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While a 1998 U.N. Security Council resolution does proscribe the sale or supply of weapons to Kosovo, an agreement from the following year, U.N. Security Council Resolution 1244, states that this prohibition “shall not apply to arms and related matériel for the use of the international civil and security presences.” Belgrade and Ankara have maintained complex relations, balancing economic cooperation with deep historical and political tensions. Turkey remains one of Kosovo’s strongest allies and was among the first countries to recognize its 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia. Vučić’s comments follow earlier accusations against Albania and Croatia of fueling an…
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Die geplante EU-Chatkontrolle sorgt für empörte Reaktionen. Justizministerin Stefanie Hubig lehnt den Entwurf ab und spricht von „anlassloser Überwachung“. Aber in Brüssel wird weiter verhandelt und Hans von der Burchard ordnet ein, warum sich viele Mythen und Fehlinformationen darüber im Umlauf befinden und warum sich die Regierung doch noch positiv dazu positionieren könnte. Im zweiten Teil geht es um die Herbstprognose: Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche rechnet mit leichtem Wachstum in diesem Jahr und 1,3 Prozent im kommenden Jahr. Tom Schmidtgen vom POLITICO-Newsletter “PRO Industrie & Handel” ordnet die Zahlen ein und wie Reiche mit minimal besseren Zahlen, aber deutlich schlechterer Stimmung…
Published on 08/10/2025 – 17:42 GMT+2 A newly elected German mayor who was found at home with several stab wounds was allegedly attacked by her teenage daughter, investigators said on Wednesday. Iris Stalzer’s injuries were initially said to be life-threatening following the incident on Tuesday in Herdecke in western Germany, where she was chosen as mayor on 28 September. The authorities later confirmed that the 57-year-old’s life was no longer in danger. Emergency services were alerted shortly after midday on Tuesday by Stalzer’s 17-year-old daughter, who reported that her mother had been seriously wounded outside the house in an attempted…
Thousands of people gathered on Sunday morning in the church of Gondomar, a municipality east of the Porto metropolitan area, for the funeral of Liverpool player Diogo Jota and brother André Silva, who died in a car crash in Spain on Thursday. The bishop of Porto, Manuel Linda, presided over the funeral mass. The church was completely full and a few dozen people followed the ceremony through loudspeakers outside. The coffins were then transported to the cemetery next to the church. The urns of the two players were carried by friends and players from Gondomar FC, the club where Diogo…
Published on 08/10/2025 – 11:51 GMT+2 •Updated 16:57 Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating a new type of molecular structure that has been used to extract carbon dioxide from the air and separate pollutants from water. The winners are Susumu Kitagawa from Kyoto University in Japan, Richard Robson from the University of Melbourne in Australia, and Omar M. Yaghi from the University of California, Berkeley, in the United States. Their constructions, known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), consist of metal nodes and polydentate organic ligands, or molecules that can form multiple bonds, which serve as links between…
Yet the bars of Manchester, as in Liverpool last week, were haunted by a sense of impending doom. Upstart Reform still has a runaway poll lead over the two main parties. A general election isn’t expected until 2029, yet many of Starmer and Badenoch’s own MPs believe each could face leadership challenges after May 2026 elections in Scotland, Wales and England that will provide a major test of the public mood. Polling by the Opinium market researcher, conducted last week, found Starmer’s approval rating had slipped backwards (to net minus 44 points, down 3 points in a week) after his…
By Euronews Published on 08/10/2025 – 16:59 GMT+2 A 13-year-old at a Florida school used ChatGPT on a school laptop to ask: “How to kill my friend in the middle of class”, prompting the school’s security system to take immediate action. Immediate alert and response A Gaggle AI-powered surveillance system sent an immediate alert to the police officer assigned to protect the campus. According to WFLA’s local NBC affiliate, the officer was able to apprehend the student at Southwestern Middle School in DeLand, an hour north of Orlando. Prank or real threat? The teenager claimed that he was “just joking” with…
EPP chief Manfred Weber, trying to bridge the divide within his party, described this week’s disagreements as “discussing the issues among friends.” But he didn’t shy away from explaining why von der Leyen’s proposals had upset sections of his own side. “We are a mayor’s party so we have the overwhelming part of our mayors and regional leaders in the EPP family ― and we are also a farmers’ party,” he said. “And in both aspects, we are not yet fully satisfied with the national reform program, where we concentrate decisions on the EU budget in the capitals.” To quell…
There has long been a debate within the European Union over how to name plant-based foods. These products are becoming increasingly popular, yet uncertainty remains about how they should be labelled and promoted within the single market. Can we call a soya-based patty a veggie burger? Should we use the term “sausage” if it doesn’t contain meat, or do such terms confuse consumers? On Wednesday, the European Parliament decided that names such as hamburger, sausage, escalope or steak can only be used for meat products and not for plant-based foods. “I accept that steak, cutlet or sausage are products from…