Europe

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

Tech News

YouTube misinformation tools are inconsistent in Europe: report says

YouTube labels to provide neutral information on topics laden with conspiracy theories are applied inconsistently throughout Europe, a new report says.

07/08/2025

Europe News

Haunted by Merkel: Trump still grappling with Europe’s lost leader

Trump spoke on CNBC about the current state of markets in the US, but was quizzed about the EU-US trade deal, and reminisced about a conversation with former German chancellor Angela Merkel.

07/08/2025

Europe News

Delegates meet for last-chance talks to reduce plastic pollution

Delegates from 176 UN member states, NGOs, scientists and industrialists are meeting in Geneva until 14 August to negotiate an international treaty to reduce plastic pollution.

06/08/2025

Ukraine

Trump tells European leaders he will meet with Putin and Zelenskyy

Vladimir Putin held talks with Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow, days before the White House's revised deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal or potentially face severe economic penalties.

06/08/2025

Belarus

Belarus targets dozens of government critics with raids, activists say

Mass arrests and convictions of government critics have continued since Alexander Lukashenko was handed a sixth term as president in an election that the opposition and the West denounced as rigged.

06/08/2025

Europe in Motion

Who are the people driving up gambling statistics in Europe?

Most gamblers in Europe are men, but women tend to develop gambling problems more quickly. Underage gambling mostly happens in southern European and Balkan countries.

06/08/2025

Europe News

Croatian MEP's wartime photo causes a stir in neighbouring Serbia

Tonino Picula's tweet commemorating Operation Storm sparked backlash in Serbia, with calls for his removal. An Austrian MEP and his party colleague from Vienna called it a serious diplomatic misstep.

06/08/2025

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One dead as France battles largest wildfire of this summer in Aude

France’s largest wildfire this summer has killed one person and injured nine others as it spread across 13,000 hectares in Aude by Wednesday.

06/08/2025

Tech News

ChatGPT gives teens dangerous advice, study warns

A new study sheds light on ChatGPT's alarming interactions with teens.

06/08/2025

Italy

Italy greenlights €13bn project to build suspension bridge to Sicily

Transport Minister Matteo Salvini said the project will boost development in southern Italy, but it has raised security and environmental concerns.

06/08/2025