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ADVERTISEMENT Temperatures are soaring across large swathes of Europe. This brings ice cream, a product synonymous with summer, to the forefront of people’s minds as a delicious way to cool down. Luckily, the EU has a lot of ice cream to offer. Last year, production of ice cream in the…
By Euronews Published on 18/08/2025 – 14:31 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Russia’s intelligence service, the SVR, has alleged that the European Commission is “studying scenarios” for “regime change” in Hungary. The accusations, which are not backed by any evidence, have been widely amplified by both Russian state-sponsored media as well as disinformation actors…
Published on 16/08/2025 – 13:52 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT European leaders have said they are “ready to work with US President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy towards a trilateral summit with European support,” in a statement issued by the European Commission on Saturday. “It will be up to Ukraine to make decisions…
ADVERTISEMENT Tourists often head to the Mediterranean coast for its breathtaking beaches and warm sea, but these enjoyable temperatures mask a long-term warming trend that fuels torrential rains and intense storms. This pattern is clear in the data: since records began in 1979, the temperature of Europe’s seas has been…
ADVERTISEMENT A politician from the far-right Portuguese Chega party, which is known for its anti-immigration policies, alleged in a post shared on X that “85% of refugees are Muslim” on 1 August. Chega has previously faced accusations of Islamophobia, with the party’s leader André Ventura having called for the “drastic…
ADVERTISEMENT Europe saw the second-highest number of tropical nights on record in 2024 due to climate change, according to the EU’s Copernicus service (C3S). A tropical night is defined as a night when the temperature does not drop below 20C. Over the past few decades, the number of tropical nights…
ADVERTISEMENT The United States has reverted to the European Commission over the heavily-anticipated joint statement that underpins the trade agreement reached between Ursula von der Leyen and Donald Trump in late July, the EU’s executive confirmed on Thursday. “I’m now happy to confirm that we have received a text from…
Published on 14/08/2025 – 14:44 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT The number of requests for European solidarity to help tackle wildfires this week reached the same tally as for the entire 2024 fire season, the European Commission announced on Thursday. “Overall, the mechanism has been activated 16 times during the current season and…
Published on 14/08/2025 – 7:30 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet face-to-face in a remote army base in the Alaskan capital of Anchorage on Friday for much-anticipated talks on Russia’s war in Ukraine. The choice of venue is practical. Mainland Alaska and…
ADVERTISEMENT A segment that aired on right-wing American channel Fox News in early August has sparked a controversial debate in Ireland, leading the country’s former Prime Minister Leo Varadkar to post on X, directing his followers to a thread fact-checking the broadcaster’s claims. In the TV piece, Fox alleged that…