By Abby Chitty with AP, EBU Published on 30/05/2025 – 19:20 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTAuthorities in southern Switzerland are on high alert as concerns grow over potential flooding along the Lonza River following the collapse of the Birch Glacier earlier this week.A massive avalanche of rock and ice swept down into the Lötschental valley, burying…

ADVERTISEMENTThe EU motto “United in Diversity” couldn’t be truer for the average working hours across the bloc.The latest Eurostat dataset illustrates a very large spectrum of how much time employees spend grinding through a full-time working week.On paper, the Greeks slog the most. Workers there put in an average of…

Published on 30/05/2025 – 12:27 GMT+2•Updated 12:28ADVERTISEMENTFrench Health Minister Catherine Vautrin announced on Thursday that a new smoking ban in outdoor public spaces where children are present will come into force from 1 July.Speaking to French newspaper Ouest France, Vautin said, “wherever there are children, smoking must disappear”, adding that…

By Euronews with AP Published on 30/05/2025 – 13:10 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTAt least 11 people, including two children, have been injured in Ukraine after a wave of missile and drone strikes hit the city of Kharkiv and the nearby region, officials have said.The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) reported widespread destruction and that…

ADVERTISEMENTFrench President Emmanuel Macron said France’s newly signed partnership with Singapore will serve as a “tangible roadmap to innovate together” in fields ranging from artificial intelligence and technology to nuclear energy and defence. “Our defence cooperation, shared support of multilateralism, and joint investment in breakthrough technologies are all paving the…

Published on 30/05/2025 – 4:39 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTStrong winds and heavy rains over the past two days have caused severe flooding in various parts of Romania.Emergency services said that hundreds of people have been evacuated from Covasna and Brasov counties in central Romania and Botosani in the north east.On Thursday, floods were…

ADVERTISEMENTInspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog say they haven’t seen any signs of Russia moving to immediately restart the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, an agency official has said after Greenpeace raised concerns about Moscow building power lines near the facility.The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest such facility in Europe, has…

ADVERTISEMENTThe search for a missing 64-year-old man has been suspended because of unsafe conditions after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a mountainside in Switzerland, burying the village of Glatten.The landslide sent plumes of dust skyward and coated with nearly all of the Alpine village…

ADVERTISEMENTA driver who injured nearly 80 people when his car ploughed into a crowd of football fans in central Liverpool who were celebrating their team’s Premier League win has been charged with intentionally causing grievous bodily harm and six other serious counts, a prosecutor has said.Paul Doyle, 53, was also charged…

By Thomas Blade & Maud Zaba Published on 29/05/2025 – 17:58 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTTotal energy in the EU, what Eurostat calls gross available energy, fell by 4.1 % in 2023, the equivalent of about 380 million barrels of oil, marking a record low. Long-running efficiency policies have reduced waste across all sectors, while milder…