bands
In the lowest band, black, Asian, mixed and other ethnic-minority employees had median pay 13.2 per cent higher than white staff.
Four in five people convicted of theft in Switzerland hold a foreign passport
Algerian and Romanian nationals were the most frequently recorded. About two-thirds of those convicted were not part of the permanent resident population.
Dutch PM misinforms parliament over AI use
Researchers at the universities of Chicago and Maryland found Pangram wrongly flags about one in 10,000 human texts.
EU budget errors climb for a second year
On spending they issued an adverse opinion for the seventh year in a row, meaning the errors were material and pervasive.
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Antifa behind violent student riots in Belgium, interior minister says
"Adults who manipulate children in order to put across violent political messages. That is totally unacceptable".
Brussels population stagnates for the first time in 30 years
The natural balance is still positive. There were 5,103 more births than deaths, unlike Flanders and Wallonia, where deaths outnumber births.
UN says most child migrants reaching Europe now travel alone
The concentration is sharpest in Italy and Spain, where 86 per cent of the children arrived alone.
Russia must be ready to use nuclear weapons, Putin adviser says
Karaganov tied the argument to President Vladimir Putin's remarks at the Valdai forum on October 1.
German finance minister spends €188,000 of taxpayers’ money on photos, hair and make-up
Most of the sum, €165,035, went on external photographers and €22,656 on visagists, stylists and make-up artists.
French AI flagship Mistral announces new model
Firms and states, it said, should not have to rely on a closed-model vendor that could "arbitrarily turn off their cyber defence capabilities".
Trump links French school protests to ‘out of control mass migration’
"What's happening in France is nothing less than out of control mass migration. This isn't about schools, this is about Islam wanting to take over a once great Country!".
Catalan separatist Puigdemont cleared to return to Spain
The warrants had been in force since 2017, meaning Puigdemont can now return without being detained on arrival after nearly nine years in Belgium.
RN sets out budget plans with a deficit below 3 per cent and €140 billion in savings
Le Pen said the adjustment required had been raised from the €125 billion previously promised to "€140 billion net of savings in 2032 compared with 2026".
French LFI MEP accused of throwing EU and Israeli flags on the ground at October 7 exhibition
Rima Hassan published a photograph of the two flags on the floor and called for her to be “sanctioned without delay”.
‘Nearly all women arriving on small boats have been raped,’ UK Home Secretary admits
Home Office statistics record the sex, age and nationality of those detected on arrival, not what happened to them before they embarked.
Key witness in Bardella anti-Semitism case says Mediapart manipulated his words
"Mr Bardella never told me that he admired Adolf Hitler, at any moment, and it is not something I sensed either".
Hackers access records of 8.8 million people in Denmark’s population register
The register holds about 11 million entries, including the dead and those who have left the country.
Son of a Congolese minister held over €100,000 bounty on a French judge
The suspect, named only as Floriano, was already in prison on the pimping case when he is said to have planned the attack.
Anonymous staff accuse EESC leadership of contract-rigging cover-up and a hunt for whistleblowers
The latest letter, signed "All United Against Corruption" and circulated to members and staff, was reported by Rapporteur on October 2.