After 17 years as European Union members, Romania and Bulgaria will officially join the EU’s border-free Schengen travel zone on January 1, 2025. The decision allows citizens from both countries to travel to other Schengen countries like France, Spain, or Norway without requiring a passport.
What’s on the front page of El Pais? The former Minister of Transport and former Secretary of Organization of the PSOE José Luis Abalos denied yesterday in the Supreme Court the accusations that link him with a corrupt plot during his administration. Abalos, investigated for influence peddling, bribery, embezzlement and criminal organization, stated that he did not receive commissions or favor contracts. He attributed any relationship with businessmen to his former advisor Koldo García, including…
What’s on the front page of Le Monde? The first steps of the new regime are closely scrutinized by foreign capitals. Westerners are cautious, whilst Qatar and Turkey are opening channels of communication with the new authorities. In the buffer zone of the Golan Heights invested by Israel, Druze families are worried. In Damascus, the curious visit the palaces and abandoned residences of the Al-Assad family
President Emmanuel Macron will reveal his choice for France’s next prime minister on Friday, the Elysée Palace confirmed, as the country grapples with months of political instability.
As Syria slowly returns to everyday life and regroups, another concern is growing in Europe: Islamist terrorists with European passports could take advantage of the chaos and return to Europe. See this and other news on WELT TV.© Axel Springer Germany GmbH. All rights reserved. Now live: Change of power in Syria – risk of attacks in Europe could increase significantly – video
Lars Windhorst joined the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft with great promise. Now the shipyard is insolvent. Many employees seem relieved that the suffering is over for now. FSG Nobiskrug in Flensburg: “What Lars Windhorst has done to us over the last few years cannot be put into words.”
One of the first things the rebels in Syria did, after they seized the capital, Damascus, on Sunday, was to release the prisoners from the cells of the notorious Saydnaya Prison. Nicknamed “the human slaughterhouse” by Amnesty International, Saydnaya was a place where humanitarian groups say Syrian authorities under President Bashar Assadsystematically tortured and executed thousands of civilians. Human rights advocate and former detainee Omar Alshogre explained to DW: “Documented detainees in Syria before the fall of the regime used…
Protests initially broke out against a contested parliamentary election in October which the opposition accused the Georgian Dream of rigging but they took on a new dimension after the decision last Thursday to put EU accession talks on hold until 2028. ADVERTISEMENTA delegation from the European Parliament has visited Georgia and marched with pro-EU protesters with demonstrations against the government’s decision to suspend accession talks now in a second week.The six MEPs also met with…
CSU boss Markus Söder plays Franz-Josef Strauss. Donald Trump plans pardons for the Capitol stormers. And: Europe is in the doldrums. This is the situation on Friday morning. News: Markus Söder, Donald Trump, ECB
French President Emmanuel Macron was expected Thursday to name a new prime minister a week after MPs toppled the government, shortening a visit to Poland amid a torrent of criticism over the prolonged political crisis. Macron had promised to name a replacement government chief within 48 hours after meeting party leaders at his Elysée Palace office Tuesday, participants said. Hope for movement increased when Macron’s office said he would “shorten” a trip to Poland…
The new Finance Minister Jörg Kukies has been in office for just over a month. And of course the question arises: What else can the man do until the new elections? In an interview with WELT, he was particularly surprised by his offensive statements about the budget. Child benefit? Tax relief? “Whether this happens is up to the CDU and FDP”
Burglars broke into the house of Bayern board member Karl-Heinz Rummenigge through a balcony door. According to information from “Bild”, the perpetrators made rich loot and escaped undetected. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge: Thieves steal money and jewelry from a villa in Munich
Bloodthirsty terrorists or Syria’s best hope? Syrians are divided about the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which led the offensive that resulted in the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad last week. “They are also sons of the country,” Ghaith Mahmoud, 36, who fought against the Syrian government forces but has lived in Germany since 2016, told DW. “I don’t know if they can run the country. But I do know that all the young men…
On Thursday evening, Maybrit Illner will focus on the European role in Ukraine and Syria. Manfred Weber (CSU) warns of a world without a “world policeman”. A proposal from CDU member Jens Spahn is causing controversial discussions.After 13 years of civil war, things suddenly moved very quickly in Syria. On December 8, Syrian rebels overthrew dictator Bashar al-Assad. Support came from Israel, the USA and Turkey. Assad fled to Russia, but President Putin could no…
New trouble for Pete Hegseth: CNN reports on his stance on homosexuality in the US armed forces. Donald Trump’s Pentagon candidate doesn’t come off well. Pete Hegseth: Trump candidate for Pentagon calls gay US soldiers part of “Marxist” agenda
Aragon’s economy grows. The forecast is that the community’s economy will close 2024 with a growth of 3%, placing it slightly above the Spanish average estimated at 2.9%. This growth is estimated by the better performance of the economy this year, according to the data already known for 2024, which has caused the forecast for the end of this year to be raised by five points in Ibercaja’s economic report. A trend that has also…
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Jesus a Palestinian? Pope Francis prayed at a manger in the Vatican in which the Christ child lay on a keffiyeh. After criticism, the Vatican has now removed the cloth – and also the figure of Jesus.The Vatican and Pope Francis are criticized worldwide: The reason is a nativity scene in the audience hall of the Papal States, in which the figure of Jesus lay in a keffiyeh, a Palestinian cloth.Pope Francis received the nativity…
At the moment of his greatest display of power, Trump reportedly wants his Chinese counterpart with him. It would be the first time in at least 150 years that a foreign head of state attended the ceremony. Donald Trump apparently invites Xi Jinping to the inauguration
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday defended his decision to declare short-lived martial law saying it was a measure to protect the country’s democracy. The beleaguered president, who is under criminal investigation for alleged insurrection, declared martial law last week, saying he wanted to rid the country of “pro-North Korean forces,” in a move that plunged the country into political turmoil. Yoon prepared to ‘fight to the end’ Yoon accused the opposition of trying to…
“We are going to see very big changes,” said Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration. Stefanishyna said the spoke with members of the European Parliament about the Danish model of employing joint production with the Ukrainian defence industry. ADVERTISEMENTAmid growing concern that US President-elect Donald Trump might withdraw Washington’s crucial support for Kyiv after he takes office in January, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister for European Integration Olha Stefanishyna says she…
Against the backdrop of the change of president in the USA, Foreign Minister Baerbock meets with colleagues and the EU Foreign Affairs Representative Kallas in Berlin. What’s next in Kyiv and Damascus? Watch this and other news on WELT TV.© Axel Springer Germany GmbH. All rights reserved. Now live: Meeting in Berlin – discussions about Ukraine and the situation in Syria – video
Macron wants to campaign for European protection troops in Ukraine. The parties are outdoing each other with election promises. And: Germany’s opportunity in Syria. That is the situation on Thursday. News: Ukraine, Emanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz, Donald Trump
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday urged the release of protesters “arbitrarily” arrested in a crackdown on pro-EU demonstrations in Georgia, in telephone talks with the billionaire former premier Bidzina Ivanishvili, the Elysée said.
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