Category: Europe

Croatia joined the Schengen area on Sunday, potentially sparking an increase in its tourism sector. Planes flying to and from Croatia within the zone will now be treated as domestic flights. The Schengen area is the world’s largest free travel zone. It now comprises 27 countries, including 22 EU states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. […]

KYIV, UKRAINE: Kyiv on Sunday said Russia took Minsk as a “nuclear hostage” after President Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, bringing the arms to a country at the gates of the European Union. Putin, who has issued thinly veiled warnings that Russia could use nuclear weapons if threatened, said […]

Spain’s first major wildfire of the year raged in the eastern Valencia region on Friday, destroying more than 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of forest and forcing 1,500 residents to abandon their homes, authorities said. An unusually dry winter across parts of the south of the European continent has reduced moisture in the soil and raised […]

French police have fired tear gas at protesters at a large demonstration in the west of the country. Thousands of people had gathered in Sainte-Soline to protest against plans for a new water reservoir. Several police cars were set on fire after clashes broke out at the construction site. The unrest follows weeks of anti-government […]

Banks across the eurozone are resilient, stable and strong, European Union leaders insisted on Friday at the end of a two-day summit in Brussels. But their words stood in stark contrast with the harsh reality of the financial markets, where Deutsche Bank, Germany’s largest lender, was suffering a precipitous decline in value, with its shares […]

A total of 457 people were arrested and 441 security forces injured on Thursday during nationwide protests against French President Emmanuel Macron’s pensions reform, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. Speaking to the CNews channel on Friday morning, Darmanin also said that there had been 903 fires lit in the streets of Paris during by far […]

Bordeaux town hall has been set on fire as French protests continued over plans to raise the pension age. More than a million people took to the streets across France on Thursday, with 119,000 in Paris, according to figures from the interior ministry. Police fired tear gas at protesters in the capital and 80 people […]

KYIV: A top Ukrainian commander on Thursday threatened an impending counterattack against Russian forces in the frontline town of Bakhmut as President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Kherson, still partially controlled by Russia. Oleksandr Syrsky, commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, said Russian troops were “exhausted” near Bakhmut, the scene of the longest and bloodiest battle since the […]

LONDON: A judge in the UK on Wednesday launched an independent probe into allegations of dozens summary killings by British troops in Afghanistan. Speaking to reporters in London, Lord Justice Haddon-Cave, the chair of the inquiry, issued a call for anyone with evidence to come forward. It is “critical” that those who have violated the […]

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Tuesday that the country would hold a general election in May, as his government faces widespread anger over a train disaster that killed 57 people in February. “I can tell you with certainty that the elections will take place in May,” he said in an interview with TV channel […]