Category: Europe

The United States has urged Belgrade to pull its forces back from the border with Kosovo after detecting what it called an “unprecedented” Serbian military build-up. Serbia has deployed sophisticated tanks and artillery near the frontier with Kosovo after deadly clashes erupted at a monastery in northern Kosovo last weekend, the White House warned on […]

European countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Poland, and Switzerland, have experienced record-breaking temperatures in September, adding to the growing list of extreme weather events fueled by climate change. This alarming trend comes in a year that experts predict will be the warmest in human history as the impacts of climate change continue to accelerate. Austria, […]

Dutch prosecutors knew about the gunman who killed three people in Rotterdam and had warned the hospital where he shot one of the victims, an email from them has revealed. Fouad L, 32, had shown “psychotic behaviour”, the hospital was told. He was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly shot a woman and her daughter […]

Torrential rain and severe flooding have wreaked havoc in Istanbul, Türkiye’s largest city, with scores of houses and workplaces inundated, especially in the northern part of the province. Following the yellow-code warnings and thunderstorm alerts issued by the Turkish State Meteorological Service, intermittent rain began in certain parts of the city on the morning of […]

Britain’s immigration minister argued Tuesday that international refugee rules must be rewritten to reduce the number of people entitled to protection, as the Conservative government seeks international support for its tough stance on unauthorized migration. Home Secretary Suella Braverman said people who faced discrimination for their gender or sexuality should not be granted asylum unless […]

Dutch police have arrested a gunman who killed at least three people in twin shootings in the city of Rotterdam. They says the male attacker, 32, opened fire in a home before setting it alight, then stormed the city’s Erasmus Medical Center on Thursday. He was a student at Erasmus University, which is affiliated with […]

Berlin’s move is aimed at fighting illegal immigration amid a sharp rise in the number of asylum applications. Germany announced on Wednesday it will increase police patrols along “smuggling routes” on its border with Poland and the Czech Republic in an effort to prevent more migrants from entering the country. The new measures would begin […]

Robert Fico, Slovakia’s three-time prime minister, has a chance to return to power in a closely fought early election on Saturday, raising the prospect of the central European country dropping its staunch support of neighbouring Ukraine. Fico’s SMER-SSD party has a narrow lead over liberal Progressive Slovakia (PS), which has pledged to stay the course […]

Swedish police said on Tuesday that they were investigating whether a fire that reduced a mosque to rubble the previous day in central Sweden was arson. “The investigation into the fire is continuing. Police will question witnesses and verify whether there were security cameras in the area,” the police said in a statement on their […]

Germany plans to halve the federal aid it allocates for states to cover expenses of receiving and integrating refugees next year as part of budget-tightening amid soaring inflation after years of generous spending, sources have told Reuters. More than 1 million people sought refuge in Germany after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and supporting them has […]