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…

A Ukrainian national has been arrested in Croatia in connection with an alleged sabotage attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, German authorities said on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The man, named as “Vladimir Z,” or Volodymyr using the Ukrainian form, was arrested in Pula in western Croatia on Wednesday morning…

Published on 19/08/2026 – 15:23 GMT+2 As a chick, he fell out of the nest. Local residents and staff at the Masurian Landscape Park rescued him. Later he was released back into the wild. Since then, thanks to a GPS transmitter, thousands of people have been following his journeys. On…

A Russian drone attack on a bus in Kherson in southern Ukraine killed four people and injured several others on Wednesday, the regional prosecutor’s office said in a statement. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared images of the bus in a post on X, highlighting that it was “absolutely…

Ukraine’s former Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov called for wartime elections just hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy formally nominated Yevhen Khmara as his permanent successor, effectively closing the door on Fedorov’s return to government. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a video entitled “Address of Mykhailo Fedorov to the People of Ukraine,” released a…