In todayโs edition of the Capitals, find out more about Portugal banning mobile phones in schools, Puigdemont threatening to torpedo the 2025 budget, and so much more.
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Ruth Beckermannโs compassionate documentary is testament to a diverse group of delightful seven-year-olds and the brilliance of their dedicated teacherThere are some big personalities in the class of seven-year-olds in an inner city Vienna primary scho…
Five mixed-race women sued the Belgian state for taking them away from their families in racially motivated abductions.
The annual assessment is based on schoolsโ performance across multiple programmes
A strong European Union is built on protecting each of its membersโ
interests equally. The AUR is ready to collaborate.
Let’s “make Green great again,” Brantner says as party prepares for February’s national vote.
Axel Scheffler says he hopes Wuschel auf der Erde will encourage more children to learn his first languageAxel Scheffler, the illustrator behind the international childrenโs bestseller The Gruffalo, has launched a book to help primary school pupils lea…
One media historian calls Bernard Arnault, Vincent Bollorรฉ and Rodolphe Saadรฉ’s latest purchase “concerning.”
Authorities in eastern and southern Spain have closed schools and begun evacuating some residents as the country is pounded by further torrential rain. The downpour comes just two weeks after deadly floods, the worst natural disaster in Spainโs recent …
Kemi Badenoch failed to land big blows, although she put the PM on the rack over the real-world impact of his national insurance hike.
Parliament votes to express โdeepest regretโ over more than a century of โNorwegianisationโ of minoritiesThe Norwegian parliament has apologised unreservedly to minority groups and Indigenous people for more than a century of historical injustices comm…
Visiting doctors share eyewitness accounts after a U.N. inquiry accused Israel of war crimes by targeting Gaza’s health system.
The regionโs president responds to criticisms that he was slow to act by attacking the prime ministerThe sun still hadnโt risen on Tuesday 29 October when the mayor of Utiel, Ricardo Gabaldรณn, took another look at the warnings from Spainโs state meteor…
Widening gap with state sector for special educational needs support is โa real concernโ says education secretary
Donald Trump didnโt engage in formal conversations about a potential Cabinet in the run-up to his election. But that didnโt stop him from spitballing potential contenders during his frequent plane rides to campaign events, or when he is impressed by one of his allies on television. โHe would be great at this,โ or โShe would [โฆ]
Experiment for a term prompted by research showing that sharing every result put added pressure on studentsA secondary school in the Netherlands is blocking parental access to childrenโs grades for a term in an attempt to reduce the pressure on pupils …
The wigs and signs were clearly not taken lightly.
History teacher stabbed and decapitated near his school in a Paris suburb in 2020 in case that shocked FranceEight people have gone on trial in Paris for their alleged role in events leading to the beheading of the history teacher Samuel Paty in 2020, …
Despite the fact that the EU is wealthier than most parts of the world, millions of children still rely on their schools to provide them with food on a daily basis.
Eight charged in connection with murder of Samuel Paty in Paris suburbs in 2020It was a killing that started with started with a lie. In October 2020, an Islamist terrorist tracked down and decapitated professor Samuel Paty as he left school on the las…
Multilingualism is coming for Flanders โ though not everyone likes that idea.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he โno strategy yetโ if Trump wins โ other than an appeal to his vanityOn Ukraineโs frontline, soldiers hold Russian forces at bay with American weapons and ammunition. Across the country, American air defences pr…
Big swings from the new chancellor will reshape the British state.
The UN agency for children, UNICEF, is warning that children are bearing much of the pain and suffering in Ukraine. As the war sparked by Russia’s full-scale invasion grinds on towards the three-year mark, the loss of essential infrastructure, the lac…
Former pupils of Catholic schools say corporal punishment was โhourly occurenceโ in 60s and 70sThe Irish government has been urged to extend the scope of a statutory inquiry into historical child abuse in schools to include corporal punishment, includi…
From splashing the cash to going for growth, here’s how Britain’s first female chancellor wants to run the economy.
Wriggling on tax and public spending promises is a big risk for Britain’s new leader soon after coming to office.
French ambassador Hรฉlรจne Duchรชne warned the government’s VAT charges went against ‘the reset to our relationship.’
Private schools are expected to begin paying 20% duty but EU diplomats want international institutions to be exemptImposing VAT on international schools in the UK could lead to hundreds of pupils leaving, European diplomats have said, as they called fo…
In the rush to defeat Trump, weโre suddenly on the frontline. Itโs a shame, then, that so few of us actually voteThe United States doesnโt show much love to its citizens who live abroad. For instance, it was impossible for me to declare my driving lice…
One of the country’s biggest exasperations is Western policymakers trying to strong-arm them into hasty political reform.
Trade body for Franceโs travel industry reportedly writes to UK home secretary over concerns for programmeโs futureA scheme designed to boost the numbers of French children able to travel to Britain for school trips is reportedly in peril as a result o…
The cleric’s supporters infiltrated the police and judiciary โ but went too far when they challenged Erdoฤan’s allies and family.
The former president is delivering a closing argument that expressly embraces locker room talk.
Irelandโs transition year shows us that going off-curriculum can bring significant advantages, says Ruth MarvelEnrichment activities are often seen as the poorer cousin to core academic subjects โ but we know that they can have a powerful influence on …
If Kamala Harris wins the election, she will likely approach the task of filling out her Cabinet and West Wing much like she did when she took over Joe Bidenโs campaign operation this summer. While sheโll ensure her closest advisers and key Cabinet members are people she personally trusts, there will be some continuity with [โฆ]
Even as I am taught about the German credo of tolerance and compassion, the government is betraying it to pander to the far rightI live in a small, quaint old town in north-west Germany, and every day I attend four hours of German and integration lesso…
The French president’s mixed signals on Israel and Gaza are undermining his approach to the region.
The transition year led Paul Mescal and Cillian Murphy to become actors โ and has had similarly seismic affects on thousands of secondary school students. Should other countries follow suit?โIf you know your Flann OโBrien, youโll know that bike mainten…
Even staunch Lebanese opponents of Hezbollah, who have long hoped to see the back of Iranโs most important regional ally, are recoiling at a military campaign thatโs triggered the countryโs biggest population displacement in over four decades.
New climate network will teach trainee doctors more about heatstroke, dengue and malaria and role of global warming in healthMosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria will become a bigger part of the curriculum at medical schools across Europe…
Israel has stepped up its ground offensive in Gaza as it expands its invasion across the border in Lebanon.
The former prime minister has axes to grind with political foes, world leaders โ and even the Great British public.
The former president went after immigrants on Monday, linking crime to genetics.
The European Commission has issued a formal notice to Czechia for failing to comply with EU anti-discrimination laws, citing the continued segregation of Roma children in schools.
Many in Lebanon are desperate not to let Israel’s attack and economic hardships reignite sectarian divisions.
Josep Borrell loves to condemn things โ sometimes in the “strongest possible terms.” Does it ever have any impact?
A review of the vice presidential contendersโ past debates suggests a fiery clash is likely.
Donald Trump never stops talking about immigration, trade and the economy. Those policy areas have animated all three of the former presidentโs campaigns for the White House, and he often finds ways to morph other topics into border security, tariffs, taxes and inflation when heโs riffing on the campaign trail. And for years โ amid [โฆ]
Looking to be less dependent on China and Taiwan, the West is keen to have alternative suppliers and are pushing at an open door with New Delhi and Hanoi.
โGrades for conductโ, similar to a law introduced by Mussolini, aims to tackle rising aggression towards teachersItaly has reinstated a measure to fail badly behaved pupils as concerns grow over aggression directed at teachers.The โgrades for conductโ …
Annual allocation up 15% as local authorities and education body warn of spiralling costs
We break down the 20 figures shaping the Conservativesโ tech policy in opposition.
More billions are on the way from the tech giant as the Irish hoover up multinational taxes at a breakneck pace โ but struggle to build what this booming nation needs.
Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government coalition has de facto seized control of the parliamentary committee overseeing the Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS), traditionally led by the opposition, leading to fears about its impartiality and ability to i…
The U.N. contends with its own limitations as violence in the Middle East ratchets up amid General Assembly.
Israeli forces carried out hundreds of strikes in a major escalation of tensions with Hezbollah.
Compulsory preschool year for six-year-olds to be replaced with extra year in primary school from 2028Children in Sweden are to start school at six years old from 2028, a year earlier than at present, in an overhaul of the countryโs education system th…
The vice presidentโs appearance at the NABJ event follows Donald Trumpโs combative sit-down interview with the association.
Now, they canโt escape it with Trump, Vance and AI-generated memes keeping the myth alive.
His Arizona rally comes two days after Vice President Kamala Harris derailed from the issue at the presidential debate.
He was the longest-serving economy minister in modern French history.
โThese dramatic violations of international humanitarian law need to stop now,” U.N. chief Antรณnio Guterres said.
A review of her most memorable moments on the debate stage and the dais offer clues to how sheโll take on Trump.
Calvijn College was one of the first schools in the Netherlands to ban mobile phones. Four years on, officials report its culture has been transformedSix years ago, as officials at the Netherlandsโ Calvijn College began considering whether to ban phone…
‘Repairing the Earth’ (6/6). Denmark’s pioneering capital has set itself the goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2025. It has already reduced its emissions by 75% since 2005. Half of all journeys are made by bicycle, red meat is no longer used in school…
Members of the ruling Slovak National Party (SNS) have bypassed Education Minister Tomรกลก Drucker (Hlas-SD/NI) to introduce an anti-LGBTI+ bill aimed at schools, despite the European Commission currently taking Hungary to court over similar legislation.
โTransition yearโ part way through secondary school is a chance for personal development and community service
Kremlin forces carry out major attack on Ukrainian city closest to Polish border.
The government’s scoping inquiry found almost 2,400 allegations of historical sexual abuse by hundreds of schools run by religious orders across Ireland.
In todayโs edition of the Capitals, find out more about bomb threats targetting Czech and Slovak schools, Turkey and Greece seeking to bypass the Bulgarian transport chaos, and so much more.
If all goes well, the ban will be expanded to include all schools across the country.
Schools in Czechia and Slovakia faced bomb threats on Tuesday morning, leading to school closures, modified schedules and urgent police investigations.
The Irish government orders an inquiry after an initial report uncovers almost 2,400 allegations.
The Irish government orders an inquiry after an initial report uncovers almost 2,400 allegations.
Inquiry to follow preliminary investigation unearthing 2,400 allegations of historic abuseThe Irish government is to set up a statutory commission of inquiry into sexual abuse at schools run by Catholic religious orders after a preliminary investigatio…
In Ukraine’s Sumy region, the Kremlin’s forces struck a rehab center for orphans, local authorities said.
Governments across Europe are imposing smartphone bans in schools in an attempt to tackle screen addiction and cyberbullying.
Try not to wreck the economy.
The new regulations and system of penalties are an extension of rules education minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis announced in March which saw pupils face expulsion for filming classmates and ridiculing them online in a bid to clamp down on cyberbullying.
Minnesota governor says heโs proud of his 24 years in the National Guard.
By entrenching itself in small towns,
Alternative for Germany is breaking through the firewall designed to keep it out of power.
โDigital pauseโ experiment at 200 secondary schools could be extended nationwide in JanuaryFrance is to trial a ban on mobile phones at school for pupils up to the age of 15, seeking to give children a โdigital pauseโ that, if judged successful, could …
Ministers call for more security around Jewish schools and places of worship after doors of synagogue and two cars set alight in La Grande-MotteFrench police have been ordered to step up security around Jewish places of worship, schools and centres acr…
She understood the need to tie her story to yours.
“I absolutely reject any politicization of education,โ says Education Minister Tomรกลก Drucker.
The Reform UK leader is wooing young people just as Labour wants to lower the voting age.
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev did not veto the new anti-LGBTI law banning any kind of educational programmes on ‘non-traditional sexual orientation’ in Bulgarian schools, ignoring calls from the Council of Europe and civil society activists to veto it.
President Joe Bidenโs decision to abandon his reelection bid andย endorse Vice President Kamala Harrisย means that Harris could soon become the standard-bearer for the Democratic Partyโs biggest priorities โ including abortion rights, climate change and student debt relief. Her track record as a California attorney general, a U.S. senator and Bidenโs No. 2 provides only so [โฆ]
With A-level entries for the language halving in a decade, a new initiative is hoping to save it from the academic scrapheapWhen Londoner Amber Tallon started learning German at the age of 12, she โtook to it like a duck to waterโ, she says.An A-level …
Here are some hints about how Harris’ agenda and Biden’s might compare if she ends up taking the oath in January.
The legislation triggered protests across the country and condemnation from human rights groups.
The EU executive has previously taken legal action and withdrawn funds from Hungary for a similar law.
London secures most top grades as A*s rise and gap widens between private and state schools
American, Egyptian and Qatari leaders emphasize the urgency of restarting cease-fire negotiations.
Asma Mohammed, one of 30 โuncommittedโ delegates for the Democratic National Convention, thinks the new ticket needs a cease-fire deal and an arms embargo to win.
Ursula von der Leyen faces pressure from the south over climate adaptation plans.
It can be hard to understand some of the accusations aimed at the vice presidential candidates, so we asked a veteran to decipher them.
