By locking in Russian assets for good, the EU is finally playing hardball
In an audacious move, the EU has decided to indefinitely immobilise the Russian sovereign assets, pushing back against external pressure to release the funds before Moscow agrees to pay war…
Budget airlines rarely offer their lowest advertised cabin bag fees, consumer watchdog says
Major UK consumer watchdog Which? has slammed European budget airlines for almost never actually offering cabin bag fares as low as advertised. Read More
Latest news bulletin | December 13th, 2025 – Morning
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this December 13th, 2025 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. Read more at…
Underground infiltration: Tunnel for smuggling migrants from Belarus into Poland discovered
More than 180 foreigners have illegally entered Poland through a tunnel under the border with Belarus. Most of the migrants have already been detained, the search for the others is…
Archaeologists uncover rare Roman-style ‘Good Shepherd’ fresco near Iznik
The 3rd-century fresco uncovered by Turkish archaeologists is the best-preserved of its kind to date. Read More
Ten years of the Paris Agreement: Hope for change clouded by climate realities
The agreement, signed in Paris on 12 December 2015, was considered historic but a decade on, the planet is still warming at too great a rate. Read more at Read…
‘Commission systematically rapes European law,’ Orbán says on Russian assets freeze
The Hungarian prime minister strongly condemned a move by the EU to indefinitely immobilise Russian Central Bank assets, widely seen as a way of circumventing a Hungarian veto. Read more…
‘Let’s prove them wrong’: Spanish economy minister responds to US criticism
Spanish Economy Minister says Europeans must stay united and keep focused on integration after the Trump administration said the continent’s economy is suffocating under excessive regulation and weak leadership. Read…
Gaza doctor murdered Israeli hostage by injecting air into her veins, father claims
Nineteen-year-old Noa Marciano was one of 251 people taken as hostages back to Gaza in the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel. Read more at Read More
France struggles to contain cattle lumpy skin disease as farmers’ protests spread
Strict culling rules ignite nationwide anger as cases of the deadly outbreak of lumpy skin disease, which cannot be passed on to humans, surge in the southwest of the country…