The European Union is currently racing against time to refill its gas storage before winter. As liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the Gulf are increasingly diverted to Asia, the bloc’s 90% storage target is now effectively out of reach, according to energy market intelligence company Montel. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT With…

Published on 20/08/2026 – 15:58 GMT+2 Belgium’s largest wildfire in a century was brought “under control” on Thursday after a seven-day fight involving hundreds of firefighters in the boggy terrain of the High Fens nature reserve. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “At this stage, the fire is now under control in its entirety…

Published on 20/08/2026 – 14:45 GMT+2 A court on the Indonesian resort island of Bali sentenced a Swiss tourist to one year in prison on Thursday for insulting a sacred Balinese Hindu observance. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, 26, was found guilty of violating Indonesia’s new criminal code by posting…

Published on 20/08/2026 – 12:09 GMT+2 Romania scrambled NATO fighter jets after a drone entered its airspace during a major Russian missile and drone attack on neighbouring Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Romania’s Defence Ministry said military radar detected a group of aerial targets close to the Ukrainian border, north of the…

On Thursday, Portugal joined a growing list of European countries that have banned or restricted burqas and other full-face veils in public spaces. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But rules vary widely across the continent. Euronews breaks down how different European countries regulate face coverings. France pioneered Europe’s face-covering ban France became the…

It is 32 degrees in Basel. On the bridge people are eating ice cream, while below it swimmers keep surfacing as they drift along in the Rhine. In Basel you are allowed to swim in the river, despite international freight shipping and other leisure activities. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Part of the…

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has spent his first weeks in Downing Street firmly focused on home turf, unveiling distinctly domestic policies from eradicating rough sleeping to restricting vape and betting stores on England’s high streets. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT He has said far less about his vision for the UK’s future…

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired deputy chief of staff Iryna Mudra on Wednesday, as anti-corruption investigators launched a major probe targeting an alleged criminal organisation involving senior officials linked to the president’s office. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Apart from Mudra, the suspects include a current member of parliament, a former lawmaker and…

Published on 20/08/2026 – 6:21 GMT+2 The UK’s Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have decided to return to the United Kingdom for an extended stay starting this fall, but they won’t resume their roles as working members of the royal family, according to reports. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The couple’s children,…

Mykhailo Fedorov’s call for wartime elections has been rejected by protesters who spent the past month campaigning for his return as defence minister. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The former minister’s video address on Tuesday evening marked an unexpected turn for a movement that had rallied behind him since Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed him…