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The Greek authorities have put in place new Civil Protection measures for Santorini, following the recommendations of scientific committees monitoring the seismic and volcanic risk, following the recent extraordinary meeting of the Standing Scientific Committee for Seismic Risk Assessment and Seismic Risk Reduction. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The measures mainly concern the control of access and stay […]

Published on 04/28/2026 – 13:57 GMT+2•Updated 2:15 p.m The European Union has warned Israel that it is ready to impose sanctions on those aiding and abetting the trade of Ukrainian grain stolen by Russia in the occupied territories, after a new ship loaded with the cereal arrived in the port of Haifa. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “The […]

The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a resolution calling for an EU-wide definition of rape based on the absence of given and informed consent. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING It is now up to the European Commission to propose legislation, which would then need to be approved by EU member states, usually a political and difficult step. The […]

Tensions between Ukraine and Israel have grown as Kyiv seeks to prevent a vessel carrying grain allegedly stolen from Russian-occupied areas of the country from docking and unloading in the port of Haifa. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Ukraine’s foreign minister said Kyiv had issued a summons for Israel’s ambassador to appear on Tuesday morning to present a […]

Published on 04/27/2026 – 19:20 GMT+2 The UN Human Rights Committee said on Monday that Sweden had violated the right to life of a child with severe disabilities by deporting him twice to Albania. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The committee reviewed a complaint referring to EB, an Albanian now aged 21, who was diagnosed with autism, grave […]

Italy has extradited a Chinese hacker to the United States accused of spying for his country’s government during the COVID-19 pandemic, police said on Monday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The man was arrested at Milan’s Malpensa airport last July and is “suspected of acting for the Chinese government,” a police statement said. The FBI accuses Xu Zewei […]

Published on 04/27/2026 – 15:12 GMT+2 Norwegian police will cooperate with their French counterparts in an investigation into top diplomat Mona Juul and her husband Terje Rod-Larsen, suspected of alleged corruption over their ties with late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING A joint investigation team (JIT) has been established between Okokrim, the Norwegian […]

ByMatthieu DurandwithAFP Published on 04/27/2026 – 13:11 GMT+2•Updated 13:34 French prison guards blocked facilities across the country on Monday, with 14 of 17 prisons in the Hauts-de-France region shut down in protest at chronic overcrowding and staff shortages, in a strike called by the UFAP-UNSA union. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Guards also demonstrated at prisons in Bois-d’Arcy […]

Published on 04/27/2026 – 11:42 GMT+2 Germany recorded 2,656 conscientious objector applications in the first three months of 2026, more than two-thirds of the total registered throughout the whole of 2025, according to the Federal Office of Family Affairs and Civil Society Functions (BAFzA). ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The figures, reported by the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, compare […]