Where Harris chooses to campaign tells an important story about her strategy
Johnstown, Wilkes-Barre and Pittsburgh: A POLITICO analysis of campaign stops tells a story about how the vice president thinks she can win.
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The Hague becomes worldโs first city to ban fossil fuel-related ads
Legislation makes it illegal to advertise fossil fuel products and services with a high carbon footprintThe Hague has become the first city in the world to ban advertisements promoting fossil fuel products and climate-busting services.A law passed on T…
Restaurantโฏreview: Colonel Fort Jaco
High-quality meat served in a luxurious setting.
ย โWeโre the only plane in the sky:โ 9/11 on board Air Force One
Where was the president in the eight hours after the Sept. 11 attacks? The strange, harrowing journey of Air Force One, as told by the people who were on board.
Belgian discontent as Germany brings in border controls
“In the 1980s, we had to get off the bus and they checked all our passports,” said one Belgian citizen. “We’re not going back to that time, are we?”
Belgium slams Hungarian plan to bus asylum seekers to Brussels
The proposal is a “provocation that contradicts European obligations,” says Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib.
Belgium strongly rejects Hungary’s ‘provocation’ to bus migrants to Brussels
The showdown between Budapest and Brussels over migration policy and the rule of law is quickly escalating.
Belgium condemns Hungarian threat to bus migrants to Brussels
Belgium’s migration chief has responded to the Hungarian government’s threat to send busloads of illegal immigrants to Brussels, saying it “undermines solidarity and cooperation within the [European] Union.”
Democrats target Trumpโs muddled abortion message
The Harris campaign launched a bus tour on reproductive rights in the former presidentโs adopted home state of Florida, where abortion laws are a centerpiece of the forthcoming election.
How Republicans and Democrats paint starkly different pictures of America
This summerโs conventions featured strongly diverging visions of the future โ and the present.
Woman arrested after six hurt in knife attack on bus in Germany
Bus was heading to festival in Siegen near Cologne when incident took place on Friday eveningA 32-year-old woman has been arrested after six people were hurt in a knife attack on a bus headed to a festival in western Germany. Authorities said there was…
Woman stabs and injures six people on bus in western German city of Siegen
Police are trying to establish a motive for the attack but say there are no indications it was terrorism.
โWe donโt want to sabotage herโ: Why green groups are going easy on Kamala Harris
Environmental groups that put Joe Bidenโs climate initiatives under a microscope arenโt giving the Democratic nomineeโs positions the same scrutiny.
Keir Starmerโs plan to tackle the far right? Fill some potholes.
Labour wants to show government can work after a wave of social unrest.
The killjoyโs guide to how the financial turmoil might screw up your life
What could possibly go wrong?
Smart Clinics: Bringing healthcare to where itโs needed most
In rural Colombia, a converted bus and a 30-strong interdisciplinary team are bringing basic healthcare services to pregnant women affected by poverty.
Swedenโs record on breast cancer is one of the best in Europe โ just not for women like me | Fatuma Mohamed
Screening is failing to reach too many women from immigrant commmunities. Understanding why is the only way we can save livesFour years ago I met a woman in the street. I was doing research on why so many immigrant women in Sweden donโt have mammograms…
German coalitionโs budget fight is back
The finance minister cast doubt on a draft budget agreement for 2025, renewing a conflict that threatens to subvert Chancellor Olaf Scholzโs government.
Russia-US prisoner swap: Kremlin confirms hitman Vadim Krasikov worked for FSB security service โ as it happened
This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereYesterday evening, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris met Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and two other freed American prisoners just hours after Washington and Moscow completed t…
โIโm a person againโ: the Ukrainian convicts recruited to fight the war
Kyiv has freed 3,800 prisoners early to plug gaps in its army as military outfits compete to attract suitable convictsLast year, Volodymyr Prysiazhniuk quarrelled with his father-in-law, Yuriy. Both men were drunk. โIโd had a litre of beer,โ Prysiazhni…
โJust missedโ: German comedian loses job over Trump shooting joke
Sebastian Hotz, aka El Hotzo, was dropped from his radio show and provoked anger from Elon Musk after now-deleted posts on XA 28-year-old German comedian has got into trouble with Donald Trump supporters and then Elon Musk after sending a series of twe…
Hamas claims military chief survived Israeli strike
But the Israeli military announced that Rafa Salama, a Hamas commander it described as one of Deifโs closest associates, was killed in Saturdayโs strike.
Labourโs top policy priorities
A deep dive into what Keir Starmer’s government will tackle in their first 100 days and then in their first year.
Calaisโ Jungle is gone, but the migrants keep coming
French and British efforts to stop small boats have done little to prevent migrants from crossing the Channel.
Seven dead after train and bus collide at Slovakia level-crossing
All seven victims on the bus were burnt beyond recognition in the subsequent fire, officials say.
The next king of Scotland
Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar is following in the footsteps of his legendary political father.
Collision between train and bus in Slovakia causes multiple deaths
At least six dead in crash at railway crossing near Novรฉ Zรกmky, which involved Prague to Budapest serviceAt least six people have been killed and five others injured after a passenger train and bus collided at a railway crossing in southern Slovakia, r…
Seven dead after train and bus collide at Slovakia level-crossing
All seven victims on the bus were burnt beyond recognition in the subsequent fire, officials say.
Train collides with bus in Slovakia, killing at least 5 people
The train was travelling from Prague to Budapest and was transporting about 100 passengers. At least five people were reported injured.
Rose review โ Sofie Grรฅbรธl works hard in heartfelt healing journey through schizophrenia
Director Niels Arden Oplev has written movingly of his intimate knowledge of the mental illness, but this story is soaked in treacly good tasteDanish film-maker Niels Arden Oplev, director of the original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo with Noomi Rapace,…
Mother of British teenager missing in Tenerife has โnot slept at allโ
Jay Slater, 19, from Lancashire, was last in contact on Monday morning from a mountainous areaThe mother of a British teenager who has gone missing during a holiday in Tenerife has said she has โnot slept at allโ as the search continues.Jay Slater, 19,…
Spanish police search for UK teenager missing in Tenerife
Jay Slater, 19, from Lancashire told a friend he planned to do an 11-hour walk back to his accommodation after missing busSpanish police are searching for a British teenager who has gone missing during a holiday in Tenerife.Jay Slater, 19, from Oswaldt…
Restaurant review: Old Boy
Chinese and Thai flavours with modern European execution.
Storied Titian painting found at London bus stop after theft goes to auction
Work by 16th century master is expected to fetch between ยฃ15m and ยฃ25m when it goes on sale at ChristieโsA highly coveted painting by the Renaissance master Titian that was stolen in 1809 then again in 1995 โ after which it was discovered in a plastic …
Man charged with threatening Nigel Farage after objects thrown at campaign bus
It’s the second such incident involving the leading Brexiteer as he bids to become a member of parliament.
Is Macron too toxic to win?
Even his allies don’t want the French president’s face on their posters or his voice on the radio.
Nigel Farage has cup thrown at him on UK election trail
Police arrest man on suspicion of public order offenses after the incident.
Restaurant review: Chez Lumaย
A cosy Uccle eatery with some big ambitions.ย
Donโt bother voting in European election
For EU democracy to be at risk, it would first have to exist.
Russia denies involvement in shock disinformation operations in Paris
The Kremlin has been accused of stepping up a hybrid destabilization campaign targeting France and the Olympics.
Thousands of homeless people removed from Paris in pre-Olympics โsocial cleaningโ
Campaigners say operation to bus โundesirableโ people out of city and wider รle-de-France region has intensifiedThousands of homeless people have been removed from Paris and the surrounding area as part of a โclean-upโ operation ahead of the Olympic Ga…
Labourโs election policy positions, tracked
Absolutely everything you need to know about what the opposition party is promising ahead of the July 4 election.
Beating Hearts review โ operatic French gangster film suffers from bloat
Cannes film festivalGilles Leloucheโs new movie aims for a Springsteenesque blue-collar energy but buckles under the weight of its own naivetyGilles Leloucheโs new film is a giant operatic crime drama of star-crossed lovers and hurt feelings; itโs very…
Suspected vandals of Paris Holocaust memorial traced back to Bulgaria
Russian security services were previously tied to another act of vandalism with antisemitic undertones.
Robert Ficoโs allies warn of political war โ they will use it to justify the dismantling of our democracy | Monika Kompanรญkovรก
In Slovakia, we know what โrestoring orderโ means. After the PMโs shooting, it will be an excuse to suppress any oppositionMonika Kompanรญkovรก is a Slovakian writer and editorShortly after the shooting of Robert Fico, I received a phone call from my sis…
On an island still tormented by the Troubles, Britainโs Legacy Act is making things worse | Fintan O’Toole
Keir Starmer has promised to revisit this contentious law. When that happens, he needs to do three thingsFifty years ago, on 17 May 1974, my father, a bus conductor, was out on strike. That day, the Troubles arrived with a vengeance in my home town of …
Seven dead after bus falls into river in St Petersburg
The accident took place on the Potseluev Bridge in the historic centre.
Seven dead after bus falls into river in St Petersburg
The accident took place on the Potseluev Bridge in the historic centre.
Bus plunges into river in central St Petersburg killing at least three
Russian officials say nine people were recovered from Moika after vehicle veered off bridgeA bus veered off a bridge in St Petersburg, Russia, killing at least three people and leaving six others injured on Friday, officials have said.The emergencies m…
Microsoft goes from bad boy to top cop in the age of AI
The tech company fields teams of disinformation-hunters, computer scientists and policy officials in a bid to stop artificial intelligence from gatecrashing the 2024 global election cycle.
LโEtat se prend un vent en Bretagne
La source dโinformations quotidiennes sur lโรฉnergie et le climat en France. Par AUDE LE GENTIL Avec NICOLAS CAMUT et ARTHUR NAZARET Infos et tuyaux ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Nicolas Camut, Aude Le Gentil et Arthur Nazaret | Voir dans le navigateur AU MENU โ Eolien offshore : lโEtat passe la seconde (offre) en Sud [โฆ]
Britain offloads its refugee crisis to Ireland. Dublin is aghast.
To Irish eyes, post-Brexit Britain’s toughening message to asylum seekers looks like “To Rwanda โ or to Ireland.”
โEngland is hopeโ: some say they will try again โ despite Channel deaths
Attempt to cross via overcrowded dinghy from Wimereux aborted after engine stalls and five people drownThey could have been on a school trip. Fifty teenagers from Vietnam, dressed for the biting cold in puffer jackets, smart trainers and woolly beanie…
Hundreds evicted from Franceโs biggest squat months before Paris Olympics
Charities say authorities want to clear homeless people from streets and squats to make city look better for GamesPolice have evicted hundreds of people from the biggest squat in France, in a southern suburb of Paris, prompting fresh accusations from c…
Barcelona bus route removed from map apps to tackle tourist overcrowding
Locals say removal of number 116 route often used to get to Park Gรผell has been โso effectiveโWhile some places will go to any lengths to attract visitors, residents of La Salut neighbourhood in Barcelona are celebrating a move to wipe themselves off t…
The Guardian view on pilgrimage: a 21st-century spiritual exercise | Editorial
As a recent BBC series confirms, the idea of a spiritual journey has survived the decline of organised religionIn Geoffrey Chaucerโs England, the arrival of spring was taken by many as a cue to take to the road. As the prologue to The Canterbury T…
โThis coast is saturatedโ: Italian village braces for post-Ripley crowds
Netflix hit series based on Patricia Highsmith novel brings prospect of surge in visitors to Atrani area of Amalfi coastWhen Andrew Scottโs eponymous character in the hit new Netflix series Ripley travels from Naples to the village of Atrani, the ricke…
On holiday with Europeโs right-wingers
Hundreds of European conservatives gathered in Cyprus for a “cultural weekend” that mixed policy discussions, networking and time away from the bureaucratic machine.
Greta Thunberg arrested at Dutch climate protest
The activist was placed on a bus with fellow detainees and driven away from a protest at The Hague.
Greta Thunberg arrested at Dutch climate protest
The activist was placed on a bus with fellow detainees and driven away from a protest at The Hague.
In this corner of Europe, no one cares about the EU election
A poor Roma neighborhood has one of the lowest turnout in the European election.
[Interview] Ukrainian girl tells story of Russian child abductions
She was 16 when Russians put her on a bus one morning in October 2022 in the main square of her Ukrainian home town.
Parisโ Olympics headache is a wake-up call for Los Angeles mayor
LA Mayor Karen Bass emerged from her trip to Paris with a sense of urgency after witnessing the struggles of the French capital in hosting the Games.
Kate Middleton photo scandal shows Britainโs royals are flailing in the digital age
The Prince and Princess of Wales have fallen foul of increasing public suspicion about manipulated images.
Where populists rush in: How George Galloway harnessed the Middle East to derail an election in forgotten Rochdale
Victory for pro-Palestinian firebrand follows the ugliest by-election campaign in living memory.
โTwo worlds collidingโ: Berlin transport workers and climate activists unite over rights
Two groups are striking for better working conditions and investment in Germanyโs underfunded public transportAt first sight, the gathering in an office complex in east Berlin resembles a self-help group. But the public transport workers and climate pr…
โTribute to ordinary peopleโ: Ukraine drama In Her Car to air across Europe
Ten-episode TV series is set in wartime but focuses on personal stories of human life unfolding amid Russian invasionIt was while driving his family and others to the relative safety of Kyiv at the start of the full-blown Russian invasion of Ukraine th…
โLiving in the momentโ: Ukraine’s second city keeps going after two years of war
The scars of two years of war are evident across Ukraineโs second city of Kharkiv, just 42km from the Russian border and a frequent target of missile and drone attacks. Nevertheless, daily life continues for many. Businesses remain open, cafรฉs are bus…
Diary of a by-election
As the people of Wellingborough headed to the polls for a historic vote, hosts Aggie Chambre and Sascha OโSullivanย took a train to the East Midlands to see how by-elections really play out on the ground.ย Over the course of a month, they went door-knocking with the candidates, spoke to disenfranchisedย voters and, finally, stayed up all [โฆ]
Weather tracker: Storm Ingunn hits Norway with hurricane-force winds
Schools closed and bus thrown off road in most powerful storm for decades, while snow ends dry spell in HimalayasThis week brought the strongest storm so far of the 2023-24 European season, as Storm Ingunn slammed into Norway on Wednesday with hurrican…
Restaurant review: Walkinโ Thai
A cozy and casual Thai joint in the heart of Ixelles.
Frustrated farmers slam EU โtechnocratsโ who โcall the shotsโ in Brussels protest
Dozens of farmers protest in front of the European Parliament as demonstrations grow across the continent.
What TV gets wrong about newsrooms (spoiler alert: not enough swearing in headlines)
Portraying print journalism or online journalism on TV is difficult, and often way off the mark.
Belgian cops arrest 3 people on bus after report of potential attack
Warning is being taken ‘very seriously,’ police say.
Sentenced Polish lawmakers taken to jail following carefully orchestrated arrest
Former Ministers Mariusz Kamiลski and Maciej Wฤ sik were arrested on Tuesday at the Presidential Palace, where they were offered shelter by President Andrzej Duda, in a โspectacular arrestโ that may have included a fake bus breakdown that kept the presi…
Scotlandโs ruling SNP woos tycoon who shunned Nicola Sturgeon
Internal government emails released to POLITICO show Brian Souter โ once a big donor to the SNP โ helped arrange five-star business dinner.
Venice to limit tourist group size to 25 to protect historic city
Move aims to reduce pressure of thousands of daily visitors to Italian city and protect residentsVenice is to limit the size of tourist groups in an attempt to reduce the pressure of thousands of visitors crowding its squares, bridges and narrow walkwa…
Online Formation of Companies in Lithuania in a Comparative Context: Implementation of the Digitalisation Directive and Beyond
Virginijus
Bitฤ, Professor of Law at the Law School of Mykolas Romeris University
Ivan
Romashchenko, Senior Researcher of the Legal Technology Centre at the Law
School of Mykolas Romeris University
Photo credit: Elian, via Wikimedia Commons&n…
Icelandโs โbike whispererโ: the vigilante who finds stolen bicycles โ and helps thieves change
Bjartmar Leรณsson says at first he was motivated by his anger at Reykjavรญkโs bike thieves. Now he empathises with themIt all started in 2019, when Bjartmar Leรณsson started to see a rise in bike theft in Reykjavรญk. Rather than accepting that once a bicyc…
Naughty or nice? How Santa decides which politicians get Christmas gifts
In a exclusive interview, Father Christmas reveals who’ll be getting a present this festive season.
French city of Montpellier makes public transport free for all residents
Visitors and tourists will still have to pay 1.60 euro per trip as southern French city becomes latest in Europe to make bus and tram rides free for localsThe French city of Montpellier in southern France became the latest European metropolis to allow …
Take this job and shove it: the revised EU law on non-EU migrant workers
Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of
London*Text updated Dec 22 2023, to add a link to the agreed text of the Directive, and April 12 2024, on its final adoption
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To unionsโ dismay, EU Parliament backs new rules on tour bus driver breaks
The European Parliament agreed its stance on new rules defining the minimum rest periods for tour bus drivers on Tuesday (12 December), earning applause from industry and criticism from workersโ groups.
[Column] To change, first the monochrome Brussels Bubble must pop
Get off the 38 bus in Brussels, arrive at Place Luxembourg โ and watch that multi-cultural world turn monochromatic.
We watched Nigel Farage dancing topless in a jungle so you didnโt have to
The Brexiteer romped to a third-place finish on the ‘I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!’ reality show. POLITICO rounded up the โbestโ bits.
โWingless birdsโ: life aboard Britainโs controversial asylum barge
Residents of the Bibby Stockholm speak out, as Conservatives strike a tough pose on asylum policy.
UKโs Rishi Sunak unveils plan to deem Rwanda safe for deportations
Tory MPs pore over legislation aimed at jump-starting policy long snarled in the courts.
Jeremy Hunt blames Brexit for sparking half-decade of instability
Chancellor says vote led to โincredibly challenging timeโ as he defends tax cuts paid for by public sector austerityBusiness live โ latest updatesJeremy Hunt has blamed Brexit for more than half a decade of political instability that has undermined bus…
Israel recalls envoy in Madrid over Spanish PMโs comments
Prime Minister Pedroย Sรกnchez has repeatedly criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza.
Israel and Hamas extend truce by a day
The announcement came hours before gunmen killed 3 in a shooting attack in Jerusalem.
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โRemember who we areโ: riots, race, and the end of the โIrish welcomeโ
Unrest in Dublin shocked many in a country seemingly untroubled by immigration. But as elsewhere in Europe, the far right is risingโข Read more: Geert Wildersโ win shows the far right is being normalisedThe police had reclaimed OโConnell Bridge and were…
โIโm fighting for my countryโ: anger over immigration spills into rage on Dublin streets
Night of unrest in Irish capital an overdue reckoning for many who say their concerns are not being addressedThe young rioter surveyed the scene. A bus and a car blazed on OโConnell Bridge while masked groups marauded across the city centre looting sho…
Build beautiful: Thomas Heatherwickโs campaign to โhumanizeโ buildings
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French football sees more fan violence ahead of 2024 Olympics
French football plunged into a new abyss of violence after the Olympique de Marseille v Olympique Lyonnais game was called off when the visitors’ bus was pelted with stones and beer bottles, injuring Lyon coach Fabio Grosso on Sunday.
Fabio Grosso: Lyon manager ‘seriously injured’ as team bus attacked in Marseille
Lyon’s Ligue 1 match at Marseille is postponed after visiting manager Fabio Grosso is “seriously injured” when the team bus is attacked on the way to the ground.
Dortmund football bus scores own goal with Newcastle match parking fine
Enforcement officer in Tynemouth sticks ยฃ50 ticket on window of bus taking up six parking spacesPundits praised Borussia Dortmund for being well drilled and professional after their visit to Newcastle United this week but it has emerged that the German…
Jean-Luc Mรฉlenchon is a disaster for the French left โ his response to the attack on Israel proves it | Alexander Hurst
He may be a gifted orator, but his rhetoric of rage and revolution is deepening divisions in France. It is time to dump himIf you want to know the deep values that drive someone, sometimes you have to look at who they admire, who they throw under the b…
Restaurant review: Kamoun
Middle Eastern street food but make it fancy! A recent opening in Brussels that everyone is raving about.
Survivors of kibbutz attack turn their ire on Netanyahu
A massive security failure and antagonism toward Arabs means many Israelis think Netanyahu has to answer for Hamas’ attack.