ADVERTISEMENTDuring a visit to Vilnius on Sunday, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier pledged his country’s support in maintaining Lithuania’s freedom. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier who’s visisted came as Lithuania celebrated Statehood day reiterated that “your security is our security”.”Lithuania and Germany stand together for the freedom of Ukraine, for the principle of…

ADVERTISEMENTThousands of devotees flocked to the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, India, on Sunday to celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism who has been living in exile since escaping Chinese authority in Tibet in 1959.Many devotees included hundreds of red-robed monks and nuns who braved…

By&nbspJerry Fisayo-Bambi&nbspwith&nbspAP Published on 05/07/2025 – 16:17 GMT+2•Updated 16:20ADVERTISEMENTParisians on Saturday jumped into the river Seine —legally—for the first time in more than 100 years, with cries of “woo” and “it is warm!” ringing out across the Seine.It comes as public swimming was allowed in designated areas of the Seine,…

Published on 05/07/2025 – 13:40 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTAccording to reports by German media outlets, the number of asylum applications in Germany fell significantly in the first six months of 2025 in comparison with figures from the same time period last year.German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported that a total of 65,495 applications…

By&nbspGavin Blackburn&nbspwith&nbspAP Published on 04/07/2025 – 17:58 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTRussia is increasing its use of prohibited chemical weapons in Ukraine, including the World War I-era poison gas chloropicrin, Dutch and German intelligence agencies said on Friday.Dutch military intelligence and security service, together with the German intelligence service, found that the use of…

Published on 04/07/2025 – 19:21 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTThe heatwave sweeping across Europe has claimed its first victims at work. Spain and France have each reported a heatwave-related death. Similar tragedies have occurred in previous summers in both countries, as well as in Italy and Greece.The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is sounding…

Published on 04/07/2025 – 18:04 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTUkraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke on Friday with US President Donald Trump, in what the Ukrainian leader said was a “very important and fruitful” phone call.”Today we discussed the current situation, including Russian airstrikes and the broader frontline developments,” Zelenskyy wrote in a post on…

Published on 04/07/2025 – 15:01 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTThe threats facing NATO are becoming more complex and intertwined but they remain “no match” for the alliance, the new US General at the head of NATO’s military operations said on Friday as he took up his functions. “These are consequential times,” US Air Force…

ADVERTISEMENTA temporary power outage hit parts of Prague and other areas of the Czech Republic on Friday, bringing public transport and trains to a standstill, officials said.Prague’s entire metro network was inoperative starting at noon, the capital city’s transport authority said. But the A and C lines were restored in…

By&nbspEuronews Published on 04/07/2025 – 1:40 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTAs a deadly heatwave sweeps Europe, extreme weather sparked wildfires in Turkey which took the life of an 81-year-old man. Hundreds of firefighters, supported by aircraft and helicopters, were deployed on Thursday to extinguish a wildfire blazing in the Turkish coastal town of Cesme. An 81-year-old-man…