Greek F-16 fighter jet crash-lands at busy Zakynthos airport
AdminsA Hellenic Air Force F-16 fighter jet has crash-landed at Zakynthos airport, closing one of Greece's busiest summer holiday terminals. The aircraft - which was on a training flight -…
Europe’s heatwave linked to 1,300 deaths, WHO says, as Germany hits record 41.7C
Reuters Poland recorded an all-time record temperature of 40.5C on Sunday as the heatwave move eastwards Europe's unprecedented early summer heatwave may be responsible for hundreds of excess deaths, according…
European leaders converge on Armenia as Russia looks on
AFP via Getty Images Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (C) pictured with the leaders of the European Commission and European Council in July European leaders are descending on Armenia for…
Terror trial to begin for man accused of plotting attack on Taylor Swift concert
Getty Images The Eras Tour tour narrowly "dodged a massacre situation" thanks to the CIA foiling the plot, Taylor Swift said A 21-year-old man is going on trial in Austria…
Rumen Radev’s party wins Bulgarian election
Reuters Rumen Radev's Progressive Bulgaria (PB) party has won a landslide victory in Sunday's Bulgarian election - the eighth general election in five years. With almost 100% of the vote counted,…
Spain plans to give half a million undocumented migrants legal status
Europa Press via Getty Images Far-left party Podemos has long campaigned for undocumented migrants, under the slogan "regularisation is rights" The Spanish government has announced a plan to legalise the…
Trump’s jibes are wearing thin for many of Europe’s leaders
AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump delivered a wide-ranging speech at the Davos summit in Switzerland "Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German," President Donald Trump told his…
Zelensky names spy chief to head presidential office after corruption row
Telegram/Zelenskiy/Official Volodymyr Zelensky (left) published a photo of him meeting Kyrylo Budanov (right) at the presidential office in Kyiv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has named spy chief Kyrylo Budanov as…
Pope Leo urges ‘courage’ to end Ukraine war in first Christmas address
Pope Leo has urged Ukraine and Russia to find the "courage" to hold direct talks to end the war during his first Christmas remarks to crowds in St Peter's square.…
On the front line of Europe’s standoff with Russia’s sanction-busting shadow fleet
Getty Images The BBC joined coastguards on the front line of Europe's uneasy standoff with Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" Out on the western Baltic, a coastguard officer radios a nearby,…