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One person killed in Odesa as Russia launches 300 drones at Ukraine
Europe • 11:47 AM
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Russian air strikes on Ukraine overnight into Saturday have killed one person in Odesa. The strikes come as Russia has intensified its military offensive in Ukraine, with analysts warning of potential further escalation.<div class="small-12 column text-ce
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Portugal's parliament reclassifies rape as public crime bringing it in line with Europe
Europe • 10:25 AM
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Several Socialist Party (PS) MPs voted in favour of the reclassification, despite their party's official abstention on some proposals.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/11/portugals
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EU biofuel projects in the ‘breadbasket of Congo’ could threaten food security, investigation finds
Europe • 8:49 AM
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The company claims it is using ‘degraded lands’, but Congo is in dire need of more homegrown food according to the UN.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/07/13/eu-biofuel-projects-in-the-br
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Brussels, my love? Is von der Leyen ready for bruising budget battles?
Europe • 5:01 AM
3 min
In this week's edition, panellists discuss Ursula von der Leyen winning a no-confidence vote, the recent migration flows from Libya to Greece and the upcoming EU-China summit in Beijing.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="htt
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Yesterday
Man accused of crimes against humanity at Libyan prison arrested in Germany, ICC says
Europe • 4:41 PM
4 min
The United Nations Security Council called on the ICC to open an investigation in Libya in 2011 amid violence that led to the toppling of Muammar Gaddafi and morphed into a crippling civil war.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a hr
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Will the new EU budget turn cohesion policy into regional ‘Hunger Games’?
Europe • 3:44 PM
3 min
The EU’s proposed 2028–2034 budget risks turning the bloc's cohesion policy into a high-stakes competition for funding by merging it with other major spending areas, sparking concerns over reduced local control and lack of support for disadvantaged region
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UK sanctions Russian spies over deadly Ukraine theatre strike and cyber campaigns
Europe • 3:30 PM
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The British Foreign Office also linked Russia's intelligence agency to a cyber sabotage campaign across Europe and the US, targeting institutions, elections and public health programmes.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="htt
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Czech President Petr Pavel signs law criminalising communist propaganda
Europe • 3:02 PM
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The changes come following calls from some Czech institutions, including the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, to correct what they said was an imbalance in the legal system.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="
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German chancellor slams EU, says pulling Germany out of recession a top priority
Europe • 2:12 PM
4 min
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz revealed his top priorities for the next three years and delivered sharp criticism to the EU.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/18/german-chancellor
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Road to extinction? Europe's birth rates hit rock bottom. These are the least fertile countries
Europe • 1:30 PM
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While parents should have at least two babies to keep Europe's population stable, current birth rates barely exceed one. Will the new wave of over-60-year-old boomer fathers save the continent?<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a hr
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Fault lines emerge as EU countries begin political battle over €2 trillion budget
Europe • 1:29 PM
6 min
The political battle over the next EU budget has officially begun.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/18/fault-lines-emerge-as-eu-countries-begin-political-battle-over-2-trillion-bud
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Germany deports 81 Afghan nationals under tougher migration policy
Europe • 11:40 AM
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Coordinated with Qatar, the flight departed on Friday as Berlin toughens migration policy. Officials said all deportees had criminal records and were required by law to leave.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.eu
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How disinformation fuelled Spain’s anti-migrant riots after attack on pensioner
Europe • 10:16 AM
10 min
The town of Torre Pacheco has been shaken by an attack on a local pensioner and ensuing violent anti-migrant unrest – and disinformation has inflamed the tensions.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/m
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The EU is importing more LNG than pipeline gas: How bad is it for the climate?
Europe • 9:37 AM
9 min
The EU is ramping up LNG imports to make up for the lack of Russian pipeline gas reaching the bloc. What's the environmental and financial cost?<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/03
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EU imposes new sanctions on Russia's oil and banks after Robert Fico lifts his veto
Europe • 6:36 AM
7 min
The breakthrough on Friday was made only possible after Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico agreed to lift his veto.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/18/eu-agrees-new-sanctions-on-ru
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EU takes rule of law battle with Hungary to next level with budget proposal
Europe • 4:35 AM
3 min
According to the Commission's plan, all payments could be suspended under the new budget if it sees a rule of law backsliding. But getting the plan through will also require the approval of Hungary.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button">
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Lion's share of tripled EU migration budget aimed at border management
Europe • 12:00 AM
4 min
The newly proposed EU long-term budget prioritises border management, seeking to make entry by migrants harder, over support for asylum and reception processes. Rights groups accuse the EU of exposing migrants to human rights abuses.<div class="small-12 c
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Thursday, july 17, 2025
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner dies in paragliding crash in Italy
Europe • 8:03 PM
2 min
Felix Baumgartner, the first person to break the sound barrier during a freefall jump in 2012, died in a paragliding crash in Italy. He was 56.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/17/
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Iceland to launch talks on defence partnership with EU, von der Leyen says
Europe • 6:57 PM
3 min
The agreement with the EU is independent of Iceland's NATO membership and existing defence pacts with the United States, public broadcaster RÚV said.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/
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Ukraine to boost domestic arms production to counter Russian forces, says Zelenskyy
Europe • 5:06 PM
7 min
Ukraine is keen to increase its domestic production as uncertainty grows about how many more weapons shipments Western countries can provide, and how quickly.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-eur
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Brussels boosts external action budget to tackle climate and migration challenges
Europe • 4:01 PM
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The EU announced a 37% budget increase to €42.6 billion to tackle climate instability, migration and competition over resources, with a focus on reforms in Ukraine and the Mediterranean region.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a hr
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Are EU citizens on board with higher defence spending?
Europe • 3:38 PM
4 min
European leaders seem to be failing to get the message across, as EU citizens rank defence only seventh out of 10 investment priorities.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/17/are-eu-
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Varna mayor's arrest sparks protests in Bulgaria and diplomatic tensions with Germany
Europe • 2:26 PM
2 min
The arrest of Varna's Mayor Blagomir Kotsev on embezzlement charges has sparked a series of protests in Bulgaria and across Europe, escalating into a diplomatic dispute with Germany.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https:/
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Germany's Merz and UK's Starmer sign 'first of its kind' defence and migration treaty
Europe • 2:01 PM
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UK and Germany signed a historic defence treaty on Thursday, ensuring mutual aid in attacks and targeting migrant smuggling. The pact also strengthens military and economic cooperation.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="http
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Sea temperature in Portugal's Algarve reaches record highs as 'marine heatwave' hits
Europe • 11:48 AM
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Temperatures in the Algarve between June and July were on average 25.1°C, according to the Portuguese Maritime Authority.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/07/17/sea-temperature-in-portuga
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Four dead after Russia strikes shopping centre in eastern Ukraine with 500-kilogram bomb
Europe • 11:42 AM
2 min
At least four people were killed and 27 were injured in the Russian attack on the town of Dobropillia in Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, after Moscow forces struck a shopping centre here with a half-a-tonne aerial bomb.<div class="small-12 column text-
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Wife demands answers after husband's body found in Scotland council toilet six days after death
Europe • 11:01 AM
4 min
48-year-old Julie Stephen said she believed her husband Sean's body had been lying in the toilet at Edinburgh City Chambers for almost a week.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/17/w
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Poland to get biggest share of EU's proposed €2 trillion budget, finance minister says
Europe • 10:53 AM
4 min
Poland is set to benefit most from the EU's €2 trillion budget for 2028-2034, according to its finance minister, despite protests from farmers against reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a hr
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UK to lower voting age to 16 in England and Northern Ireland in landmark electoral reform
Europe • 10:32 AM
3 min
If passed, the proposed changes would bring the voting age to 16 across the whole of the UK and in line with Scotland and Wales, where 16-year-olds can already vote.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com
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Brussels targets tobacco products with a new set of eurotaxes
Europe • 9:49 AM
4 min
In two separate announcements on the same day, the European Commission introduced a renewed push to curb tobacco use through higher taxation, a move expected to raise the price of cigarettes and other tobacco products across the EU.<div class="small-12 co
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Ringfenced, but reduced: EU Commission shrinks agriculture share in record budget
Europe • 9:05 AM
5 min
Europe’s agricultural spending will face cuts compared to the current programming period under the new EU long-term budget proposal, while the European Commission insists farmers will still receive the same amount “in their pockets”.<div class="small-12 c
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Fact check: Has Italy just passed an anti-LGBT surrogacy law?
Europe • 5:45 AM
5 min
Italy extended its ban on surrogacy late last year, but posts are claiming that it happened recently.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/17/fact-check-has-italy-just-passed-an-anti-l
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EU budget: Parliament revolts against Commission proposal
Europe • 4:31 AM
4 min
The EU budget Commissioner’s presentation was poorly received by MEPs: “Negotiations start on the wrong foot”, says rapporteur.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/17/eu-budget-parlia
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Teacher injured in stabbing at Dutch elementary school, three suspects arrested
Europe • 12:45 AM
1 min
The 53-year-old was stabbed on Wednesday night as he tried to intervene in an argument between three men at a cultural centre in Alblasserdam, police said.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe
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French court orders release of Lebanese militant Abdallah after 40 years in prison
Europe • 12:30 AM
4 min
Incarcerated for almost 40 years for complicity in the assassination of US and Israeli diplomats, the man who considers himself a political prisoner will be able to return to Lebanon.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https:
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Ursula von der Leyen's new €2 trillion EU budget: Six key takeaways
Europe • 12:30 AM
19 min
From support to Ukraine to the merger of agriculture and cohesion funds, here are the six takeaways from von der Leyen's €2 trillion EU budget.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/17/
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Hoekstra warns Trump policy is a 'major blow' to climate efforts
Europe • 12:13 AM
3 min
The US retreat from climate commitments under the Trump administration will have “significant consequences” for the planet, European Commissioner for Climate Wopke Hoekstra told Euronews at The Europe Conversation.<div class="small-12 column text-center a
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Wednesday, july 16, 2025
Main stage at Belgium's Tomorrowland music festival completely destroyed by fire
Europe • 5:40 PM
2 min
Organisers say posts on social media from festival-goers claiming to have received emails saying Tomorrowland had been cancelled were "Fake news".<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/
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New rule of law conditions proposed for next EU budget could hit Hungary
Europe • 5:29 PM
4 min
All payments under the biggest item in the seven-year budget plan could be linked to the rule of law, according to plans proposed by the European Commission. This would include cohesion and agricultural funds not yet suspended by Brussels.<div class="smal
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Israel hails EU decision not to sanction over Gaza while Palestinians are 'shocked'
Europe • 5:06 PM
3 min
The EU’s 27 foreign ministers decided at a meeting in Brussels earlier this week not to “punish” Israel for its actions in Gaza and to “keep a close watch” on the country’s implementation of a recent agreement to improve the flow of aid in the strip.<div
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Future Palestinian state a place for women and respect for law, claims foreign minister
Europe • 4:38 PM
4 min
Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Shahin said any future Palestinian state will be pluralistic, with respect for any deal on a two-state solution for Israel and adherence to international law. She said the Palestinian Authority is on a path to root out
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Von der Leyen unveils hugely increased 'strategic' €2 trillion EU budget
Europe • 2:45 PM
9 min
The new budget will be more flexible to cope with unforeseen crises.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/16/von-der-leyen-unveils-hugely-increased-strategic-2-trillion-eu-budget?utm_s
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How are poverty levels around the EU as the French rate hits a 30-year high?
Europe • 2:15 PM
2 min
In the past three years, at least 11 EU countries have seen an increase in poverty levels. Women and young adults are more likely to face poverty or social exclusion.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.co
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Russia launches fresh wave of overnight attacks targeting several Ukrainian cities
Europe • 11:41 AM
5 min
The Russian attacks come against a deadline set by US President Trump for Russia to end its war and enter into a peace agreement with Ukraine within 50 days or be slapped with severe tariffs and sanctions.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__b
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Polish factory in Ukraine hit by Russian drones in deliberate attack, Poland says
Europe • 10:37 AM
5 min
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said the strike on the Barlinek Group's factory in Vinnytsia caused injuries, with two people badly burned.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/
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Georgia's visa-free regime with EU at risk over 'backsliding' concerns
Europe • 8:43 AM
7 min
The EU plans to reintroduce its visa regime with Georgia unless Tbilisi curbs democratic backsliding. The European Commission will notify the South Caucasus country of its decision by 31 August.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a h
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Is Russia producing a year's worth of NATO ammunition in three months?
Europe • 8:22 AM
5 min
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has repeatedly said that Moscow’s annual ammunition production capacity is four times greater than that of the western alliance.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my
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Orbán demands EU sanction Ukraine over death of Hungarian conscript
Europe • 6:10 AM
3 min
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán claims a Hungarian citizen was beaten to death after refusing army conscription in Ukraine. Kyiv denies the allegations and urges Hungary not to interfere.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://
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Small business owners in Bulgaria brace for switch from lev to euro in 2026
Europe • 5:56 AM
7 min
European Union officials gave the green light in June for Bulgaria to become the 21st member of the eurozone, a key Brussels project aimed at deepening the ties between member countries.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="htt
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5 key ideas behind the EU Commission’s new farming rulebook
Europe • 4:45 AM
8 min
The EU long-term budget reform marks a turning point for EU agricultural policy, granting member states greater control in a partial renationalisation of the bloc’s farm subsidies.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://w
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Exclusive: Palestinian Foreign Minister 'shocked' at EU's failure to act against Israel over Gaza
Europe • 4:31 AM
4 min
Palestinian minister for foreign affairs says the EU should sanction Israel over its violations in Gaza and the West Bank, in accordance with the EU’s own rules and values. She said despite a deal struck by the EU to increase aid into Gaza, civilians were
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Currency changeover in Bulgaria: the euro replaces the lev in January
Europe • 12:59 AM
4 min
In an interview with Euronews, Plamen Ralchev says: “The euro is a lifeboat that Bulgaria should board!" The scientist at the University of National and World Economics warns against right-wing populist parties exploiting the currency debate.<div class="s
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Tuesday, july 15, 2025
French PM Bayrou proposes slashing two public holidays to reduce national deficit
Europe • 5:32 PM
4 min
France’s public deficit hit 5.8% of GDP in 2024, totalling €168.6 billion, a figure well above the maximum allowed by EU rules.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/15/french-pm-bayrou
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EU delays measures against Israel on Gaza despite pressure to act
Europe • 5:19 PM
3 min
The EU’s 27 foreign ministers agreed to “keep a close watch” on Israel’s compliance with a recent agreement to improve humanitarian aid access into Gaza. They also delayed agreeing on a list of 10 options to respond to Israel's action in Gaza during a mee
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Ukrainian PM Denys Shmyhal resigns, paving way for government reshuffle
Europe • 4:43 PM
3 min
The Ukrainian parliament is scheduled to vote on Wednesday on the dismissal of Denys Shmyhal's government, amid a reshuffle launched by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier this week.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https
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Slovakia demands exemption to drop veto on EU Russia sanctions
Europe • 4:34 PM
6 min
Prime Minister Robert Fico says the reassurances provided by Ursula von der Leyen are "insufficient" to satisfy Slovakia's concerns and lift his veto.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025
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European Commission puts prepped Mercosur deal on ice
Europe • 3:37 PM
3 min
According to several sources, the agreement reached by the EU and the Mercosur countries has been reviewed by the European Commission’s legal service and translated, but its submission to the Member States for ratification has been put on hold.<div class=
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These EU countries are air con addicts: Who consumes the most energy to cool down?
Europe • 3:12 PM
6 min
New data shows Italy is by far the EU's largest consumer of air conditioning, followed by Greece, France and Spain.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/07/15/these-eu-countries-are-air-c
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Can the EU establish common rules to limit sperm and egg donation?
Europe • 3:00 PM
6 min
Births conceived through sperm donation are on the rise in Europe, but recent controversies involving so-called "super donors" have prompted several EU countries to call for clear regulation and international limits on sperm and egg donations.<div class="
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UK secretly resettled thousands of Afghans after major data leak raised safety fears
Europe • 2:01 PM
7 min
The details of nearly 19,000 Afghans who had applied to move to the UK after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan were released in error in 2022.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2025/07/15/uk-secret
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