Germany sees record number of naturalizations in 2025

ByLaura Fleischmann Published on 04/06/2026 – 15:19 GMT+2 The number of naturalizations in Germany has risen to a new record high, with 332,500 people acquiring German citizenship in 2025. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Compared with the previous year, that marks an increase of 14 percent, according to the Federal Statistical Office. The largest group, at 20 percent, […]

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Cyprus and Kazakhstan deepen ties with agreements, flights and investment plans

Cyprus and Kazakhstan signed five cooperation agreements and pledged to deepen economic ties during the first official visit by a Cypriot president to Kazakhstan, as the two countries opened embassies simultaneously in Astana and Nicosia. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev welcomed his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides in Astana, where they held bilateral talks followed […]

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Lebanon minister hopes new Israel ceasefire is ‘more genuine’ than previous truce

ByMeabh McMahon&Aaron Casey Published on 04/06/2026 – 10:50 GMT+2•Updated 11:26 In the wake of Israel and Lebanon’s ceasefire agreement, Lebanon’s Culture Minister Ghassane Salamé told Euronews’ flagship morning show Europe Today that he hopes it will be more “genuine” than the previous one, which he said, “was not even a truth”. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “The agreement […]

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British teenager sanctioned by Russia over his report on alleged Moscow-backed crypto laundering

Published on 04/06/2026 – 10:20 GMT+2•Updated 10:23 A British 17-year-old’s exposé of an alleged Russian-backed crypto laundering network has made its way all the way to the Kremlin, landing him on a fresh list of sanctioned individuals. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Alexander Browder was sanctioned by Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday over what it called “defamatory speculations […]

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Watch: Forget idealism—the multi-billion euro reason the EU wants the Western Balkans in the bloc

Published on 04/06/2026 – 9:00 GMT+2 Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovia, North Macedonia Kosovo are at various stages of trying to join the bloc. Geographically, the region is completely surrounded by the EU. For nearly two decades, a period of relative calm kept enlargement on the backburner, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shattered that […]

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