Month: July 2021

A British man has been confirmed as the 97th victim of the Hillsborough Stadium disaster, 32 years after the tragedy. Andrew Devine was badly injured Read more

US President Joe Biden has expressed support for pro-democracy voices in Belarus after meeting the country’s leading opposition figure, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. Biden hosted Tsikhanouskaya at Read more

Croatia has been celebrating as a major European Union-funded bridge nears completion. The Pelješac Bridge will connect two swaths of the Croatian coastline that are Read more

The huge container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March has finally reached its intended port in Europe. The Ever Given sailed into the Read more

One of the EU’s largest and costliest agencies is facing an unprecedented crisis of confidence. For the past year, the European Border and Coast Guard Read more

A Berlin-bound train hit a truck at a railroad crossing Thursday in northwestern Poland, and eight people were slightly injured when the train partly derailed, Read more

Britain’s decision to lift its quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated travellers from the US and EU except France is “discriminatory” and “incomprehensible”, Paris said on Read more

French President Emmanuel Macron is suing a billboard owner who depicted him as Adolf Hitler to protest COVID-19 restrictions. Michel-Ange Flori, who owns about 400 Read more

French police arrested two people on Wednesday suspected of having stolen jewellery worth up to €3 million in a Paris shop. The burglary at a Read more

Thousands of judges and prosecutors in Poland have signed an appeal urging state and justice authorities to heed recent rulings by Europe’s top court and Read more

At least three people have been killed in southern Turkey as two forest fires rage near tourist coastal regions. Dozens of others were also hospitalised Read more

Authorities have evacuated homes in southern Turkey as a forest fire rages near populated areas. Strong winds have fanned the fire near the Mediterranean coastal Read more

A UK court has convicted a woman of stealing millions of pounds worth of diamonds from a high-profile London jeweller. Lulu Lakatos was sentenced to Read more

Two suspects have been arrested in France on suspicion of robbing a high-profile jeweller in Paris. Precious stones and jewellery were stolen from the Chaumet Read more

Temperatures will hit as high as 43 degrees celsius in southeast Europe, as authorities issue a weather warning ahead of an expected heat wave on Read more

A Syrian doctor has been charged in Germany with crimes against humanity, federal prosecutors said. Alla Mousa, who came to Germany in 2015, is accused Read more

German politicians have warned that conspiracy theorists are exploiting the country’s flood-damaged areas and spreading disinformation. Police in the worst-affected regions have said they were Read more