All news on the topic: Europe
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Urgent alert for holders of burgundy British passports
UK travellers who still hold the pre-Brexit burgundy passports need to check one vital detail before planning any trips to European Union countries, a travel expert has warned.
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Nicolas Sarkozy faces trial over allegations of receiving illegal funds from Gaddafi
Former French president alleged to have received millions of euros from Libyan dictator’s regime to fund campaign.
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Sicilian mafia victims’ families dread release of mobsters
Most of the bosses, released from prison on furlough or for good behaviour, have never disavowed Cosa Nostra.
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Italy’s Carabinieri stop tomb-raiders in cultural heritage protection effort
The force recently uncovered a clandestine dig in the middle of Naples.
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Russian billionaires run chemical factories that supply critical materials for explosives, aiding Russia’s war efforts
Chemicals factories founded or owned by some of Russia’s wealthiest men are supplying ingredients to plants that manufacture explosives used by Moscow’s military...
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Elon Musk pens German newspaper opinion piece supporting far-right AfD party
Billionaire Trump adviser said his ‘significant investments’ in the country justified his wading into German politics
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Painstaking work to conserve Ireland’s oldest paper documents begins
Delicate 650-year-old pages to be preserved are some of the island’s most important historical texts
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France rescues 107 people trying to cross to UK on Christmas Day
French authorities carry out 12 rescue operations off northern coast during ‘intense’ day of attempted crossings
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Serbian students rally in Belgrade in ongoing protest over train station disaster
Hundreds march on state prosecutor’s office to demand justice after 15 people killed when renovated roof collapsed
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Contaminated seafood worth £8,000,000 seized from criminal gangs
Over 30 tonnes of contaminated seafood has been seized by European authorities, potentially saving millions of people from getting food poisoning over Christmas.
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Google Maps car snaps vital clue in Spanish missing person case
Image of man leaning into boot of a car on a street in northern Spain helps lead police to make two arrests
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Putin deploys nuclear bombers as Keir Starmer visits eastern Europe
Russia sent two Tu-22M3 nuclear-capable bombers over the Baltic Sea as Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited British troops in Estonia.
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All is fair in steel and war: Italian equipment used for military armor production continues to be supplied to Russia
Russian metallurgists, who supply their materials to manufacturers of weapons and armored vehicles, are critically dependent on foreign equipment.
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Majority of Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market
Europe-wide polling finds UK and EU leaders now out of step with public opinion and pursue ‘ambitious reset’
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Irish parliament ranks lowest in gender diversity in Western Europe, study finds
Out of 174 seats in the November election, 44 went to women in a representation of slightly more than 25%
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Italian nun arrested for connections to powerful mafia network
The nun is alleged to have been the conduit between the gang and its associates in prison
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Russian warship fires at German helicopter in major escalation, sparking WWIII fears
The German military helicopter was targeted by a Russian warship over the Baltic Sea - sparking fears of a new escalation in Europe following Vladimir Putin’s warnings of war
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‘I cried, I cried. I had no one’: the harrowing child kidnappings that shamed the Belgian Congo
Over 70 years ago, thousands of mixed-race boys and girls were torn from their mothers by order of the state. This week five survivors hope a court will censure Belgium for crimes against humanity
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How NATO is gearing up for war with a £2 billion ’shield’ along the Russia border
Anti-tank ‘Hedgehog’ barriers, modern surveillance systems and trenches – it is all part of Poland’s fortification of its border with Russia over fears of a broader conflict in Europe.
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Suspect arrested in cross-border Balkan drug smuggling investigation
Authorities in Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia collaborate in a Europol-backed operation targeting an organized criminal group accused of smuggling cocaine from South America to Europe. One suspect has been arrested, with more arrests expected.
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Russian deserter reveals secrets of guarding nuclear base during the war
On the day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Anton says the nuclear weapons base he was serving at was put on full combat alert.
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Ford to cut hundreds of UK jobs in major round of European layoffs
Ford has said it will cut around 4,000 jobs in Europe, including 800 in the UK and 3,000 in Germany, as it grapples with the transition to electric vehicles (EV).
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Greece hit by general strike as workers protest against cost-of-living squeeze
Unions demand ‘dignified wages’ as unequal recovery from debt crisis has left many struggling with higher costs
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How Europe’s secondhand clothes are damaging Romania
Europeans who donate old clothes believe they’ll go to those in need, but they could just as easily end up in an illegal dump in another country.
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Oleg Osinovskiy and Anastasiya Udalova: Hidden routes for laundering Russian wealth in Europe
Latvian businesswoman Anastasiya Udalova plays an active role in managing the companies of Oleg Osinovskiy, who is suspected of transporting iron ore from oligarch Alisher Usmanov’s enterprises to EU countries.
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