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Zelenskyy’s independence comments fuel anger in Kosovo
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s statement that Kyiv does not recognise Kosovo’s independence may have handed his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vučić a diplomatic win during his visit to Belgrade. Yet it triggered a sharp backlash in Prishtina…
Paris tightens rules on electric scooters and other rideables
Published on 11/08/2026 – 17:54 GMT+2 Paris is cracking down on rules for users of rideables such as electric scooters, Segways, and electric skateboards, as crashes involving such devices continue to rise in the French capital. Police officers have launched…
Hungary parliament approves Orbán-critic former judge as president
Hungarian lawmakers approved former supreme court chief András Baka as the country’s new president on Tuesday following the contested removal last month of the previous head of state as pro-EU conservative Prime Minister Péter Magyar pushes to loosen his…
Grape harvest in Hungary’s Villány wine region down 30% due to drought
Published on 11/08/2026 – 15:40 GMT+2 Europe’s prolongued drought is putting immense pressure on Hungary’s Villány wine region, where scorching temperatures are taking a heavy toll on grape production. Due to the lack of rainfall, berries are smaller, while…
Water levels across the Balkans have fallen to record lows
Water levels on rivers across the Balkans have fallen to record lows, disrupting navigation and exposing large areas of riverbed in Croatia. On the Danube near Batina, in northeastern Croatia close to the Serbian border, large sandbanks have emerged as water…
Man in Poland drives tractor onto fresh asphalt, churning up road
Published on 11/08/2026 – 12:18 GMT+2 A 60-year-old farmer drove his tractor onto a newly laid asphalt road in the southern Polish city of Gliwice and using a plough, churned up around 200 metres of the surface. According to the Gliwice Municipal Police…
How the securitarian agenda came to dominate EU migration policy
A right-wing, security-first approach to migration has become mainstream. The mass influx of migrants into Ceuta showed that Spain’s more progressive model has become an exception in Europe, with even left-wing parties adopting securitarian language. At the…
Euronews ban in Belarus: Those who ban media fear the truth
By Holger Mann (SPD), is a memeber of the German parliament und a member of the Bundestag Committee on Cultural and Media Affairs Published on 11/08/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in…
What is the EU doing to tackle its growing water scarcity?
Water is under stress when we use 20 percent of renewable freshwater resources, and severely stressed at 40 per cent, according to the European Environmental Agency (EEA)’s Water Exploitation Index Plus (WEI+). Today, 30 percent of Europeans and 20 percent of…
Russia’s Supreme Court bars anti-war party Yabloko from elections
Published on 11/08/2026 – 7:05 GMT+2•Updated 7:06 Russia’s Supreme Court on Monday annulled the only liberal, anti-war party party Yabloko’ registration for the country’s parlimentary vote also known as the State Duma elections. The ruling, which sidelines…