Universities’ review of Panama Church abuse highlights underreporting, failures The Catholic Church in Panama has recorded dozens of complaints alleging sexual abuse of minors and other vulnerable people by priests, according to a report released Tuesday. Prepared by two Catholic universities at th»»»

Year after year, the mountains of the Dolomites become more popular with tourists. Amid millions of visitors, 30,000 inhabitants speak a language only they understand: Ladin, one of the oldest minority languages in Europe.  Tourists crammed onto a ridge, hikers stuck on the trails, long queues»»»

Outlets are becoming a core sales channel rather than simply a way to clear unsold inventory, according to Andrea Aburra, NEINVER’s head of leasing for Poland and Italy. Brands including Hugo Boss and adidas are investing in modernized stores, dedicated teams, and stronger customer experiences. NEI»»»

Academics, diplomats, researchers, and experts from Albania, China, Italy, and North Macedonia gathered in Tirana on September 18 for the international conference "Observing Contemporary China from the Balkans: Dialogue and Reflections." The event, also attended by Albanian Daily News’ chief editor»»»

The fossil fuel phase-out plan recently announced by the Netherlands has triggered questions and scrutiny from experts and green groups – amid a broader pushback against climate neutrality targets in the EU. The plan, published by the Dutch government on Tuesday (15 September), has drawn harsh crit»»»

A group of mostly European states and middle powers is seeking to build a new global coalition on artificial intelligence, as countries outside the US-China technology race scramble to retain influence over how increasingly powerful systems are governed. Leaders representing 20 countries, alongside»»»

Yemen's Houthis said Saudi Arabia carried out a deadly strike on a key port city on Tuesday, over a week into the Houthi offensive that has seen them seize control of a strait that is crucial to global energy flows. G7 nations called on the Houthis meanwhile to halt cross-border strikes on Saudi Ar»»»

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Monday that Lebanon needed a U.N.-sponsored international force to stay in the country's south after the current U.N. peacekeeping mandate expires. The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which currently counts around 7,50»»»

Annual investment in data centres, the infrastructure underpinning artificial intelligence systems, is expected to rise globally from an estimated USD 560 billion in 2025 to more than USD 800 billion in 2026 and USD 1.1 trillion by 2030. By 2050, annual data centre investment could reach USD 1.8 tr»»»

Doha, Qatar: An immersive exhibition dedicated to the Great Mosque of Rome, Europe’s largest mosque, opened yesterday at the Museum of Islamic Art, highlighting architecture as a bridge between cultures, faiths and traditions. The world-premiere production, conceived in Doha by architect David Borr»»»

Houthi control of Yemen’s western coast raises stakes for shipping and regional security Another global chokepoint is under threat. For more than a decade, the war in Yemen was viewed as a contained regional conflict. Now it has extended into the Bab Al Mandab Strait, disrupting trade, energy flows»»»

Madrid: Kylian Mbappe said on Monday playing under new France coach Zinedine Zidane, 15 years after the French football icons first met, is like "something from a film". Former Real Madrid boss Zidane will take charge of Les Bleus for the first time since replacing Didier Deschamps on Friday in the»»»

Europe has spent billions building a common cybersecurity architecture. But a new audit has found that when a major cyber incident strikes, the EU’s response remains hampered by fragmented responsibilities, limited information-sharing and overlapping systems. The European Union allocated €1.4bn to »»»

TUNIS, September 21, 2026 (TAP) – Minister of Health Mustapha Ferjani on Monday opened the FAO Global Conference for Actions on One Health in Agrifood Systems in Rome, Italy, representing the Middle East and North Africa region. The opening was...»»»

Plovdiv will host the 13th Central European Congress on Food (CeFood 2026) at Radisson Hotel Plovdiv from September 23–26, the organizers said on Monday. Under the theme “Connecting Excellence in Food,” the congress will showcase advances in food science and technology, biotechnology, food engineer»»»

Ukraine made a “huge mistake” by caving in to its Western backers and walking away from a potential peace deal with Russia in 2022, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said. He also argued that years of Western military backing have failed to defeat Russia and are now raising the risk of a direct»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Public Prosecution, represented by the Criminal Studies Institute, has organised a specialised training course on juvenile justice in light of international standards, in cooperation with the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights in Italy. Held at t»»»

Foreign patients are still travelling to Hungary for dental treatment, with some procedures costing substantially less than in Austria, Germany or the UK. From clinics near the Austrian border to specialist practices in Budapest, Hungary’s dental tourism industry continues to attract international »»»

QNA Doha Qatar’s Public Prosecution, represented by the Criminal Studies Institute, has organised a specialised training course on juvenile justice in light of international standards, in cooperation with the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights in Italy. Held at t»»»

Rome: Italy will ban burqas and niqabs in schools and limit the number of foreign students per class, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Sunday. Italy is a frontline country for migration, and integration is a major campaign issue ahead of a general election next year. "A measure will soon be prese»»»

Italy to curb full-face veils, limit foreign students and require parents to learn Italian Italy is preparing measures that would ban full-face coverings in schools and limit the number of foreign students in individual classes, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday. Speaking at an annual ga»»»

Rome: A second half brace from Lautaro Martinez cancelled a first half Manu Kone brace as both teams shared the spoils in the Roma-Inter Serie A top-two spectacle at the Olimpico. With both sides holding perfect records heading into the top-two clash in the capital, it was an early season glimpse o»»»

AMMAN — Jordanian ministers concluded a two-day visit to Milan on Thursday, holding talks with Italian companies and business institutions to explore investment opportunities and strengthen economic partnerships, with a focus on water, telecommunications and industry.The delegation included Plannin»»»

London, Sept. 19 (SANA) EU Tax Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra ruled out the immediate adoption of a unified tax on major technology companies such as Amazon, Google, and Meta, stressing the need to exhaust all avenues toward a global solution before considering a unilateral European move. In remarks t»»»

Europe is strengthening its defenses to reduce dependence on the United States, British security expert Ian Bond told PAP, warning that American interceptor production cannot meet both U.S. and European needs. Poland has joined an anti-ballistic missile coalition, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zele»»»

New data based on nearly 200 Hungary-related moving quotes suggests people moving to Hungary tend to relocate much larger households than those leaving the country, while Hungarian routes are generally cheaper than the European average. Moving to Hungary can be significantly cheaper than relocating»»»

Share: French President Emmanuel Macron, Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun pose ahead of a meeting on support for Lebanon’s armed forces in Paris The leaders of France, Lebanon and Jordan on Thursday met in Paris to drum up international support for the cash-strapped Leba»»»

Spanish police in Ceuta on Friday morning started moving hundreds of migrants from the beaches of the Spanish enclave to a new tented area. Several thousand migrants remain in Ceuta after tens of thousands of people crossed the border with Morocco in late July.  Police on Friday began moving h»»»

At NATO’s first high-level summit since Ankara, the bloc’s new, Europe-centric incarnation is taking shape. But it’s ordinary Europeans who stand to lose their future, and potentially their lives. READ MORE: Europe’s military future is starting to take shape NATO’s Military Committee is meeting in »»»

Part of Bucharest Design Festival’s Professional Format, the exhibition FRANCO RAGGI. Nomadic Digressions on Design, presented by Francesca Molteni together with Muse Factory of Projects and Franco Raggi, in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Bucharest, aimed to highlight design c»»»

The number of migrants arriving in Europe by sea has fallen sharply, but the number of people dying or going missing continues to rise, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported. Since the beginning of 2026, around 60,000 migrants and refugees have arrived in Europe by sea, 39 per»»»

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday, as Paris hosted security talks to drum up international support for the cash-strapped Lebanese army that Lebanon's army is "indispensable" for bringing stability to the country. Macron said that the talks aimed to "strengthen Lebanon's sovereignty and»»»

Madrid: Police on Friday began moving hundreds of migrants from the beaches of Ceuta to the Spanish enclave's port area. During the transfer, the police struggled to contain crowds of people jostling to secure a spot at the new tented site after weeks of living on the beaches. Authorities say there»»»

A new opinion from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) says that a civil partnership with an EU citizen is not enough in itself to get residence status in an EU country. The opinion – which is usually followed by the court – from advocate general Laila Medina on Thursday (September 17), was in resp»»»

Geneva: Fewer migrants and refugees have tried to make the journey to Europe by sea this year but more have died in the attempt, the UN warned Thursday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said 60,000 people had tried to get to Europe by boat so far this year, down 39 percent on the »»»

Doha, Qatar: Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs has announced that committees from the Civil Status Department will visit Qatar and several Egyptian diplomatic and consular missions abroad to issue and renew national ID cards for Egyptian citizens. Acc»»»

Share: French President Emmanuel Macron, Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun pose ahead of an Aqaba Process meeting on support for Lebanon’s armed forces in Paris [Getty] The leaders of France, Lebanon and Jordan on Thursday met in Paris to discuss international support for»»»

The international Temple of Thought project arrives in Romania for the first time with “The Flower of the Mind”, an installation created by TESSERACT ARCHITECTURE, Romania’s only architecture studio specializing exclusively in healthcare architecture, at the invitation of the international studio o»»»

Only 29% of Romanians currently invest in stocks, bonds, mutual funds or ETFs, compared with 41% across Europe, according to a new ING Research study conducted by Ipsos. At the same time, 30% of Romanian respondents say they have never invested but may do so in the future, suggesting that a sizeabl»»»

The leaders of France, Lebanon and Jordan on Thursday met in Paris to discuss international support for the cash-strapped Lebanese army and the creation of a new force to succeed a longstanding U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon. French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Lebanese Preside»»»

The heads of state of Lebanon, France and Jordan will meet Thursday in Paris as part of an effort to drum up support for the struggling Lebanese military. A donor conference for Lebanon's cash-strapped army was initially set to take place in February, led by France, Saudi Arabia and the United Stat»»»

With a US president who talks of making Canada the 51st state, its leader in Europe where it’s not quite the EU's 28th state on offer, but something the president of the European Commission is calling ‘associate membership’. We’ll ask what that means, how it differs from the close status afforded t»»»

PARIS: Lusail International Circuit in Qatar has retained its place on the calendar for the 78th edition of the FIA Formula One World Championship in 2027, which was announced on Wednesday to give fans an early look at where and when their favorite races will take place. The Fédération Internationa»»»

Contacts between a minor girl and members of Ivaylo Kalushev's group, including a report that she had been sexually abused, emerged as a key factor behind the events that culminated in the deaths of six people at a mountain hut in the Petrohan area and near Okolchitsa Peak, according to findings fr»»»

Half of the 12th-grade graduates from Romania Education Alliance (REA) partner schools in the Class of 2026 have been admitted to universities across Europe, Asia, and Australia, according to an analysis conducted by the network. The other half will continue their studies at universities in Romania»»»

An “Innovations in Vineyards” demonstration day was held at the Agricultural University of Plovdiv’s experimental farm in Brestnik on Wednesday. Participants saw innovative specialized machinery and practical demonstrations by leading Bulgarian and international companies. Welcoming participants, U»»»

Sydney, Australia: Losing muscle mass as people age could be an important warning sign for dementia risk, new Australian-led research has found. Researchers analyzed more than 80 studies examining links between body weight, body fat, muscle health and dementia, finding that people with sarcopenia h»»»

RISING FUEL PRICES Fuel prices continue to rise, with diesel becoming EUR 0.03 cents more expensive and petrol increasing by EUR. 0.01 cent as of Wednesday morning, Dimitar Hadzhidimitrov, deputy chairman of the Association of Bulgarian Fuel Traders, Producers, Importers and Transporters, said on b»»»

Paris, France: Newly-crowned US Open champion Alexander Zverev makes a quick return to action this weekend as he bids to help Germany reach the Davis Cup Finals, while American Ben Shelton hopes to put his Flushing Meadows final defeat behind him. World number two Zverev downed Shelton in four sets»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Diamond Exchange (QDE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Borsa Diamanti d’Italia (Diamond Bourse of Italy), establishing a strategic partnership between the two bourses. The agreement was signed during the CIBJO Centenary Congress, held in Vicenza, Italy, fr»»»