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EU pushes back as US revives trade pressure on bloc
Published on 14/08/2026 – 21:41 GMT+2 The EU pushed back at renewed trade pressure from the United States on Friday, as Washington said the bloc was enabling Chinese evasion of US tariffs and stepped up calls for it to roll back flagship green rules on…
Swiss police seek witnesses over fire started near Romanian embassy
Published on 14/08/2026 – 15:52 GMT+2 Swiss police said on Friday they were still appealing for witnesses to come forward in connection with a fire they believe was deliberately started outside the Romanian embassy in Bern. The blaze broke out on Monday and…
France upholds assisted dying law, strikes under 15s social media ban
France’s top constitutional authority approved legislation on Friday on the right to assisted dying, but struck down a ban on social media access for children under 15 in a blow to one of President Emmanuel Macron’s cherished reforms. Macron’s office hailed…
At least 10 in intensive care and thousands flee wildfire in Croatia
A wildfire on Croatia’s coast has left at least 10 people in intensive care and dozens more injured after fire crews battled overnight with “one of the worst” blazes in the country’s history, according to officials. Around 2,000 had been evacuated from nearby…
Ash from Mount Etna shuts Sicily’s busiest airport during peak week
Published on 14/08/2026 – 15:30 GMT+2 Ash spewing from Sicily’s Mount Etna volcano has forced the closure of the Italian island’s largest airport for the fifth consecutive day, stranding hundreds of summer holiday travellers during the busiest travel week of…
Amid the Ceuta crisis, how do EU citizens view refugees?
Migration is a hot-button issue, especially when displacements peak, such as the recent episode in the Spanish territory of Ceuta, which saw around 80,000 people cross the border from Morocco in just 48 hours at the end of July. Despite the global number of…
Ryanair window smashed by engine debris in Thessaloniki incident
Published on 14/08/2026 – 10:54 GMT+2•Updated 11:02 Debris from a broken engine fan smashed a window on a Ryanair plane shortly after it took off from Greece last month, according to a preliminary report into the incident, which saw a passenger partially…
‘Wall of fire’ forces sea evacuation as European wildfires continue
A three-kilometre wall of flames up to 30 metres high forced hundreds of tourists into the sea off northern Greece, as wildfires also tore across, Croatia, France and the UK amid a punishing summer heatwave. More than 200 firefighters, water-bombing planes…
NATO Baltic Air Policing jets shoot down drone over Latvia
Published on 14/08/2026 – 8:11 GMT+2 Fighter jets operating under NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission shot down a “foreign drone” in Latvian airspace on Friday, according to the country’s military. In a statement, the Latvian armed forces said the drone had…
Video. Hikers in awe as solar eclipse turns sky red over French Pyrenees
Hikers and astronomers gathered at France’s Pic du Midi in the Pyrenees to watch the solar eclipse. Clouds partly obscured the event, but visitors still described the experience as peaceful and memorable, with the sun appearing red through breaks in the…