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Brussels Where: Belgian capital, home of the EU institutions, NATO and fully functioning bureaucracy. No need to ask the city’s government for permission as there isn’t one.Pros: Many office buildings in the European Quarter are empty as staffers are in Provence until September. Trump and Putin could have their photo taken next to the statue of King Leopold II. Cons: It’s a hellhole. Trump could accidentally order filet Américain, thinking it’s a burger. Snake Island Where: Island in the Black Sea (also known as Zmiinyi Island). Pros: Easy to get to for Zelenskyy. The “Snake Island Accord” sounds cool.Cons: Could…
Updated: 22/08/2025 – 7:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this August 22nd, 2025 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
From Glastonbury performers to classical music buffs, Westminster has always been packed full of music obsessives. But the music industry has not always been so obsessed with politicians. Who could forget Stormzy calling out Theresa May over Grenfell or Elton John calling Keir Starmer’s government “absolute losers”? So this week on Westminster Insider, host Sascha O’Sullivan finds out what how important the cultural capital of the music industry is to SW1. She talks to boss of music lobby PRS organisation and former Longpigs frontman Crispin Hunt about Tony Blair being buoyed to success during the Britpop era. Corbyn advisor James…
Vom CEO-Posten ins Kabinett: Deutschlands erster Digitalminister Karsten Wildberger im Interview mit Gordon Repinski. Er verspricht die digitale Brieftasche für alle Bürger – und nennt einen konkreten Zeitplan, wann der Personalausweis aufs Handy kommt. Außerdem erklärt Wildberger seinen 4-Punkte-Plan zur Entbürokratisierung des Staates, warum er mehr Begeisterung für Künstliche Intelligenz in Deutschland fordert und und der Minister spricht über politische Botschaften, seinen Umgang mit dem Beamtenapparat und weshalb er Altersgrenzen für Social Media unterstützt. Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es jeden Morgen ab 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team liefern Politik zum Hören – kompakt, international, hintergründig. Für…
Just when we thought we could get a break for the summer, geopolitics had other plans. This week on EU Confidential, host Sarah Wheaton is joined by POLITICO colleagues Jordyn Dahl, Gabriel Gavin and Jan Cienski for a catch-up on what moved while the bubble was at the beach. From Alaska to the White House: Did anything real shift on Ukraine beyond choreography? We break down the EU-U.S. tariff framework and turn to Gaza — where Brussels is grasping for some sort of leverage — and how the politics split across capitals.
Nearly two-thirds of losses occurred since Aug. 5, when EFFIS showed only 380,000 hectares burned. The vast majority of the fires have occurred in the Iberian Peninsula. Spain accounts for more than 400,000 hectares burned, while in much-smaller Portugal, flames have consumed more than 270,000 hectares — or 3 percent of the country’s entire territory. In Spain, where records stretch back to the 1960s, this year is the worst fire season since 1994, according to government data. Both countries have endured searing heat in recent weeks, desiccating forests and turning the peninsula into a tinderbox. Climate change is exacerbating wildfire risk, bringing…
The strike, which followed warning calls and a drone-fired missile, destroyed around 100 tents sheltering families already uprooted by fighting elsewhere. No casualties were reported, but fires spread quickly through the camp, leaving civilians sifting through the ashes of what little they had saved. An Associated Press journalist recorded the moment of impact as civil defence teams worked to extinguish flames. Israel’s defence minister has approved a plan to mobilise 60,000 reservists and extend service for 20,000 more, ahead of an operation targeting Gaza City and Hamas’ tunnel network. The move comes as international concerns mount about the humanitarian crisis…
These included the foreign ministers of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the U.K., and European Commission Vice-President Kaja Kallas. The reprimand came as Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy summoned Israel’s ambassador to the U.K. to the Foreign Office. “Today, the Ambassador of Israel to the United Kingdom was summoned to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office,” a Foreign Office spokesperson said in a separate statement on Thursday. “Her Excellency Tzipi Hotovely was summoned in response to the Israeli Higher Planning Committee’s decision to…
Published on 21/08/2025 – 18:00 GMT+2 A New York appeals court threw out President Donald Trymp’s massive civil fraud penalty on Thursday, while upholding a judge’s finding that he exaggerated his wealth for decades. The ruling spares Trump from a potential half-billion-dollar fine but bans him and his two eldest sons from serving in corporate leadership for several years. The decision came seven months after the Republican returned to the White House. A panel of five judges in New York’s mid-level Appellate Division said the verdict, which stood to cost Trump more than $515 million (€443 million) and rock his real estate empire, was…
Updated: 21/08/2025 – 18:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this August 21st, 2025 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More