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Latest releases on the ECB website - Press releases, speeches and interviews, press conferences.

Patrick Montagner: Stronger together, separately strong: ECB expectations for financial conglomerates
Frank Elderson: What good supervision looks like
Claudia Buch: Simplification without deregulation: European supervision, regulation and reporting in a changing environment
Frank Elderson: The rule of law as a constitutional pillar of European central banking
Pedro Machado: Independence and supervisory discretion – a transatlantic perspective

Sky News

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Sky news delivers breaking news, headlines and top stories from business, politics, entertainment and more in the UK and worldwide.

PM hits out at politicians who 'shout and scream but do nothing' over grooming gangs
17 June 2025

Sir Keir Starmer has said he gets "frustrated" with politicians who "shout and scream but do nothing" as he defended past comments about a grooming gangs inquiry.
Man who murdered two women on Christmas Day jailed
17 June 2025

A man who murdered two women on Christmas Day has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 39 years.
'About as serious as it gets': 23andMe fined millions by UK watchdog
17 June 2025

The genetic testing company 23andMe is being fined £2.31m by the UK's privacy watchdog over their 2023 data breach that saw the personal information of seven million people stolen.
Volcano eruption unleashes massive cloud of hot ash visible for 90 miles
17 June 2025

A volcano has erupted in Indonesia, unleashing a massive cloud of hot ash.
Woman who killed baby in crash outside hospital has sentence reduced
17 June 2025

A driver who killed an eight-month-old baby in a crash outside a hospital has had her sentence reduced.
The one 'bunker buster' bomb that could be used to hit Iran's secretive Fordow enrichment plant
17 June 2025

Iran's secretive Fordow uranium enrichment plant is buried deep beneath a mountain, its vital centrifuges protected by tons upon tons of rock.

Europol

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Europe-wide takedown hits longest-standing dark web drug market
17 June 2025

Between 11 and 13 June, a series of coordinated actions took place across Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Sweden, targeting the platform’s administrator, moderators, key vendors, and technical infrastructure. Around 300 officers were deployed to carry out enforcement actions and secure critical evidence.Archetyp Market operated as a drug marketplace for over five years, amassing more than 600 000 users worldwide...
SIRIUS SPoC network meets in Warsaw to tackle e-evidence challenges
17 June 2025

SIRIUS is an EU-funded project that helps law enforcement and judicial authorities access cross-border electronic evidence in the context of criminal investigations and proceedings. Co-implemented by Europol and Eurojust, the SIRIUS project is a central reference point in the EU for knowledge sharing on cross-border access to electronic evidence.The meeting in Warsaw focused on the impact of the recently adopted...
Frozen yucca, hidden cocaine: drug route from Costa Rica to Europe dismantled
17 June 2025

The investigation targeted a criminal network that used companies in Costa Rica to receive cocaine from Colombia and conceal it in shipments of frozen yucca powder destined for Europe. The group relied on legitimate logistics chains to disguise their criminal activities and move cocaine by sea and air in small quantities to avoid detection.Shifting logistical routes in response to law...
Steal, Deal, Repeat: Cybercriminals cash in on your data
17 June 2025

Europol’s 2025 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA), published today, reveals how stolen data fuels the digital underworld, powering a criminal ecosystem that spans from online fraud and ransomware to child exploitation and extortion. The report paints a stark picture of a cybercrime economy built on access—access to your systems, your identity, and your most sensitive information.The Head of Europol’s...
50 arrested and 4 tonnes of cocaine seized in major hit against drug trafficking in Spain
17 June 2025

Results of the operation:48 suspects arrested3.8 tonnes of cocaine seized29 house searches in Fuerteventura (2), Gran Canaria (13) and Lanzarote (14)69 vehicles seized (19 boats and speedboats)6 properties seizedEUR 100 000 in cash seizedEuropol played a key role in the investigation by providing crucial analytical and financial support that contributed to the success of the operation. On the action day,...
Bulgarian authorities arrest 18 for smuggling migrants across its southern border
17 June 2025

On 3 June, law enforcement carried out raids in five major cities across Bulgaria under the supervision of the Burgas Prosecutor’s Office. Officers from Greece, Romania and Moldova joined Bulgarian investigators on the ground, with Europol also deployed to support the action. In total, 18 people were arrested, including a high-value target.The criminal network used a variety of vehicles to...

ECB

ECB - European Central Bank

Latest releases on the ECB website - Press releases, speeches and interviews, press conferences.

Patrick Montagner: Stronger together, separately strong: ECB expectations for financial conglomerates
13 June 2025
Frank Elderson: What good supervision looks like
12 June 2025
Claudia Buch: Simplification without deregulation: European supervision, regulation and reporting in a changing environment
11 June 2025
Frank Elderson: The rule of law as a constitutional pillar of European central banking
09 June 2025
Pedro Machado: Independence and supervisory discretion – a transatlantic perspective
04 June 2025
Claudia Buch: Interview with Le Monde
04 June 2025

United Nations

UN News - Global perspective Human stories

Global perspective Human stories

More Gazans killed trying to get food, healthcare near to ‘full disaster’
17 June 2025

Gaza’s health system is at breaking point, overwhelmed time and again by scores of people killed or injured near aid distribution sites, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
From Himalayan melt to drowning shores, children lead the climate fight
16 June 2025

From the high Himalayas down to sea level, climate change is no longer a distant threat for children in Nepal and the Maldives – it is a daily struggle: landslides tear through mountain villages washing away homes and farms, while rising seas surge over island shorelines, threatening to swallow entire communities.
DR Congo: Human rights violations could amount to war crimes, UN experts say
16 June 2025

In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwandan-backed rebels, Congolese troops, and allied militias have all committed human rights abuses, some possibly amounting to war crimes, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said in Geneva on Monday.
Guterres to launch life-saving campaign strengthening mine action worldwide
16 June 2025

The UN Secretary-General is set to launch a global campaign to boost support for disarmament and mine action.
UNHCR forced to make deep cuts, despite rising needs worldwide
16 June 2025

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) announced on Monday that it is cutting global staffing costs by around 30 per cent, following a comprehensive review of its activities, spending, staffing and structure, prompted by major funding shortfalls.
Without urgent funding, global hunger hotspots are set to grow, UN warns
16 June 2025

Since conflict erupted in Sudan, more than a million people have fled to neighbouring South Sudan, seeking refuge from escalating violence that has displaced 12.4 million people and plunged over half the Sudanese population into food insecurity.

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