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Published on 27/04/2026 – 19:20 GMT+2 The UN Human Rights Committee said on Monday that Sweden had violated the right to life of a child with severe disabilities by deporting him twice to Albania. The committee reviewed a complaint referring to E. B., an Albanian now aged 21, who was diagnosed with autism, grave mental developmental disorder, spastic diplegic cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus and epilepsy. He and his family arrived in Sweden in 2012 seeking protection and medical care but after years of unsuccessful asylum applications and appeals, they were deported to Albania in 2016, when he was 10. The family…
PARIS — C’est finalement un “oui”. A l’issue d’une réunion de plusieurs heures à huis clos, les députés de la commission d’enquête sur l’audiovisuel public ont voté en faveur de la publication du rapport rédigé par le député de l’Union des droites pour la République (UDR), Charles Alloncle. Douze députés se sont prononcés pour et dix contre, selon deux participants aux discussions. Cette décision fait suite à plusieurs jours de débats au sein des groupes politiques sur l’intérêt de publier ce rapport dénoncé comme “mensonger” par plusieurs formations de gauche, dont le groupe écologiste et les Insoumis. En cause :…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s decision to grant an estimated 500,000 undocumented migrants legal status has sparked a lively debate about migration across Europe, but also opened the door to a series of misleading claims. In an X post on 14 April, Jordan Bardella, leader of the French far-right National Rally party, claimed that newly documented individuals “will tomorrow be able to travel freely in France and even settle there, attracted by the generosity of our social system, which is open without conditions.” Bruno Retailleau, the candidate from France’s conservative Republicans party, also called for the closure of borders within…
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Oil producers across the South Caucuses and Central Asia are navigating a more fluid global market, as long-standing export models give way to faster, demand-driven trading dynamics. At the second Caspian and Central Asia Oil Trading and Logistics Forum in Baku, industry experts described a clear pivot towards flexibility and away from predictable, long-term contracting. “Markets are very volatile now, and volatility always creates niche opportunities,” said Colin Nesbeth, founder and CEO of Central Asia Marketing. “From a trading point of view, opportunities appear that simply weren’t there before.” That volatility, however, cuts both ways. Companies shut out of one…
Lindner is a car enthusiast and is known for driving a vintage Porsche. He served as finance minister for three years in the troubled three-party coalition government of previous Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which collapsed in late 2024, leading to an election. Lindner’s pro-business and car-friendly FDP crashed out in that election, failing to garner the 5 percent of votes required to secure seats in the German parliament. The ailing liberals have failed to make the 5 percent threshold in the every state election since then. While Lindner was mostly off the grid in the months after the government collapse, he has…
Italy has extradited a Chinese hacker to the United States accused of spying for his country’s government during the COVID-19 pandemic, police said on Monday. The man was arrested at Milan’s Malpensa airport last July and is “suspected of acting for the Chinese government,” a police statement said. The FBI accuses Xu Zewei of hacking US government entities, research institutes and universities involved in vaccine research in 2020 and 2021 at the height of the pandemic, the statement said. The police did not identify the man but said he was a former head of a major technology company in Shanghai.…
Participants from 16 European countries gathered in the Belgian town of De Panne to take part in the annual European seagull screeching contest. Competitors, some dressed in costumes, took to the stage to imitate the distinctive cries of seagulls, performing for both judges and a lively audience. The unusual event, held in a local bar, aims to celebrate the often-misunderstood birds while providing entertainment and community spirit. Judges scored contestants on creativity and performance, turning what many described as a “useless trick” into a moment to shine.
Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary has claimed that two or three European airlines “could go bankrupt” before the end of this year due to soaring oil prices. The outspoken boss of Europe’s biggest airline said that the Iran war has already cost Ryanair an extra $50 million (€42.6 million) in fuel costs in April alone. “If oil stays at these levels, two or three European airlines in October or November could go bankrupt like Wizz Air, which wants to sue me but won’t have enough time to do so, and airBaltic,” he told Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore. “A good…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz tore into Washington on Monday, warning the Trump administration is being played and “humiliated” by the regime in Tehran and lacks a clear strategy to end the conflict. Speaking during a school visit in his home region in western Germany, Merz said the U.S. had misjudged the Iranian regime and entered the war without a clear exit plan. “The Iranians are clearly stronger than expected and the Americans clearly have no truly convincing strategy in the negotiations either,” Merz said, according to German Press Agency dpa. “A whole nation is being humiliated by the Iranian leadership.”…