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Spain

The devastating and surprising effects of Spain’s drought

Spain is suffering its worst drought in decades, with reservoirs at 43 percent capacity.

United Kingdom

Britain bickers with Brussels over Brexit

Britain's Brexit minister David Davis dismisses his EU counterpart Michel Barnier's comments that little progress has been made in Brexit talks as "silly".

Hungary

Daring swim across Danube in Budapest Urban Games

The Budapest Urban Games now includes a challenging swim across Danube for the first time this year. 263 participants dived in despite the strong currents and even whirlpools.

Germany

Frankfurt begins evacuation of city centre as WWII bomb is prepared to be defused

A 1.5 kilometre-wide exclusion zone is being evacuated in central Frankfurt as bomb disposal prepares to defuse a 1.4-ton WWII blockbuster

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Italy

Amnesty warns against 'outsourcing' migrant crisis to Libya

Arrivals from North Africa fell by more than 80 percent in August after Italy boosted cooperation with Libyan authorities. Amnesty International warns that outsourcing the fight against traffickers to Libya exposes migrants and refugees to abuse.

France

Macron's push for global popularity

President Emmanuel Macron outlines plans to boost France's popularity internationally.

Destinations

10 Exhibitions to see this summer in Europe

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Spain's annual 'Tomatina' fight draws thousands

Over 20,000 people were left drenched in red pulp after throwing 160 tonnes of over-ripe tomatoes at each other in an epic food fight known as 'La Tomatina'.

Turkey

Turkey blamed for breakdown of talks on EU membership

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has accused Turkey of wanting to blame Europe, not itself, for a breakdown in EU membership talks.

Spain

Belgium gave tip-off to Spain about imam

Information has emerged that a Belgian policeman gave a tip to Catalan police in 2016 about the alleged mastermind of the Barcelona attacks who was killed in a blast that destroyed a house in Alcanar.

Spain

Two Barcelona attack suspects charged with murder

Judge charges two of the four Barcelona-attack suspects with murder as police make futher arrests

Cult

Who are Europe’s culture vultures?

Netherlands

Netherlands set to have ‘world’s largest parking garage for bikes’

Utrecht's 12,500-space bike garage is set to be completed next year.

Denmark

Missing Swedish journalist: possible link with torso found in water

Police have found a torso in a Copenhagen suburb but have not confirmed whether or not it belongs to missing Swedish journalist, Kim Wall.

Italy

Italy: Tourist island Ischia hit by deadly earthquake

Two people reportedly died and another 25 were injured.

Spain

Spain's Muslims unite against terrorism

Hundreds of Muslims hold rally in Barcelona to condemn violence and to state "terrorists will not prevail"

Spain

Spanish police widen search for Barcelona attack suspect

USA

Vladimir Putin trusted more than Donald Trump, says poll

Travel News

Half Day in Mykonos

Half Day in Mykonos

Finland

Beijing promotes tourism in Helsinki

To boost tourism between the EU and China, a promotional event called Charming Beijing was held in Helsinki.