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Protests continued in Albania on Wednesday against a massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, with demonstrators taking to the streets of Tirana for a third day to voice their opposition to the project. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The government says the development on the Adriatic coast would be […]

Published on 03/06/2026 – 22:05 GMT+2 France and the UK have agreed to extend their “one-in, one-out” migrant returns agreement until October 1, a French minister said on Wednesday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The scheme, known as Operation Hillmore, came into force in September last year as part of efforts by London and Paris to tackle illegal […]

Italian media say there have been 14 cases of arson involving vehicles carrying Pakistanis in the area in recent months, where tensions between migrants over the division of farm work are high.

Published on 03/06/2026 – 20:48 GMT+2 A Norwegian teenager is on trial in London accused of traveling to the UK to carry out a contract killing on behalf of a Swedish organized crime network allegedly linked to Iran. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Prosecutors at the Central Criminal Court in England and Wales, known as the Old Bailey, […]

The European Commission announced on Wednesday a sweeping €92 million maritime initiative aimed at positioning the European Union as the global superpower in ocean patrolling and intelligence, citing “malicious actors” increasingly exploiting gray-zone tactics. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The ocean covers 70% of the planet’s surface, but only 5% of it has been explored. The Commission’s goal […]

Hungary has lifted its two-year-long veto on Ukraine’s bid to join the European Union, allowing the process to enter its next phase of negotiations and ending a political saga that sent relations between Budapest and Kyiv to an all-time low. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The sought-after breakthrough took place suddenly on Wednesday evening during a meeting of […]

When a drone threat alert blared out in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius urging residents to seek shelter, Rūta Gaškauskaitė hurried down to the nearest one, only to discover it was locked. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Squeezed between Russia and Kremlin-allied Belarus, Lithuania has been warning for years of the risks to Russia’s Baltic neighbors. But as Ukraine stepped […]

Published on 03/06/2026 – 18:47 GMT+2 Germany failed on Wednesday for the first time to secure a seat on the UN Security Council, with Portugal and Austria receiving more votes for the two Western European spots starting in 2027. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The UN Security Council has 15 members: five permanent – the United States, Russia, […]

Published on 03/06/2026 – 18:36 GMT+2•Updated 7:31 p.m Public support for the European Union has risen significantly across much of Europe since the UK’s decision to leave the bloc in 2016, according to a new report from the Pew Research Centre. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The survey, conducted in eight European countries, found that favorable views of […]

The General Court of the European Union annulled the European Commission’s “gatekeeper” designation for Facebook Marketplace, finding that the EU executive failed to adequately justify the designation. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The court’s ruling, issued on Wednesday in Luxembourg, annuls, in part, a September 2023 decision by the Commission designating Meta as a gatekeeper — a decision […]