Hundreds of people in Italy walked in a funeral procession on Saturday for a young Black man whose brutal beating death has shaken up the country and drawn condemnation from the highest levels of government. Premier Giuseppe Conte and Italy’s interior minister attended the funeral of 21-year-old Willy Monteiro Duarte, who was killed during a […]
Arriving on board of an EU Humanitarian Air Bridge flight to Beirut today, Janez Lenarčič, EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, has started an official visit to Lebanon where he will meet Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib and oversee EU aid efforts following the devastating explosions in the city. The flight that landed today (the third such flight […]
The European Union deplores the increasingly open disregard for the rule of law in Belarus, in particular the escalation of violence and forced exile of members of the Coordination Council, in violation of Belarus’ domestic laws and its international obligations. All Presidium members of the Coordination Council, except Nobel Prize Laureate Sviatlana Alexievich, have been arrested or forced […]
A Slovenian woman has been found guilty of deliberately sawing off her own hand as part of an insurance scam. A court in the capital Ljubljana found that Julija Adlesic, 22, had taken out five insurance policies in the year before her injury. She had claimed it happened as she cut branches. Adlesic stood to […]
As coronavirus cases rise exponentially in some European countries, some officials are blaming young adults in their 20s in 30s for driving the increase. UK health minister Matt Hancock said that young people ignoring social distancing measures were responsible for the recent rise in cases in the United Kingdom, with young adults having a higher […]
Catalonians gathered on Friday afternoon to mark the region’s national day – but the event was much more muted this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. In recent years the occasion has been used to show support for Catalan independence. But health measures imposed to curb the spread of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes […]
The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) has published a new report outlining the different practices in EU+ Member States1 using border procedures to process asylum applications. As part of efforts to establish fast and efficient procedures for international protection in Europe, increasing focus has been put on the external borders of the EU. One solution which has been […]
The EU is working on legislation to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the Channel Tunnel railway connection between continental Europe and the United Kingdom (Channel Fixed Link) after the end of the Brexit transition period. Today, the Council’s Permanent Representatives Committee agreed on a negotiation mandate on two proposals aimed at maintaining a single safety authority, which […]
The popular video-sharing app TikTok has joined the EU code of conduct against online hate speech. “Our ultimate goal is to eliminate hate on TikTok,” said Cormac Keenan, head of security and data protection at TikTok, in a statement. “We recognise that this may seem like an insurmountable challenge (…) but we don’t think it should […]
As Europe’s economy struggles to fully reopen, reminders that this crisis is far from over dot the urban landscape of Europe: from social distancing signs to the empty cafes and shuttered businesses. As coronavirus cases surge across much of Europe, there are fears about the return of lockdowns and the further economic damage it would […]
