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Legal trouble is brewing for a company managed by Gerrit Bunschoten, the relative of a man convicted in a biofuel fraud case in 2019. Dutch authorities are scrutinizing the company as part of another investigation into an alleged biofuel fraud scheme.

The Polish food delivery service PysznePL intends to dismiss all its couriers by the end of August — approximately 5,000 people. After the layoffs, the dismissed workers will be offered the chance to return, but through intermediary companies and on much less favorable terms.

From Irish government agencies to the Dresden University of Technology, the password manager Passwork Europe S.L. boasts a range of high-profile European clients who use its software to store the digital keys to their organizations.

The European Union’s new digital border system was meant to bring travel into the 21st century. Unfortunately, it gets confused by identical twins.

From Delhi to Jaipur, India is rolling out facial recognition technology to monitor millions of its citizens. Investigate Europe has found that behind much of the software is Spanish company Herta Security – but critics argue the government promise of public safety is not the main aim.

The European Union and Britain on Monday blamed a highly specialized unit of Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, for a decade-long campaign of cyber-espionage and attempted sabotage targeting critical infrastructure, including power grids and defense networks, across Europe.

Europe imported more liquefied natural gas from Russia’s leading LNG project than ever before in the first half of 2026, absorbing nearly all of the Siberian facility’s output months before an EU ban on Russian gas imports comes into effect.

At a secret location in southern Germany, the manager of a drone factory owned by Helsing SE — Europe’s most valuable artificial-intelligence defense start-up — hands me a lethal killing machine to cradle in my arms.

France has denied asylum to Central African Republic journalist Ephrem Yalike, whose testimony helped expose the workings of the Russian propaganda and disinformation network in Africa.

The European Parliament backed a non-binding call to ban alumina exports to Russia, increasing pressure on Ireland and the EU after a collaborative OCCRP investigation linked an Irish refinery’s supply chain to Russian arms manufacturers.

A Paris appeals court sentenced the far-right leader to house arrest and a 100,000-euro fine for a decade-long embezzlement scheme, but ruled that barring her from future elections would undermine democratic freedoms.

There’s a fight brewing in Brussels over who gets access to the trillions of search queries Europeans make on Google each year.

Donald Trump’s America First policy, his dismantling of USAID, and his war against Iran have led to the revival of the long-forgotten phenomenon of Somali piracy.

Andy Burnham is being urged to prioritise Europe over the US amid criticism that his predecessor was too close to Donald Trump.

There’s hardly a ruler in the world who would identify as fascist, but if you trust the mainstream media, you will assume fascism is on the march.

A Danish shipyard is giving the Arctic liquefied natural gas carriers that generate crucial cash for Vladimir Putin’s war effort one last round of maintenance before EU sanctions take effect next year.

In March, the European Parliament adopted its first report on the housing crisis in the EU and possible ways to address it. Polls show that housing has become one of Europeans’ most pressing concerns, rivaling national security in importance.

Researchers say Stelios Kouloglou’s device was compromised after he joined European parliamentary committee

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has argued that the company’s Android system has created "more choice, not less".

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna (Italy), the Judge for Preliminary Investigations in Prato has issued a freezing order covering over 7.8 million metres of fabric and more than 237 000 garments, as part of an ongoing investigation into a VAT and customs fraud involving the smuggling of textile products from China.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Hamburg (Germany) has carried out searches and asset seizure measures in an investigation into suspected organised subsidy fraud involving funding from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) 2021–2027.

Grok, the large language model (LLM) developed and operated by Elon Musk’s xAI, is facing intense scrutiny following an international investigation revealing that the chatbot repeatedly bypassed its own guardrails to engage in conspiracies and violent fantasies.

Finland has kept its 1,340-kilometre border with Russia closed since December 2023 after about 1,000 undocumented migrants crossed into the country.

China’s covert military training of Russian forces last year was personally approved by President Vladimir Putin’s defence minister and directly involved at least four Russian and Chinese generals, according to two European officials and documents seen by Reuters.

France’s Senate on Monday passed a revised bill targeting online fast-fashion retailers including Shein, Temu and AliExpress after more than two years of debate.