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Vienna -
A large majority of Muslims in Europe feel closely connected to the country they live in and trust public institutions despite facing "widespread discrimination", a study suggested Thursday.
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Tripoli -
More than 100 migrants are missing after a shipwreck off the coast of western Libya, the Libyan navy said on Thursday.
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Rome -
A German NGO whose migrant rescue boat was impounded by Italian authorities on suspicion of collusion with people traffickers said Tuesday it had been the victim of a "despicable smear campaign".
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Grande-synthe -
French authorities evacuated hundreds of migrants from a wood on the northern coast near Calais on Tuesday over fears it could become a magnet for others hoping to head to Britain.
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Paris -
Pop star Lady Gaga has called off the entire European leg of her world tour because of "severe physical pain", her promoters said Monday.
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Constanta -
While the arrival of exhausted migrants may be common on Mediterranean shores, it's a rare sight on the Black Sea coastline.But a string of recent arrivals from Turkey suggests it may be emerging as part of a new 'Romanian route' to western Europe.
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Brussels -
The EU said Thursday it may allow countries in Europe's passport-free Schengen zone to carry out internal border checks for an extra two years to tackle terror threats.
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Washington -
NASA's Cassini probe is counting its final hours before one last plunge into Saturn on Friday that will cap a fruitful 13-year mission that greatly expanded knowledge about the gas giant.
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Romanian authorities said Wednesday they had rescued more than 150 migrants in the Black Sea, the fifth such incident since August amid rising fears that a new migrant route to Europe is opening up.
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Brussels -
EU ministers will on Thursday debate a proposal to allow countries in Europe's passport-free Schengen zone to reintroduce internal border checks for longer periods to tackle terror threats, diplomats said.
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Madrid -
The number of migrants arriving in Spain so far this year has soared more than 88 percent from the same period in 2016, Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido said Tuesday.
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Belgrade -
Young refugee Shvaib Nazari flicks between his native Dari and wobbly Serbian language notes during his first week back at school in Belgrade, where his family lives in a state of limbo.
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Brussels -
More than three-quarters of children and young adults trying to migrate to Europe via the Mediterranean are victims of abuse on the dangerous journey, UN agencies said in a report published Tuesday.
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Nicosia -
Cypriot authorities brought ashore more than 300 Syrian refugees early on Sunday after spotting two boats in open water off the northwest coast of the Mediterranean island, police said.
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Berlin -
German aid group Sea-Eye said Saturday it was resuming its migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean, a month after pulling out when Libya barred foreign vessels from a stretch of water off its coast.
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Budapest -
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday launched a fresh attack on an EU plan to share thousands of migrants around the bloc, saying that forcing his country to partake in the scheme bordered on "violence".
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Brussels -
The EU on Wednesday won a high-level legal battle against eastern European countries that have refused to admit thousands of asylum seekers based on mandatory quotas for the bloc's member states.
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Brussels -
EU chief Jean Claude Juncker replied coolly to Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban's request for reimbursement for defending Europe's external borders against illegal immigration, saying solidarity is a "two-way street," according to a letter obtaine...
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Strasbourg -
Europe's top rights court on Tuesday restricted the ability of employers to snoop on their staff's private messages, in a landmark ruling with wide ramifications for privacy in the workplace.
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Freiburg -
A young refugee who claims to be from Afghanistan went on trial Tuesday for the rape and murder of a German student, in a case that shocked the country and reignited tensions over its liberal asylum policy.
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Strasbourg -
Europe's top human rights court is set to rule Tuesday whether bosses have the right to spy on employees who use company messaging systems, in a landmark decision for privacy in the work place.
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Rome -
A Maltese charity which was the first to launch privately-funded migrant rescue missions in the Mediterranean said Monday it was transferring its resources to help persecuted Rohingya in South East Asia.
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Brussels -
The EU's top court rules Wednesday on the legality of a controversial quota scheme that Brussels launched two years ago to force member states to admit thousands of asylum seekers.
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Calais -
Police fired tear gas and three officers were injured on Saturday in clashes with migrants near the French port of Calais who took advantage of a traffic jam to sneak onto trucks, authorities said.
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Brussels -
The EU said Friday that it was ready to study Hungary's request to be reimbursed for defending Europe's external borders against illegal immigration but urged Budapest to admit its share of asylum seekers.
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Hamburg -
The world's most powerful X-ray laser opened Friday in Germany, promising to shed new light onto very small things by letting scientists penetrate the inner workings of atoms, viruses and chemical reactions.
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Brussels -
The fraud that caused the contamination of millions of eggs with the insecticide fipronil began in September 2016 and has now affected 34 countries, the EU said on Thursday.
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Budapest -
Hungary has demanded that Brussels refund half the 800 million euros ($950 million) it says it has spent defending its southern borders against illegal immigration, the government said Thursday.
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Brussels -
Hundreds of migrants sleep in the shadow of high-rises in downtown Brussels, raising fears in the EU capital of a new "Jungle", similar to the dismantled camp in Calais.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday called for an extension of EU border controls in the passport-free Schengen area beyond a planned end in November.
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One of twelve winning designs from the 'New symbol for Europe' competition. Design by Rachel Graham Rachel Graham
ACTA protest. Truththeory
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This map shows the range of the Stone marten. IUCN Red List
Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra). Wikimedia Commons Steffen Häuser
The old Silk Road and the Silk Track have a lot in common. With any luck, the Silk Track will be as successful as its predecessor. Wikimedia Commons
DIPLOMACY: Germany's foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, European Union diplomat Federica Mogherini and Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif pose on stage at the Austria Center in Vienna on July 14 after reaching a multi-nation agreement to restrict Iran's ability to obtain nuclear weapons in exchange for relief from international economic sanctions. U.S. Department of State/Wikimedia Commons
The most primitive lineages of Maremmana, called ″Maremmana primitivo″, are used in the Tauros Programme. Peter von Wesendonk
Lufthansa planes tails, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Comparison of debt in countries with the Euro as currency
Europe according to Greece alphadesigner
Selected items of archeological corded ware pottery with distinctive line markings made by Corded Ware Culture people, which were ritualistically left in kurgan burial mounds. Einsamer Schütze
Europe according to the USA alphadesigner
The Arc de Triomphe in Paris
Courtesy of Marianne C. Bohr
European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France marcella bona
The sculpture art found along Pari's Seine river
Small protest in Fuengirola, Spain on 14n (14 November)
The H5N8 bird flu virus may have used wild birds to catch a ride from East Asia to Europe, according to European authorities and the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization. University of Minnisota/CIDRAP
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