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In an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens (Greece), an organised criminal group, allegedly involved in a systematic large-scale subsidy fraud scheme and money-laundering activities, has been identified. Today, 37 suspects were arrested, and searches were carried out throughout the country. The investigation revealed that, since at least 2018, the group is believed to have...

CLAIRE BERLINSKI WRITES: A system built for two sides cannot govern a nation divided in three. France’s presidential monarchy has become the source of its own instability. When Charles de Gaulle founded the Fifth Republic in 1958, he believed he had found a cure for France’s chronic instability. He endowed France with a massively powerful presidency, but also a parliament...

The eight jewels stolen from the brazen Louvre heist this week were not privately insured, France's Ministry of Culture has declared.  In a statement, France’s culture ministry said the state would not be reimbursed for the loss of items that have an "inestimable heritage and historical value." Unlike private galleries, which purchase private insurance, national museums self-insure and assume risk. In...

A proposed summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest has been scrapped just days after it was announced. The development casts doubt over Trump's latest attempt to secure a ceasefire to stop Russia's fighting in Ukraine. A White House official confirmed the summit is off saying that a "productive call" between US Secretary of State...

European leaders have come out in support of Ukraine after US President Donald Trump announced a potential summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Budapest. European leaders have backed the proposal by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday to establish a ceasefire in Ukraine along the current line of fighting. However, Trump's plan envisages ending the war at the current...

Greece, up to recently famously known for its laid-back lifestyle, is now set to become the first country in the European Union to officially introduce a 13-hour workday for the private sector. These are to affect factory workers, cashiers and hotel staff in Greece.  Greece’s parliament approved the bill, as protest rallies abided across the country.  This month alone, Greece saw two nation-wide...

This is the second part in a Universul.net series on a series on food waste where we look at how big a problem it is, why it happens and what can be done to reduce food ending up in the trash rather than people's stomachs. Romania is among the top countries with the highest food waste in the European Union....

Romania’s main intelligence agency on Tuesday said it had foiled a new sabotage operation orchestrated by  Russia in Romania. It said that two Ukrainians who entered Romania from Poland and who were under the direct coordination of representatives of the Russian secret services intended to set fire to a Bucharest office of NOVA POST, Ukraine's largest private courier. Homemade...

Romania’s royal couple and the British Ambassador to Romania led a celebration to mark 150 years since Queen Marie’s birth held at her ‘beautiful, little’ Anglican church in the heart of Bucharest. Princess Margareta, the Custodian of the Romanian Crown, is the great-granddaughter of the British-born queen who has become a symbol in post-communist Romania. The late queen is appreciated...

Romania’s main intelligence agency on Monday alerted the public about a ‘coordinated online disinformation campaign’ about an explosion last week in a residential building that killed three and injured 14. The Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) recommended people get their information from official sources, calling out fake news deliberately spread on social media and online. The agency said that Romania, whose presidential...