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A proposed overhaul of the EU’s Tobacco Taxation Directive would raise minimum cigarette duties by 139 percent and introduce bloc-wide taxes on vapes and nicotine pouches, marking the most ambitious regulatory shift in over a decade.
Accusations of safety standard violations at Rosatom’s Egyptian construction site are raising fresh questions about the Russian nuclear giant’s operations in the EU, where it is building a plant in Hungary using identical reactor technology.
More than 140 people who allege sexual abuse by the late Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed had their email addresses accidentally shared with other complainants due to a human error, prompting a police apology.
Moroccan security forces dispersed hundreds of migrants near Castillejos on Saturday as they prepared to cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, weeks after a deadly mass crossing attempt left 141 people dead.
A NATO fighter jet has shot down a drone over Romanian territory that officials say appears to be of Russian origin, marking a significant moment for the alliance’s eastern defence posture.
Spanish F-18 fighter jets on a NATO air policing mission intercepted and shot down an unidentified drone flying over Romania near its border with Moldova, the country’s defence minister has confirmed.
A bomb concealed in a public bin killed a Russian naval officer in occupied Sevastopol, with reports identifying the victim as a former Ukrainian defector who commanded a Kalibr missile submarine for Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet.
Following the death of a guide at Rome’s Colosseum last summer, Europe’s tourist industry is pressing for mandatory heat safety measures as forecasters warn of another extreme season ahead.
A powerful eruption of Mount Etna has forced the closure of Catania’s main airport and sent an ash cloud drifting as far south as Libya, disrupting air travel across the central Mediterranean.
Skies darkened dramatically over parts of northern Spain as a total solar eclipse swept across the region, marking the first such celestial event to touch mainland Europe since 2006.