Awards honour women leaders
By Martin Banks The European Women’s International Leadership Award (EWILA) 7th edition ceremony took place on November 3, marking a significant moment in the recognition of women leaders worldwide.
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November 4, 2025 MEPs and others have paid tribute to the dead in the Serbian rail station tragedy one year ago.
By Martin Banks On 1 November 2024, the canopy of Novi Sad’s railway station collapsed, killing 16 people, and sparking a year of peaceful protests across Serbia.
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November 3, 2025 Drones spotted over Belgian military base for third night in a row
For a third consecutive night, drones were seen flying over a Belgian military base. This weekend, drone sightings were also reported above two other military bases and near two of the country’s airports.
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October 31, 2025 A senior EU political figure has called for an end to the bitter bloodshed in war-torn Sudan.
By Martin Banks With wars still waging in Ukraine and the Middle East, the two-year-old conflict in Sudan has struggled at times to make the international news headlines. But the UN calls it the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
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October 29, 2025 New deal illustrates EU’s “unwavering” support for Ukraine
By Martin Banks The new EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) has entered into force.
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October 27, 2025 Thirty-five MEPs urge European Commission president to push for Várhelyi’s resignation
MEPs from four political groups asked von der Leyen to force Hungarian Commissioner Várhelyi to resign, following allegations of spying by Hungary’s foreign intelligence service.
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October 26, 2025 Suspects arrested over theft of jewels at Louvre museum in Paris
Two suspects have been arrested over the theft of precious crown jewels from Paris’s Louvre museum, French media say. The Paris prosecutor’s office said one of the men had been taken into custody as he was preparing to take a flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport. Items worth €88m (£76m; $102m) were taken from the […]
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October 26, 2025 Brussels Airlines faces labour unrest after firing three cabin crew over pest scare flight refusal
Tensions are rising at Brussels Airlines after the dismissal of three senior flight attendants who refused to operate a flight from Brussels to Accra, Ghana, last Friday due to reports of possible bedbugs or fleas onboard. Both French- and Dutch-speaking unions (BBTK/SETCA and ACV Puls/CNE) have condemned the move as abusive and dangerous, warning of […]
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October 22, 2025 New report shines a light on “scandal” of food waste
By Martin Banks An extra two billion people could be fed every year and land around the size of Mexico would be freed up to grow food for people if we ended the feeding of grain to factory farmed animals, according to a new report by Compassion in World Farming.
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October 22, 2025 EU and Ukraine step up pressure on Russia
By Martin Banks The EU and Volodymyr Zelensky have joined forces in a fresh attempt to being peace to war-torn Ukraine.
