ADVERTISEMENT Poland is extending its temporary border controls with Germany and Lithuania until October 4. This was announced by Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński on Sunday. The reason given was continued concerns regarding irregular migration. Increased security measures have made the route via Belarus and Russia largely impassable, which is why…

ADVERTISEMENT Poland is set to have more tanks by 2030 than the UK, Germany, France and Italy combined, after signing a deal to buy an additional 180 South Korean K2 tanks. The deal, worth more than €6 billion, is the latest stage in Poland’s military expansion, motivated mainly by the…

ADVERTISEMENT Ukraine’s Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) on Saturday reported that its drones hit the Shahed storage airbase in Primorsko-Akhtarsk and the Elektropribor military plant in Penza in Russia just as three people were killed by Russian strikes on Kherson. Ukraine’s drone attack on Russia reportedly hit the Elektropribor plant…

ADVERTISEMENT It’s fair to assume Ursula von der Leyen will be looking forward to her summer break. This July, typically a month of low-intensity in Brussels politics, has been nothing short of a whirlwind for the president of the European Commission, with consequential decisions and pivotal moments that could reshape…

Published on 01/08/2025 – 18:42 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Libya’s Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah in Istanbul on Friday for a summit centred on addressing migration, enhancing cooperation and supporting Libya’s political stability. A statement issued by Meloni’s office following the closed-door…

ADVERTISEMENT The Ukrainian capital Kyiv observed an official day of mourning on Friday, a day after a Russian drone and missile attack on the city killed 31 people, including five children, and injured more than 150, officials said. The youngest victim in Thursday’s strikes was two years old and 16 of the…

ADVERTISEMENT French authorities have suspended all evacuations from Gaza on Friday following revelations that a Palestinian student granted entry to France is under investigation for antisemitic content posted on her social media. A criminal inquiry has been launched against 25-year-old Nour A, a Gaza native who arrived in the country…

Published on 01/08/2025 – 15:18 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Slovenia will be “the first European country” to ban weapons trade with Israel in response to Tel Aviv’s actions in Gaza, Prime Minister Robert Golob told the country’s Press Agency (STA) on Friday. “At the initiative of Prime Minister Dr. Robert Golob, the…

ADVERTISEMENT Forty tonnes of humanitarian aid were dropped this Friday to help the residents of Gaza, who are facing severe hunger, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said, calling for the Strip to be “flooded with water, food and medicine”. Speaking to French radio Franceinfo, he highlighted the scale of the…

Published on 01/08/2025 – 13:24 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT The European Court of Justice (ECJ) sided with an Italian court that questioned the government’s designation of Bangladesh as a “safe country of origin” — a label that allows deportations and detentions of asylum seekers while their application is under review. The judgment…