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06.08 / 13:57
LGBT
Climate change
Heatwave
Croatia bus crash: 12 killed as coach carrying Polish Catholics to Bosnian shrine skids off road
A coach carrying pilgrims to a shrine in Bosnia crashed in northern Croatia early on Saturday, killing at least 12 people and injuring several others according to the authorities.
02.08 / 08:03
Art
Sport
Gaming
Nifty News: Dr Disrespect unveils NFT game to mixed reaction, FC Barcelona's first NFT sells for $700K and more…
Gaming YouTube streamer "Dr Disrespect" unveiled the first sneak peek of his upcoming NFT shooter game dubbed Deadropon July 30.
30.07 / 11:41
VISA
Energy
'The Russians have started coming': Finland considers tourist visa ban
The Finnish government is coming under increasing public and political pressure to close the EU's eastern border with Russia, and put a stop to an apparent sanctions loophole.
14.07 / 14:03
business
History
Ukraine plays symbolic role in France's Bastille Day parade
The war in Ukraine featured prominently in Bastille Day celebrations in France on Thursday, with thousands of French troops marching down the Champs-Elysees avenue alongside allies from Eastern Europe.
13.07 / 22:13
business
Prison
Katsiaryna Andreeva: Belarusian journalist sentenced to more than eight years in prison
A Belarusian court has sentenced a journalist to more than eight years in prison for reporting on mass opposition protests in 2020.
13.07 / 15:39
Technology
Refugees
Two-thirds of Ukraine refugees plan to stay put for now, according to UNHCR
Around two-thirds of refugees from Ukraine expect to stay in their host countries until hostilities subside and the security situation improves after Russia's invasion, a survey by the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR has found. The survey was conducted between mid-May and mid-June.
12.07 / 15:40
Refugees
'I was praying we would die quickly', Mariupol survivor says
When Lia and Alex woke up in Mariupol to the loud booms of explosions and shrieks of car alarms on 24 February, the young Ukrainian couple did not expect they would soon have to bury their loved ones in their own garden and fend off cold and starvation as Russian troops pounded the southern port city into dust.
12.07 / 15:01
War crimes
Refugees
Haunted by violence, Ukrainian survivors tell their stories to war crimes researchers
When Lia and Alex woke up in Mariupol to the loud booms of explosions and shrieks of car alarms on 24 February, the young Ukrainian couple did not expect they would soon have to bury their loved ones in their own garden and fend off cold and starvation as Russian troops pounded the southern port city into dust.
07.07 / 23:07
European Union
boost
Finland passes a new law to boost border security with Russia
The Finnish parliament amended its laws on Tuesday, to strengthen the fences along the country's border with Russia, as the Nordic nation continues the process of joining NATO.
07.07 / 15:19
European Union
abortion rights
lawmakers
rights
European lawmakers demand that abortion be included in EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
The European Parliament has asked for the right to "safe and legal abortion" be added to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and stressed denying the procedure amounted to a form of violence against women and girls.
01.07 / 22:59
Environment
abortion rights
Malta to review abortion policy after Prudente case causes outrage
Malta's government announced Thursday a review of its abortion ban, following controversy about a US woman who was refused an abortion, even though the baby had miscarried and threatened her life.
01.07 / 20:59
Environment
Climate change
Ukraine war: five things you need to know about the conflict from Friday
Ukrainian authorities say Russian missiles have struck a multi-storey block of flats and nearby holiday resorts in Ukraine's southern Odesa region, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens.
29.06 / 15:01
NATO
Military
innovation
Threat
NATO summit: Joe Biden says US boosting forces in Europe over Russian threat
The United States will boost its military forces in Europe because of threats from Moscow following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Joe Biden said as NATO leaders hold their annual summit in Madrid.
29.06 / 08:09
European Union
NATO
United Nations
Ukraine war: Zelenskyy urges 'terrorist state' Russia's expulsion from United Nations
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of becoming “a terrorist” state carrying out “daily terrorist acts” and urged Russia’s expulsion from the United Nations, in a virtual address to the UN Security Council on Tuesday.
27.06 / 17:01
abortion rights
Protest
NATO
G7
NATO to hike number of soldiers on high alert from 40,000 to 300,000, says Stoltenberg
NATO will massively increase its rapid reaction troops from 40,000 to 300,000, says alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg.
23.06 / 09:37
European Union
foreign
Kaliningrad row: "It’s nothing to do with a blockade" says Lithuania's former foreign minister
Tensions between Russia and the European Union remain high as Moscow threatens retaliatory action over Lithuania's move to enforce sanctions of embargoed goods transiting through its territory and entering Kaliningrad.
22.06 / 10:19
Art
Don't negotiate with Putin because he's a 'bandit', ex-oligarch Khodorkovsky warns Europe
European leaders should avoid the mistake of negotiating an end to the Ukraine war with Vladimir Putin because "he is not a statesman but a bandit."
21.06 / 16:31
festival
politician
Jaroslaw Kaczynski: Poland's most powerful politician steps down to focus on election
The leader of Poland's ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party has resigned from his government position.
20.06 / 17:29
Refugees
Anger as Lithuania bans transit of goods to Russia exclave Kaliningrad
Lithuania has banned the transit of some goods through its territory from Russia to its exclave of Kaliningrad.
17.06 / 15:39
business
European Union
Polish women 'risk being spied on, controlled and possibly punished' over 'pregnancy register'
Polish women are at risk of being spied on, controlled and possibly punished, it's been claimed, after the government created what critics are calling a "pregnancy register".
16.06 / 22:33
European Union
Medicine
play
Europeans divided over how Ukraine war should play out, reveals poll
Europeans are sharply divided over how the Ukraine war should play out, with some favouring peace and others wanting "justice", according to a new poll.
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