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Eight countries to adopt EU sanctions on Belarus
Published on 18/08/2026 – 15:16 GMT+2•Updated 15:18 Eight non-EU countries have agreed to align themselves with the European Union’s latest sanctions against Belarus due to Minsk’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland…
Polish authorities urge caution as porcupines spread near Warsaw
Published on 18/08/2026 – 14:42 GMT+2 The Leoncin commune, east-central Poland on 14 August reported an unusual visitor in the garden of one of the houses. According to the account, the property owners alerted the authorities to a porcupine that first…
Ukrainian convicted in German court over Russian sabotage plot
Published on 18/08/2026 – 13:03 GMT+2 A German court on Tuesday handed a jail sentence of one year and three months to a Ukrainian man for spying for Russia and helping prepare possible acts of sabotage. The court in Stuttgart acquitted two other Ukrainian…
Brussels asked to make green criteria mandatory in procurement rules
Published on 18/08/2026 – 12:12 GMT+2 A coalition of 26 businesses and civil society organisations representing more than 11,500 companies is urging the European Commission to make low-carbon criteria mandatory in EU public procurement rules ahead of a…
Foot-and-mouth disease: Lesvos cheese ban lifted amid tourist season
The Veterinary Directorate-General of Greece’s Ministry of Rural Development and Food has lifted the ban on the transport of local dairy products off Lesbos by private individuals visiting the island. Their transport had been prohibited for months because of…
Sophie Adenot to become first French woman to conduct spacewalk at ISS
Sophie Adenot is set to become the first French female astronaut to venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) for a spacewalk on Tuesday, accompanied by American astronaut Anil Menon. The spacewalk is scheduled to start at around 1435 CET and last…
Ukraine’s parliament returns with ministry crises unresolved
Published on 18/08/2026 – 9:13 GMT+2 Ukraine’s parliament returns to work on Tuesday after its summer break, reconvening with two of the government’s most sensitive wartime portfolios still without heads. When the Verkhovna Rada voted in Prime Minister Sergii…
As Europe’s challenges persist, where are leaders spending the summer?
Europe has slipped into its annual summer lull. Brussels has emptied out, national parliaments are in recess, and politicians are looking to make the most of the rare opportunity to step away from the demands of public office. But for Europe’s political…
Liechtenstein changes rules to allow women to inherit throne
Published on 18/08/2026 – 7:21 GMT+2 Liechtenstein’s royal house has said that the tiny country’s rules of succession will be changed so that a woman could in the future inherit the principality’s throne. Hereditary Prince Alois announced the change and said…
Three killed after helicopter crashes on Greek island of Sifnos
Three people were killed after a private helicopter crashed on the island of Sifnos in Greece on Monday, the Greek fire service said. The aircraft came down close to homes in the Tholos region of the popular tourist island – which is part of the Cyclades…