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Following the start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine and the subsequent wave of emigration, one notable trend has been the rise of so-called “birth tourism”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Thousands of Russian women, unwilling to tie their children’s future to a country that started a war and concerned about Russia’s growing isolation, began looking for opportunities to give birth abroad. The main goal is not only to access quality healthcare, but also to obtain a second citizenship for the newborn, which can potentially open the way for the entire family to emigrate, study, work and travel freely around the world. Countries…

The head of the Bring Kids Back UA initiative has called for those responsible for Russia’s illegal deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to face prosecution, as the EU prepares new sanctions targeting another 27 Russian individuals and entities. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Bring Kids Back UA has continuously called for all those responsible for Russia’s illegal deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to face prosecution, and we welcome this positive action from the European Union towards ensuring accountability for these crimes,” Maksym Maksymov told Euronews. “Children who remain under Russian control continue to face the risk of indoctrination, militarisation…

Published on 02/09/2026 – 16:52 GMT+2•Updated 17:04 Around 500 people gathered in front of the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday to protest against the Spanish government’s handling of the crisis in Ceuta, where several thousand of more than 70,000 migrants who arrived in the exclave on 30 July remain. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT MEPs and staffers from the centre-right European People’s Party and far-right Patriots for Europe gathered in the area in front of Parliament, waving the flags of Ceuta and Spain, and accusing Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of failing to defend Spain’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. Two separate demonstrations…

The global apparel and fashion industry is moving in the wrong direction on climate emissions, with greenhouse gas emissions rising 6.3% in 2024 compared to the previous year, despite a growing number of companies investing in renewable energy, cleaner materials and coal phase-outs, according to the Apparel Impact Institute’s latest assessment. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The increase in emissions was driven largely by higher fibre consumption, particularly polyester, putting the European Union’s fashion industry further away from its goal of cutting emissions 45% by 2030 from 2019 levels. Since roughly 80% to 90% of the EU’s fashion footprint lies outside of Europe,…

Published on 31/08/2026 – 17:12 GMT+2•Updated 17:19 Germany and France have floated a joint plan to bring High Representative Kaja Kallas under the direct supervision of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as part of an overhaul of the European Union’s foreign policy. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The plan is set to be discussed on Wednesday during an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Wicklow, Ireland. Kallas will chair the session. The Franco-German project aims to address one of the bloc’s most persistent weaknesses in external action: institutional cacophony. Under the complex design of the Treaty of Lisbon, the High…

Published on 30/08/2026 – 17:21 GMT+2•Updated 17:24 The European Commission has issued a muted reaction after Iceland rejected the reopening of accession negotiations with the bloc in a hotly contested referendum, a decision that risks dampening the momentum on enlargement. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The vote came down to the wire: 52.8% chose “no” and 47.2% chose “yes”. “The European Commission takes note of the outcome of Iceland’s referendum,” a Commission spokesperson said in a brief statement. “The Commission respects the choice of the Icelandic people. Iceland remains a close partner of the European Union.” Meanwhile, European Council President António Costa exchanged…

By&nbspLaura Fleischmann Published on 29/08/2026 – 12:02 GMT+2 Authorities in Nepal suspect that the recent devastating flash flood was triggered by a glacial lake outburst or a glacier collapse in the Himalayas – something experts say could also threaten the Alps. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A torrent of water, mud and debris surged almost 170 kilometres through southwest Tibet and into central Nepal earlier this week, killing hundreds of people. Such disasters are also possible in Europe, particularly in the Alps, explains glaciologist Olaf Eisen, a professor at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and at the University of…

Published on 28/08/2026 – 17:27 GMT+2 Four men admitted on Friday being behind an arson attack on London ambulances owned by a Jewish charity at a UK court hearing. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT British nationals Hamza Iqbal, 20, Rehan Khan, 19, Judex Atshatshi, 18, and British-Pakistani Saif Ali, 18, all pleaded guilty to criminal damage linked to the 23 March attack. Four ambulances run by the Hatzola charity were destroyed in the London neighbourhood of Golders Green that is home to a significant Jewish population, one of a spate of attacks in the British capital targeting Jewish or Israel-linked locations. Three of…

Two people were killed in a “violent incident” at a school near Berlin, local media reported on Thursday, saying an 18-year-old woman student and a 30-year-old man had died. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Regional public broadcaster RBB and a local daily said the alarm had been raised at a secondary school in the town of Gosen-Neu Zittau, just outside the German capital. The Märkische Allgemeine newspaper reported online that the man arrested was 19 years old and the ex-boyfriend of the victim. It said the 30-year-old man died while trying to intervene, without specifying whether a weapon was used or whether other…

Spain’s National Police have arrested a fugitive known as the “escape master” in Tarragona. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The man was the subject of a European arrest warrant issued by Italian authorities. His record includes escapes from prisons in Terni and Parma in Italy, as well as from a prison in Belgium. In his latest breakout in December, he managed to escape a high-security Italian prison after sawing through the bars of a window and climbing down the building using knotted bedsheets, according to police. In Belgium, he is also said to have climbed over a prison’s walls after forming a human…