UK universities face growing struggle to recruit international students ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
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Labour to seek joint declaration with EU on wide-ranging security pact ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
Viktor Orbán’s rightwing group hits quota for recognition by EU parliament ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
Far-right win in French election could deal blow to climate policy, say experts ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
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Britain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmer ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
French elections: far right on course for first round victory. What happens now? ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
Far-right National Rally strengthening in final polls ahead of vote ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he is ‘grateful’ Europe has maintained unity – Europe live ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
‘I was shot in the leg back home’: the refugees reviving rural Spain ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
‘My state pension was £880 – and my rent was £1,000’: how a 70-year-old man became homeless in Britain ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
Tony Sinclair had worked all his life – but still found himself sleeping rough. Then even his tent was taken away from him....
EU passes law to restore 20% of bloc’s land and sea by end of decade ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
Chinese firm sought to use UK university links to access AI for possible military use ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
‘Crime is out of hand’: how young people turned to far right in east German city ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
EU to put tariffs of up to 38% on Chinese electric vehicles as trade war looms ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
Hungarians rally for former ally leading the charge against Viktor Orbán’s rule ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
Turkey rejects claim Lord Elgin had permission to take Parthenon marbles ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
Official says no sign of permit in Ottoman archives, in blow to British Museum, which defends legal right to statuary
European Central Bank cuts main interest rate by 0.25 points ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
Citing a sustained fall in inflation, the ECB said its deposit rate would be cut to 3.75% from a record high of 4%, putting it ahead of the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, which have yet to cut interest rates.
Russian legal foundation Pravfond linked to Kremlin activities spent millions of euros to finance propaganda and legal campaigns in Europe and around the world, leaked documents reveal ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
Leaked internal documents have exposed the activities of a Russian state-backed legal defence foundation that European intelligence agencies and analysts say is in fact a Kremlin influence operation active in 48 countries across Europe and around the world....
'What if we built our own?’: young Amsterdammers fight Europe's housing crisis with cooperative build ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
Group of university students awarded plot after city hall passes plan for 15 to 20 cooperative projects...
Critics of Putin and his allies targeted inside the EU with Israeli-made Pegasus spyware ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
At least seven journalists and activists who have been vocal critics of the Kremlin and its allies have been targeted inside the EU by a state using Pegasus, the hacking spyware made by Israel’s NSO Group, according to a new report by security researchers....
Greens ‘will not back von der Leyen’ for re-election if she does deal with far right ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
Terry Reintke, the German Green MEP chair, said her group would “absolutely” not support von der Leyen – the incumbent centre-right commission president who is seeking a second term – if she made a deal with the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s group in the European parliament, the European Conservatives and...
Spain to give Ukraine €1bn in military aid in decade-long defence deal ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
‘They call us Nazis’: inside the wealthy German town where the far right is on the rise ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
Polish foreign minister calls for long-term rearmament of Europe ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
Radosław Sikorski also says he favours deepest possible inclusion of UK in EU defence structures...