Author: Euronews

Romanian authorities said 200 people were evacuated while two British fighters jets scrambled after a drone landed in the southeastern city of Galati, near the country’s border with Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT It is not the first time that Romania, which is a NATO as well as EU member, has seen it airspace violated and drone fragments fall on its territory after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Romanian President Nicușor Dan said that this, however, “is the first incident where Romanian property has actually been damaged, a threshold we take very seriously.” The country’s foreign minster…

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Published on 24/04/2026 – 17:00 GMT+2•Updated 17:16 Cyprus, long seen as a stable country, is now emerging as a strategic frontline — caught between regional tensions, global powers and its own unresolved north-south division. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The British sovereign base areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia cover around 3% of the Republic of Cyprus, in the south of the island. They go well beyond the perimeter of the bases, overlapping on almost 60% of the municipality of Kourion, home to 40,000 people. In the village of Akrotiri, located just outside the base, residents are used to the constant presence of jets…

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