Category: Europe

On a chilly Tuesday night at London’s busy Victoria Station, a bus dropped off a group of 11 people – some wearing flip flops and without coats – and drove away. “They were cold, hungry, stressed and disorientated,” according to homelessness charity Under One Sky, whose team spotted the group and provided assistance. The individuals […]

Europe must act immediately to prevent a shortage of natural gas next year as Russia slashes deliveries in the wake of the Ukraine war, the International Energy Agency warned Thursday. The IEA said the shortfall would occur if Russia stops pipelines deliveries completely and China steps up its imports of liquefied natural gas, which Europe […]

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has been cleared of misconduct after video in August showed her partying. The 36-year-old defended herself after being seen dancing with friends and celebrities in the leaked footage. Dozens of complaints are understood to have been filed, alleging Ms Marin’s behaviour undermined Finland’s “reputation and security”. But Chancellor of Justice […]

The Turkish Coast Guard has rescued 130 migrants pushed back by Greece off the Aegean province of İzmir. Coast Guard units identified that the migrants who tried to cross illegally to the Greek islands were pushed into Turkish territorial waters by being put on life rafts and rubber boats by Greece. Some 130 migrants who […]

Russia and Ukraine on Thursday announced they had exchanged 107 servicemen each in the latest prisoner swap. “Today we are returning 107 of our fighters from Ukrainian dungeons,” pro-Moscow leader Denis Pushilin said on Telegram, adding that 65 of those were from eastern Ukraine’s separatist territories. “We will give back the same amount of prisoners […]

Moscow: Russia on Thursday summoned the UK ambassador and warned London of “dangerous consequences” after accusing Britain of helping Kyiv carry out an attack on Moscow’s Black Sea fleet in Crimea last week. “Such confrontational actions of the English carry a threat of escalation of the situation and could lead to unpredictable and dangerous consequences,” […]

A culture of misogyny and predatory behaviour, fuelled by poor vetting standards, is “prevalent” in police forces across England and Wales, according to a police watchdog. Wednesday’s report by the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary comes more than a year after the March 2021 death of Sarah Everard, who was killed by Metropolitan Police officer Wayne […]

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes a high-stakes trip to China this week, walking a tightrope between shoring up a key economic relationship and facing heightened concerns about over-reliance on authoritarian Beijing. Scholz, accompanied by a delegation of business executives, will be the first European Union leader to visit the world’s second-biggest economy since 2019. During […]

Denmark’s centre-left has secured the most votes in a general election widely seen as a confidence vote in the country’s leader. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s “red bloc” of parties has secured the required 90 seats to form a government. Her Social Democrats party unexpectedly gained two seats and secured its best result in two decades. […]

Over 141,000 illegal immigrants have been caught in the first 10 months of the year by the security units affiliated with the police, gendarmerie, and the Turkish Coast Guard. Within the scope of the fight against irregular migration and migrant smuggling, the units also detained 7,152 human smugglers, including those from foreign origin, who mediated […]