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No option but to talk to Taliban about migrant returns, EU's migration commissoner says
EU countries received about a million asylum applications filed by Afghans between 2013-2024, according to the bloc's data agency.
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Pope Leo XIV casts wreath into sea in memory of migrants lost on Atlantic route
Pope Leo XIV threw a floral wreath into the waters off Spain's Canary Islands to honour migrants who died attempting the dangerous…
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Latest news bulletin | June 11th, 2026 – Evening
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this June 11th, 2026 - latest news, breaking news, World, B…
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La Belle Vie: France World Cup memory lane and linguistic battles
From celebrating World Cup wins to linguistic shenanigans and the 'hidden superpower' of a second language, this week’s La Belle V…
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Kallas defends EU foreign service before staff as debate over its future intensifies
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has backed her own diplomatic service as European capitals, led by Paris, eye a possible EEAS …
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Thousands of Albanians hold largest protest yet against building of luxury Kushner resort
The resort will be built near a protected wetland that is home to rare wildlife
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9 songs that define France's football culture
Even if you're not a football fan, there are some songs that you won't be able to avoid hearing in France as the 2026 World Cup ki…
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Sweden ditches plan to imprison 13-year-old serious offenders
The Scandinavian country is currently grappling with children being recruited into violent gangs.
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Three children dead after car ploughs into school cycling group in the Netherlands
The accident happened near the village of Vogelwaarde, close to the Belgian border, and the ages of the children involved are not …
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Portugal triggers EU budget safeguard clause over energy crisis
The EU safeguard clause allows member states to cover energy-related costs in response to the crisis, just as they did in the fiel…
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CEAS comes into effect: How will it impact asylum seekers?
The German interior minister aims to further reduce the number of new asylum seekers. The reformed EU asylum law (CEAS) comes into…
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Poverty shapes children's brains more than parenting or IQ, study says
A family’s financial status plays a major role in children’s brain development, according to a new study.
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Senior MEP fears Airbus-Boeing dispute could reignite EU-US tensions
German MEP Bernd Lange fears the end of a crucial corporate truce could give the US grounds to breach the Turnberry agreement, whi…
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These underrated natural wonders are the world’s best-kept secrets
From Alaska’s glaciers to a remote Scottish island famed for its puffins and dramatic sea cave, new research based on 54,000 revie…
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'Silent killer': Extreme heat claims 'more than 200,000 lives' in Europe
More than 200,000 lives have been lost to the "silent killer" of extreme heat in Europe since 2022, the World Health Organization …
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First group of Nigerians returns home after anti-immigration protests in South Africa
Authorities in South Africa said the returnees were found to be in the country illegally, contradicting Nigerian officials who the…
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Italy says fraudsters targeted more than 500mn euros in superbonus tax credits
Italian police said Thursday they had dismantled a massive fraud scheme aimed at more than half a billion euros in state tax credi…
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Rising housing costs are pushing more Europeans into homelessness, report says
The increased cost of living is weighing on Europeans' rights, an EU agency said in a report published Thursday, citing rising hou…
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Frenchman convicted after pit bull killed pregnant girlfriend
A French court on Thursday convicted a man of involuntary manslaughter after the pit bull he had illegally imported and trained to…
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ILA Berlin: Fighter jets still fly but drones dominate the conversation
While flight displays and military hardware continue to draw the crowds, drones, autonomous systems and a new generation of defenc…
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Pope Leo says history will condemn leaders who ignore migrant deaths
The pontiff delivered an ‘appeal to the conscience’ of politicians across Europe
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German Expression of the Day: die Seele baumeln lassen
After work, on a sunny weekend or during a few quiet hours by a lake, German has a lovely expression for properly switching off: d…
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Polish parliament approves bill banning streaming of illegal, abusive and degrading acts
The legislation is intended to clamp down on what is known in Poland as patostreaming (a portmanteau of "pathological" and "stream…
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FBAR: What Americans in Germany need to know about declaring bank accounts
Americans in Germany often need to file two sets of tax declarations - one in the US and one in Germany. They may also have to dec…