A Vienna-based migration organisation is setting up operations in India in an effort to attract IT specialists to Europe, even as EU governments move to tighten asylum rules.

With US public opinion overwhelmingly against a military takeover of Greenland, a joint initiative from the US Congress and the European Parliament might be the best bet to sway Donald Trump's mind.

Trump will meet EU leaders at Davos after starting a trade war over Greenland, while MEPs vote on €90bn for Ukraine.

Across Europe, mayors and local councillors are facing a disturbing rise in harassment, threats, disinformation, and even physical violence. These aren’t isolated incidents — they are a growing pattern. And they’re not 'just politics'. They are deliberate attempts to silence, intimidate, and push people out of public life, warns the Council of European Municipalities and Regions.

A French banker inside Euroclear, who flew to Russia 155 times for "private" reasons, allegedly tried to connect the company's CEO, Valérie Urbain, with Russian spies and threatened her when she declined, according to an investigation by EUobserver, Humo, De Morgen, and Dossier Center.

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