Post-Brexit immigration policy “did not lead to the drastic falls in immigration” – new study
By Martin Banks Brexit “modestly” raised the number of foreign-born workers in Britain, according to new research.
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March 12, 2026 EU vote “draws a clear line for searching child sexual abuse online”
The Renew Europe group says it welcomes the extension of the derogation of the e-Privacy Directive to tackle child sexual abuse online.
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March 12, 2026 EU official demands more action on gender inequality
By Martin Banks Belgium’s EU commissioner Hadja Lahbib has called for more to be done to close the gender gap.
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HISTORY
March 12, 2026 12 March 2026: This day in history
538: Witiges, King of the Ostrogoths, ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine general Belisarius 1455: First record of Johannes Gutenberg’s Bible, a letter dated this day by Enea Silvio Piccolomini refers to the Bible printed a year earlier 1918: Fearing foreign invasion, […]
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March 11, 2026 Trump will welcome Iran at World Cup – Infantino
US President Donald Trump has said Iran are “welcome” to take part in this summer’s World Cup despite the countries being at war, according to Fifa president Gianni Infantino. Posting on Instagram, Infantino said he met with Trump on Tuesday to discuss preparations for the tournament, which is being hosted by the US, Canada and […]
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March 11, 2026 German lawyer to head fight against EU fraud
By Martin Banks Andrés Ritter (pictured) has been named at the new head of a body that spearheads the fight against EU fraud.
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March 11, 2026 Blooming marvellous – that’s Brussels’ Floralia festival
By Martin Banks It’s back: a glorious floral adventure in the private park of a Belgian castle.
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HISTORY
March 11, 2026 11 March 2026: This day in history
843: Icon veneration is officially reinstated at Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople 1502: Founder of the Safavid dynasty, Ismail I, is crowned Shah of Persia (rules till 1524) 1966: Military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader 2011: 9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes 130 km (80 […]
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EUROPE
March 10, 2026 The Greens party believes that their electoral victory in a key German state signals a growing “European momentum”.
By Martin Banks The assertion comes after the German Greens have won the key election in industrial Baden‑Württemberg, Germany’s third most populous state, beating the CDU party of Chancellor Merz.
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March 10, 2026 Why is China set to approve a new law promoting ‘ethnic unity’?
For decades the Chinese government has been accused of implementing repressive policies designed to subjugate ethnic minorities, forcing them to assimilate into the dominant Han culture.
