ADVERTISEMENTIn a highly anticipated televised interview with French TV broadcaster TF1 on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron marked his return to domestic affairs, ten months after dissolving the French lower house of Parliament and plunging the country into political paralysis. Since last year’s snap elections led to a fragmented political landscape…

ADVERTISEMENTThe Trump administration wants to hear this week how NATO’s European member countries and Canada plan to boost defence spending to 5% of GDP, new US envoy Matthew Whitaker has said.Briefing reporters ahead of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Turkey, US Ambassador Matthew Whitaker insisted that “5% is…

ADVERTISEMENTA woman said to be the daughter of a French cryptocurrency boss narrowly avoided being kidnapped in Paris on Tuesday morning. According to Le Parisien newspaper, the woman, who was out walking with her partner and their young child, was attacked at just after 8am on a street in Paris’…

ADVERTISEMENTThe new regulation will apply to third-country nationals travelling to EU countries for holidays or business, staying for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.One of the priorities is to better identify victims of crime, including human trafficking, and offenders, in particular those who pose a terrorist threat. Indeed,…

ADVERTISEMENTThree associations representing victims of the storm that caused hundreds of deaths in the province of Valencia last October travelled to Brussels, to meet representatives from European institutions.The victims of the so-called “Dana” had the opportunity to share their experiences and  the challenges they are still facing in four different…

ADVERTISEMENTFans attending the Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, will be allowed to wave the European flag, the organisers have confirmed, reversing a highly controversial ban that last year triggered public backlash and a furious reaction from Brussels.Artists will however face limitations inside designated official areas, such as the main…

ADVERTISEMENTThere were around 499,000 prisoners in the EU in 2023, according to the latest Eurostat data. This represents a 3.2% increase compared with the previous year.Authorities anticipate that prison numbers could increase by as much as 200% between 2023 and 2027 due to political shifts.   “The prison population has been growing in…

ADVERTISEMENTThree Belgium soldiers were injured on Monday during live fire training in Scotland, the Belgian Ministry of Defence has said. The incident happened in Tain in northeast Scotland, a part of the country where 600 Belgian troops are currently taking part in a large-scale exercise called Red Condor, which will…

ADVERTISEMENTFollowing several weeks of heightened economic tensions, the US and China have agreed to substantially reduce the tariffs they had imposed on each other — a decision that signals a de-escalation in one of the world’s most important trade relationships.Washington had earlier levied punishing tariffs of up to 145% on…

ADVERTISEMENTDonald Trump has recently stepped up his threats to send Americans to foreign jails, saying he would “love” to deport “homegrown” US citizens who commit violent crimes to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador.“I would love to do that if it were permissible by law,” Trump said in an interview…