Europe

Tech News

Euroviews. Return of chat control: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

The Scandinavian state has been a stalwart supporter of image scanning and chat control to detect child sex abuse material. Now, they hold the keys to make it a reality, Yaël Ossowski writes.

08/08/2025

Economy

Who got the best trade deal with the US - the EU or UK?

The EU and UK both concluded trade agreements with the US almost three months apart setting new tariffs on their imports. According to the Commission, the EU got the better deal.

08/08/2025

Earth News

France’s top court strikes down pesticide clause in farming law

Critics called the decision a win for democracy and the planet. Some lawmakers have already vowed to push for a full repeal in the coming months.

07/08/2025

Romania

Romania lays to rest divisive first post-communist leader Ion Iliescu

Romania's first post-communist president, Ion Iliescu, was buried on Thursday amid stark divisions over his legacy. He died at 95, symbolising Romania's tumultuous transition.

07/08/2025

Europe News

Crisis in Gaza remains 'very severe' despite some positive steps - EU

Last month, the EU negotiated what it called a "significant" improvement of humanitarian aid access into Gaza, including an increase of food trucks, and an agreement to "protect the lives of aid workers."

07/08/2025

France

El Al airline's Paris office vandalised with anti-Israel graffiti

Israel's Foreign Ministry called the attack antisemitic and urged French authorities to act.

07/08/2025

Tech News

EU resists renewed Trump pressure to shift digital rules

Digital rules have been the subject of several attacks since the new US administration came to power in January.

07/08/2025

Health news

Experimental pill helped with weight loss in Eli Lilly trial

Study participants lost an average of 12.4 per cent of their body weight over 72 weeks.

07/08/2025

Climate

Climate change drove ‘unprecedented’ wildfire in France, officials say

Hotspots across southern Europe have been scorched this summer, stoked by high temperatures and drought.

07/08/2025

Tech News

Sweden’s leader uses ChatGPT. Should politicians use AI chatbots?

The Swedish leader’s use of ChatGPT sparked backlash in the Nordic country. The same week, OpenAI sid the chatbot will be rolled out across the US government.

07/08/2025

Culture news

Rare first edition of 'The Hobbit' sells for record price at auction

The book was discovered by chance in a house in Bristol. It is one of 1,500 original copies of Tolkien’s famous 1937 novel.

07/08/2025

Health news

Five ways wildfires can hurt your health

Wildfire smoke appears to be more harmful than other types of air pollution when it comes to our health.

07/08/2025

EuroVerify

Fake online investigations claim famous women were born male

Public female figures, such as former US First Lady Michelle Obama and New Zealand's former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, have also been accused of being assigned male at birth. Researchers say these fake theories are fuelled by "transvestigations".

07/08/2025

Europe in Motion

More jobs, fewer women: The sports sector gender gap widens

Employment in the sports sector across the EU continues to grow, reaching 1.6 million jobs in 2024. But worryingly, the gender gap has widened since 2011.

07/08/2025

Economy

Bank of England cuts its main interest rate by a quarter point to 4%

The rate cut is the bank’s fifth since last August, when policymakers began to lower borrowing costs from a 16-year high of 5.25%.

07/08/2025

United Kingdom

UK makes first arrests under one in, one out migrant deal with France

Under the scheme, which was announced last month, France will accept returned migrants in exchange for the UK taking in an equal number of asylum seekers who have family ties to Britain.

07/08/2025

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France’s largest wildfire in decades burns 16,000 hectares in south

France’s most severe wildfire in decades continued to burn across the south on Thursday, having already scorched over 16,000 hectares and claimed one life.

07/08/2025

Economy

Germans in a wrap over döner prices as worker strikes turn up the heat

Workers at the Birtat Meat World SE factory in southwestern Germany have gone on strike again amid a salary dispute.

07/08/2025

Ukraine

Putin will meet Trump, but will he meet Zelenskyy?

The presidents of the US and Russia have agreed to meet in the "coming days", the Kremlin said, adding that the venue has also been decided. Will the meeting also include Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy, and what does it mean for Trump’s ceasefire deadline for Moscow?

07/08/2025

Travel News

New report reveals which European beaches tourists regret visiting

UK’s Bournemouth Beach is Europe's most complained about stretch of sand, according to a report based on TripAdvisor reviews.

07/08/2025

Health news

Endangered US contraceptives put 1.4 million women at risk, NGO claims

More than 1.4 million women and girls in Africa will lose access to contraceptives as the U.S. plans to burn $10 million worth of supplies stored in Europe.

07/08/2025

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‘Extinct in the wild’ Barbary lion cubs in Czech zoo to be relocated

Four rare Barbary lion cubs are set to leave Safari Park Dvůr Králové as part of an international effort to protect the critically endangered subspecies.

07/08/2025

Ukraine

At least six killed and dozens injured in Russian strikes on Ukraine

Russian attacks killed several across Ukraine overnight on Thursday as US President Donald Trump's deadline for Moscow to agree to a halt in fighting looms.

07/08/2025

wellbeing

How to handle ‘purpose anxiety' over the search for life's meaning

The term “purpose anxiety” has been used to describe the gnawing sense that our lives should have an overarching purpose, but not knowing how to discover it.

07/08/2025

Art

Zdzisław Beksiński's dreamlike works on display in Warsaw

Zdzisław Beksiński did not paint pictures. He opened portals. An exhibition in Warsaw honours the Polish painter and offers visitors a chance to enter dreamlike worlds that are both nightmarish and beautiful.

07/08/2025

Climate

Global heat record streak ends in July, but risks still rising

Extreme heat, deadly floods and widespread wildfires hit Europe in July, despite the end of a record-breaking global temperature streak.

07/08/2025