Brussels is preparing to raise financial support for Morocco’s border control operations as it pushes to finalise a long-delayed partnership deal, with the Ceuta crisis lending fresh urgency to negotiations over the EU’s southern migration frontier.
Former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov had built real momentum as a critic of Zelenskyy’s administration, but his push for wartime elections has triggered widespread condemnation and may have derailed his political ambitions.
Falling water levels in Rome’s Tiber River have uncovered the stone pillars of an ancient Neronian bridge near Castel Sant’Angelo, as Italy’s drought pushes the river to historic lows.
Commentators are drawing sharp parallels between Australia’s convict heritage and its modern asylum seeker policies, raising questions about identity, AUKUS and a migration system widely described as broken.
A proposed overhaul of the EU’s Tobacco Taxation Directive would raise minimum cigarette duties by 139 percent and introduce bloc-wide taxes on vapes and nicotine pouches, marking the most ambitious regulatory shift in over a decade.
Moroccan security forces dispersed hundreds of migrants near Castillejos on Saturday as they prepared to cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, weeks after a deadly mass crossing attempt left 141 people dead.
A French court has struck down a proposed ban on social media access for children under 15, in a ruling that threatens to reshape how European governments approach online protections for minors.
As EU heads of government retreat to beaches and mountain resorts, a familiar tension resurfaces: the political cost of being seen to rest while crises simmer.
Following the death of a guide at Rome’s Colosseum last summer, Europe’s tourist industry is pressing for mandatory heat safety measures as forecasters warn of another extreme season ahead.
Two suspects have been remanded in pre-trial custody while a judge has ordered the deportation of a third, following alleged sexual assaults on minors in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.