UK migrant return deal with France is costing about €65,500 for each person sent back
About 1,400 people have been removed to France since the pilot began in August 2025.
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Azerbaijani President Aliyev brands European Parliament ‘a den of corrupt officials’
Despite tensions, Azerbaijan remains a key energy partner for the EU Commission’s strategy to reduce dependence on Russia
Von der Leyen announces plan to make Canada the EU’s first ‘associate member’
The European Commission President made the announcement in front of Mark Carney during her State of the European Union address in Strasbourg, France.
Italy eyes end of Schengen suspension on border with Slovenia
The present controls on the land border with Slovenia run from June 19 to December 18, 2026.
Eritrea terror group wanted to kill German police officers
According to the Karlsruhe office, the internationally networked group’s declared aim is the overthrow of the government in Eritrea.
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EU digital identity wallet stalls in 24 member states as Brussels reopens its privacy rulebook
Only Italy reached any scale before the December date, privacy groups challenged safeguards the European Commission had redrafted in committee, and the gap between…
EU waste export ban spares Turkey, its biggest plastic dumping ground
Shipments to Ankara hit a record in 2025, the year before Brussels closes the door on poorer countries.
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Poland’s Orlen loses $230 million in Venezuela crypto oil deal
Tusk said that it was a great pity that at a time "when hundreds of articles in the western press have been praising Poland for its economic performance we have…
French freemasons target Catholic schools before 2027 presidential race
The Grand Orient de France has said schools outside State contract have no place in the Republic, a category that takes in almost all traditional Catholic education.
Dutch sociologist warns for serious societal upheaval due to demographic shift
The total population could nevertheless continue to increase, potentially reaching around 20 million by the middle of the century.
Mbappé and Vinícius take off Ceuta solidarity shirts
The Real Madrid players carried the "Todos somos caballas" shirt half-folded over their shoulders and dropped it before the pre-match handshake.
Morgan Stanley tells clients to short French and Belgian debt
The recommendations come as investors increasingly demand a premium to hold the debt of governments struggling with large deficits and rising debt burdens.
YouGov puts CDU/CSU at record low as talk of replacing Merz grows
The AfD took 43.8 per cent there on September 6, a record for the party in any state election, against 17.2 per cent for the CDU.
Suspected sabotage on the rails halt Dutch trains on Budget Day
Police have opened an investigation, but no group has claimed responsibility.
Von der Leyen is ‘not up to the challenge’, says Charles Michel
A day before the Commission president delivers her annual State of the Union address.
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Bad EU regulation could cost €159 bn per year and 419,000 jobs
According to the study, non-economic priorities can override industrial competitiveness, driving up costs, delaying investment and undermining confidence in EU policymaking.
Member states back cuts to EU staff pay in next long-term budget
Salaries and buildings emerged as the likeliest target for savings as the Irish presidency prepared a fresh offer to national capitals.
Russian frigate fires flares at Danish military helicopter over the Baltic
Copenhagen has summoned Russia's ambassador after one of the flares passed close to the aircraft during a routine patrol off the Danish coast.
NATO jets shoot down drone over central Lithuania
Italian Eurofighters on Baltic Air Policing duty destroyed the aircraft near Kaunas in what Lithuanian officials have called the first interception of its kind over…
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Poland’s Braun hammers monument to Ukrainian partisans
Braun claims local residents are "afraid they would be set on fire" if they attempted to remove the memorial themselves.
Ovechkin appears in Putin party campaign video days before Russian elections
The Washington Capitals captain was filmed among Kremlin figures placed under European Union sanctions over the war in Ukraine.
Latvia sacks welfare minister caught driving at six times the alcohol limit
Driving with more than 1.5 per mille has been a criminal offence in Latvia since November 2022, not merely an administrative one.
Zelensky asks lawmakers to support removal of prosecutor general
"Ukraine has seen all the reasons. If he considers this political pressure, let him call it that. I ask lawmakers to support this dismissal without delay".
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Meloni rules out alliance with parties opposed to Ukraine support
The move poses a major challenge to the unity of the Italian right, whose parties are increasingly divided over the issue.
Russian drone strikes Kyiv-Warsaw train during attack on Ukraine
The Ukrainian railways also confirmed that trains carrying diplomats had been present in the area.
France apologises for human rights criticism that sparked US walkout
The Geneva mission now says the July message “called into question the U.S. commitment to human rights”.
Canada seeks ‘unique alliance’ with EU, rules out membership
Speaking to reporters at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, Carney rejected the idea of full membership.
Le Pen puts housing and ‘national priority’ at centre of campaign launch
The National Rally leader used her first major speech of the 2027 race to promise French citizens preferential access to social housing and a cut in energy VAT.
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Poland’s PiS has its man chosen as leader of ECR
Adam Bielan, a close ally of Jarosław Kaczyński, replaces Mateusz Morawiecki at the head of Europe's conservative party family, keeping the post in Law and Justice…
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Irish, Scottish and Welsh leaders sign Cardiff pact demanding votes on leaving the UK
The three attended as party leaders rather than heads of government, two days after Donald Trump said he would like to see Ireland united.