Before looking ahead to 2026 activities, we recap the key achievements from 2025, which aimed to support all its members in implementing quality apprenticeships across the EU and beyond. Reflecting on EAfA’s 2025 achievements New members, more apprenticeships and greater satisfaction with EAfA 2025 marked the highest year for apprenticeships creation since EAfA began, with […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 01/27/2026 – 13:21 GMT+1 Germany is offering a €1 million euro reward for information leading to the arrest of suspected far-left militants whose Arson attack caused a massive blackout in Berlin earlier this month, the interior minister said on Tuesday. About 45,000 homes and 2,200 businesses were left without power for nearly a […]
Continue ReadingA 2.5 mile (4km) section of cliff has collapsed on the Italian island of Sicily, after it was pummelled by wind and rain brought by Storm Harry last week. More than 1,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes in Niscemi and geological surveys are currently under way to asses the area. There have been […]
Continue ReadingRussia has been exploiting Ukraine’s harshest winter in years to pummel energy infrastructure across the country. Repeated strikes have crippled the power supply to major Ukrainian cities, leaving millions without heating or light as temperatures hover around -15C (5F) for the third week in a row. Electrical companies carry out round-the-clock repairs – only for […]
Continue ReadingSweden is moving forward with plans to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 13 in serious cases as it grapples with a growing number of children recruited into gangs to carry out violent crimes without facing serious legal repercussions. Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer said the country was in an “emergency situation” and […]
Continue ReadingSteven McIntoshEntertainment reporter Getty Images Chase Infiniti, Leonardo DiCaprio and Teyana Taylor are all nominated for One Battle After Another Leonardo DiCaprio’s politically charged thriller One Battle After Another leads the field at this year’s Bafta Film Awards, with 14 nominations. It is closely followed by vampire-horror Sinners, which has 13, Shakespeare drama Hamnet and […]
Continue ReadingOn 19-20 January 2026, a Social Protection Committee Peer Review on Equal Access to goods and services for person with disabilities through reasonable accommodation and accessibility measures was held in Berlin. It was proposed by the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Peer countries that joined the review were: Belgium Spain Hungary Slovenia […]
Continue ReadingSpain’s unemployment rate dipped below 10% at the end of 2025, the lowest level in almost 18 years. Joblessness was 9.93% in the three months through December, the statistics office said Tuesday, adding that almost 22.5 million people are now employed in Spain. In the past 45 years, there have only been four years during […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 01/27/2026 – 12:10 GMT+1 Hardship in the UK has worsened, with about 6.8 million people living in “very deep poverty” — the highest level in more than 30 years — a charity said on Tuesday. Very deep poverty is defined as earning less than 40% of the UK median household income after pension. […]
Continue ReadingToday, the European Commission published a study assessing the application of selected provisions of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED). The study examines how key elements of the directive are applied in practice, focusing on 5 priority areas: the proportionality principle in patent injunction cases, the role and impact of Patent Assertion Entities in […]
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