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Italy

Roman Catholic Jubilee Year balances security with forgiveness

Vatican City is braced for the arrival of millions of pilgrims for the Roman Catholic Jubilee Holy Year. Pope Francis announced it by surprise in

World News

EU leaders back deal on exchange of passenger data

European Union members reach a deal on exchanging air passenger data but it faces a vote in the European Parliament next week.

World News

EU's interior ministers grapple with PNR data and border controls

The thorny but now pressing issue of airlines’ Passenger Name Records concentrated minds at the latest meeting of EU Interior ministers. More

United Kingdom

UK MPs back Syria airstrikes: the arguments for and against

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Europe News

EU governments must share more intelligence, says anti-terror czar

Belgium

Belgium's PM Michel calls for a European CIA

The Belgian prime minister has suggested Europe needs a central intelligence agency to reinforce and coordinate its anti-terrorist operations

France

Ring of steel surrounds Paris amid high alert over climate

A massive security operation is underway elsewhere across the French capital. With some 8,000 police and soldiers carrying out border checks, nearly

France

'There's no Planet B' - climate change campaigners rally around the world

“There’s no Planet B” in the fight against global warming. That was the message coming out of the world’s biggest day of climate change activism

Mali

Islamist rebel group claims responsibility for deadly attack on UN base in northern Mali

The Malian Islamist rebel group Ansar Dine has reportedly claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a UN peacekeeping base in northern Mali

France

Campaigners vow to defy protest ban on eve of Paris climate summit

Security is tight at the Le Bourget conference centre near Paris, on the eve of the COP21 international climate summit. French Foreign Minister

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Belgium under scrutiny after terror alert dropped

In this edition of Europe Weekly: Belgium drops its terror alert level for Brussels from 4 to 3; a suspect package is found at the city’s main

My Europe Series

Utalk: European PNR - what's at stake?

This week on Utalk, we answwer a question posted online by Muriel: “In the wake of Paris attacks, the creation of a European PNR, or a Passenger

USA

US: man arrested after jumping White House fence

The White House in Washington has been in lockdown, after a man jumped the fence. He was quickly caught and now faces criminal charges. The

Belgium

Belgium lowers state of alert in Brussels from maximum level

Belgium has lowered the security threat level in Brussels to three after nearly a week on maximum alert four. The reduction from a very serious

Business Line

Business Line: the high cost of high security, and fighting terror with kittens...

Europe is on high security alert following the attacks in Paris on November 13. During this short period of time Europeans have had to get used to a

Tunisia

ISIL claim suicide blast on Tunisia presidential guard bus

The group calling itself Islamic State, or ISIL, has claimed responsibility for a deadly explosion on board a bus carrying presidential guards in

Tunisia

Tunisia tourists, presidential guards... safety of nation threatened

Immediately after the deadly bombing of his presidential guard in the heart of the capital on Tuesday (Nov. 24th), Tunisian President Beji Caid

France

France mounts "unprecendented" security steps for global climate talks

France has begun mounting a massive security operation ahead of next week’s global climate conference in Paris. A total of 143 heads of state and

Economy

Thomas Cook reports first profit in five years despite security fears

Thomas Cook has reported its first return to profit in five years, saying it’s positive about the outlook for next year, despite security fears. The

Europe News

MEPs urge tougher stance on jihadists

The European Parliament on Wednesday called for an EU blacklist of known or suspected jihadists. But the motion passed by MEPs in Strasbourg is