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When news broke that members of the Taliban visited Brussels in late June to discuss migration with European Union officials, Sami Samar said she was left crestfallen. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “I was so disappointed because we really count on European countries as they believe the principle of human rights and the universality of human rights,” she tells Euronews. “This is kind of (an) endorsement of the Taliban, even if it’s low rank of the Taliban.” Samar, a former Afghan minister for women’s affairs from 2001 to 2002 turned human rights advocate living in exile in the United States, made the comments…
A right-wing, security-first approach to migration has become mainstream. The mass influx of migrants into Ceuta showed that Spain’s more progressive model has become an exception in Europe, with even left-wing parties adopting securitarian language. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT At the end of July, tens of thousands of irregular migrants crossed into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco, an incident that left around 100 dead and pushed migration policy back to the centre of European politics. The episode has not only opened a deep diplomatic rift between Rome and Madrid over how migration should be managed, but also exposed Spain’s…
Published on 11/08/2026 – 12:50 GMT+2 Residents of several villages in northern Poland’s Ciechanów County have been warned to stay away from woodland areas after reports of a large cat in the area, which could be a puma. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The warning applies to people in the villages of Osiek-Wólka, Osiek-Aleksandrowo, Osiek Górny and Stare Garnowo. Local authorities have called for people to exercise caution and advised particular supervision of children until the situation has been clarified. Head forester of the Ciechanów Forest District, Tomasz Dróżdż, told the PAP news agency that the big cat was reportedly spotted by an…
Published on 11/08/2026 – 13:27 GMT+2 Latvia’s Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs announced on Tuesday the launch of a new security operation, dubbed “Vilkatis” — or “Werewolf” — aimed at strengthening border controls and improving coordination between Latvia’s security services, as the Baltic country is facing an influx of irregular migrants from Belarus. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On the same day, Latvia’s border guards detected 15 people who illegally crossed the border through an underground tunnel dug from Belarus. The security operation will increase the involvement of Latvia’s armed forces in supporting border guards, including through additional personnel and logistical support. Authorities will…
Published on 11/08/2026 – 12:18 GMT+2 A 60-year-old farmer drove his tractor onto a newly laid asphalt road in the southern Polish city of Gliwice and using a plough, churned up around 200 metres of the surface. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to the Gliwice Municipal Police Headquarters, the man claimed the road belonged to him and that the works being carried out on it were illegal. He is also said to have announced that he would damage the surface again. On Sunday, the Gliwice-West District Prosecutor’s Office charged the 60-year-old with damaging property of significant value. Investigators applied to the Gliwice…
By Holger Mann (SPD), is a memeber of the German parliament und a member of the Bundestag Committee on Cultural and Media Affairs Published on 11/08/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Last week, Belarus classified the Euronews website – like many before it – as an “extremist medium”. What may sound like a dry administrative act is in fact an open declaration of war on the free press and an admission of its own weakness. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Euronews is neither…
Water is under stress when we use 20 percent of renewable freshwater resources, and severely stressed at 40 per cent, according to the European Environmental Agency (EEA)’s Water Exploitation Index Plus (WEI+). Today, 30 percent of Europeans and 20 percent of land face water scarcity each year, according to the European Commission. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Current temperatures deepen Europe’s water crisis as heat dries soils and shrinks rivers. Behind the heat lies a water system already pushed to its limits. Decades of pollution, overuse, and resource mismanagement have harmed water bodies, leaving the EU with few reserves to fight today’s water…
Published on 10/08/2026 – 11:11 GMT+2•Updated 12:52 “Due to the eruptive activity of Etna and the simultaneous emission of volcanic ash into the atmosphere, the closure of the airspace affected by the ash cloud has been ordered and arrivals have been suspended until 5 p.m.” This was announced by the company Sac (source in Italian), which operates Catania airport. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The same company specified that the situation is having a “severe operational impact” and urged “passengers not to go to the airport without first checking the status of their flight directly with their airline”. “The situation,” Sac concluded, “is…
Published on 10/08/2026 – 15:26 GMT+2 Russia’s military can currently fire a simultaneous salvo of 77 ballistic missiles and plans to increase that number to 200, according to Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, the officer leading Ukraine’s drone forces. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Even if they only manage half of that, it will all be flying at us,” he told the Associated Press news agency on Monday. The warning points to one of Ukraine’s most exposed vulnerabilities – a shortage of interceptors for the US-made Patriot systems, the only weapon in Kyiv’s arsenal capable of shooting down ballistic missiles. That shortfall means dozens of…
Published on 10/08/2026 – 15:26 GMT+2•Updated 15:33 The phased reactivation of the previously shut-down capacity has begun at the Paks Nuclear Power Plant, after the level of the River Danube started to rise. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Once the river had climbed back above the critical low recorded a week earlier, it became possible for one turbine to start producing electricity again from Monday evening. The reconnection is taking place under strict technical and safety conditions. At the beginning of August, the Danube’s water level dropped to a historic low, reaching minus 134 centimetres at Paks. As a result, three of the…