Animal rights campaigners urge Pope Francis to denounce bullfighting
A group of animal rights activists gathered near the Vatican on Friday dressed in red capes and fake horns to urge Pope Francis to denounce what they see as the ...
Euro’s stellar run in doubt as ECB muddies rate outlook
Euro bulls are set for an anxious summer ahead as doubts creep in over how far the ostensibly still-hawkish European Central Bank will go with interest rate rises.
The euro ...
Norway, Finland battle rapid spread of bird flu
Norway and Finland face record outbreaks of bird flu this year which have killed thousands of seagulls and other species, put livestock at risk and restricted travel in some areas, ...
Greek wildfires die down after burning for nearly two weeks
Wildfires in Greece abated on Friday after burning for nearly two weeks but emergency services worked to prevent new flare-ups in the central part of the country, where people had ...
EU borders may be closed if Wagner group incidents happen, Poland says
Poland, Lithuania and Latvia could jointly decide to shut their borders with close Russian ally Belarus if there are serious incidents involving the Wagner group along their frontiers with the ...
ECB raises rates to 23-year high; keeps options open for September
The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the ninth consecutive time on Thursday and kept the door open to further tightening as stubborn inflation and a growing risk of ...
Greece PM says climate change ‘not an excuse’ as wildfires burn
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday said Greece needed to take more steps to combat the effects of climate change as wildfires on the mainland burned farms and factories overnight ...
The Swedish state does not condone Koran burnings, foreign minister says
The Swedish state does not sanction or condone Koran burnings but they are permitted by Swedish freedom of speech laws, Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said on Thursday.
“In some countries ...
Firefighters battle Greece wildfires overnight as farms, factories burn
Firefighters in Greece battled flames burning for the 10th day on the island of Rhodes, while new blazes erupted on the mainland that destroyed farms and factories overnight and left ...
Greece wildfires erupt on mainland, killing two people (Update)
Wildfires that have been supercharged by strong winds and temperatures exceeding 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) killed two people in central Greece on Wednesday and forced a new wave of evacuations.
In the ...
NATO says it’s boosting Black Sea surveillance, condemns Russian grain deal exit
NATO said on Wednesday it was stepping up surveillance of the Black Sea region as it condemned Russia’s exit from a deal assuring the safe passage of ships carrying ...
Ship carrying 3,000 cars burns off Dutch coast, crew member dead
A fire blazed on a ship off the Dutch coast with nearly 3,000 vehicles on board on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring several others, the coastguard said.
The fire began ...
EU probes border agency’s rescue role after migrant shipwreck killed hundreds
The EU rights watchdog on Wednesday announced a probe into Europe’s deadliest shipwreck in years and whether the bloc’s Frontex border agency fulfilled its rescue duties when the ...
Three dead as Sicily counts losses from ‘devastating’ fires
Italy’s southern island of Sicily has been devastated by wildfires that have killed three elderly people, its regional president said, as a heatwave and severe storms further north took ...
Greece sees some wildfire respite, though stubborn blazes rage on
Wildfires raging across Greece for more than a week abated on Wednesday, though firefighters still battled on several fronts to contain blazes that have killed three people and caused thousands ...
Irish singer Sinead O’Connor dies aged 56
Sinead O’Connor, the Irish singer known for her stirring voice, 1990 chart-topping hit “Nothing Compares 2 U” and outspoken views, has died at the age of 56, Irish media quoted her family ...
One dead in cargo ship fire, electric car suspected source – Dutch coastguard
One person died and several others were hurt when a fire broke out on a cargo ship off the northern tip of Netherlands, with an electric car being the suspected ...
Six convicted of murder for 2016 Brussels bombings
A Belgian court convicted six men of murder and two others of terrorism charges on Tuesday after the country’s largest ever trial involving the 2016 Islamist bombings in Brussels that ...
Three dead in Greece wildfires as firefighters battle the flames (updated)
Three people became the first known fatalities on Tuesday of wildfires that have been raging on the Greek islands for a week, and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned of tough ...
‘My life stopped’: local people say they lost all in Greece wildfires
Standing outside the blackened shell of what used to be his restaurant, Dimitris Hajifotis laments a livelihood lost to wildfires raging on the Greek island of Rhodes this week.
“My ...
Cypriot firefighting mission to remain in Greece at least for another two days
The Cypriot mission assisting firefighters battling wildfires in Greece will remain there at least until Thursday, the member of the Cypriot mission and Senior Forestry Officer, Stavros Mouchlis, said on ...
French firefighters battle wildfire close to Nice airport
Nearly 100 firefighters were using a helicopter to contain a wildfire in the French municipalities of Cagnes-sur-Mer and Villeneuve-Loubet, close to Nice international airport, officials said on Tuesday.
By late afternoon ...
Storms kill two in northern Italy, government readies state of emergency
Italy suffered a twin pounding from the elements on Tuesday when severe storms battered the north, killing a woman and a 16-year-old girl scout, while southern regions sweltered under a ...
EU looks to cover transport costs for Ukraine grain exports by land
The European Union is ready to export almost all of Ukraine’s farm produce via “solidarity lanes” and help cover costs, EU agriculture commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski said on Tuesday, after ...