EU interior ministers back tighter borders and faster returns after Ceuta
Ministers agreed to develop early-warning tools including social media monitoring to detect coordinated surges before they reach the frontier.
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Morawiecki sets October date for launch of new Polish opposition party
PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński demanded its dissolution and ordered members to sign a loyalty pledge disavowing "external" groupings.
Airport signs mark Italy’s unilateral Schengen suspension on Spanish arrivals
The physical divide is the first tangible result of the Meloni government's decision to suspend Schengen free movement with Spain for the month of August.
Brussels calls Spanish migrant regularisation a bad signal for Europe
Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner sees no direct link with the Ceuta crossings though says the decree sends the wrong message across the EU.
Austrian taxpayers fund nearly €400,000 study on ‘right-wing extremism in fashion’
The team conducts fieldwork, archive research and online analysis, and collaborates with the Polarization and Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) at American…
Spanish police identify expelled jihadists among Ceuta arrivals
Counter-terrorism officers believe at least 10 men convicted of terrorism offences and deported to Morocco crossed back during the mass entry.
Vannacci: ‘Sánchez is right. On immigration, Meloni is a fiasco’
The ex-military said that Italy is being "Governed by a watered-down, fearful right, without the courage to make decisive decisions".
EPP leader Weber urges ‘isolated Sánchez government’ to reverse course on migration
He argued that the broad support for protests against Spanish PM and his unilateral approach showed that “the left-wing Sánchez government is isolated”.
Former Biden COVID coordinator says pandemic ‘probably was a lab leak’
He emphasised that no one outside China can know with certainty and called for greater transparency and accountability from Chinese officials.
Germany prepares secret plan for electricity shortage for ‘several days to weeks’
The agency, acting as federal load distributor, can then order reductions or temporary halt of consumption with notice of 24 hours to three days.
Summer wildfires already cost Europe more than €3 billion
In Spain, industry representatives estimate that annual prevention spending runs at roughly €800 million, while one euro spent on prevention can save around €100…
Scottish woman who helped refugees found dead in suitcase in Athens; Afghan man arrested
Forensic examination indicated she had died several days earlier, with initial indications pointing to asphyxiation, though toxicology results were still being processed.
German industry losing 15,000 jobs a month
High energy costs, bureaucracy, skilled-labour shortages and external pressures, including US trade policies and Chinese market distortions.
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Spanish Legion sweeps Ceuta beaches and hills for immigrants still in the city
Soldiers say those who remain include men with criminal records and that firearms have been recovered, an account Spanish authorities have not confirmed.
Majority of Germans no longer consider their country safe after Berlin attack
Support for the view that Germany is stable and safe has fallen to 37 per cent in a survey taken a week after the Islamist attack on Berlin's Pride parade.
Spain sacks the official who published the Ceuta migrant figure
No minister has lost their post over the mass crossing that brought tens of thousands of people into the Spanish enclave in a single day.
Zelensky removes Ukraine’s ambassador to Washington days after Patriot appeal
Olha Stefanishyna says she stepped down of her own accord, though the presidential decree gives no reason and no successor has been named.
Von der Leyen offers Morocco more EU support days after Ceuta border breach
The Commission President told Pedro Sánchez that Rabat remained a strategic partner as EU interior ministers prepared for emergency talks.
German prosecutors charge former SPD judge over 1.8 million abuse files
The haul is described as one of the largest involving a single individual in Lower Saxony, northern Germany.
Spanish defence minister breaks ranks to demand Morocco investigate Ceuta crossings
Robles hardened Madrid's tone on Rabat and defended the intelligence services her Interior colleague said had failed to warn him.
Wind farm cables triggered huge wildfire in Greece
The blaze began on Friday morning near Agios Vasileios in the Boeotia region at a site known as Mavro Spithari.
German neo-Nazi is officially allowed to call himself Adolfa
Formerly known as André B., the man from the Apolda area completed the official name and gender change in 2025.
Spanish Supreme Court judges round on Sánchez over Ceuta blame
Members of the court say the mass entry into the exclave was a political failure and not a judicial one.
Traffickers smuggle migrants out of Britain to exploit Spain’s migrant amnesty
Spain’s scheme offers a one-year renewable residence and work permit to those who can show they lived in the country for at least five months before the end of…
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Fight between UEFA and Infantino escalates
FIFA’s chief operating officer Kevin Lamour stated that senior staff had been “deceived.”
Danube drought shuts Hungary’s only nuclear plant as Brussels weighs emergency talks
The European Commission has said it stands ready to convene emergency electricity talks after Hungary lost nearly half its generating capacity.
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Stray Russian missile exposes chinks in Poland’s defences
A crater approximately 10 metres wide and 5 metres deep in a field was left by an air bomber launched Russian Kh-101 cruise missile in the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia.
Ceuta stays under armoured patrol as Sánchez declares crisis reversed
The Interior Ministry put returns to Morocco at 48,300 by July 31, though reporting from the city described migrants still sleeping rough on beaches and hiding in…
Danish pilot and Greek coordinator die as firefighting helicopters collide near Athens
Investigators believe the blaze the two crews were fighting began with sparks from a private wind farm network, and two men have been arrested.
Von der Leyen demands immediate halt to Ceuta crossings and swift returns
The European Commission has offered Spain reinforcements through Frontex, though Madrid has yet to ask for them.