By&nbspVincenzo Genovese&nbsp&&nbspMaria Psara Published on 30/06/2025 – 16:21 GMT+2•Updated 17:22ADVERTISEMENTThe European Commission is working to resolve concerns that Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta and Spain – the so-called “Med 5” – have flagged in a letter related to an Anglo-French migration pact under negotiation, an EU spokesperson said today.The letter from the…

ADVERTISEMENTLuxembourg was the most expensive EU country for food, while Finland was the most expensive country for alcoholic drinks, according to the latest Eurostat figures. Food represents, on average, 16% of household expenditure across the bloc, while non-alcoholic drinks, alcoholic beverages and tobacco all represent 2%. By contrast, the lowest…

ADVERTISEMENTViral claims that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has “just classified the pill as a group one carcinogen” are flooding TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media platform.“The pill is now classified as a level-one carcinogen. Like tobacco. Like alcohol. Like drugs,” one TikToker claims, prompting alarm among users of the platform.…

By&nbspEuronews Published on 30/06/2025 – 12:18 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTDutch far-right firebrand Geert Wilders slammed Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony for supposedly making a Nazi salute during Saturday’s Pride march in the Hungarian capital, based on a video that showed the mayor pointing toward the Hungarian prime minister’s residence.Wilders, leader of the Party for…

By&nbspEuronews&nbspwith&nbspAP Published on 30/06/2025 – 0:45 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTThousands of people set up street blockades in Serbia on Sunday, angry over the arrest of anti-government protesters who clashed with police at a massive rally a day earlier calling for snap parliamentary elections. Demonstrators set up metal fences and put garbage containers in various locations…

By&nbspEuronews Hungary Published on 29/06/2025 – 21:47 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTThe international press estimates the number of participants in Saturday’s event, the Budapest Pride march – which was, in fact, the outlawed Budapest Pride – at between 100- and 200,000. One thing is for sure: the organisers broke the previous record of 35,000…

Published on 29/06/2025 – 22:07 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that he signed a decree withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines. The 1997 treaty, joined by more than 160 countries, bans the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of anti-personnel landmines. It aims to protect…

ADVERTISEMENTWhen Belle de Jong shared her experience of having an abortion on national TV in Malta in 2021, she became the first woman in the tiny Mediterranean island nation to do so publicly.The reaction to her interview reflected how this aspect of healthcare remains deeply divisive on the staunchly Catholic…

By&nbspSertac Aktan&nbspwith&nbspAP Published on 28/06/2025 – 13:52 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTAmong the attacks, the deadliest one was a missile strike on the city of Samar in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, which killed five people and injured at least 25. In the southern port city of Odesa, a married couple were killed by a Russian drone…

By&nbspEuronews&nbspwith&nbspAP & EBU Published on 27/06/2025 – 22:24 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTAs summer temperatures continue to climb across Europe, multiple wildfires and extreme heatwaves have erupted in various regions across the continent. A heatwave in Turkey pushed temperature past 40 degrees Celsius, creating dangerous conditions. Wildfires broke out in Izmir, Bursa, Tekirdag, Sakarya and…