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He added, “The main message is that everyone must work, including people of foreign origin.” The figures classify individuals as having a non-Belgian background if they were born with another nationality or if at least one parent holds another nationality, even if they now hold Belgian citizenship. About 41.5 percent of Belgium’s unemployed are Belgian, while nearly 13 percent have North African roots, followed by migrants from southern EU countries. Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, a Flemish right-winger who took office in February, has called Belgium’s immigration policy the “source of all misery” and has introduced strict new rules, including mandating higher income requirements and longer waiting…
The protest erupted after 47-year-old driver José Esqueche was shot on Monday night, dying on the way to hospital. It was the second killing of a driver in less than a week along the same route. Angry drivers and residents demanded greater security, accusing the government of failing to protect workers despite emergency measures. Clashes briefly broke out as riot police tried to clear the road, which had been blocked with vehicles and debris. Demonstrators said the state of emergency was doing little to stem the wave of violence affecting transport workers and businesses in the area. President José Jerí…
While there is hope Budapest will back down on the issue, the row has left the draft statement languishing since it was circulated to member countries on Tuesday morning, when Lithuania first triggered air defense measures against the wave of incursions. Ostensibly used for smuggling cigarettes, the balloons are around the size of a large car and have sparked aviation safety fears, sending intelligence agencies scrambling to determine the motivations behind the sudden uptick. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys told POLITICO in an interview earlier this week that the incidents shine a light on the need for the EU to…
Published on 29/10/2025 – 12:50 GMT+1 Australian authorities are investigating the circumstances that led to the death of an 80-year-old woman who was left behind on a tropical island in the Great Barrier Reef by a cruise ship. The body of the unnamed woman was found on Sunday on Lizard Island near the coast of Queensland, with police describing her death as “sudden and non-suspicious.” The passenger, who had recently embarked on a cruise around Australia onboard the Coral Adventurer, was reported missing at around 9pm local time on Saturday by the captain, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said.…
The tech industry is spending some €151 million annually on lobbying in Brussels: a rise of more than 50% when compared to four years ago, research published Wednesday by NGOs Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) and Lobby Control claims. Top spenders include Meta at €10 million, and Microsoft and Apple at €7 million each. At the same time, EU tech legislation — including the artificial intelligence rulebook and the bloc’s platform rules — has come under pressure from the US administration led by President Donald Trump, as well as tech firms themselves, who claim the rules are too restrictive and stifle…
Roughly 1,000 American soldiers will remain in Romania, the ministry said, emphasizing that they will continue to “contribute to deterrence of any threats and represent a guarantee of the U.S. commitment to regional security.” This marks the first official acknowledgment from a NATO ally that Washington is scaling back forces on the continent. The move follows a shift in Washington’s strategic priorities announced in February by Donald Trump’s administration, which has been reviewing deployments in Europe amid calls to redirect resources toward the Indo-Pacific. The Pentagon and U.S. European Command have not yet publicly detailed the scope or timing of…
Published on 29/10/2025 – 12:04 GMT+1 A seven-storey building has collapsed in the northwest Turkish city of Gebze, with five members of the same family trapped under the rubble. İlhami Aktaş, Gebze’s governor, confirmed the development on Wednesday, saying it was unclear whether there were any casualties. His comments came as teams from the Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) continued rescue operations at the site. The cause of the building’s collapse is currently unknown, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency. However, Zinnur Büyükgöz, the mayor of Gebze, told local reporters that it may have been caused by nearby metro…
You can only walk 6 kilometers per hour if you want to follow the law in Slovakia.The Slovak parliament Tuesday afternoon adopted an amendment to the traffic law that sets a maximum permitted speed on sidewalks in urban areas at 6 kph.The limit applies to pedestrians, cyclists, skaters, and scooter and e-scooter riders — all of who are allowed on sidewalks — and aims to avoid frequent collisions.”The main goal is to increase safety on sidewalks in light of the increasing number of collisions with scooter riders,” said the author of the amendment, Ľubomír Vážny of the leftist-populist Smer party…
More than six in 10 young EU citizens say they use social media platforms to follow daily content on social and political current affairs, according to new figures from Eurobarometer. The study follows a declaration signed earlier this month by each EU country, except Estonia and Belgium, calling for stronger protections for children online and backing a minimum age for children to access social media. EU ministers said they will explore whether further measures are needed to complement existing EU rules, since they state minors are increasingly at risk of being exposed to illegal, harmful, and extremist content, and “require…
The chancellor has been talking about “necessary choices” around next month’s budget in an article for The Guardian. Rachel Reeves says she needs to be “candid” and doesn’t want to “simply accept” forecasts – but to “defy them”. With four weeks to go, Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy ponder what she might be up to – and how she might fill a black hole coming in above £30bn. Will Labour manifesto pledges be breached? Elsewhere, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer chooses a Labour veteran to lead the party’s election campaigns next year. Lord Spencer Livermore will take on the task.