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Greece faces a deepening wildfire crisis after two firefighting helicopters collided during active operations, while France reports containing its blazes and Spain sees gradual improvement across affected regions.
Italian naval forces have boarded a Russian-linked tanker operating off the island of Pantelleria in a coordinated multinational operation targeting oil and arms trafficking in the Mediterranean.
Rome has yet to commit to how much of its €14.9 billion SAFE facility allocation it intends to draw down, creating procedural headaches for the European Commission as legal deadlines approach.
As the European Parliament heads into summer recess, a season of intense debate over EU defence spending, strategic autonomy, and the bloc’s response to conflicts beyond its borders leaves many questions unresolved — with major decisions expected in the autumn.
Three firefighters have died and around 2,000 tourists are being evacuated from the Cretan resort of Agia Galini as fast-moving wildfires continue to spread across the southern Rethymno region of Greece.
UEFA has issued a formal rebuke of FIFA’s plans to sell a commercial stake in the World Cup and called an emergency meeting, intensifying a long-running governance dispute between the two bodies.
Bucharest has recalled its ambassador from Moscow and issued a formal condemnation after drones violated Romanian airspace over the weekend, marking one of the sharpest diplomatic escalations between the two countries since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Police from Italy, Spain, and Portugal intercepted a high-speed boat in the Atlantic Ocean carrying more than 2.6 tonnes of cocaine, arresting four suspects in a coordinated maritime operation off Portugal’s coast.
Romanian fighter jets downed drones on two consecutive days after separate airspace violations, raising fresh alarm about the security risks spilling over from the war in Ukraine along NATO’s eastern border.
Defence analysts are warning that Europe’s growing enthusiasm for unmanned aerial systems risks crowding out equally vital but less glamorous investments in conventional military capability.