The eruption of Mount Etna has been ongoing for seven days, causing disruption to air traffic in Sicily at the height of the summer season. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Catania airport has extended the suspension of flights until 08:00 on 14 August because of volcanic ash. In the meantime, Etna, affectionately nicknamed…

Published on 13/08/2026 – 17:15 GMT+2 A bomb hidden in a rubbish bin tore through a residential street in occupied Sevastopol on Thursday morning, killing a Russian serviceman in what Moscow’s security service called a Ukrainian-directed attack, the latest in a series of strikes against military figures tied to the…

Published on 13/08/2026 – 16:16 GMT+2•Updated 16:20 An explosion at the Dutch port of Rotterdam on Thursday killed at least one person and injured several others, city police said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Police said the blast at Europe’s biggest port happened late on Thursday morning and that a crime scene has…

The European Commission has deployed a team of migration experts to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, two weeks after around 80,000 migrants crossed into the territory from Morocco triggering an unprecedented humanitarian and political crisis, and amid reports that further large-scale attempts to cross into the enclave could be imminent.…

Hikers and astronomers gathered at France’s Pic du Midi in the Pyrenees to watch the solar eclipse. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Clouds partly obscured the event, but visitors still described the experience as peaceful and memorable, with the sun appearing red through breaks in the clouds. Astronomers at the Pic du Midi…

The leader of Sweden’s Social Democratic Party, Magdalena Andersson, is set to become the country’s next prime minister. But her centre-left credentials won’t make her any less of a “frugal” hardliner in the upcoming EU budget negotiations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Swedish Social Democratic Party (S) is on course to win…

Voters in eastern England are casting their ballots this Thursday for a by-election triggered triggered by Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform UK party, amid a boycott by mainstream parties. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The traditional parties have shunned the contest for the Clacton parliamentary seat — represented by Farage since…

Published on 13/08/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 Standing eight hours per day in an archaeological site with no shade or leading a city tour in temperatures of at least 30C : in the midst of the touristic season and while Europe is facing record-breaking temperatures, several tourist guides warn they are…

“Spain’s sovereignty over Ceuta and Melilla is beyond any doubt”, Spanish diplomatic sources have told ‘Euronews’. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Ceuta and Melilla are part of Spain’s territorial integrity, which is internationally recognised. Spain’s territorial integrity has never been and will never be discussed with anyone,” the same sources pointed out. Their…

For the first time since Brexit, the EU has a tangible chance to grow again. But as countries like Montenegro fast approach membership while others look to Europe as a security anchor, Brussels’ enlargement ambition is about to face its moment of truth. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The EU’s enlargement is riding…