Media captionItalian police arrested captain Carola Rackete at the port of Lampedusa The German captain of a charity ship said she disobeyed orders not to dock in Italy because she feared for the lives of the rescued migrants on board. Sea-Watch 3 captain Carola Rackete apologised to the crew of a patrol boat her vessel […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption “Spitzenkandidaten”, L-R: Margrethe Vestager (liberal, Danish); Frans Timmermans (centre-left, Dutch); Manfred Weber (centre-right, German) EU leaders are meeting in Brussels in a new effort to decide who should get the EU’s top jobs, including a successor to Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker. Centre-right leaders from the EU’s biggest political group played […]
Media captionItalian police arrested captain Carola Rackete at the port of Lampedusa The German captain of a ship rescuing migrants said she disobeyed orders not to dock in Italy because she feared those on board would kill themselves. Sea-Watch-3 captain Carola Rackete apologised to the crew of a patrol boat her vessel trapped against a […]
Media captionItalian police arrested captain Carola Rackete at the port of Lampedusa The German captain of a ship rescuing migrants said she disobeyed orders not to dock in Italy because she feared those on board would kill themselves. Sea-Watch-3 captain Carola Rackete apologised to the crew of a patrol boat her vessel trapped against a […]
Media captionItalian police arrested captain Carola Rackete at the port of Lampedusa The German captain of a ship rescuing migrants said she disobeyed orders not to dock in Italy because she feared those on board would kill themselves. Sea-Watch-3 captain Carola Rackete apologised to the crew of a patrol boat her vessel trapped against a […]
Media captionProtesters gathered in Madrid, furious at the suspension of an anti-pollution plan Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Madrid on Saturday to oppose the newly elected conservative mayor’s decision to reverse car pollution restrictions. The People’s Party-run city hall has provoked an outcry by suspending a ban on most petrol and diesel cars […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption “Spitzenkandidaten”, L-R: Margrethe Vestager (liberal, Danish); Frans Timmermans (centre-left, Dutch); Manfred Weber (centre-right, German) EU leaders will gather in Brussels shortly for talks to decide who should get the EU’s top jobs, including a new Commission president. Reports say the current favourite to head it is Dutch centre-left politician Frans […]
Media captionProtesters gathered in Madrid, furious at the suspension of an anti-pollution plan Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of Madrid on Saturday to oppose the newly elected conservative mayor’s decision to reverse car pollution restrictions. The People’s Party-run city hall has provoked an outcry by suspending a ban on most petrol and diesel cars […]
Image copyright Reuters New electric vehicles will have to feature a noise-emitting device, under an EU rule coming into force on Monday. It follows concerns that low-emission cars and vans are too quiet, putting pedestrians at risk because they cannot be heard as they approach. All new types of four-wheel electric vehicle must be fitted […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption “Spitzenkandidaten”, L-R: Margrethe Vestager (liberal, Danish); Frans Timmermans (centre-left, Dutch); Manfred Weber (centre-right, German) EU leaders will gather in Brussels shortly for talks to decide who should get the EU’s top jobs, including a new Commission president. Reports say the current favourite to head it is Dutch centre-left politician Frans […]
