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A project of the German Federal Agency for Civic Education (@bpb.de), the euro|topics press review publishes, Monday to Friday, a review of 500 print and online media in over 30 European countries.

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Strong opinions from leading media in 32 European countries in German, English, French, Russian and Turkish.
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A woman or girl is killed by a family member or intimate partner every ten minutes, according to a UN report.

Adevărul remembers the 51 women who have died as a result of femicide in Romania this year.

📰 The press review: www.eurotopics.net/en/349022
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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💻 The EU is moving to simplify AI and privacy laws, a shift facing criticism as it would also let companies use Europeans’ personal data to train AI models.

@irishexaminer.bsky.social calls for close scrutiny of the proposal.

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Digital Omnibus: is the EU weakening data protection?
The European Commission's Digital Omnibus legislative package aims to simplify EU regulations in the areas of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data protection and data management in response to...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
European citizens and farmers’ associations, as well MEPs have protested against the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.

@antoine-oger.bsky.social in @lemonde.fr calls both the agreement and the EU’s revised climate targets short-sighted.

🗞️ The press review: www.eurotopics.net/en/347979
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
COP30 ended on Saturday in Belém, Brazil without concrete targets for moving away from fossil fuels.

Other issues are dominating the headlines right now, but sooner or later the reality of the climate crisis will catch up with the world, Milliyet comments.
COP30: what was achieved?
The 30th World Climate Conference (COP30) ended on Saturday in Belém, Brazil.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke of a “tremendous amount of progress” after meeting with representatives from Ukraine in Geneva.

It’s time to get the Ukrainian people involved, argues Jornal de Notícias.

🗞️ www.eurotopics.net/en/348866
November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🍟🍕 Ultra-processed foods are everywhere. Writing in The Lancet, scientists call on governments and society to do more to promote a diet based on fresh and minimally processed foods.

Tough action is needed, says @lemonde.fr.

www.eurotopics.net/en/348778
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The US-Russian plan for Ukraine has now been presented to Kyiv.

Normally both Ukraine and Europe would react with a resounding no, but the situation has changed to Ukraine’s disadvantage, observes SRF.

🗞️ www.eurotopics.net/en/348701
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
On World Children’s Rights Day, commentators discuss why birth rates continue to decline and Europe’s societies face ageing demographics.

HuffPost Greece paints a dark picture for coming generations.

🗞️ www.eurotopics.net/en/348702
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
US and Russian officials have drawn up a 28-point plan to end the war in Ukraine, with no representatives of Ukraine or the EU present, according to media reports.

@telegraph.co.uk charges the Trump administration with hypocrisy.

📰 www.eurotopics.net/en/348701
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Opposition forces in Ukraine have called for the government to resign amid the ongoing corruption scandal in the country’s energy sector.

Mykola Kniazhytskyi, MP for the party European Solidarity, calls for a government of national unity in Espreso.

📰 www.eurotopics.net/en/348626
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The UN Security Council has endorsed US President Trump’s Gaza peace plan, opening the way for the deployment of an international force.

Far from UN headquarters in New York, @elpais.com looks at the dreadful state of affairs in the Gaza Strip.

🗞️ www.eurotopics.net/en/348624
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Polish intelligence is investigating a bombing attack on a railway line linking Poland and Ukraine.

Russian aggression has crossed Poland’s borders, claims @mszuldrzynski.bsky.social in @rp.pl.

🗞️ The press review: www.eurotopics.net/en/348555
November 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Britain has announced plans to tighten its asylum policy.

The country is not alone in Europe in shifting to the right, Le Quotidien observes.

🗞️ The press review: www.eurotopics.net/en/348553
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Sanna Marin has released her autobiography entitled Hope in Action – A Memoir About The Courage To Lead.

To @hs.fi, Marin’s book is not a touching bedtime story, but it is inspiring.

📰 www.eurotopics.net/en/348484
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Spanish dictator Francisco Franco died 50 years ago this week.

The past is still omnipresent and Franco’s ideological heirs are lying in wait, observes @alainmo.bsky.social, lawyer and descendant of Spanish Republicans, in @humanite.fr.

📰 www.eurotopics.net/en/348483
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Conservatives joined forces with the far right in the European Parliament to water down the EU supply chain act.

The EPP found a fatal alliance at the expense of the climate, Il Manifesto criticises.

🗞️ The press review: www.eurotopics.net/en/348410
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu is facing up to 2,430 years in prison.

Beyond the months of accusations levelled by the pro-government media there appear to be no new findings against Imamoğlu, writes @mustafabalbayy.bsky.social in @cumhuriyetgazetesi.bsky.social.

📰 www.eurotopics.net/en/348343
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This week France remembers the victims of the attacks in Paris on 13 November 2015.

A decade on, the country has not surrendered to terror, @hamdammostafavi.bsky.social comments in @liberation.fr.

📰 The press review: www.eurotopics.net/en/348342
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The anti-corruption agencies President Zelensky of Ukraine tried to disarm in the summer have uncovered a large corruption network, reportedly involving his close associates.

Zelensky is under pressure from all sides, notes Corriere della Sera.

📰 www.eurotopics.net/en/348267
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
President Trump welcomed Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa to the White House, praising the former rebel leader, once wanted by the US as a terrorist.

@nzz.ch praises Trump’s unorthodox Middle East policy as the best chance for the region.

📰 www.eurotopics.net/en/348266
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
President Trump has threatened to sue the BBC over allegations that it misleadingly edited a speech he gave shortly before the storming of the Capitol.

@sebastianborger.bsky.social @derstandard.at calls for more transparency and self-criticism from the BBC.

🗞️ www.eurotopics.net/en/348131
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The BBC’s Director General, Tim Davie, and its CEO of News, Deborah Turness, have resigned amid allegations of manipulative coverage of a speech by Donald Trump.

@janemartinson.bsky.social in @theguardian.com sees behind the row a political campaign against the BBC.

eurotopics.net/en/348131
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Hungary has been exempted from the US sanctions against Russia’s energy sector.

Népszava says this concession has cost the US president dearly.

🗞️ The press review: www.eurotopics.net/en/348129
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Does Zohran Mamdani’s election as Mayor of New York carry lessons for Europe?

The European left must find its own vision, La Repubblica argues.

🗞️ www.eurotopics.net/en/348054
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
COP30 begins on Monday in Belém, Brazil.

Ahead of the conference, five young scientists issued a stark warning against inaction @elpais.com.

🗞️ The press review: www.eurotopics.net/en/348053
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM