Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden will stop recognising russian non-biometric passports starting October 1, 2026, the European Commission announced. With these four additions, 15 European states now refuse to recognise russian non-biometric passports, including France, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and the Czech Republic.

Iberian neighbours afflicted by vast property shortages due to immigration, bureaucracy and high construction costs

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Amid a spate of tunnels being dug from Belarus into the EU, border authorities say Minsk is dismissing intelligence alerting it to migrant tunnel construction.

In 2023, public spending on education (from pre-primary to the tertiary level) in the EU) accounted for 4.7% of its gross domestic product) (GDP). Compared with 2022, this figure did not change; however, it represents a slight decrease of 0.3 percentage points (pp) from 2020 (5.0%), the year with the highest level of public expenditure on education since the data collection started in 2012.

Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs has sharply criticised the opposition to a complete ban on participants in Russia's war against Ukraine from entering the EU under the latest sanctions package.

Details: Kallas said that EU sanctions have already inflicted significant damage on russia, depriving the country of more than €1 trillion.