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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called on the EU to develop new instruments to counter the deliberate use of migration as a geopolitical pressure tool, arguing the bloc’s existing frameworks were not built for such hybrid threats.
The sudden influx of tens of thousands of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta has reignited Europe’s divisive migration debate, prompting emergency consultations among EU leaders and fresh criticism of Spain’s handling of the crisis.
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.
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.