Author: Euronews

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 predecessor’s lingering hold over state institutions. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Parliament, where the ruling Tisza party holds a two-thirds majority, elected Baka, who served 17 years as a judge on the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), with 140 votes in favour and six votes against. Tisza nominated 73-year-old Baka for the largely ceremonial role on Saturday. Magyar said Baka’s life served “as…

Published on 10/08/2026 – 16:52 GMT+2 The Swedish Security Service (Säpo) said on Monday it had thwarted a Russian intelligence operation aimed at discrediting Sweden and which involved an “agent” working in a foreign diplomatic mission in Sweden. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The counter-espionage agency said in a statement it had “gathered information on, and taken measures against, a Russian intelligence operation aiming at influencing Swedish decision-making and discrediting Sweden, NATO and the EU.” According to Säpo, the “intelligence operation has been planned and directed by the Russian foreign intelligence service SVR for some time.” It did not identify the diplomatic mission…

Published on 09/08/2026 – 14:45 GMT+2 The fire that broke out last Thursday in Niebla has forced the evacuation of the population centres of cities west of Sevilla: Berrocal, El Membrillo, El Pozuelo and Marigenta, according to Andalusia’s Forest Firefighting Service (INFOCA). The burnt area now exceeds 4,000 hectares, and around 400 people have been evacuated. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Overnight, 150 forest firefighters worked on the ground. Andalusia’s regional minister for the Presidency, Health and Emergencies, Antonio Sanz, said that the Level 2 fire remains extremely complex 48 hours after it started, due to constant wind shifts and the spread of…

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said he hopes to see an end to the war in Ukraine, but doubts it will happen soon. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “If you ask me, and as a political veteran, I can tell you that I’m not sure about it, and I’m very much afraid that we’ll have another difficult winter,” Vučić said during a joint press briefing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is visiting Belgrade. “But I just hope, without any real facts behind these hopes, that this will end tomorrow,” he added. Zelenskyy arrived to Belgrade on Friday for his first official visit to…

Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent, with temperatures rising at around twice the global average.

Published on 06/08/2026 – 16:55 GMT+2 A record number of people have been referred to an anti-terrorism programme in England and Wales, the UK Home Office has announced. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Official data released on Thursday showed that from 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025, a total of 10,293 referrals were made to the government’s Prevent programme, up 39% compared to the year prior and marking the highest number of referrals over a 12-month period since records started in April 2015. The Prevent Scheme Prevent is an early intervention scheme designed to stop people turning to terrorism. According to the…

In a statement, London’s Metropolitan Police said it was currently “believed to be a mental health related incident.”

Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner said an emergency meeting of EU interior ministers today was aimed at easing tensions with Spain amid a Europe-wide backlash against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s migration policies.

By&nbspNathan Rennolds&nbsp&&nbspAP, AFP Published on 03/08/2026 – 16:36 GMT+2 A drought gripping central Europe has seen record-low water levels in the Danube River, forcing governments across the region to take drastic action to prevent a looming energy crisis. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In Romania, where the Danube’s water flow has reportedly dropped to 1,500 cubic meters per second, the country’s navy has carried out a controlled explosion to clear rock near the river’s Bala Canal in an effort to maintain the required water flow for the safe operation of Romania’s Cernavodă nuclear power plant. The drastic action came after authorities had already…

The leader of the UK’s hard-right Restore Britain party has offered to partner with Reform UK’s Nigel Farage in an effort to defeat Britain’s left wing – if Farage agrees to certain conditions. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a video posted to social media on Sunday, Rupert Lowe called on Farage to put “personalities” and “past disagreements” aside and work together to unite what he described as a “hopelessly divided” right. Lowe, who was a member of parliament for Reform until 2025, when he was kicked out of the party, outlined five points that he said they would have to agree on…