Cyprus has set a spending limit of €25,000 per candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections, with an additional €5,000 allowed for personal expenses, as announced by the interior ministry.

The Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) reported that 1,565 fires have been recorded in residential buildings across Serbia since the beginning of the year, resulting in 14 fatalities.

The Spanish National Police has initiated a swift seven-day process to find a new Director of Operations, with the Interior Ministry aiming to appoint a female chief commissioner to the top operational role.

The Bulgarian government has put forward a proposal to replace the chief secretary of the Ministry of Interior.

A Russian Interior Ministry operative, Ivan Semenikhin, who reportedly collaborated with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to rescue child sexual abuse victims, has been arrested and charged with treason.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the killing of a soldier in northern Syria and an interior ministry official in the eastern part of the country, calling it a new phase of operations.

Austria's Interior Ministry announced that 1,083 individuals were deported in January, exceeding the 945 asylum applications filed during the same month.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino received his Lebanese passport at the Interior Ministry in Beirut on Monday, months after he was granted citizenship by the country’s president. Infantino, who is married to Lebanese citizen Lina al-Ashkar, thanked President Joseph Aoun when he received him Monday for granting him and his family Lebanese citizenship. The meeting with Aoun took place after Infantino visited the Interior Ministry where her performed the official process of filing documents, being photographed and having his fingerprints taken before he was handed a copy of his new blue Lebanese passport.

The French Interior Ministry has banned a book aimed at young Muslim women from being sold to minors, citing concerns that it could incite discrimination against women and promote hatred.

The Bulgarian caretaker cabinet will function without a Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, a role typically responsible for key operational duties.

The Hungarian Data Protection Authority has ruled that the Ministry of Interior's decision to classify parental questionnaires about public education was illegal, stating that one question in the survey sent via the Kréta system contained hateful or inciting statements.

The French Interior Ministry has begun procedures to dissolve two far-right groups, 'Bloc montpelliérain' and 'Patria albiges', giving them fifteen days to present their arguments.

The Czech Ministry of Interior spent over 870 million crowns on professionalizing and improving state service quality, but auditors found it failed to achieve the desired effect, including the digitalization of employee training.

The position of Deputy Director of the Police in Spain's Interior Ministry has accumulated significant power, leading to concerns about impunity.

ISLAMABAD: Around 31.9 million births registered with union councils (UC) in 2025 are yet to be added to the record in the National Database and Registration Authority’s (Nadra) central database, according to an annual performance report. The report was recently submitted by Nadra to the interior ministry, according to which a total of 227m individuals are registered with the authority. Overall, nearly 97 per cent of Pakistan’s population is now included in the registration system, according to the report, which also shows that 52pc of the registered individuals are males and 48pc are females. As for biometric data, Nadra’s system contains facial records of 170m people, iris data of seven million individuals and 1.68 billion fingerprints, the reports says. During 2025 alone, the report states, some 445m biometric verifications were carried out, contributing to “improved transparency” and “strengthening of digital governance systems”. According to the report, national registration increased by 4pc in 2025, registration of children under the age of 18 rose by 11pc, renewal of expired identity cards increased by 24pc and cancellation of identity cards following death registration surged by 900pc. Female registration also saw an 8pc rise during the year. The reports says that by end of the year, 938 registration centres were operational nationwide. The authority established 75 new centres 138 new counters, while another 126 counters were installed at existing offices. The reports say that 231 mobile registration vans remained active during the year, including 33 satellite-equipped units for remote areas. At the UC level, 62 registration counters were operational while six new counters were set up in five countries abroad to facilitate overseas Pakistanis. According to the report, the Pak Identity mobile application was used to handle 15pc of Nadra’s total workload. The app was downloaded more than 12m times, enabling citizens to access services without visiting registration centres. In 2025, the federal government approved the National Registration and Biometric Policy Framework to further strengthen the unified registration system. Amendments to national identity card regulations were also introduced, biometric child registration certificates were launched for children as young as three, and family registration certificates were granted formal legal status. According to the report, Pakistan’s identity registration system now has near-complete coverage, though efforts are still required to further improve the registration of women and young children in certain areas. Clear policy recommendations have been proposed to close the remaining gaps entirely, the report says.

The Slovak opposition party PS claims the coalition plans to significantly restrict voting rights for Slovaks abroad by abolishing mail-in voting, requiring citizens to vote at embassies instead, though the interior ministry denies preparing such a change.

Authorities in Serbia have arrested two individuals suspected of attempting to attack President Vučić, overthrow the constitutional order, and assault interior ministry officials.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP) announced that the "Jakov Nenadović" High School of Internal Affairs in Sremska Kamenica is enrolling 140 students for the first grade for the 2026/2027 school year.

The ministry provided no information on this in response to a parliamentary inquiry - Greens and FPÖ criticized the lack of transparency and questioned the legal basis.

Ghana's Ministry of the Interior has announced new dates in February for applicants who faced technical challenges and were unable to complete the Centralised E-Recruitment Portal Aptitude Test.

The Ministry of the Interior has announced an extension of the aptitude test dates for Category C (WASSCE) applicants under the 2025/2026 Centralized Services E-Recruitment Portal.

Germany has donated technical equipment valued at €600,000 to North Macedonia's Ministry of Interior, continuing a long-standing police cooperation between the two countries.