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Published on 18/07/2025 – 16:12 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that his top priority for this election period is to pull Germany out of recession and strengthen European defence. Speaking to journalists at the chancellor’s traditional summer briefing on Friday, the German leader delivered a sharp criticism of…
ADVERTISEMENT Germany deported 81 Afghanistan nationals to their country of origin on Friday, marking the second such operation since the Taliban seized power in 2021 and the first under Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s new government, which has promised a firmer stance on immigration. In a statement, the Interior Ministry confirmed that…
ADVERTISEMENT Torre Pacheco, a town in Spain’s south-eastern region of Murcia, has made headlines this week after a pensioner was beaten up by three young men, sparking protests which spiralled into violent unrest. The 68-year-old victim of the attack, Domingo, has said he was taking his routine morning walk when…
ADVERTISEMENT The European Union has agreed to impose a new round of sanctions against Russia, targeting the country’s energy and financial sectors in a bid to tighten the screws on the Kremlin’s war machine and force a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine. The sanctions, endorsed on Friday by ambassadors in Brussels,…
Published on 17/07/2025 – 12:32 GMT+2 •Updated 13:02 ADVERTISEMENT The voting age will be lowered to 16 in England and Northern Ireland by the next general election as part of a major overhaul of the electoral system, the British government announced on Thursday. The government said the proposals aimed to…
Published on 17/07/2025 – 20:57 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that the EU will launch talks on a security and defence partnership with Iceland. “We will cooperate more closely on hybrid threat response, civil protection and secure communications,” von der Leyen said in…
ADVERTISEMENT Poland will remain the biggest beneficiary of the EU’s proposed €2 trillion budget for 2028-2034, officials said Wednesday after the European Commission unveiled its draft multiannual financial framework. Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domański called Poland “the biggest beneficiary of the biggest ever EU budget” with further funds available for…
ADVERTISEMENT Ukraine’s new government has approved plans to expand domestic arms production to meet half the country’s weapons needs within six months as it tries to push back Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday. “We are transforming the management of the defence sector and weapons production so that within…
Published on 17/07/2025 – 18:01 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT “We have entered an era of growing challenges from climate driven instability and global migration pressures to rising competition over critical raw materials, global influence and market access,” Jozef Sikela, European commissioner for international partnerships, said, during a presentation on the external action…
By Alessio Dellanna & Mert Can Yilmaz Published on 17/07/2025 – 17:35 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Calls from the European Union and NATO for increased military spending aren’t exactly resonating among the EU public. A recent Eurobarometer poll showed EU citizens are not exactly eager to spend money on defence, despite growing warnings from NATO…
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