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Polens Regierung hat die seit Wochen andauernde Flüchtlingskrise an der EU-Außengrenze zu Belarus als "größten Versuch zur Destabilisierung Europas" seit dem Kalten Krieg bezeichnet und der Führung in Minsk einen Strategiewechsel in dem Konflikt vorgeworfen.

The European Union has multiple reasons for embracing the Helsinki Spirit initiative as it would complement the ongoing internal EU-level reflection processes on the bloc's future and strengthen its ability to implement its multilateralism strategy, write Niklas Nováky and Henri Vanhanen.

A boat carrying the bodies of 10 migrants who were believed to have suffocated in overcrowded conditions arrived in Sicily on Friday. Some 186 people were also rescued in three separate operations last week, including 61 minors. "We hope they will get all the assistance they need," charity group Médecins Sans Frontières said, while noting that this year has been deadlier than ever on the central Mediterranean migrant route.

The UK has proscribed any support for Palestinian militant group Hamas under its Terrorist Act, meaning that pro-Hamas protesters or fund raisers could face 10-year jail sentences. "Hamas is fundamentally and rabidly antisemitic ... an enduring evil which I will never tolerate," UK home secretary Pritti Patel said Friday. The US and EU had already blacklisted the group, but the UK had only designated its military wing in the past.

Une trentaine de commissionnaires en douane agréés vient d'être convoquée à la Brigade économique et financière (Bef).
Selon une réquisition de la Bef, 31 commissionnaires en douane agréés sont convoqués selon un programme préétabli (du 17 au 26 novembre 2021) dans le cadre d'une enquête.
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Police.hu: Halálos kimenetelű közúti közlekedési baleset történt hétfőn hajnal előtt (02:27) az M1-es autópálya Budapest felé vezető oldalán, a 32-es kilométerszelvényben. Egy Ford típusú kistehergépkocsi hátulról nekiütközött egy kamionnak. A kisteherautó sofőrje a helyszínen életét vesztette.

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev, are to meet in Brussels in the margins of an 'Eastern Partnership' summit on 15 December to help defuse border tension, after clashes claimed at least 10 lives on Friday. "Leaders have agreed to ... discuss the regional situation and ways of overcoming tensions for a prosperous and stable South Caucasus," the EU Council said.

The Belarus migrant crisis could be the prelude to broader aggression by Russia, Poland has warned, but EU solidarity does not mean a free pass on rule of law.

Violent anti-lockdown protests erupted in Belgium on Sunday and continued for a third night in the Netherlands, amid wider unrest in Europe.

Czechia’s likely next Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský (Pirates, Greens/EFA affiliated) wants to change the course of the country’s foreign policy and prioritise human rights over economic interests. EURACTIV.cz has learnt that Lipavský has become a thorn in the side of...

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić has reacted strongly after her Kosovo counterpart Albin Kurti hinted at a possible future referendum on unifying with neighbouring Albania. Brnabić reacted to Kurti’s statement by calling it “another stone in undermining the foundations of regional stability...

Media in North Macedonia reported that Prime Minister Zoran Zaev would resign as soon as the majority in parliament, the Sobranje, is consolidated and strengthened. After a meeting with Alternative party leader Afrim Gashi, Prime Minister and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev...

China downgraded its diplomatic ties with Lithuania on Sunday (21 November), expressing strong dissatisfaction with the Baltic State after Taiwan opened a de facto embassy there, escalating a row that has sucked in Washington.

La police recommande de faire un grand détour afin d’éviter le secteur Praille-Acacias. Les lignes de tram sont rétablies mais les bus connaissent d’importants retards.

“If HDZ is not ready to compromise, then it will not get anything,” said Bakir Izetbegović, president of the biggest Bosniak party SDA, about the changes to the constitution and electoral law. Izetbegović also pointed to the alleged efforts of...

EU senior officials say Belarus needs to do much more than move migrants and asylum seekers into a shelter. They want UN aid agencies to have unhindered access to people stranded in Belarus. Poland is still refusing any humanitarian aid.

EU lawmakers have agreed not to ban tracking-based advertising, after a lobby campaign. But experts have warned MEPs these techniques pose a risk for users' privacy rights and the EU's digital sovereignty.

The fishmeal industry in recent years has been growing fast in West Africa, in Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal and the Gambia. But that creates problems, with a proliferation of fishmeal factories leading to a "serious overfishing situation."

The debate over a successor for David Sassoli, the centre-left Italian president of the European Parliament will heat up, and Belarusian democratic opposition figure Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya will address the plenary.

Climate change, economic opportunities and geopolitics make European and German attention to the 'High North' a political necessity, writes the EU's special envoy for Arctic matters.