In the run-up to the World Cup, Visentini described host nation Qatar as a “success story,” despite having at his disposal years’ worth of alarming reports about its labor conditions.

The prime minister is currently reluctant to agree to a pay rise—especially a double-digit one as demanded by the strikers—because he believes it would only reinforce the inflationary spiral.

The political agreement sets the goal of reducing carbon pollution by 62%, one percent over the Commission’s original proposal.

While gratified by the decision, Bülent Kenes added that being regarded as a terrorist never came as a shock to him, since “[Turkish President Erdoğan] is a despot and I am a journalist.”

The pope signed the decree on their martyrdom on his 86th birthday. It will allow the couple to be beatified, which is the last formal step before potential sainthood.

The investigation into the European Union’s border agency is the second to take place in a matter of months.

So far, 44,000 Channel asylum seekers have arrived in Britain this year. Unless the situation is addressed, with a generous welfare state and a low chance of being deported, more tragedies can be expected.

Most MEPs who have found themselves in the crosshairs of investigators are members of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) grouping in the European Parliament.

While main suspect Eva Kaili gets most of the attention, the corruption case’s wider ripple effect, particularly in diplomatic relations with the major energy supplier, is making itself felt.

Upon hearing the news, Dresden State Art Collections’ general director termed the find a “true Christmas miracle.”

The Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank both foresee having to continue raising interest rates significantly to roll back inflation to 2%.

Employees, who used to have to agree to the Church’s moral code with regard to relationships and intimacy, are now free to follow their own moral convictions, as these are considered “private matters.”