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Eurostar Amsterdam to London trains cancelled for passengers for six months - but will still run empty

The changes are being made while Amsterdam's Centraal station is under renovation

Evening Standard · Nov 24, 2023

'We have a historic opportunity to get it right on migration': EU Commission VP Schinas

Talking Europe hosts one of the EU Commission's vice-presidents, Margaritis Schinas, who is in charge of overseeing the promotion of the European Way of Life. That includes fighting anti-Semitism, racism and discrimination in various forms. Schinas also coordinates the Commission's work on the Migration and Asylum Pact, which is entering…

France 24 · Nov 24, 2023

Wilders' Win Sets 'Textbook' Example For European Populist Right: Analysts

Anti-EU, anti-immigration firebrand Geert Wilders' surprise victory in the Dutch general election this week shows right-wing populism's success in gobbling up support from traditional conservative parties and taking its pet themes mainstream, experts said.

International Business Times · Nov 24, 2023

Why Wilders won: Election boosts Dutch far right, but what happens next?

Wilders’s Party for Freedom has been on a long ascent, fuelled by poverty and the fear of competition from migration.

Al Jazeera · Nov 24, 2023

Is Apple getting pushed around by the EU really a good thing?

Smartphone features and even availability are already hindered by governments and lawsuits. Should we really be cheering when the EU forces Apple to do something?

Android Central · Nov 24, 2023

Keir Starmer praises ‘hugely optimistic’ EU theme tune - and says it sums up Labour party

The Labour leader said Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, the EU’s anthem, ‘has a sense of destiny’ and is ‘very sort of Labour’

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2023

Starmer picks EU anthem as music that ‘sums up Labour Party’

The Opposition leader talked about the ‘sense of destiny’ and ‘moving forward to a better place’ in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2023

Can Europe protect its women? EU members at odds over gender-based crimes

The statistics are as damning as they are grim. In the EU, one in three women aged 15 or over has experienced physical or sexual violence – or both. More than half of all women in Europe have been sexually harassed. Only a fifth of women in the EU go…

France 24 · Nov 24, 2023

Toxic air killed more than 500,000 people in EU in 2021, data shows

European Environment Agency says half of deaths could have been avoided by cutting pollution to recommended limits

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2023

Finland shuts nearly all crossings to Russia; fears for Dutch aid for Ukraine after shock election result

More than 700 people crossed border in past weeks; defence minister in outgoing Dutch government concerned by PVV stance towards aid

The Guardian - AU · Nov 24, 2023