FORB
Edinburgh Attacks Put Anti-Muslim Hate in Focus
Five men were injured as counter-terrorism officers joined the investigation into violent incidents across the Scottish capital A man has been charged after five men were injured in a series...
Europe
Europe’s Week Turns on Budget, Rights and Resilience
EU leaders closed a crowded summit as migration, trade, culture, sport and the coming policy calendar sharpened the continent’s next choices Europe’s past five days were shaped by a familiar...
Books
Orbital Turns Distance Into Earthly Attention
Samantha Harvey’s Booker-winning novel looks at the planet from above, and finds human responsibility rather than escape Samantha Harvey’s Orbital is a brief, luminous novel about six astronauts circling Earth...
News
Ukraine and Moldova Enter Core EU Talks
Luxembourg conferences open the fundamentals cluster, putting rule of law and democratic institutions at the centre of both accession bids The European Union has formally opened the first substantive accession...
News
Europe’s Death Penalty Lesson Is Still Incomplete
A new Council of Europe study warns that pupils often learn about executions, but not enough about why abolition became a democratic standard Europe has not carried out an execution...
News
The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück Review
Lynne Olson’s The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück is a grave, necessary work of historical recovery: a book about French women resisters imprisoned in the Nazis’ largest women’s concentration camp, and about...
News
How European Parliament Investigations Work
How European Parliament investigations work: powers, limits and why committees of inquiry and special committees matter for EU scrutiny.
Energy
Brussels Energy Week Tests Europe’s Clean Power Promise
European Sustainable Energy Week opens as policymakers face harder questions on grids, affordability and public trust European Sustainable Energy Week opened in Brussels and online on 9 June with a...
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Environment
Northern Evia Quakes Put Local Safety Checks First
Homes, roads and schools face inspections after a shallow earthquake sequence rattled central Greece A sequence of earthquakes in northern Evia has left local authorities assessing damage to homes, roads...
Europe
Women’s World Cup Qualifiers Put Europe’s Football Depth Under Pressure
Europe’s women’s national teams enter a decisive June window on Friday, with direct qualification for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup, play-off places and promotion or relegation all still at...