Europe offers platitudes, Trump dithers, and Ukraine and its extraordinary people stand on the brink. Nato must step upFor 40 cruel and bloody months, Ukraine has fought the Russian invader. Since February 2022, when Moscowโs full-scale, countrywide on…
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Countries like Viktor Orbรกn’s Hungary face losing out on billions of euros under European Commission plans to be unveiled on Wednesday.
The unsealed court records also reveal how deeply involved Trump aide Stephen Miller was in the effort to revoke the visas of pro-Palestinian academics.
Extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and forced labour among accusations upheld by court in judgmentRussia has committed flagrant and unprecedented abuses of human rights since it invaded Ukraine in 2014, including extrajudicial killings, sexual vio…
Frustrated with my life back in the US, I was captivated by the idea of a new home โ and new life โ for less than the price of an espresso. So I travelled to Italy to find out whether it was too good to be trueIf you could move anywhere, where would it…
Starmer’s reforming Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson will hope to avoid the turmoil that engulfed Labour’s welfare shake-up.
The Graz shooting has pierced the illusion that legal gun ownership guarantees safety, and the countryโs political parties canโt sit on the fence any longer.
The UK city aims to build on its reputation for manufacturing and education to become a design and retail centre
Despite a public denial of another election, Macron’s government is in such trouble that the president seems tempted by another high-stakes gamble.
Almost 300 researchers have applied for for positions at Aix-Marseille University after Trump unleashed his attack on academia It was on a US-bound flight in March, as Brian Sandberg stressed about whether he would be stopped at security, that the Amer…
Making the famed river swimmable is one of the final big projects Anne Hidalgo will inaugurate before she leaves office next year.
After initial concerns, pupils are said to be more focused and have better social interactions with each otherBans on smartphones in Dutch schools have improved the learning environment despite initial protests, according to a study commissioned by the…
The Labour government has been nothing if not eventful.
Far-right extremists are organizing counter-demonstrations at Pride events across the country that claim to celebrate conventional families.
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The European Commissionโs second most powerful politician is isolated, beleaguered and under attack โ just like the green policy she has vowed to protect.
Damning report by MPs comes after inquiry into allegations of decades of physical abuse, rape and sexual assault at Notre-Dame de Bรฉtharram schoolThe French prime minister, Franรงois Bayrou, failed to act to prevent physical and sexual abuse at a privat…
An official inquiry published Wednesday found that abuse at the Bรฉtharram Catholic school went unaddressed during Franรงois Bayrouโs tenure as education minister in the 1990s. The report warned of ongoing violence in both public and private schools and…
Though it took place when he was education minister, the scandal has dogged Franรงois Bayrou since he took the reins of government.
Campaigners described the Whitehall deal with a subsidiary of a fossil fuel giant as โindefensible.โ
A parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday revealed that physical and sexual abuse at a Catholic school in France went unaddressed for years during the tenure of Prime Minister Franรงois Bayrou, who was education minister from 1993 to 1997. The report, issue…
With net zero targets under attack from the populist right, dangerously high temperatures should refocus mindsAt times like now, with dangerously high temperatures in several European countries, the urgent need for adaptation to an increasingly unstabl…
Followers of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light urged to sell possessions and donate their salaries to the causeA religious sect, whose leader claims to be the new pope and whose followers say he can make the moon disappear, is operating out of a f…
While some politicians go red in the face trying to make their contemporaries pay attention to climate change, others are trying to make political hay while the sun is shining.
Portugal and Spain suffer historic temperature highs for June, as French schools close because of heat Outdoor working has been banned during the hottest parts of the day in more than half of Italyโs regions as an extreme heatwave that has smashed June…
Marine Le Pen accused the government of forcing ordinary people to suffer the heat.
Europe is sweltering under one of the most intense heatwaves in recorded history, as a punishing heat dome drives temperatures well above 40โฏยฐC across much of the continent.
Serkan Nihatโs story follows a group of Turkish fugitives, but it bites off rather more than it can chewThe cinematic response to populism and incipient fascism worldwide over the last decade hasnโt fully mobilised โ but this broadside on the authorita…
The proposed selection of a Saudi Aramco oil company staffer as one of the authors of a key science report has been denounced as โpolitical capture.โ
Aix-Marseille University is wooing researchers who feel targeted by the Trump administration.
Public sector pay rises and ambitious new employment rights don’t mean Britain’s center-left government can rest easy.
The far-right leader wants her country to embrace AC as temperatures rise due to climate change.
France has struggled to kick its smoking habit. A new public health decree published Saturday aims to change that. In the coming days, smoking will be banned in all French parks and sports venues, at beaches and bus stops, in a perimeter around all sc…
Under new rules anyone who lights up on a beach or in a public park from Sunday will be breaking the lawAnyone who lights up on a beach or in a public park in France will be breaking the law from Sunday under new rules aimed at protecting children from…
Brazil struggles to reassure countries that hotels will be available and affordable at Novemberโs pivotal climate conference in Belรฉm.
Law firm says it hears weekly from Ukrainians, including vulnerable women and children, who were turned downUkrainians who fled to the UK after the Russian invasion are being refused asylum by the Home Office on the grounds it is safe to return to Ukra…
Commission silent on criticism from lawmakers and rights groups over use of artificial intelligence.
National leaders now need to find the money and buy weapons to deter Russia while facing a potential reduction of U.S. troops on the continent.
Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro killed at least 26 people on Tuesday, simultaneously damaging critical infrastructure, including hospitals, schools and kindergartens. Speaking at a NATO summit in the Netherlands the same day, U…
After major rift last week over green rules, the center-left is now gearing up to fight von der Leyen on the next seven-year budget.
Amid its summer offensive in Ukraine, Moscow hit industrial center Dnipro a day after slamming Kyiv with missiles.
Russian missiles on Tuesday crashed into schools, hospitals and kindergartens in central Ukraine, killing at least 19 people and wounding nearly 300 in a region coming under mounting pressure. The attacks came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky…
“We can find a common path,” Lars Klingbeil said of upcoming negotiations with the European Commission.
Lucian Pintilieโs grimly ironic 1968 film is based on real events, in which delinquents are forced to act out their brawl in front of government camerasLucian Pintilieโs Romanian film from 1968 is a bizarre and wayward political satire that at first i…
The โฌ150 billionย SAFE plan may violate EU treaties and may not be economically effective, says the Bundestag report.
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The Hungarian government has moved to try to ban Pride under the pretext of protecting children.
As Trump continues to cut research funding, a new analysis shows that up to a fifth of researchers in top US universities have previously studied in Europe, raising the question of how to attract them back to the EU.
AI Chamber launches an ambitious regional AI Action Plan to boost AI innovation, unlock โฌ100B in growth, and position CEE as Europe’s AI hub.
AI Chamber launches an ambitious regional AI Action Plan to boost AI innovation, unlock โฌ100B in growth, and position CEE as Europe’s AI hub.
MEPs remembered the school killing victims in Austria and France and marked the Schengen areaโs fortieth anniversary, after opening the 16 19 June plenary session in Strasbourg. Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
While keeping the U.S. president onside will be important, erstwhile allies would do well to coordinate their response to Washingtonโs wholesale assault on its partners.
Budding scholars pursue overseas jobs amid attacks on education and research, prompting fears of an American brain drainEric Schuster was over the moon when he landed a lab assistant position in a coral reef biology lab at the Scripps Institute of Ocea…
Around 9,000 young people with 160 different nationalities met in the European Parliament in Strasbourg to discuss the future of Europe.Committee on Culture and Education Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
Parents and governments are left reeling and at a loss how to protect schools from random, deadly violence.
The EU says science is the key to its future. But is it putting its money where its mouth is? Earlier this year, the French government agreed to cuts in the country’s research budget and over the past year, science powerhouses such as Germany, Italy a…
The bloc is all too often sitting on the sidelines, asking โwhatโs allowed?โ rather than โwhatโs possible?โ
Rachel Reeves, Britain’s finance minister, laid out four years of government spending with a smile. Will it last?
France faces a tricky legal and technological challenge to make a social media prohibition for under-15s happen.ย
Britain’s center-left finance minister allocated more cash for police, the health service and communities outside London.
European political will is needed ahead of the UN Financing for Development Conference in Sevilla
The pro-EU prime minister will have to contend not only with a nationalist president blocking his reforms, but also with increasingly frustrated coalition partners.
Ministers have been fighting the Treasury as Labour MPs grow increasingly restless.
French education ministry follows Britain and Netherlands in incorporating Netflix hit into school curriculumsFrance has followed the UK and the Netherlands in allowing the Netflix drama Adolescence to be used in secondary schools as part of efforts to…
Non-communicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes are responsible for 75 percent of deaths worldwide. Vaccines have a central role to play in preventing and managing these diseases.
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Conservative party urged to โdraw a lineโ under the Liz Truss era and never again endorse her as candidateStride stresses the need for politicians to consider policy carefully, saying this is harder in the era of social media.Our modern digital world h…
ECJ advocate general condemns โstigmatisingโ law that bars such content from schools and primetime TVThe Guardian view on Hungaryโs anti-LGBTQ+ lawsA Hungarian law banning content about LGBTQ+ people from schools and primetime TV has been found to viol…
Legal opinion bolsters EU’s challenge against Viktor Orbรกn’s conservative culture war.
The ban is an escalation of his fight with oldest U.S. university.
The U.K. Treasury has run out of road for delaying nuclear decisions, according to Whitehall and industry insiders.
Sofia gets the green light despite rule-of-law and money-laundering concerns.
In banning a schools debate on Palestinian sovereignty, our leaders have revealed the nation weโre becomingIn Denmark, we like to think of ourselves as being in the vanguard of freedom of expression. We were the first country in the world to legalise p…
Problems caused by underinvestment are being seized on by the far right as evidence of โstate failureโWaiting for the M49 bus to the zoo, Wolfgang, 82, peers down at the crumpled concrete and metal rubble below, the remains of a Berlin bridge recently …
Zelenskyy’s chief of staff is accused of being a ruthless political operator. What are his ambitions?
During a delegation to Los Angeles, Culture Committee MEPs discussed copyright rules, fair pay, and working conditions in a changing digital environment.Committee on Culture and Education Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
A human rights review of EU-Israel ties is under way. The results will be significant for both the war and Europeโs reputationAfter many months of inaction and complicity in the face of Israelโs destruction of Gaza, Europe is finally beginning to stir….
The EU aims to grab a rare chance generated by the White House’s repression of U.S. higher education.
Israeli companies and universities are involved in hundreds of research projects funded by the European Union. Left-wing politicians and NGOs fear that European money could help enhance Israel’s military capabilities.
The move comes after the president dispatched Vice President JD Vance to โremove improper ideologyโ from Smithsonian museums.
PBSโs lawsuit comes just days after NPR filed a similar suit over Trumpโs order to halt federal funding to public media.
Where there are children, tobacco must disappear,โ says minister Catherine Vautrin.
Smoking will be banned in all outdoor places that can be frequented by children from July, France’s health minister said.
Institutions seek to lure elite scholars who fear being caught up by tougher US visa rules
As activists against segregation, weโve been told itโs about language, or behaviour, or choice. In reality, itโs pure discriminationIt may come as a surprise to many, but racial segregation in schools exists today in several countries in the EU. In Slo…
New legislation allowing the annual Budapest Pride celebration to be banned contravenes basic rights. Brussels needs to draw a line in the sandAccording to article 2 of the treaty of the European Union, the EU is founded on respect for human dignity in…
The EU4Ocean Coalition is bringing together citizens, educators, youth, and organisations to protect the ocean through collective action and education. Backed by the European Commission, this movement is tackling climate change, pollution, and overfish…
To protect themselves from unpleasant surprises, Poland and the Baltic states are fortifying their EU external border with tank barriers and minefields. And Latvia has introduced โmilitary lessonsโ as a compulsory subject in schools.
King Charles III said Canada is facing unprecedented challenges in a world that’s never been more dangerous as he opened the Canadian Parliament with a speech widely viewed as a show of support in the face of annexation threats by US President Donald …
The EU wants to compete with the U.S. and China on artificial intelligence. But critics say policymakers haven’t planned for the sector’s extreme water demand.
Eurostatโs latest figures reveal that Europeans are better educated than ever with women outperforming men in almost every country across the 27-member bloc.
The loss complicates PM Pedro Sรกnchez’s ability to pass a fresh budget bill and meet NATOโs demands forย increased defense spending.
A Hungarian platform on European identity, a Czech project encouraging young peopleโs vote and a German legal support for discriminated people were recognised in 2025.Committee on Culture and Education Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
Gabriel Attal, who now heads the French president’s centrist political party, floated banning headscarves for women younger than 15.
Country at top of education charts aims to equip students and teachers with โworld-class artificial intelligence skillsโWhile many schools in England have banned smartphones, in Estonia โ regarded as the new European education powerhouse โ students are…
Leo Terrell says he plans to โโintensifyโโ the crackdown on schools in the wake of Wednesday nightโs shooting.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem notified the university Thursday that its certification for the Student and Exchange Visitor Program was revoked.
Trump’s foreign student ban affects more than 7,000 students โ including Princess Elisabeth.
Princess Elisabeth has completed first year of masterโs degree but Trump administrationโs crackdown may jeopardise studiesPrincess Elisabeth, the 23-year-old future queen of Belgium, has just completed her first year at Harvard University but the ban i…
