A significant offshore oil and gas find near the Polish-German maritime boundary is fuelling an energy debate that cuts across national interests, environmental concerns and Baltic Sea governance.
A drone matching equipment used by Ukraine’s military detonated roughly one kilometre from the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline after crossing into Bulgarian airspace from Romania, prompting Kyiv to deny deliberate targeting and announce an official investigation.
Belarus has placed Euronews on its official list of extremist materials, drawing condemnation from press freedom advocates and reigniting debate over media suppression in the country.
Spanish police have broken up a criminal network believed responsible for smuggling more than 2,000 migrants into the country across at least 64 operations, while also trafficking drugs, generating over €24 million in illicit profits.
Fact-checkers identified AI-generated photographs and recycled footage spreading alongside genuine images of the Ceuta border crossings, highlighting the growing challenge of visual disinformation during live news events.
Migration policy, the EU-Mercosur trade deal, and a continent-wide housing crisis are converging to define Europe’s political agenda as the new legislative cycle begins.
Ukraine’s push to manufacture Patriot interceptors domestically is stalling, as Washington has yet to convert an apparent initial green light into a formal licence commitment, leaving Kyiv exposed amid intensifying Russian missile strikes.
Spain will push for greater EU solidarity on migration as interior ministers gather to assess the lessons of the Ceuta crisis and discuss potential new European measures expected this autumn.
Faced with a fresh round of tariff threats from the Trump administration, European Union officials are opting for restraint over retaliation — a calculated bet that patience will prove more effective than escalation.
Two helicopter crew members have died in a mid-air collision during firefighting operations as Greece battles multiple simultaneous blazes driven by winds of up to 130 kilometres per hour, with Prime Minister Mitsotakis calling the crisis among the country’s most difficult days.