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The head of Berlin Airport has warned that the EU's new digital border system is causing long delays for non-EU travellers, with waiting times at one of Berlin Airport's terminals, used by Ryanair and Wizz Air, regularly stretching from one to two hours. As peak holiday travel gets underway in the summer, the situation threatens to become unbearable. The delays are...

This astonishing new reality holds grim suggestions for the future of Israel’s democracy. A massive test approaches. Also in the United States Two extraordinary developments illustrate how unsettled Israel is in advance of elections this year: Supreme Court Justice Noam Solberg, chairman of Israel’s Central Elections Committee, publicly outlined the legal conditions under which elections could possibly be postponed during...

A furious public communication campaign, meant to accredit the false idea that one person, the ousted Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, is responsible for the political crisis and the formation of a new government. An extreme delay by the head of state (timing announced on Tuesday, a gesture of cynicism and irresponsibility) of the appointment of a prime minister,...

Romanians remain generally positive about the European Union, seeing membership as beneficial, but are  less happy with their quality of life than the average European, according to the European Parliament’s Spring 2026 Eurobarometer. The survey, carried out between April 9 and May 4, across the EU, shows that Europeans increasingly view the EU as a place of stability in a...

Italian authorities have seized assets worth over €23.5 million, in an investigation into a VAT fraud scheme involving imported fuel to the Italian market. At the request of the EPPO,the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) and the Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency (Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli), the Judge for Preliminary Investigations at the Court of Milan issued...

A violent storm ripped through the Romanian capital and other regions overnight Wednesday, killing one, uprooting trees, flooding roads and even causing a flight to divert. Dozens of homes and ​vehicles were damaged and a man died when a tree fell on the car with him inside, emergency services officials ​said. In Bucharest alone, emergency services received 3,000 ⁠calls for help,...

On Tuesday, President Nicușor Dan had a working lunch with the ambassadors of the EU member states, at the end of which he held a press conference. If the head of state made the same presentation of the political situation to European diplomats, as he did in front of journalists, then it would be fair to say that there are...

One person died, trees were uprooted, traffic was blocked and a flight was diverted on Tuesday after a storm hit the Romanian capital and surrounding areas. The storm swept the capital and surrounding villages after the hottest day of the year when temperatures rose to 38C, tearing up trees and knocking over signs and municipal rubbish bins. A person who was...

A Romanian man was arrested in Germany on Tuesday on suspicion of plotting to overthrow Romania's government and install a Nazi-inspired regime, prosecutors said. The suspect, identified only as Nichita P., is accused of “having attempted, as a ringleader, to establish a foreign terrorist organization,” prosecutors said in a statement. “From early 2023, Nichita P. sought to establish a right-wing extremist...

People granted asylum in the UK will now be required to repay around £10,000 towards the cost of the accommodation and financial support they received once they begin earning, under new government plans. The measure forms part of the forthcoming Immigration and Asylum Bill, which is due to be introduced in Parliament on Tuesday. This bill will apply to asylum seekers...