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Synthetic opioids: can Europe keep up with a drug created every week?

Fifty new drugs were detected across Europe in 2025 alone, many of them highly potent synthetic opioids. Can the EU’s drugs strategy keep pace with an increasingly dangerous and fast-moving drug landscape?

Culture news

Six Georgians tried in France over theft of rare Russian books

The trial is the latest case aimed at delivering justice after a series of similar thefts in libraries across Europe, allegedly by an organised network.

Europe News

"Crime hotspots": Why violence at German stations

Politicians from the SPD and CDU also lament that many people do not feel safe at Germany's railway stations – including staff. A criminologist explains why there is more violence there than elsewhere.

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Father of abandoned French children found in Portugal breaks silence

The father of the two children abandoned in Portugal says he is awaiting official permission to see them adding that he has thought about them "every second" since learning of their disappearance.

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Money, love and murder: the Mango founder case that shocked Spain

The arrest comes after more than a year of investigations into the death of the textile magnate, which was initially thought to be accidental after he fell off a cliff while walking with his son in the Salnitre caves in Barcelona's Collbató.

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Sweden plans electronic tags for kids at risk of gang recruitment

Criminal gangs in Sweden increasingly recruit children to commit crimes, knowing they will not face prison time if caught as the age of criminal responsibility is 15.

Europe News

Portugal arrests further 15 police officers in rape and torture probe

According to the Portuguese press, the victims were mainly undocumented foreigners, homeless people or drug users.

Europe News

At least one killed after car drives into people on street in Leipzig

Leipzig is located southwest of Berlin and has more than 630,000 inhabitants, making it one of the biggest cities in eastern Germany.

Europe News

Crime rate in Germany falls but sexual offences are on the rise

The statistics only cover police investigations so no conclusions can be drawn about convictions or the actual number of offenders. The study also does not include cases that are not reported.

Indonesia

Indonesia deports UK fugitive wanted in Spain on drug charges

Bali police chief Daniel Adityajaya said Lyons was wanted in Spain as the alleged "leader of a large-scale transnational criminal organisation" engaged in drug trafficking and money laundering.

France

Freemason lodge ‘mafia’ on trial in France over murders and hit squads

Twenty-two people, including intelligence and police officers, are on trial in France over an alleged Masonic lodge assassin squad and mafia-style crimes.

Italy

Rome police probed over alleged theft at railway station luxury store

A cashier and 21 officers allegedly stole luxury items from a Coin luxury store in central Rome via rigged checkouts, authorities said.

25 February 2026

Spain

Spanish police arrest two Camorra crime mob fugitives wanted by Italy

Spanish police arrested two fugitives linked to the notorious Neapolitan organised crime group in Tenerife and Almería, wanted in Italy for serious crimes including extortion and homicide.

28 November 2025

Germany

Berlin station tops German railway crime list as violence surges

Violent crime at German railway stations showed a marked increase in 2024, with Berlin's central station recording the highest number of incidents. Federal Police and Deutsche Bahn are intensifying security measures to combat the issue.

26 November 2025

Portugal

Portugal arrests 'Hulk', top Brazilian druglord and gang ringleader

The PCC is the largest criminal organisation in Brazil and has around 20,000 members — with some estimates stating that the total number could be even higher, with the gang consisting of as many as 40,000 lifetime members plus 60,000 contractors.

17 November 2025

Culture news

Louvre director calls for in-house police station to protect museum

At a Senate hearing, Louvre director Laurence des Cars detailed failures in the Paris museum's security and also confirmed that she had offered to resign but the move was rejected by Culture Minister Rachida Dati.

23 October 2025

Art

Two activists arrested for defacing a painting of Columbus in Madrid

Two members of Futuro Vegetal have been charged with a crime against heritage after allegedly throwing biodegradable red paint on a work by José Garnelo at Madrid's Naval Museum on Spain's National Day. The Naval Museum says the artwork has now been restored.

13 October 2025

Europe News

Gun crime capitals: Where's safest and most dangerous in the EU?

As several European cities struggle with rising organised crime and gun violence, Euronews lists EU capitals according to their safety and danger when it comes to shootings.

19 September 2025

Europe News

Swedish PM calls Orbán’s child assassin claims 'outrageous lies'

A public spat between the Swedish and the Hungarian prime ministers erupted on social media after Viktor Orbán claimed 280 Swedish underage girls were arrested for murder, quoting a German newspaper report.

15 September 2025

Greece

Greek abbot accused of relic theft says they were his grandmother's

The abbot and the five other defendants are being held in pre-trial detention, following their arrests earlier this week.

12 September 2025