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Italy begins ‘offshoring’ asylum claims at centers in Albania
SHËNGJIN, Albania (CN) — In what may become a model for other European nations, Italy on Wednesday transferred its first group of migrants picked up in the Mediterranean Sea and brought them to this...
View ArticleCourt strikes down Italy’s plan to send migrants to Albania
(CN) — A court in Rome on Friday struck down Italy’s contentious plan to use Albania for processing asylum seekers picked up in the Mediterranean Sea, a major blow to far-right Italian Prime Minister...
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Moldova elections signal trouble on country’s path toward the EU
(CN) — Moldova’s movement toward joining the European Union was thrown into doubt after the country’s strongly pro-EU president, Maia Sandu, won lukewarm support on Sunday in her bid for reelection...
View ArticleNon-EU art designs — in this case, an Eames chair — fall under copyright law,...
(CN) — In a case involving a chair style developed by celebrated American industrial designers Charles and Ray Eames, the European Union’s high court on Thursday said Europeans must respect...
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Georgia jolted, protests break out after pro-Russia party wins disputed...
(CN) — Weekend elections saw the Caucasus nation of Georgia yanked off its course toward the West after the Kremlin-friendly ruling party declared victory in a parliamentary ballot widely rejected as...
View ArticleDozens die in flash floods in Spain
(CN) — At least 95 people were killed in catastrophic flash flooding that inundated the Spanish province of Valencia and nearby regions Tuesday evening. A severe cold snap unleashed torrential rains,...
View ArticleMore than 200 dead in catastrophic floods in Spain
(CN) — The death toll from catastrophic flooding in eastern Spain rose to more than 200 people on Friday as search and rescue crews continued to recover bodies from devastated towns and villages near...
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Pro-Western Sandu wins reelection in Moldova
(CN) — Moldova’s turn away from Russia and toward the West got a big boost on Sunday with the reelection of President Maia Sandu, a pro-Western and Harvard-educated center-right liberal. Since the...
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Trump win casts gloom and confusion over Europe
MARSEILLES, France (CN) — Gati Gleo, a 75-year-old retiree, was blunt in his assessment about the return of Donald Trump to the White House. “The U.S. is going to shit, that’s how it is,” he said as...
View ArticleBroiling 2024 ‘virtually certain’ to claim new record for hottest year
(CN) — In 2023 the planet roasted during the hottest year on record — but this year is set to be even hotter. 2024 will in all likelihood end up as the warmest year since record-keeping began,...
View ArticleWith Trump presidency looming, Macron calls on Europe to ‘write its own history’
(CN) — Amid the shock of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, French President Emmanuel Macron urged Europe to steer an independent course from the United States, speaking at a summit of European...
View ArticleBiden, NATO allies authorize missile strikes against Russia
(CN) — Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden and his European allies are allowing Ukraine to use Western-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia, a move that threatens to widen and...
View ArticleA climate mess: Azerbaijan COP summit sees rich and poor nations battle over...
(CN) — At the annual United Nations climate summit in oil-rich Azerbaijan, industrialized nations were under mounting pressure Friday night from poorer countries to cough up $1 trillion a year to help...
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Baku climate summit: Disillusionment lingers as meeting ends with more promises
(CN) — Another United Nations climate summit is over and once again it’s a disappointment. In the early hours of Sunday, the COP29 meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, ended with organizers announcing a...
View ArticleRomania cracks the door open to surprise ultranationalist presidential candidate
(CN) — Romanian voters on Sunday quietly dealt a major shock to European politics by giving an underdog 62-year-old independent ultranationalist with anti-NATO, anti-European Union and...
View ArticleMiddle East upended by fall of Assad regime; what comes next is unclear
(CN) — The Middle East was rocked by the fall of Damascus to Islamist militant forces backed by Turkey, a NATO ally, over the weekend, with U.S. President Joe Biden leading the West in hailing the...
View ArticleIsrael bombs Syria as Middle East spirals into deeper chaos
(CN) — The Middle East spiraled into deeper chaos on Tuesday as Israeli troops reportedly advanced onto the outskirts of Damascus and dropped hundreds of missile strikes against Syria, targeting...
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How a mythical Sicilian lake was taken hostage for a racetrack
LAKE PERGUSA, Sicily (CN) — On an island as dry as Sicily, this rare and precious lake is where ancient Greeks dreamed up ideas about how the seasons came about. In their telling, Hades ascended from...
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A doozie in Romania: After annulling election, Bucharest eyes charging...
(CN) — A crisis over the Putin-like dark horse Romanian ultranationalist Călin Georgescu, who was close to seizing the presidency in Bucharest, is haunting Europe. Romania, the European Union’s eighth...
View ArticleUkraine soldiers on despite blackouts, hardships as it enters third winter of...
(CN) — Ukraine’s third winter at war may be the most difficult yet as Russia pounds its power grid and natural gas infrastructure, causing daily power outages and making it difficult for Ukrainians to...
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