Spanish government ignored spy warning a day before Ceuta mass crossing
The alert reached Madrid's office in the city on July 29 and went no further, and the official in charge now refuses to resign.
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UK and Belgium sign first post-Brexit police pact to target Channel smugglers
Belgian officers would be allowed to carry weapons on some Eurostar trains and join the UK-France intelligence cell in northern France under the deal.
Investigators search Berlin SPD lead candidate’s home in bribery inquiry
As regional president, he chaired the supervisory board of the municipal hospital chain, which owns 10 clinics.
Ceuta president asks Brussels to confront Morocco over ‘harassment’ of the city
Juan Jesús Vivas has broken with Madrid's line that Rabat remains a reliable partner on migration.
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Protests against surrogacy fair organised in Poland by Ukrainian firm
Surrogacy remains a highly emotive topic in Poland, particularly given the plight of women participating in such procedures and the children separated from their…
Bardella presses France to shut ‘radical’ mosques as Brussels holds back
The National Rally leader wants the Muslim Brotherhood banned outright, while the European Commission has left any EU terrorist listing to member states.
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Dutch government to pull plug on right-wing broadcaster
The channel will not be taken off air immediately; ON! has the right to respond to the proposal and to appeal any final decision.
Spanish Government withholds satellite images of Ceuta convoy from judge
Police sources say the pictures show hire cars moving in formation towards the border, and that ministers blocked their inclusion in the report sent to the National…
Turkish community chief says asylum seekers should be free to leave Saxony-Anhalt after AfD win
"People with a migration background in Saxony-Anhalt no longer have time for theoretical security debates," Sofuoğlu said.
German police arrest climate activist over power-grid sabotage
A Europe-wide alert had been in force after officers searched his flat and found explosive material.
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German state premier Wüst breaks CDU ranks over AfD ban
Critics warn that the push could amount to an attempt to suppress a political rival that the CDU has failed to defeat at the ballot box.
Thieves steal four Renoir works from French museum in €9 million raid
The pair were identified on the town's video-surveillance cameras as they escaped, dropping one painting during their flight, mayor Bryan Masson said.
German police widen hunt for grid saboteur as more devices found at coal plant
A fresh letter claiming responsibility has been recovered near the Weisweiler power station, while the number of devices defused in Saxony has risen to 21.
Spain’s Interior Ministry admits secret ideological files on dozens of journalists
The Spanish Government says the dossier was for internal use only and denies it amounted to a blacklist.
Majority of Spaniards fault Sánchez over Ceuta crisis
Some 14.2 per cent rated it positively. Two-thirds said the government's reaction was too slow, with 47.7 per cent calling its speed "very bad".
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Little enthusiasm for AfD’s Saxony-Anhalt victory on Poland’s Right
President Nawrocki's senior aide Paweł Szefernaker said that the AfD's views on history and Russia were "unacceptable".
Latvia bans Russian and Belarusian books over ‘war propaganda’
Riga has gone beyond EU sanctions with a national import ban, though the books already on its shelves can still be sold.
Eiffel Tower shuts as staff protest at removal of women during Hindu visit
The company said the visit had formed part of a cultural festival tied to the temple opening and to the 2026 France-India year of innovation.
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Italy’s governing coalition splits over AfD victory
Salvini celebrated, Forza Italia strongly condemned the result, while Meloni remained silent amid concerns that it could strengthen AfD ally Roberto Vannacci.
Estonian Centre for Defence Investments cannot explain how it selected the company behind failed €70 million deal
There is no written record of how contact with the firm began, how RKIK first found it, or why it was judged fit to supply artillery shells.
Vox takes Sánchez to court over Ceuta
The party has authorised a criminal complaint charging the Prime Minister, the interior minister and the secretary of state for security with collaborating with…
Belgium’s ‘aid worker’ in Gaza turns out to be a Hamas terrorist in the Khan Younis Brigade
Nabhan had worked for Enabel since 2020 on a European programme supporting small businesses in Gaza.
Italian military prosecutor examines soldiers in Vannacci’s party
The case could nevertheless develop into a wider investigation into Futuro Nazionale and the possibility of its dissolution under Italy's anti-Fascist legislation.
Europe’s sovereigntist leaders hail AfD landslide in Saxony-Anhalt
Messages of congratulation reached Magdeburg from Madrid, Lisbon, Rome, The Hague and Budapest within hours of the first projections.
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Tusk gets his minister and right-hand man elected to Polish top court
Opponents, including the whole of the opposition right, argued that Berek, who until August served as a minister in Tusk's government, should not sit on the tribunal.
AfD sweeps Saxony-Anhalt with its best result in any German election
The party has taken more than double the vote of the governing Christian Democrats in a landslide without precedent in its history.
Mitsotakis promises tax cuts and higher wages as Greeks protest over living costs
The Greek Prime Minister has set out a four-year plan of income support and tax relief less than a year before a general election.
German power grid sabotage points to climate extremist, not Russia
Investigators have named a 48-year-old activist as their main suspect after days in which ministers suggested a foreign power might be behind the attacks.
Portugal’s largest unsubsidised solar park enters insolvency
The business model has become increasingly challenging as solar generation has expanded rapidly across the Iberian electricity market.
Wagenknecht’s BSW implodes in Thuringia as MPs abandon party
Ten of the 12 remaining BSW members of the Thuringian parliament announced on Friday that they were leaving the party.