Netherlands nailbiter as far-right, centrists in election dead-heat
Europe • Oct 30, 2025, 9:33 PM
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The Dutch election climaxed in an unprecedented cliffhanger Thursday, with only a few thousand votes separating the far-right party of firebrand Geert Wilders and a pro-European centrist party. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Nicholas Startin, Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations at the John Cabot University in Rome, says that despite the tie the results are nevertheless a setback for the radical right of Geert Wilders.
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Ukraine sends special forces to Pokrovsk as Moscow tightens grip
Europe • 9:22 PM
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Ukraine on Saturday deployed special forces to the eastern city of Pokrovsk, which is under an intense Russian assault. The city has been in Moscow's sights for over a year and lies on a major supply route for the Ukrainian army. Russia's army fired 270
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Ukraine says army holding out in Pokrovsk amid intensifying Russian offensive
Europe • 9:21 PM
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Ukraine's top military commander said on Saturday his troops were still holding out in the embattled eastern city of Pokrovsk, which Moscow said its forces were at last enclosing in a pincer movement after more than a year of fighting. Russia has been tr
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'Seas of people': Huge crowds rally in Novi Sad to mark train station disaster anniversary
Europe • 9:19 PM
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"Seas of people" gathered in Serbia's Novi Sad to commemorate the deadly train station incident that killed 16 people last November, FRANCE 24's Laurent Rouy said, adding that the demonstrators are urging President Vucic's government to call snap electio
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Ukraine sends special forces as Russia closes in on Pokrovsk
Europe • 8:32 PM
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Ukraine has deployed special forces to the eastern city of Pokrovsk, where it is under pressure from an intense Russian assault involving thousands of troops, Kyiv's top commander said Saturday. Pokrovsk, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, lies on a major supp
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Serbia protests: ‘The people are angry, the people want justice’, expert says
Europe • 3:35 PM
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Tens of thousands of protesters poured into Serbia's second city on Saturday a year after a railway station roof collapse that killed 16 people, unleashing discontent over alleged corruption and a lack of accountability many blame for the disaster. FRANC
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Serbians rally to mark anniversary of deadly train station roof collapse
Europe • 2:21 PM
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Tens of thousands of people from all over Serbia gathered on Saturday in the northern town of Novi Sad to commemorate the victims of a railway station disaster a year ago. The rally was also a massive display of boiling discontent with the government of
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Serbians stage mass rally to mark first anniversary of deadly train station collapse
Europe • 1:15 PM
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Tens of thousands of Serbians on Saturday demonstrated to mark the first anniversary of a deadly railway station roof collapse that killed 16 people in Novi Sad, the country’s second largest city. The accident sparked a wave of student-led protests again
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On the trail of migrant smugglers 1/3: The fall of Calais trafficker Idrees G.
Europe • 7:04 AM
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Seven people died when a migrant boat thought to be carrying 68 people sank in the Channel between Britain and France on August 12, 2023. The ensuing investigation quickly focused on two Iraqi smugglers who seemed ready to do anything to protect their lu
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Flights resume at Berlin airport after suspension over drone scare
Europe • 6:21 AM
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Flights were suspended for almost two hours at Berlin Brandenburg Airport on Friday evening due to sightings of unidentified drones, the latest in a series of drone alerts around airports and military sites in Europe.
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