- Jul 22
Austria opens €20m police station in Hitler's birthplace to end neo-Nazi pilgrimages
The building in Braunau am Inn, where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889, was inaugurated as a police station on Wednesday after a €20m renovation and years of legal battles to prevent it from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine.
- Jun 12
EU's new asylum rules take effect: border screening, solidarity and uncertainty on day one
The Common European Asylum System (GEAS) entered into force on 12 June 2026, introducing faster border procedures, a mandatory solidarity mechanism and a list of safe countries of origin — though several member states remain unprepared.
