Shorouk Express Spain is to boost state aid for young people to buy and renovate properties in rural areas, an attempt to both ease access to the housing market and rebalance population density in the country. The Spanish government is to boost grants for young people who buy or renovate housing in rural areas of…
Shorouk Express The Solidarity Pool is a central element of the EU’s new migration and asylum framework, and is designed to ensure a fairer distribution of responsibilities for dealing with the pressures that migration can create. Implementing the EU’s migration framework is a matter of balancing solidarity and responsibility, according to Internal Affairs Commissioner Magnus…
Shorouk Express European Parliament lawmaker Mélissa Camara will be released from a high-security Israeli prison this weekend, after authorities detained her for taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. “Melissa will be released on Sunday and deported to Jordan” after four days of detention at the southwestern Ktzi’ot prison, according to…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Israel has dismantled a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and hundreds of activists after its naval forces intercepted the vessels, sparking debate over the legality of enforcing…
Shorouk Express The flotilla, made up of more than 50 boats, set sail in August and has pro-Palestine activists from around the world on board, including Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and MEPs. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni warned Tuesday that the flotilla’s actions could throw U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza into jeopardy….
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Aid cuts by Donald Trump an economic downturn has driven Botswana to declare a public health emergency, as the southern African country runs out of vital medicines….
Shorouk Express The current volume of fuel entering Gaza is now “enough to sustain critical life-saving operations but not sufficient to allow all humanitarian programmes to run,” said the report. The report is based on evidence and information collected from humanitarian partners, like the United Nations and the Red Cross, as well as from EU…
Shorouk Express Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email Zambia’s Lower Zambezi National Park faced more than its fair share of problems since it first opened in 1983. Lying next to porous borders with Mozambique and Zimbabwe,…
Shorouk Express A recap of today’s events US special envoy Steve Witkoff met Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday in a fresh attempt to revive stalled ceasefire talks and address Gaza’s worsening humanitarian crisis.Witkoff is expected to travel to Gaza on Friday to inspect food aid deliveries, before briefing Donald Trump on a final…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The UK is set to join Jordan and the United Arab Emirates in air dropping aid into Gaza as starvation and malnutrition have reached perilous levels in…
