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EU member states agreed on Monday on the migration “Solidarity Pool” for 2026, which consists of 21,000 relocations of asylum seekers and €420 million in financial contributions for 2026. This is below the threshold set by the European Commission and would reduce the level of solidarity provided to Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus, as previously reported by Euronews. According to the EU’s Asylum and Migration Management Regulation, each year the Commission should propose that the following year at least 30,000 people have to be relocated across the EU from countries under migratory pressure and €600 million in financial contributions have…
Published on 08/12/2025 – 18:15 GMT+1 A police officer died on Monday after being shot and seriously wounded during an early morning drug raid in Istanbul, Turkish officials said. Officer Emre Albayrak, who was part of a special operations team carrying out the raid in the Çekmeköy district on Istanbul’s Asian side, died of his wounds in hospital. “Our police officer Emre Albayrak, who was seriously injured in a narcotics operation in the Çekmeköy district, could not be saved despite all interventions in the hospital to which he was taken and became a martyr,” Istanbul Governor’s Office said in a…
The new strategy also lambasts America’s European allies for their alleged “anti-democratic” practices,accusing them of censorship and suppressing political opposition in a dilation of Vance’s Munich criticism. Ominously, the NSS talks about cultivating resistance within European nations by endorsing “patriotic” parties — a threat that caused much consternation when Vance made it, but is now laid out as the administration’s official policy. Regime change for Europe but not for autocracies is cause for great alarm. So how will Europe react? Flatter Trump as “daddy,” like NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte did in June? Pretend the U.S. administration isn’t serious, and muddle…
European countries approved on Monday the introduction of return hubs for migrants into a draft legislation as the bloc seeks to speed up deportations. Under the proposal, EU member states could return irregular migrants to third countries unrelated of their origin as long as they have bilateral agreements in place. The hubs can be either places of transit or locations where a person is expected to stay. By returning illegal migrants with no right to stay in the EU to a third country, the member states could speed up returns, but it could also endanger the lives of people as…
By Euronews Published on 08/12/2025 – 14:59 GMT+1 Three people were killed on the Spanish island of Tenerife after a tidal surge caused strong waves to pull them into the ocean on Sunday afternoon. Shortly after 4 pm local time (5 pm CET), authorities received an alert that several people had fallen into the water after being “surprised by a wave” in a natural pool at the Los Gigantes cliffs, according to the Emergency and Rescue Group of the Government of the Canary Islands, GES. Three more people were rescued and transported to local hospitals, and one remains missing. According to…
The U.K. has been considering how it can use Russian state assets in the U.K. to provide new loans to Ukraine — mirroring a plan floated by the European Union. The bloc’s own plan has hit a roadblock, with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever concerned his country could be required to pay the money back to Moscow. Peace talks between the U.S. and Russia in Moscow last week ended without a result, and discussions between Kyiv and Washington over the weekend also failed to deliver a breakthrough. Significant divisions remain between the two sides over Western security guarantees for Ukraine…
Published on 08/12/2025 – 16:43 GMT+1 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that he was “sceptical” over certain aspects of the US-backed peace plan for Ukraine, following a meeting in London with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Keir Starmer, and Emmanuel Macron. The gathering in London followed the conclusion over the weekend of the latest round of talks between Ukrainian and US negotiators on a plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. “I’m sceptical about some of the details which we are seeing in the documents coming from the US side but we have to talk about that, that is why we…
Farmers protesting delays in subsidy payments forced their way onto the airfield of the international airport on the southern Greek island of Crete on Monday, evading riot police who used tear gas and stun grenades to keep them back. Images from local media showed dozens of farmers standing on the apron at the Nikos Kazantzakis international airport in Heraklion, the main town on Crete, forcing the airport to suspend all flights. Clashes also broke out near the airport of Crete’s second-largest city of Chania, with riot police using tear gas to disperse protesting farmers who pelted them with rocks and…
By Eleanor Butler with AP Published on 08/12/2025 – 16:03 GMT+1 Paramount is making a hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), launching a fresh challenge against Netflix after the rival streamer announced a takeover deal with Warner last week. Paramount said on Monday that it would go straight to WBD shareholders with a $30 per share cash offer (€25.75). That’s compared to Netflix’s offer of $27.75 in cash and stock, bringing the deal’s value to $82.7bn (€70.99bn). Paramount’s bid is for the whole of WBD, while Netflix is focused on its studios and streaming business. The firm’s challenge also comes…
Published on 08/12/2025 – 13:23 GMT+1 Portugal is set for travel disruption on 11 December as a nationwide general strike could paralyse transport networks and ground most flights. About half of Portugal’s workforce is expected to join the walkout, likely leading to delays on metros, trains and buses, as well as widespread disruption in the sky. National carrier TAP has already begun cancelling services and notifying passengers, warning that operations will be limited to legally mandated minimum services. More cancellations may be coming, as Ricardo Penarroias, president of the SNPVAC cabin crew union, has warned it will be “very difficult…