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It seeks to create separate career paths for judges and prosecutors, ending the possibility of moving between the two roles, and to create distinct governing councils, one for judges and one for prosecutors, responsible for appointments, promotions, transfers and disciplinary procedures within their respective branches. The Italian government says the changes will improve accountability and efficiency within the judicial system, but critics — including opposition parties and judicial associations — warn they could weaken prosecutorial independence and politicize the judiciary. Meloni has long been at odds with the country’s judiciary, accusing magistrates of blocking her government’s priorities and framing the…
Published on 30/10/2025 – 16:26 GMT+1 Aegean Airlines will become the first European carrier to fly directly to Baghdad when it launches a route from Athens later this year, the Greek foreign minister said on Thursday during a visit to Iraq. The Greek airline is scheduled to operate its inaugural flight from Athens to the Iraqi capital on 16 December, according to Giorgos Gerapetritis. The company already flies to Irbil, the capital of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the north, but had previously avoided Baghdad over security concerns. “I think this will substantially boost our people’s economic, but also cultural…
It was in 1959 that Astérix and the rest of the village of unyielding Gauls, who resisted Roman occupation thanks to a magic potion, first appeared in the French magazine Pilote. Since then, Astérix, always accompanied by his faithful friend Obelix and his dog Ideiafix, have travelled to every part of the Roman Empire and beyond… all of it? Until this year, Portuguese fans of the series lamented the fact that Lusitania, the territory that corresponds to what is now Portugal, had not yet been visited by these heroes who have enamoured and amused several generations of readers. That omission…
Das Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) steht vor einem Wendepunkt. Am Wochenende trifft sich die Parteispitze in Berlin zur Klausur – und es geht um alles: Inhalte, Köpfe und die Zukunft von Sahra Wagenknecht selbst. Will sie sich wirklich zurückziehen? Und wer könnte ihr folgen – Fabio De Masi, Oliver Runert oder Katja Wolf? Rasmus Buchsteiner analysiert mit Rixa Fürsen, ob das BSW nach einem schwierigen Jahr noch einmal politisch durchstarten kann – und was hinter der Idee steckt, aus dem „Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht“ künftig ein „Bündnis für Sicherheit und Wohlstand“ zu machen. Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens…
Published on 30/10/2025 – 14:33 GMT+1 •Updated 14:43 Massive Russian drone and missile attacks overnight killed three people including a seven-year-old girl, Ukrainian officials have said, with the country’s prime minister condemning Moscow’s repeated strikes against its energy infrastructure. Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko described Moscow’s daily targeting the power grid in the run-up to winter as “systematic energy terror”. The latest deadly strikes also injured 17 others in the south region of Zaporizhzhia, including children between the ages of two and 16, the authorities said. Rescuers pulled a man from the rubble of a building, but he did not…
By Euronews Published on 30/10/2025 – 14:43 GMT+1 An American company says it has built the first consumer-ready humanoid robot that can do all sorts of home chores, such as folding laundry, organising shelves, and tidying spaces. 1X Home Robots unveiled the NEO Robot this week, which, at a click or verbal command, will become a personal housekeeper that will complete household tasks. The robot is powered by a large language model (LLM), the basis of artificial intelligence (AI) models that learns and remember what the user’s preferences are and can make informed suggestions, like suggestions on what dishes to make…
The British-made equipment identified in Sudan were small-arms target systems and engines for armored personnel carriers, according to the Guardian. He resisted calls from the Liberal Democrats for an arms embargo on the UAE, which is widely suspected of arming the RSF, arguing that Britain’s export regime was “one of the most robust in the world.” The furor comes as the U.N. Security Council is planning a meeting on the war in Sudan. A report by the U.N. panel of experts on Sudan in 2024 — appointed by the Security Council to monitor Darfur’s arms embargo — stated that claims the…
Published on 30/10/2025 – 14:15 GMT+1 The Frankfurt-based European Central Bank held its deposit facility rate at 2% on Thursday for the third consecutive meeting. The key rate has hovered at 2% since the beginning of June, and analysts don’t expect the ECB to rush changes anytime soon. The prediction comes as the economy is holding up relatively well against global trade tensions. Eurozone gross domestic product rose 0.2% in the third quarter of 2025, compared with the previous three months, and it edged up by 1.3% year-on-year, according to preliminary estimates from Eurostat released just hours before the ECB’s…
Even if the text has no legal effect, the vote marks a major symbolic victory for Le Pen’s party, which has so far been isolated by centrist and left-wing lawmakers due to the so-called cordon sanitaire, a self-imposed unwritten rule preventing them from working with the far right. “For the first time, a text presented by the National Rally […] has been adopted,” Le Pen said shortly after the vote, as she again urged Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to repeal the accord. The National Rally managed to gain the unprecedented victory by picking a battle in which it garners support beyond…
In the early hours of Thursday, first responders were seen clearing rubble from residential areas across the city. Doctors say some of the wounded are children. Rescuers pulled one man from the rubble, but he did not survive. Several floors of a student residence were destroyed in the attack. “The enemy had been attacking Zaporizhzhia and Zaporizhzhia district for several hours. A dormitory was hit — several floors there have been destroyed,” regional governor Ivan Fedorov wrote on his social media page. Search and rescue operations are continuing, according to the head of the Zaporizhzhia regional administration.