Macron’s Strasbourg oasis

Welcome to Rapporteur. This is Eddy Wax, with Nicoletta Ionta in Strasbourg. We love hearing from our readers – send us your feedback and news tips. Need-to-knows: France: Sébastien Lecornu prepares for last-ditch talks to rescue his government...

‘It’s never too late’: ACT begins season with play focusing on complicated issues, aging

Published 3:46 pm Wednesday, October 8, 2025 1 of 5 Ethel Thayer, played by Sue Wiersma, comforts husband Norman, played by Mark Place, while he describes his deteriorating memory. Ayanna Eckblad/Albert Lea Tribune Norman Thayer, played by Mark...

Non-Conference Preview: Illinois Fighting Illini

It’s time to start talking basketball. Well, it’s never NOT been time to talk about basketball, because that time is all the time for me. But we are getting closer to the basketball season, and I’ve already started prepping for the SEC Conference...

Exclusive: Senior Hamas Leader Mousa Abu Marzouk on Trump’s Gaza Plan and the Future of Hamas

Senior Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk in an interview with Drop Site’s Jeremy Scahill on October 6, 2025. “There has never been in history an open war, a genocide broadcast on television like this war, a war in which starvation is used as a...

World Bank projects growth upturn for Western Balkans from 2027

Economic growth in the Western Balkans is projected to gradually accelerate over the next two years and recover more robustly by 2027, supported by stronger exports and investment as global uncertainty eases, the World Bank said in a report in the...

Lea Ypi’s Reckoning With Family and the Legacy of Revolution

Earlier this summer, an Albanian friend in Istanbul told me a story. During the Cold War, Albanians fleeing Enver Hoxha’s People’s Socialist Republic of Albania would cross Lake Shkodra in boats. If they were lucky, and they weren’t captured by...

Today in the news: Over 100 children returned; Campaign on TikTok

Good morning! The final stretch of the local elections campaign and the presentation of the State Budget, scheduled for this Thursday, are among the key topics in today’s newspapers. “More than 100 children entrusted to families return to...

Imports cleared to see action at PVL Reinforced Conference

The Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference finally gets into full swing today (Thursday) after the Philippine National Volleyball Federation signed off on the International Transfer Certificates (ITCs) early Wednesday, resolving a tense...

Inside the Trump team’s secret talks to rescue Argentina—with the help of the ‘Money Doctor’ who wants to stop the ‘pink tide’ sweeping Latin America

The Trump administration is carefully weighing a campaign to rescue Argentina’s economy and its wobbling president, Javier Milei. The signal that the Trump team’s getting extremely serious about the move: It has engaged the renowned international...

Defending free expression amid global decline: ‘Journalism must reconnect with people’

At the "Our Media" conference held in Sarajevo on Oct 2-3, organized by the South East European Network for Professionalization of the Media (SEENPM) and Mediacentar Sarajevo, NGO representatives and media workers from Western Balkan countries and...

Midweek Warm-up: Report says Bayern Munich won’t offer Harry Kane a raise; UEFA World Cup Qualifier predictions; Should Bayern pursue Nico Schlotterbeck?; Throwing it back to Powerman 5000; and MORE!

Could Bayern Munich really be contemplating offering Harry Kane a contract extension without a raise? Maybe and that is according to a report from Sport Bild journalists Christian Falk and Tobi Altschäffl (as captured by @iMiaSanMia): Harry Kane’s...

Is it worth buying a house to rent in Portugal? And shops or garages?

Purchasing a home for rental purposes in Portugal yielded a return of 6.9% in the third quarter of 2025, as reported on Tuesday by idealista. The cities of Castelo Branco and Bragança stand out in this regard. “The gross rental return on buying a...

Slowdown in foreign tourist arrivals in Spain

According to the latest data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE), Spain is recording signs of a slowdown in the growth of tourist arrivals. In July 2025, the peak month of the summer season, arrivals increased by just 1.6% compared to...

Legal Public Notices 10/8/25

Legal Public Notices ALL ABOARD STORAGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Personal property of the following tenants will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder to satisfy a rental lien in accordance with Florida Statutes, Sections: 83.801 – 83.809. All...

Beyond participation trophies: The EU’s credibility crisis in the Western Balkans

The Western Balkans Six (WB6) remain stuck in the waiting room of EU membership. Negotiations have slowed to a crawl, hobbled by enlargement fatigue in European capitals, immigration anxieties, and fears that new members would paralyse already...

EuroHPC JU Adds Moldova as 37th Member

Oct. 8, 2025 — During the 50th Governing Board meeting of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), Moldova became the 37th participating state to join the initiative to lead the way in European supercomputing. The addition of Moldova to the...

Czechia vs Croatia Prediction and Betting Tips | October 9th 2025

Czechia will face Croatia at the Fortuna Arena on Thursday in another round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The home side have performed brightly in their qualifying campaign so far and can guarantee a top-two finish in Group L with a win...

Luxembourg PM says recognition of Palestine ‘the right thing to do’

Luxembourg’s Luc Frieden defends his country’s recognition of Palestine, calling it a moral duty and urging Europe to uphold international law. Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Luc Frieden announced that his country’s recognition of the State of...

Kyivstar Launches 5G Roaming Across 40+ Operators in 32 Countries

Since the launch of 5G roaming, Kyivstar, Ukraine’s leading electronic communications operator, has significantly expanded the availability of this technology for its subscribers. 5G is now accessible through more than 40 operators across 32+...

Ten years on: Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean migration policy under the spotlight

© Ajdin Kamber/Shutterstock A decade after the so-called “refugee crisis” of 2015, South-Eastern Europe remains the focal point and most fragile terrain of European migration policy. What appeared to be a temporary emergency has become a permanent...