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Authorities on the Greek island of Evia said several areas were being evacuated following the second severe storm in under a week. Dozens of residents Read more

Hungarians have seen the price of fuel reach an all-time high due to an increase in the price of Brent crude oil and the Hungarian Read more

Eastern European countries with below-average COVID vaccination rates are facing a surge in infections, data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Read more

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and a group of Afghan women are on the shortlist to win the Sakharov Prize. Jeanine Anez, the jailed Read more

The trial of four Egyptian police officers, accused of the murder of Giulio Regeni, has begun in Rome. The four high-ranking security officials are being Read more

Belarus has threatened to prosecute citizens who subscribe to social media channels that are deemed “extremist”. Citizens who follow banned outlets on social media will Read more

The Spanish island of La Palma has been shaken by the strongest earthquake since last month’s volcanic eruption. A 4.5-magnitude quake struck the Canary Islands Read more

Italy is waving goodbye to its flagship airline Alitalia as it takes off for the last time today after 74 years in business. The final Read more

One of the doctors who treated Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been sanctioned by a Russian court. The court imposed one-year restrictions on Dr Anastasia Read more

A massive shortage of abattoir butchers has lead to a backlog of pigs on UK farms. Pig farmer Sophie Hope told Euronews the industry is Read more

France will take “retaliatory” measures within eight days if the UK does not grant more licences to French fishermen, the government has warned. Secretary of Read more

Five biracial women born in the Democratic Republic of Congo when the country was under Belgian rule who were taken away from their black mothers Read more

Bulgarian activists have raised environmental concerns over a shipwreck containing dangerous nitrogen fertilisers. The Vera SU cargo vessel — containing more than 3,000 tons of Read more

The French government has proposed to extend the country’s COVID-19 state of emergency until July 31 next year. A draft law for the extension will Read more

Hundreds of Bulgarian coal miners and energy workers have staged a protest amid concerns for their job safety. Buses carried protesters from across Bulgaria for Read more

Poland is planning to build a border wall costing more than €350 million to prevent migrants illegally entering from Belarus. A draft bill to construct Read more

Sweden’s prime minister has called on other heads of states to come up with “concrete measures” to tackle anti-Semitism, as he started a two-day conference Read more

Environmental activists in Poland have complained about the resumption of logging in a protected forest. NGOs said that trees are being cut down again in Read more

The leader of Poland’s ruling party, Jarosław Kaczyński, is to step down from his government post, according to the state PAP news agency. Kaczyński will Read more

A man arrested in the Netherlands had threatened to kill caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte, according to court documents. The 22-year-old suspect – identified only Read more

The European Commission is to unveil officially its eagerly-awaited proposals designed to ease the impact of post-Brexit trade arrangements in Northern Ireland. The olive branch Read more

German authorities said on Wednesday that the number of migrants arriving in the country via Poland and Belarus has gone up sharply in recent months. Read more

Police in Kosovo have clashed with ethnic Serbs during raids over suspected good smuggling. At least six police officers and one Serb civilian were injured Read more

Hubert Germain, the last of an elite group of decorated French Resistance fighters who helped liberate France from Nazi control in World War II, has Read more

Brussels has confirmed it is willing to explore the creation of an EU-wide strategic reserve for natural gas that would guarantee stable and predictable supplies Read more

Five and a half years after the UK voted for Brexit, getting on for two years since it left the EU and one year since Read more

Paris had 6,000 fewer primary and nursery school pupils this year than 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and remote reworking, the mayor’s office said. Read more

Whether it’s Jean-Marie or his daughter Marine, the Le Pens have been dominant figures on the extremes of France’s right-wing for decades. But, now, with Read more

Belarusian cyber-activists claim to have targeted a riot police building in northeastern Minsk in a first-of-its-kind drone attack last month. Busly Latsyats (Flying Storks) was Read more

The Dutch monarch can marry someone of the same sex without giving up the throne, the Prime Minister has said. In a written answer to Read more