Germany is preparing to tighten controls along its borders to address human trafficking, Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser has said. “We are also preparing additional stationary border controls,” she told Deutschlandfunk radio. “And we [Read More]
Inflation in Germany slowed significantly to 4.5 percent in September from more than 6 percent in the previous month, according to preliminary figures released on Thursday by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Inflation in Europe’s [Read More]
Greece will receive financial support totaling some 55 billion euros from the European Union (EU) over the next four to six years, Greek Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance Nikos Papathanasis has said. Greek [Read More]
Poland is considering imposing border controls with other countries including Germany, a spokesman for the Polish ruling party said on Wednesday. “I know that this type of analysis is underway because Germany is very often [Read More]
Austria’s tourism sector registered 3.6 percent more overnight stays this summer than the same period last year, Statistics Austria said on Wednesday. A total of 59.95 million overnight stays were recorded from May to August [Read More]
Italy’s Council of Ministers on Wednesday approved a new policy to strengthen its immigration regulation, potentially removing special age-related protections for young asylum seekers. The move is the latest in a series of reforms aimed [Read More]
Two people died and many hundreds were evacuated after wildfires consumed large parts of northern Sicily, Italy, on Friday and Saturday, according to local media reports on Saturday. The fire blazed areas around the Sicilian [Read More]
Norway’s central bank (Norges Bank) has increased its benchmark interest rate from 4.0 percent to 4.25 percent on Thursday to curb inflation. Norges Bank Governor Ida Wolden Bache told reporters that the country’s current inflation [Read More]
Britain’s King Charles III on Wednesday evening called on Britain and France to “reinvigorate” their friendship to tackle the challenges of the 21st century. Arriving in France Wednesday afternoon for a three-day state visit, Charles [Read More]
The Swedish government called a crisis meeting on Tuesday due to an escalation of gang violence across the country recently, with a spate of killings that the national police commissioner has called “unprecedented”. Shootings have [Read More]
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