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As recent headlines have made clear, at least 115 people have been killed in two major high-speed train accidents in Spain in 2026 – so far.

Such events are, as many have said, inexplicable in a country such as Spain.

A double-tragedy of this magnitude, which resulted in the resignation of the country’s transport minister earlier this week, is likely to tu...


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The survivor of a brutal pushback in Greece was forced to take action at UN level, in a display of the impossibly high standard of evidence required in European courts to prevent victims of pushbacks from accessing justice.

A Hazara teenager’s flight from Afghanistan in 2018 during an uptick in Taliban violence against the minority, ended in a rubber dinghy ride fr...


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The European Commission has held up Moldova as an example for other EU-aspirant states to follow, both in terms of internal reforms and resilience to Russian interference, while also praising Albania, Montenegro, and Ukraine.

Enlargement commissioner Marta Kos told press in Brussels, on Wednesday (4 November) that, out of the four frontrunners, Albania, Moldova, an...


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An attempt by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping to overturn an EU ban on its ships from docks and locks has failed.

The EU’s General Court’s ruling on Wednesday (4 November) means that sanctions barring Russian-certified ships from using maritime docks and canal locks will stay in place, for now.

But in a partial victory for the Russian authority, ...


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Curbing energy prices, defence and cutting red tape as part of its so-called “simplification” are at the heart of a slimmed down 2027 work programme published by the EU Commission on Wednesday (4 November).

Among the


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