Trump vows ‘beautiful’ Russia deal, as EU agonises over which envoy to send to Ukraine peace talks
the EU envoy will take place at an informal summit in Dublin on 13 November, after Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni bewailed the current “disarray” of various European diplomatic formats on the war.
‘A photograph allows us to really stare’: new Brussels exhibition documents modern human slavery, ahead of EU Parliament debate
this week, exposing the cruelty of contemporary human-trafficking, often against women and girls, ahead of MEP discussions on the EU’s new strategy.
Italy still obstructing asylum returns from other EU states amid simmering dispute that threatens Schengen
EU states is contributing to a simmering dispute that risks shattering whatever trust has been restored among member states on the Schengen border-free travel zone.
EU prosecutors launch possible €110m fraud probe into Spain’s railways, after second lethal crash
under investigation for its spending of €110m in EU development funds granted for planned renovation of the Madrid-Seville high-speed railway line, following a second deadly accident on the high-speed line in 2026.
Russians repel attack by Ukrainian ground-robots armed with RPGs, in futuristic assault (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,716)
Roman PatajUkrainian commander Andriy Biletsky is gambling on mass robot assaults to spare his soldiers’ lives, the machines from the sky and fields around Lyman.
EU states back one-year methane delay, but leave door open for more
a one-year delay to the EU’s methane rules, with a built-in option to delay again next year.
From India to Africa, renewables race ahead but Europe is lagging, IEA report shows
Wester van GaalThe Iran war has pushed governments from India to sub-Saharan Africa to build more solar and , , that rollout is stalling.
Hungary’s communist secret‑police files go online – and a Fidesz MP is named by mistake (Day 178 of the Tisza government)
Zsolt BekeBudapest finally opens its communist-era files and trims money for cultural and diaspora projects. Prime minister Péter Magyar navigates a minefield where each disclosure risks empowering Fidesz loyalists and unsettling Hungary’s neighbours alike.
Listen: The mental health toll of Europe’s migration policies
, , and the mental health of migrants and exiled people. That’s exactly what migrants in Ceuta are experiencing since July.
After students voted out Vučić, can Serbia’s uprising against ‘evil’ change how the state really works?
, , and an unprecedented pro-democracy political momentum in Serbia. Their win follows two years of government crackdowns on protests kick-started by the Novi Sad railway station disaster two years ago.
Trump’s mid-term election disaster is not good news for Nato or Ukraine
the wrong lesson. Americans voted on Tuesday about inflation, the Iran war and Trump himself, not about European security. Europe should not behave as if they had.
[Investigation] How the EU’s methane rules came undone, and ended up giving Trump exactly what he wanted
the EU’s methane rules gone. Internal documents show how the commission tried, and failed, to hold the line.
Internal energy papers show “half-hearted” EU commission efforts to save methane rules
the EU’s methane rules, internal documents show how the commission did too little to save them.
Listen: Drug trafficking is ramping up in Europe, why and what are the consequences ?
The trial of 5 men suspected of brutal killings associated with France’s major drug cartel should come to an end in Aix-en Provence this Friday (6th of November).
Chinese spy suspect walks free after Prague court acquittal, while Czech spy suspect in China remains behind bars
, a suspected Chinese spy, has walked free after a Czech court acquitted him, but prosecutors have appealed the verdict. However, Czech national Aleš K. is still behind bars in China for allegedly breaching the country’s security laws.
Lead trade MEP Bernd Lange slams EU Commission for ‘hiding’ behind voting rules on banning Israeli settlement imports
the EU Commission for failing to propose legislation on banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements.
MEPs at odds with the public as poll shows huge majority against loosening pesticide rules
EU states want to phase-out rather than increase pesticide use, according to a new poll. But MEPs appear determined to go in the other direction.
Details emerge of Russian atrocity: dropping three-tonne bombs on civilians at food bank and shelter (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,715)
and a “military target”, exposing how rescue workers and civilians were lured into a shelter in Komyshuvakha before being annihilated.
‘Emotional part’ of Polish court crisis is ‘closer to over’ says Tusk, amid talk of EU mediation
and a conflict between the government and right-wing Polish president Karol Nawrocki over the appointment of judges and ambassadors is almost over, according to prime minister Donald Tusk.
Europe should beware of buying America’s increasingly unaccountable AI killing-machines
and , a model that speeds up killing, while hollowing out accountability for civilian deaths.
