The World Meteorological Organization confirmed in March 2025 that 2024 was the hottest year on record and the first year in ...

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With the threat of Russia on their doorstep, five nations are bolstering their defences by turning to a tactic the world ...

We rode the Ducati Multistrada from Portofino in Italy to the Matterhorn mountain in Switzerland (named after a mouthwatering ...

Starting with a recent electoral map of Poland, I show how old imperial borders from over a century ago still influence modern politics.

The latest meeting of the customs authorities of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) has resulted in the signing of the Action Plan to implement the e-TIR procedure in the member countries, in ...

Right-wing lawmakers voted in favour of funding "external physical barriers" under the EU's 2025 budget, resulting in a majority of MEPs rejecting the Parliament's political declaration usually ...

On 30 April, UK border checks will now only apply to high-risk agrifood imports. Checks are to be “scaled up” at a later stage, Defra said.

Unauthorised crossings accounted for just 0.13% of all external crossings in the EU in 2022. Most enter Europe via the Mediterranean, not the Balkans or the eastern land border (see map).

In many ways, though, the physical shape of the internet—where wires are laid, where they stop, who is connected with whom—is dictated by geography, politics and inertia.