Published on 11/07/2025 – 11:31 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTSweden’s Migration Minister Johan Forssell has said he is “shocked and horrified” after learning that his teenage son had been involved with violent far-right extremist groups, according to domestic media reports. The revelation comes after the Swedish security service, Säpo, contacted Forssell several weeks ago to…

Published on 10/07/2025 – 16:51 GMT+2•Updated 17:26ADVERTISEMENTPolitical leaders in Lithuania were briefly directed to air raid shelters on Thursday after the alarm was raised over an airspace violation from Belarus, Lithuanian media reported.Media reports stated that Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas and Parliament Speaker Saulius Skvernelis were taken to safety as a…

ADVERTISEMENTA new Eurobarometer report shows that, across the EU, 40% of citizens identify a lack of affordable housing as an immediate and urgent problem in the place where they live. In the first quarter of 2025, house prices in the EU rose by 5.7%, while rents increased by 3.2% compared…

Published on 10/07/2025 – 15:22 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTA UK intelligence committee said on Thursday that Iran has significantly increased its physical threat to people on British soil since 2022.UK Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee said on Thursday that the danger posed to Iranian dissidents and Jewish and Israeli interests was on par…

ADVERTISEMENTThe EU has negotiated a “significant” improvement of humanitarian aid access into Gaza including an increase of food trucks, and an agreement to “protect the lives of aid workers”, the EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, announced on Thursday. The steps agreed include delivery of “substantial” food and non-food items to…

Published on 10/07/2025 – 14:05 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTEuropean leaders opened the annual recovery conference on Ukraine held in Italy on Thursday by announcing a new equity fund and public-private partnerships in a push for investment in rebuilding Ukraine now, even as Russia intensifies its all-out war, now well into its fourth year.Italian…

ADVERTISEMENTMilitary leader Khalifa Haftar — who holds de facto power of large parts of eastern Libya — orchestrated a meeting on Tuesday as a means of ‘trapping’ an EU delegation into recognising the legitimacy of the Benghazi-led Libyan administration, according to a source familiar with the issue. The delegation were…

ADVERTISEMENTThe European Parliament approved this Wednesday one of the strongest-worded documents in the history of enlargement: the progress report on Georgia’s accession process.With 490 votes in favour and 147 against, EU lawmakers deplored “the backsliding of the rule of law as well as the growing Russian influence on the ruling party, Georgian…

ADVERTISEMENTAluminium, silicon, titanium, nickel, germanium, copper and tantalum — all are standard components of a modern main battle tank, and all are scarce in Europe.Europe produces just 1% to 5% of the critical raw materials it needs for key civilian and defence technologies — and demand is set to grow…

Published on 08/07/2025 – 18:30 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTSpanish police say they believe Liverpool FC player Diogo Jota was driving over the speed limit when he and his brother were killed in a car crash last week.Spain’s Civil Guard said on Tuesday that while their investigation into the cause of the crash last…