Europe

The European Union intends to significantly expand sanctions against Russia in the coming months over its war in Ukraine, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, told a German ...

Rain over eastern Belgium on Monday morning aided firefighters battling to contain the country’s biggest wildfire on record, which had threatened to reach the German border. Wildfires have ripped ...

For more than a century, cafes in the Italian city of Padua have welcomed customers for an early evening drink, or aperitivo, encouraging them to sit outside and socialise before ...

Two people have died as fires swept through Salamina in Greece on Sunday, with four others suffering burns and residents forced to evacuate as strong winds hampered firefighting efforts. The ...

Firefighters battled with the aid of Dutch helicopters on Sunday to contain Belgium’s biggest wildfire, which has already burned 3,000 hectares of land and which local authorities said was heading ...

Russia has asked Washington and Ankara for explanations over reports that a significant quantity of US weapons and ammunition held in Turkey could be transferred to Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry ...

A dozen people were killed and at least 10 injured after a Polish bus overturned at night on a motorway in eastern Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Sunday ...

The European Union deployed three helicopters and two water bomber aircraft to tackle a record wildfire in eastern Belgium, the bloc’s crisis commissioner said on Saturday, after Belgium requested ...

A wildfire engulfed homes in a picturesque Croatian resort overnight, injuring 40 and forcing 1,200 to evacuate, officials said, as EU officials warned that pockets of “very extreme” wildfire conditions were stretching ...

Millions of people across Spain and Iceland geared up to witness a total solar eclipse on Wednesday, packing their protective glasses and travelling to areas where the rare astronomical event ...

Portuguese player Cristiano Ronaldo married his longtime girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez on Tuesday in a civil and private ceremony in Cascais, Portugal, according to his management. Ronaldo, 41, is one of football’...

Spain is rolling out a massive police operation and public safety campaign ahead of a rare total solar eclipse on August 12 that will coincide with one of the country’s ...

Romanian state-owned nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica ROSNN.BX could shut down its last working reactor on August 13 as levels on the Danube river continue to fall, it said on Tuesday, ...

Alleged Irish crime gang boss Daniel Kinahan was charged with directing a criminal organisation by prosecutors in Dublin on Sunday amid tight security at a special court sitting following his ...

Greek households have seen both disposable income and wealth rise over the past two years, with Alpha Bank saying the gains have been driven by stronger employment, firmer economic activity, ...

The Greek economy continued to demonstrate resilience in recent months despite the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, with stronger retail sales, easing inflation and solid business lending helping to ...

On a day when temperatures were soaring past 37 degrees Celsius outside, the prisoner sat in his cell with wet towels around his window bars, trying to explain to the visiting ...

Spain’s government said on Friday it would establish border controls for flights and ships from Italy from midnight on Saturday until September 7 in a dispute with the neighbouring country ...

The European Union is preparing a review of airline ownership rules to prevent foreign investors from gaining effective control of carriers, an EU official said, a move that could complicate ...

Romania delayed plans to sink four rock-filled barges into the Danube until Friday citing unsafe conditions, as the race tightens to divert water from the drought-hit river to its only ...

Italy took the unprecedented step of putting all its major cities on the top level of health alert due to high temperatures on Thursday, while Hungary turned off the lights ...

A Greek court ordered on Thursday that a 26-year-old Afghan boxer accused of killing a Scottish woman whose body was found in a suitcase in Athens be held in jail ...

Russian-backed disinformation campaigns are escalating in Germany ahead of state elections, often targeting local political rivals of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, German security sources said. Opinion polls ...

The temperature in Austria climbed to a record high on Wednesday, while Hungarians curbed power use as the latest heatwave and drought took their toll on central and southern Europe. ...