Europe’s leaders have not found a consensus position on the war in Gaza, and some have even intervened on Israel’s behalf in international legal proceedings. ADVERTISEMENTIt’s been almost 10 months since Israel started its offensive in Gaza in response to the 7 October attacks. The resulting campaign has killed at…

A deliberate fire in a signal box about 60 km south of Lille caused the disruption on the northern high-speed line, with traffic halted around 5 a.m. local time on Friday. ADVERTISEMENTTravel was severely disrupted in Lille on Friday, one of the stations affected by the sabotage that hit major…

This edition of State of the Union focuses on the dispute between the aviation industry and pilots over the number of pilots on an airplane. ADVERTISEMENTWhen Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán travelled to Russia and China on a self-described “peace mission” recently, he should have known that he would risk…

Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak suggested that any deal made with Russia would not benefit Ukraine and that Moscow would just “drag (us) to hell”. ADVERTISEMENTSigning an agreement with Russia to stop the ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine would amount to signing “a deal with the devil,” a top…

The transfer is the first of its kind under the novel scheme based on Russia’s immobilised assets, estimated to be worth €210 billion across the bloc. ADVERTISEMENTThe European Union has sent €1.5 billion to Ukraine using the extraordinary revenues obtained from the Russian Central Bank’s assets that remain immobilised as…

France’s state-owned rail company SNCF says a ‘massive attack’ aimed at paralysing the high-speed network is causing delays and cancellations. ADVERTISEMENTA “massive attack” on the train infrastructure of France’s largest rail company, SNCF, has caused a significant number of trains to be re-routed or cancelled on Friday morning, according to…

This article was originally published in Italian The oldest and youngest members of the European Parliament pledge to fight for environmental sustainability and minority rights, in an interview with Euronews. ADVERTISEMENTFifty-three years and five months separate Leoluca Orlando and Lena Schilling, the oldest and youngest members of the European Parliament.Both are…

Around 500 participants attended Thursday’s summit near the Louvre Museum in Paris championed by French President Emmanuel Macron and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach. ADVERTISEMENTWorld and business leaders have pledged billions of dollars in financing and committed to supporting various sporting initiatives aimed at accelerating sustainable development, one day…

This article was originally published in Italian After preventing the Sicilian Mafia from getting their hands on agricultural funds, Giuseppe Antoci has been under police protection for nearly a decade. Coming to the European Parliament with bodyguards, he now wants to become the EU’s main anti-mafia champion. ADVERTISEMENTAs president of Nebrodi…

German producers have sparked a dispute by filing an opposition to a Turkish application to grant the döner kebab’s special status at the EU level, initiating a six-month period to resolve disagreements. ADVERTISEMENTA Turkish application to the European Commission for the döner kebab to be given similar EU recognition as…