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.
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Colombia’s President voices concern for 164 missing Spaniards as EU pledges €2 million
Abelardo de la Espriella has thanked Spain's Royal Family for its message of solidarity as the death toll from the magnitude 7.4 earthquake passed 250.
Greece’s ageing power grid accounts for 75 per cent of land burned this year
Fires traced to the electricity network destroyed more than 14,600 hectares and killed four people in late July alone, preliminary fire brigade findings show.
Trump declares ‘total control’ of Hormuz once again as Iran keeps strait closed
The US President spoke hours after American forces disabled a cargo ship that had tried to run the blockade of Iranian ports.
Rubio predicts irreversible change in Cuba before Trump’s term ends
The United States secretary of state has compared the island's expected transition to eastern Europe after communism, as Brussels stays split over how to treat Havana.
Trump confirms he left NATO summit in secret as Air Force One flew as decoy
The US President said the Secret Service and the military put him on a different aircraft while the presidential jet flew out of Ankara carrying reporters who believed…
Cambridge college issues content warning for Little Red Riding Hood over ‘themes of violence’
The warning is the latest example of content advisories applied to literary material at Cambridge.
Damascus court sentences Assad to death in absentia over war crimes
The ruling has landed as the European Union accelerates its re-engagement with Syria's new rulers and presses for the return of Syrian migrants.
Swedish security service says it broke up Russian spy plot
People were asked to contact the Security Service if they had any suspisions of being the victim of a referral or recruitment attempt.
Female detective sacked and barred for ‘cocks in frocks’ remark on transgender strip-search policy
The phrase was used during a discussion of force policy that allowed biological males who identify as women to insist on being strip-searched by a female officer.
Romania faces full nuclear shutdown as Danube levels hit critical lows
The two CANDU reactors, each rated at around 700 MW, normally supply roughly a fifth of Romania's electricity.
Spain unable to trace 164 nationals as Colombia earthquake toll passes 150
Brussels has mobilised its Copernicus satellite service and opened its crisis consular channel to EU citizens caught in the disaster.
Court confirms weapons permit revocations for AfD members in Saxony-Anhalt
That provision states that a person is generally considered unreliable if they belong to or support an association that pursues aims directed against the constitutional…
Russian court removes only anti-war party from parliamentary ballot
The Central Election Commission had approved Yabloko's candidate list in late July alongside those of 10 other parties.
Russia has found counters to all NATO weapons used by Ukraine
Former army chief pointed to the early impact and subsequent decline in effectiveness of specific systems.
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Poland’s Nawrocki ends first year in office like a rock star
The event displayed Nawrocki's common touch, ability to mobilise supporters, dominate the agenda and display the strong team he has gathered around him in the presidential…
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.
State Department revokes more than 175,000 visas under Trump
Washington says a US visa is a privilege and not a right, with the running total up by 75,000 since January.
German majority turns against ‘firewall’ barring AfD
Among those open to cooperation, 32 per cent favoured decisions being made on a case-by-case basis, while 27 per cent said cooperation should actively be sought.
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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.
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Germany is set to deport migrants to Italy amid Dublin rules reset
Migrants crossing the Mediterranean often arrive first in either country before travelling onwards to northern Europe, including Germany.
Revolut wins French banking licence but ECB curbs loom
The British fintech has gained a second banking base inside the European Union, though supervisors are reported to be preparing limits on what it can sell there.
German prosecutors examine 121 more suspected killings by jailed nurse
More than 45 bodies have been exhumed as investigators in Aachen and Cologne widen inquiries into a former palliative care nurse serving life for 10 murders.
Transgender American who fled Trump’s US returns home from notorious Dutch asylum centre
Arc later told media outlets that conditions at the camp were far more dangerous than anything she had experienced in the US.
Guardia Civil cancels leave in Ceuta and Melilla ahead of feared new crossing
Officers in both cities lose their holidays until further notice, while the army orders its own troops in Ceuta back to their posts.
Farage pledges to send foreign prisoners from British jails to El Salvador
Reform UK is to send a delegation led by party chairman Lee Anderson to San Salvador to examine renting cells in Nayib Bukele's prison system
EPP calls for better, EU-wide external border protection after Ceuta crisis
"Ceuta has served as a test case and a lesson: the fight against illegal immigration is a shared responsibility," Tajani said.
Hungary’s ruling Tisza party nominates ousted top judge András Baka for president
The nomination follows the early termination of the previous president, Tamás Sulyok, an Orbán-era appointee.
Meloni and Frederiksen blame uncontrolled immigration for rising crime and press for deportations
The Italian and Danish prime ministers want repatriation centres outside Europe and say foreigners living legally in the European Union must respect European values.
Kosovo PM egged in parliament, deepening political crisis
A constitutional deadline to constitute the new legislature, following the June 7 snap election, had expired the previous day.