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A 19-year-old Italian woman of Kosovo origin, suspected of associating for terrorist purposes, was detained in Milan. Thousands of pieces of “Islamic State” propaganda footage, including beheadings, were found on her cell phone, Italian correspondent for Jutarnji list, EURACTIV’s partner,...

Nearly half of the youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina (47%) are planning to leave the country temporarily or permanently, according to a recent study by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). It is estimated that around 23,000 young people have already taken concrete...

Miroslav Lajčak, the EU’s special representative for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, said he has spoken with each side’s main negotiator and made it known that EU member countries expect the talks to finally yield concrete results. “I hosted the two Chief...

Belarus has begun moving some 1,000 migrants from a camp on the Polish border to a temporary shelter with mattresses, blankets, and food packages in moves trumpeted by its state media and confirmed by Poland. "The camp near Kuźnica is slowly emptying," Polish deputy interior minister Maciej Wąsik said. The EU also pledged €700,000 in aid for the migrants Wednesday after German chancellor Angela Merkel spoke with Belarus' president.

Italian MEP Carlo Calenda, founder and leader of the Italian Azione party, has joined the liberal Renew Europe group in the European Parliament, the group announced on Wednesday. He had been sitting with the Socialists & Democrats. Calenda was previously an economy minister and an MEP since 2019. The third-largest group in the parliament, Renew Europe has now 100 MEPs from 23 member states.

A police trade union has come forward with accusations of a “purge” after the terms of all commanders and directors ended following the passing of new legislation. The situation developed amid warnings over increased political influence on the police, an...

Russia's military said it would establish a new paratroop regiment in annexed Crimea, completing a reshuffle of forces announced by defence minister Sergei Shoigu in March, Reuters writes. At the same time, Moscow voiced its objections to a framework agreement under which Ukraine will use British funding to improve its naval capabilities, allowing it to buy missiles and build a navy base on the Sea of Azov.

As Germany registered over 52,000 new infections on Wednesday, chancellor Angela Merkel said that the epidemiological situation was dramatic, Reuters reported. "Everyone who gets vaccinated protects himself and others. And if enough people get vaccinated that is the way out of the pandemic," she said, arguing that it is never too late to take the first jab. Only 68 percent of the German population is fully-vaccinated.

The head of the USKOK anti-corruption office admitted that it made an oversight by failing to notify the European Public Prosecutor’s Office about inquiries in the ‘Software’ case, saying the inquiries were no longer active and dismissing claims of a...

Politicians, human rights organisations and former foreign detainees have raised concerns about major general Ahmed Naser Al-Raisia, a United Arab Emirates candidate running for presidency of the International Police Organisation (Interpol), Deutsche Welle writes. German MPs accuse the major of being "directly involved in human rights violations in a number of high-profile cases." The new head of Interpol will be elected next week.

The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee will urge the European Commission to strengthen the monitoring and audit of EU funds for Bulgaria, including the Recovery and Resilience Facility. This is expected to happen at the committee’s next meeting on Thursday...

The Belgian Appeal Court delivered a landmark ruling, in what Kazakhstan's legal representatives described as "one of the biggest frauds in the history of international arbitration."

A new wave of Covid-19 infections has been sweeping through central Europe, where the vaccination rate is generally below the EU average - partly due to low trust in institutions.

A leaked internal document reveals dozens of operational plans to crack down on migrant-smugglers next year, including a target to make over 1,400 arrests - mostly under the aegis of the EU's border agency Frontex.

The European Commission has unveiled a landmark piece of legislation to reduce and reverse the impact of EU consumption on global deforestation, targeting companies selling soy, beef, palm oil, wood, cocoa and coffee in the bloc.

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As some politicians, including in the neighbouring countries Serbia and Croatia, ratchet-up their inflammatory rhetoric, the international community is struggling to find a response to escalating tensions in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Germany may at first have been naive in some areas of cooperation with China, but should not sever all connections in reaction to growing tensions, Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Reuters.

On Wednesday (17 November) data from the Polish health ministry confirmed a sharp rise with 24,000 new COVID-19 cases and over 460 deaths. The new COVID-19 cases come as the Polish government faces criticism for its response to the pandemic....

Bratislava is stepping up its effort to fight disinformation, which many consider one of the main reasons for the country’s low vaccination rate, by setting up a centre to combat hybrid threats. The technical solution for the detection and assessment...