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Despite widespread reports of torture, sexual violence and forced labor in Libya’s detention system, the EU and Italy have continued to support the Libyan coast guard. Rome signed the Italy–Libya Memorandum in 2017, funding and equipping Libyan patrols. The deal, criticized by rights groups, was renewed in 2019 and again in 2023. Since taking office in 2022, Meloni has tightened those ties further, securing an $8 billion gas deal in 2023. At the same time, the EU has spent more than €91 million on border and migration management in Libya since 2014 as part of a €338 million migration package,…
By Euronews Published on 01/09/2025 – 20:22 GMT+2 Polish tennis player Kamil Majchrzak was unaware of the scandal he would cause at the US Open…. At least, he probably would never have guessed it would come from his cap. After his surprise victory on Thursday against the ninth-ranked Russian tennis star Karen Khachanov, the Pole approached the fans who were waiting eagerly for his autograph. As he signed pictures, balls and the usual paraphernalia, he stretched out to give his cap to a boy who was standing by the railing. However, while handing over the headgear, Majchrzak turned his gaze to…
“Le gouvernement a une approche réductionniste. Ils considèrent que le président n’est là que pour donner un visage à la politique ou jouer les porte-parole, en lisant des instructions préparées”, critique auprès de POLITICO Radosław Fogiel, un député du parti populiste Droit et justice (PiS) qui soutient Karol Nawrocki. “Représenter le pays, c’est quelque chose de plus large. Le président, en tant que représentant de l’Etat, ne peut se limiter à un rôle de porte-parole du gouvernement”, continue Radosław Fogiel, qui est aussi vice-président de la commission des Affaires étrangères du Parlement. Mercredi, le nouveau président de droite Karol Nawrocki…
Held for the fourth time between 28 and 31 August, the festival has become one of Croatia’s key late-summer attractions, drawing thousands of visitors to the airfield near the Hungarian border. The event is also the first of its kind in the country, combining competition with displays of ballooning history, including a replica of the Montgolfier brothers’ first flight from the 18th century. The championship is organised by the Zagreb Balloon Club, Croatia’s oldest ballooning association.
The surprisingly candid comments contradict the stance of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who has insisted the unbalanced pact, which set a 15 percent base tariff on European exports, had nothing to do with maintaining U.S. President Donald Trump’s support for Ukraine. “There is no linkage between the two,” von der Leyen said during a press conference in Finland on Friday, when asked whether security concerns had swayed the EU to agree to the July deal. She defended the pact, which has been criticized in some European capitals as an embarrassing capitulation to American demands, as “a good trade deal.” But Costa,…
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He acknowledged that governments are weighing what might be possible “under which conditions and reservations,” but stressed: “To discuss this publicly, at this point in time, I consider to be totally wrong.” Pistorius was responding to von der Leyen’s weekend interview with the Financial Times, in which she said Europe was drawing up “pretty precise plans” for a multinational deployment to Ukraine as part of post-war security guarantees. The Commission chief said the plans could involve tens of thousands of troops from European countries, with U.S. backing in areas such as intelligence and command. Von der Leyen argued that robust…
Published on 01/09/2025 – 16:10 GMT+2 •Updated 17:18 French MEP Rima Hassan has told Euronews she’s “honoured” by the controversial decision of students at Brussels Free University (ULB) faculty of law to name their graduating class after her. The decision by the students to name their class after Hassan, a politician of Palestinian origin born in a refugee camp and raised in France, has sparked protests in Belgium and France, where Hassan has become known for her radical views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In June, she made headlines after being arrested and detained for several days by Israeli authorities after she joined…
Published on 01/09/2025 – 17:14 GMT+2 Iraq has formally reopened the historic al-Nouri Grand Mosque in the northern city of Mosul, eight years after it was destroyed with explosives by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group. Built in the second half of the 12th century, the mosque stood as an iconic landmark for around 850 years. IS detonated explosives inside the building in 2017 as it struggled to retain control of the city in its battle with Iraqi military forces. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said that the building’s reconstruction “will remain a milestone, reminding all enemies of the…
The price of a shopping basket in Portugal monitored by DECO PROteste is now €17 higher than it was a year ago. Despite a slight drop in the last week of August, of 13 cents (-0.05%), to €241.17, this is one of the highest prices since the Portuguese consumer protection organisation started monitoring the price of 63 essential goods in the country. At the beginning of this year, on 1 January, the basket of essentials cost €5 less (2.12% lower). A year ago, on 28 August 2024, it cost €16.54 less (7.36% lower). In January 2022, consumers spent €53.47 less…