The landmark ruling found the Italian Republic was guilty of violating citizens' right to life by failing "to deal with the problem of widespread dumping" on private land by criminal groups in the Terra dei Fuochi area — home to roughly 2.9 million people.

The Italian economy stagnated in the fourth quarter of last year from the previous three months, preliminary data showed on Thursday, missing a forecast for marginal growth and casting a shadow over prospects for this year.

Migrants in Tunisia are being sold as slaves to Libyan gangs for as little as £10 per person with the complicity of the EU, a damning report claims. They are rounded up in towns and cities in Tunisia, kept in detention centres and then sold to militia and traffickers on the border with Libya.

The Italian regulator is the first European authority to report it is going after the app. DeepSeek has 20 days to respond to the questions, which puts the deadline on Feb. 17. Consumer groups Euroconsumers and Italy’s Altroconsumo said they’d earlier told the authority that they believed DeepSeek’s data handling breached EU rules.

Tajani stressed that constructive dialogue must be started and Italy can play a very positive role, acting as a bridge between Brussels and Washington, just as former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi did with former US President George W. Bush.

Giorgia Meloni’s presence at Donald Trump’s inauguration aimed to reinforce her status as a privileged interlocutor with the new US administration. But this position carries risks for Italy and the EU.

She gained ground as a leading political figure in Europe after her far-right Brothers of Italy party scored a sound performance in the EU election last June. President-elect Donald Trump talks to reporters after a meeting with Republican leadership at the ...

Ireland's protection commission said it had also requested information from DeepSeek about data processing in relation to Irish users

The European Union is resuming its mission to monitor the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. Led by foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, the mission aims to support the ceasefire and facilitate medical evacuation for injured individuals.

European Union home affairs ministers meet in Warsaw on Thursday to discuss migration and the internal security of the bloc. As capitals take increasingly restrictive positions on migration, ministers are expected to discuss a pending proposal by the European Commission for more effective deportations.

There has been an increase in enforcement action and strategies relating to cybercrimes, supply-chain related offenses, VAT fraud, corruption,