Category: 3. Europe

The Security Council is meeting at the request of Russia which on Friday accused Ukraine of targeting a student dormitory overnight in the occupied Luhansk region, reportedly killing six people – including children – and injuring dozens. Kyiv has denied targeting the civilian building,…

The UN does not have access to the area – which is under temporary Russian occupation – and cannot verify the details of the reported strike.

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban said the dormitory had reportedly housed at least 86 adolescents aged between 14 and 18.

“The attack…

Timelapse footage shows Paris’ oldest bridge being transformed overnight into a giant inflatable cave structure.

The 17th-century Pont Neuf bridge is a familiar landmark spanning the River Seine, but was left almost unrecognisable to Parisians on Thursday.

Titled ‘La Caverne’ or ‘the cave’, it was…

Trump announced the shift on Thursday night in a Truth Social post, saying the decision was linked to his admiration for Poland’s MAGA-aligned President Karol Nawrocki.

That followed last week’s decision by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to halt a planned deployment of a 4,000-troop…

In response, U.S. President Donald Trump branded NATO a “paper tiger” and warned of reprisals. Earlier this month, he announced a cut of 5,000 troops from Germany over comments criticizing the war by the country’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz.

A loose coalition of around 40 countries…

The European Commission has informed several companies active in the synthetic turf sector of its preliminary view that they have breached EU antitrust rules by colluding to distort competition in synthetic turf for sports pitches in the Netherlands and Germany.

If the…

Today (22 May), the 3rd and final session of the European citizens’ panel on preparedness will start in Brussels and will run until Sunday. After almost 3 months of deliberation, the 150 randomly selected citizens from all 27 member states, representing EU diversity, will…

The Compliance Services programme, an initiative supported by the EU LIFE scheme, would like to invite users of its services to fill out a user satisfaction survey: Click here to participate in the survey.

This short 5-10 minute survey aims to assess the usefulness of the tools…