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ADVERTISEMENT The summer of 2025 has again been marked by several successive heatwaves, which have gripped large swathes of Europe. Nowhere are the effects of this extreme weather more intense than in the continent’s urban areas. This is due to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, which significantly raises temperatures…
ADVERTISEMENT Between 2023 and 2024, employment in the sports sector rose by 6.5%, reaching 1.6 million employees last year. This is the third year in a row where employment in sport has seen growth, a positive trend attributed to recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, according to Eurostat. Sweden leads the…
ADVERTISEMENT In July, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte filed a defamation lawsuit against US alt-right podcaster Candace Owens. The couple’s lawyers accused her of being at the helm of an online crusade predicated on the assertion that she would stake “her entire professional career on the fact…
ADVERTISEMENT When US President Donald Trump issued a warning on Tuesday about the trade deal he agreed with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland on 27 July, it was another German – former Chancellor Angela Merkel – who appeared to be on his mind. Despite being out…
ADVERTISEMENT Is a global treaty to put an end to plastic pollution within reach? Meeting in Geneva from 5-14 August, delegates from around 100 countries, including the EU, are tackling the problem at source, with the aim of setting legally binding targets to reduce plastic production. “We really need to…
ADVERTISEMENT The number of customers in the European Union and the United Kingdom on online gambling platforms reached 38.6 million last year, representing a 19% increase from the 32.5 million recorded in 2023, according to the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA). While this is an upward trend over the…
ADVERTISEMENT A social media post by the European Parliament’s rapporteur for Serbia Tonino Picula created a stir in neighbouring Serbia and prompted calls for his removal from his position. Picula, a member of Croatia’s centre-left SDP party, tweeted on Tuesday to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Operation Storm, a…
By Euronews with AP Published on 06/08/2025 – 14:37 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT At least one person has been killed in their home and several others are injured in a massive wildfire that continues to burn in France’s southern department of Aude, near the border with Spain. The fire, which began on Tuesday, has so…
ADVERTISEMENT Europe’s ecosystems should be functioning again by 2050. The EU’s renaturation regulation requires the rewetting of some agricultural areas. Restoring moors is good for climate protection and biodiversity, because living moors serve as carbon sinks. For comparison: Forests cover one third of our planet’s land surface, moors three per cent.…
ADVERTISEMENT Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again made dubious claims about the EU, its popularity, and the quality of its democracy. In a post on X, the multibillionaire said that Ireland and all other EU members should leave the bloc, claiming that it is destroying democracy in Europe. He…
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