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Brussels – The European Commission’s proposals for fishing opportunities in the Mediterranean for 2026 involve “some of the most severe cuts ever imposed” on fishers, putting “thousands of jobs at risk,” as warned on Tuesday by the European employers’ association Europêche, the ETF trade unions, and the Committee of Agricultural Organizations and Community Cooperatives (Copa-Cogeca).…

Rhode Island (Eurotoday) – Shannon Godbout, 41, from Hopkinton, Rhode Island, faces charges of driving to endanger resulting in death after allegedly striking and killing Grammy-nominated musician Roderick “Rory” MacLeod, 70, while walking his dog in Hope Valley. NBC 10 I-Team reveals her extensive criminal history with over 100 arrests and 58 court cases, prompting…

Silvio Gonzato, the European Union Ambassador in Tirana, emphasized the necessity for Albania to implement electoral reform that aligns completely with OSCE-ODIHR recommendations to foster fair political competition. During his address at the conference titled “Building Trust in Elections: Political Financing and Electoral Reform in Albania,” organized by International IDEA and the University of Helsinki’s…

Donald Trump diskutiert in einem exklusiven 45-Minuten-Interview mit POLITICO über Themen wie Ukraine, NATO und Migration und beschreibt ein Europa, das aus seiner Sicht am Rande des Zusammenbruchs steht. Er gibt Russland militärische Überlegenheit, spricht der EU die strategische Handlungsfähigkeit ab und betrachtet Migration als „zentrale Existenzfrage“. Ein Update zu einem Interview, das in Berlin…

Antwerp (Eurotoday) – The Antwerp criminal court awarded PM Bart De Wever €5,000 in damages after a foiled 2023 attack, marking a key ruling in the high-profile security case. He was still Antwerp’s mayor at the time. Indeed though De Wever claimed as a public person that he hadn’t been concerned or scarified, the judge…

Madrid – This week, Spain will exceed the 75% repayment threshold of the financial bailout from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) that was arranged over a decade ago, as announced by Minister of Economy, Trade and Enterprise, Carlos Cuerpo, during a press conference after the Council of Ministers. Cuerpo indicated that by December 11, repayments…

POLITICO requested a response to Trump’s harsh criticism, and European Commission Chief Spokesperson Paula Pinho strongly defended Europe’s leaders. “We are very pleased and grateful to have excellent leaders, starting with the leader in this house, president of the European Commission von der Leyen, who we are really proud of, who can lead us in…

Brussels (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to evaluate whether Alphabet’s Google has violated European Union competition regulations by using the content of web publishers, as well as content uploaded on YouTube, to train its artificial intelligence models. The Commission expressed concern that Google might be utilising online…