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A coalition of nine EU member states, plus Iceland and Norway, is stepping up pressure to tighten visa conditions for Russian tourists as the summer holiday season approaches. The initiative was led by Sweden, with the support of Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Poland. All 11 countries signed a joint letter earlier this week addressed to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Internal Affairs Commissioner Magnus Brunner. “What I want to accomplish is very clear. I want there to be no more shopping weekends. I want no more fancy trips to Europe while Ukrainians are…
A United Nations peacekeeper died on Thursday from wounds sustained the night before when shelling hit his base near Marjayoun in southeastern Lebanon, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said on Thursday. Two other peacekeepers were injured and are receiving treatement at a medical facility in the UNIFIL base. “The Serbian authorities have confirmed that the peacekeeper was a Serbian national who had received emergency medical care after his base came under attack. He was then helicoptered to a Beirut hospital where he died,” the UN peacekeeping mission said in a statement. “Deliberate attacks on peacekeepers are grave…
How can you be mad at Martin Scorsese? The 83-year-old filmmaker behind classics like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Departed and Killers of the Flower Moon, is cinematic royalty. Beyond his filmmography, Scorsese is an insightfulchampion of cinema and a proponent of communicating through art. Plus, his voice cameo in this year’s The Mandalorian And Grogu was one of the best things about the new Star Wars film, and he’s even game to be on Charli XCX’s new album cover. However, in what feels to many as one of those “This is why we can’t have nice things” moments,…
Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Colombia top the list of the world’s most neglected displacement crises, a prominent Norwegian aid group said on Thursday, noting that nationalism and rearmament campaigns grabbed attention in wealthy countries. Sudan, which since 2023 has been ravaged by a bloody conflict between two rival generals competing for power, has more than 9 million internally displaced people, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said in a statement. A further four million Sudanese have fled to neighbouring countries and nearly 19.5 million people there are also suffering from hunger, the NRC said in its…
Updated: 04/06/2026 – 15:52 GMT+2 Video shows security personnel arguing with demonstrators before pushing one protester to the ground and dragging him away. The incident took place during a rally organised by environmental groups opposing a luxury resort project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump. … More
Published on 04/06/2026 – 15:25 GMT+2 Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee visited Kazakhstan with the largest delegation he has led on any foreign trip — 75 officials and entrepreneurs representing logistics, green energy, mining, technology and education — as China’s trade with Central Asia grew 12% year on year. Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who met with Lee, expressed confidence that the visit would open new opportunities to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation, expand business contacts, and launch promising joint projects, including in the areas of investment, finance, digitalisation and AI, and transport and logistics. “This event will undoubtedly give further…
Every four years, FIFA stages a spectacle that is all but guaranteed to dominate front pages around the world, mostly thanks to events on the pitch. Yet, almost inevitably, the limelight is sometimes stolen by moments that transcend the game. Euronews has taken a look back at ten such occasions that have shaped the history of the World Cup. 1. France ’38 – Mussolini’s ‘blackshirts’ triumph In 1938, just a year before the outbreak of the Second World War, France hosted the third World Cup. It was marked by mounting geopolitical tensions across Europe. Italy went into the competition as…
Trains are swiftly becoming one of Europeans’ favourite ways to travel. A 2025 survey of 11,000 people commissioned by rail manufacturer Hitachi Rail found that almost half of the respondents intend to travel more by train and less by plane in the next five years. But there’s a growing sense that the infrastructure, cost and availability aren’t keeping up with the demand. The same survey found that globally, seven in 10 said they would use public transport more if it were better connected. Night trains are one of the clearest examples where enthusiasm for the service currently outstrips the offerings.…
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By Laura Fleischmann Published on 04/06/2026 – 15:19 GMT+2 The number of naturalisations in Germany has risen to a new record high, with 332,500 people acquiring German citizenship in 2025. Compared with the previous year, that marks an increase of 14 percent, according to the Federal Statistical Office. The largest group, at 20 percent, were Syrians. However, almost 20,000 fewer Syrians naturalised than in 2024. In second place came Turks, with 10 percent of all naturalisations, followed by Russians with 6 percent. Naturalisation among Bosnian (+126 percent to 8,800), US (+100 percent to 6,600) and Albanian (+97 percent to 6,100) citizens…