The European Union is rearming at an eye-watering pace not witnessed in decades. Yet as the continent invests billions into its military might, and confronts its most perilous environment since the Cold War, four EU countries cling to a defining principle: neutrality. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Austria, Ireland, Malta and Cyprus have…

From border management and asylum rules to integration and the rights of people living in Europe without legal status, migration continues to raise difficult questions for policymakers. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Spanish MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar (Socialists & Democrats) and Swedish MEP Tomas Tobé (European People’s Party) discuss how Europe should…

Pope Leo XIV will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from 6-17 November, the Vatican said on Wednesday, in a return to the continent where the pontiff spent decades as a missionary. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The pope, who was born Robert Francis Prevost in the US city of Chicago, lived for more…

Published on 05/08/2026 – 16:23 GMT+2 London’s Metropolitan Police have arrested a 47-year-old woman after four people were stabbed in Covent Garden on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a statement, the force said officers were called to reports of a stabbing in the capital’s popular shopping district at around 12:30 pm.…

Moroccan prosecutors have charged 25 people in connection with last Thursday’s mass crossing of migrants into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The charges include organising illegal border crossings, transporting passengers without a license, overcrowding vessels, overstaying visas, insulting and assaulting security forces, and deliberately damaging public property. The…

After two days of searching, a winning €1 million lottery ticket that had been mistakenly thrown away was recovered intact amid six tonnes of rubbish on Tuesday in Bitonto, near Bari in southern Italy’s Puglia region. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Roberto Nicola Toscano, the director of Sanb, a company responsible for waste…

Published on 05/08/2026 – 12:47 GMT+2 Ukraine was unable to shoot down a single Russian missile during an overnight attack that left at least 17 people dead in Kyiv and the surrounding region, according to a daily air force report published on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Russian army sent 115…

A 52‑year‑old vegetable seller in Kherson has described how a Russian drone pursued him around his market van before detonating beside him. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT An attack captured on National Police CCTV cameras was described by Ukrainian officials as a wider pattern of “human safari” strikes on civilians. Yuriy says the…

Europe is burning again, exposing the limits of the EU’s emergency response system. Although firefighting capacity has grown, progress on reducing wildfire risk by making landscapes less flammable has been slower. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT EU countries like Portugal and France activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. France received four rescEU planes…

As a wave of cheap Chinese imports has flooded the EU in recent years, Brussels is now facing a new challenge: new import routes passing through Morocco and Turkey, the EU’s neighbouring countries, where Beijing can leverage tariff-free trade agreements with the bloc. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By investing heavily in those…