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According to Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative, the plan contains elements that are “anathema” to both Israel and Hamas. “Hamas does not want to disarm and give up a role in Palestine’s future,” she said. “And Israel does not want to withdraw completely from the Gaza Strip, allow the Palestinian Authority to return, or agree to an eventual Palestinian state.” In short, the plan doesn’t advance self-determination for Palestinians, with economic development prioritized over political progress. It is “too early to speak of peace,” said Hugh Lovatt of the European Council on Foreign Relations. “The key…
“We left this meeting dumbfounded,” Marine Tondelier, the leader of the French Greens, told reporters who had gathered in the Elysée courtyard before her departure. “We feel that we came away with no answers whatsoever, except that the next prime minister, who will be appointed in the next few hours, will not be from our political camp.” Other political leaders who spoke to the press confirmed that the French president was planning to name a new prime minister Friday night and that it would not be someone from the political left. Tondelier, along with her allies from the center-left Socialist…
By Méabh Mc Mahon & Grégoire Lory Published on 10/10/2025 – 18:08 GMT+2 In an interview with Euronews during a visit to Brussels on Friday, Donald Trump’s top Massad Boulos said that the US president not winning this year’s Nobel Peace Prize was a disappointment. Boulos, a former businessman who is now a senior advisor to Trump on African and Arab affairs, was in Brussels for the EU’s Global Gateway Forum. “Of course this wasn’t good news because he absolutely deserves it, he absolutely deserves it,” he told Euronews. “And for those who say, oh, it should be next year and nominations come…
As a result, Belgium wants all EU capitals to guarantee the loan should the Kremlin’s lawyers prove successful in court, or should the war end, prompting an immediate recall. Rome wants its reassurances in writing from Eurostat that these guarantees won’t impact its financial health. Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis told Giorgetti that Eurostat would only be able to answer the question once the EU executive has presented a formal bill for the loan, two of the diplomats said. A senior Commission official told reporters earlier this week that it was likely that these guarantees would only count as contingent liability.…
Around 30,000 Russian citizens were affected by the new rules. While most managed to comply, about 2,600 have voluntarily left Latvia. However, 841 Russian citizens failed to submit the required documents in time. They have now been notified to leave by Oct. 13, Madara Puķe, head of public relations at Latvia’s Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (OCMA), told POLITICO. But it seems that there are people who were unaware of the changes. “Only when they are no longer paid a pension do they realize that something is wrong,” Maira Roze, the head of OCMA, told Latvian Television’s “De facto” program.…
According to the joint investigation by Germany’s Der Spiegel, Belgian daily De Tijd and Hungarian outlet Direkt36, Hungarian intelligence officers disguised as diplomats attempted to infiltrate EU institutions during the period when Várhelyi (now a European commissioner) served as Hungary’s ambassador to the EU. Pinho said the Commission takes the allegations “very seriously,” given their implications for the security and integrity of EU operations, and confirmed that von der Leyen intends to discuss the matter directly with Várhelyi. “She has not yet had the occasion to do so, but this will happen at the earliest opportunity,” the spokesperson said. “We are determined…
On Thursday, three young suspects were arrested in Antwerp over what prosecutors said were plans for a terrorist attack against politicians, including the Flemish nationalist De Wever, who used to be the city’s mayor. Investigators are probing evidence of plans to use a drone to carry an explosive device as part of the attack. Maximus, a Scottish Fold, has been De Wever’s residency cat at the Belgian prime minister’s office on Rue de la Loi since late July. An Instagram account documenting Maximus’ adventures has rapidly gained traction — and more than 62,000 followers.
By Euronews Published on 10/10/2025 – 11:12 GMT+2 •Updated 11:31 Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Friday. “As the leader of the democracy movement in Venezuela, María Corina Machado is one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times,” the committee said in a statement. “She is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.” Venezuelan President…
Published on 10/10/2025 – 14:09 GMT+2 Exactly one month before the start of COP30, the Brazilian Minister of Indigenous Peoples, Sonia Guajajara, requested the support of the European Union for the establishment of a new fund to protect tropical forests. Named the Tropical Forests Forever Fund (TFFF), the project envisions a contribution of $125 billion (€108 billion), with $100 billion (€86 billion) coming from private financing and the rest from government funds and philanthropy. 20% of resources will go towards direct financing of indigenous peoples The main goal of the fund is to provide annual payments to countries with tropical…
The Israeli military said Friday a ceasefire began in Gaza at noon local time, as the “first phase” of a peace deal agreed by Israel and Hamas comes into effect. The agreement includes the release of Israeli hostages held by Palestinian militant group Hamas, and a withdrawal of Israel’s troops from Gaza to an agreed line, after more than two years of war. “IDF troops began positioning themselves along the updated deployment lines in preparation for the ceasefire agreement and the return of hostages. IDF troops in the Southern Command are deployed in the area and will continue to remove any immediate…