Published on 30/06/2026 – 14:40 GMT+2•Updated 18:37 Montenegro’s governing Europe Now! (Pokret Evropa sad!) party has taken a significant step towards closer integration with Europe by joining the European People’s Party (EPP) as an observer member. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The decision was approved by the EPP’s Political Assembly during its meeting…

At least four people have been trapped after a four-storey block of flats collapsed in central Athens on Tuesday, the Greek fire brigade said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Emergency services have been deployed to the scene to help with the search and rescue operation and footage shown on local media showed workers…

Published on 30/06/2026 – 21:47 GMT+2 The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) said on Tuesday they were conducting raids in four countries to probe alleged misappropriation of EU funds by the former far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group in the European parliament. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The EPPO said the searches were…

Published on 30/06/2026 – 22:19 GMT+2•Updated 22:20 French President Emmanuel Macron spoke out against a global rise in the number of executions on Tuesday during a speech at the ninth World Congress against the death penalty. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “The death penalty still remains, in many regions of the world, a…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has at last presented his government’s Defence Investment Plan, a spending programme that aims to ensure Britain’s military future by raising defence investments to £80 billion (€92.8 billion) a year by 2029. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Building and buying stealth fighter jets, submarines and warheads are all…

Published on 30/06/2026 – 17:21 GMT+2 Nine people linked to a pornography business will stand trial in the Czech Republic on human trafficking charges after prosecutors accused them of promising young women false modelling opportunities before coercing them into appearing in pornographic films. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The defendants face up to…

A planned “MiGs for drones” deal between Poland and Ukraine has collapsed, with Warsaw’s Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz accusing Kyiv of backing out of a promise to share drone technology in exchange for Polish fighter jets. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to Kosiniak-Kamysz, Warsaw offered Kyiv a “very fair, partnership-based approach: MiGs…

Italian police have arrested the alleged perpetrators of a bomb attack that targeted Sigfrido Ranucci, an investigative journalist for the programme Report. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The attack occurred in October at his home near Pomezia, not far from Rome. The four individuals are subject to precautionary custody measures and are accused…

After a brutal heatwave that claimed around 1,300 lives in Europe and with a second one approaching at the beginning of July, climate politics are becoming more polarised than ever. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Unveiled in 2019, the European Green Deal is built on the premise of consuming less energy, burning fewer…

Published on 30/06/2026 – 15:52 GMT+2•Updated 15:53 Ukraine and France are negotiating a license for SCALP missiles to be produced in Ukraine, Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov revealed, adding that Kyiv is making progress in the talks. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT France’s SCALP cruise missiles are equivalent to the British Storm Shadow, with…