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Greek Prime Minister Tsipras confirms referendum, calls for Greeks to reject creditors' proposal

The Greek Prime Minister Alex Tsipras has confirmed Sunday’s referendum on the bailout plan proposed by Greece’s creditors. He has called on Greeks

World News

Western Europe sizzles in first heatwave of summer, with no end in sight for some places

Western Europe is sweltering in the first big heatwave of the summer, with several days of +30 degree temperatures or more in many places, while in

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Scotland hotter than Greece: Heatwave to bring record temperatures

It’s not often the weather makes the headlines in Scotland for being on the warmer end of the scale. However, this week will see a heatwave in

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Migration: Divisions emerge over EU deal

Details are emerging of strong differences of opinion between Europe’s leaders as they try to address the problems caused by soaring numbers of

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Belgium

EU leaders agree migrant plan, while Greek debt deal remains elusive

Tens of thousands of migrants who have arrived in Italy and Greece will be relocated to other EU states over the next two years. That is the decision

Italy

Italy: regional leaders refuse to take more migrants

Nearly 500 more migrants arrived in Sicily on Thursday after being picked up by a Swedish boat in the Mediterannean. One of them died on the journey

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EU's most precious nature sites facing 'biggest threat in decades'

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Toyota and Nissan to recall more than 3 million more cars over airbag

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NATO strives to keep pace with military challenges

The new NATO Response Force’s joint military exercises saw more than 2,000 soldiers and more than 200 tanks pour into Poland last week for four days

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NATO 'won't be dragged into arms race' with Russia

The head of NATO has said the organisation will not be forced into a new arms race with Russia. But Jens Stoltenberg said what he called Moscow’s

Ukraine

War, Russia, Poverty: Europeans' 'negative' view of Ukraine

It was French writer Gustave Flaubert who said there is no truth, only perception. According to the Institute of World Policy in Kyiv, Europeans have

Italy

Coastguards rescue 3,700 Mediterranean migrants in two days

More than 3,700 migrants were rescued on Monday and Tuesday in the Mediterranean as part of the EU’s coastguard operation. On Monday 2,741 were

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New EU Sentinel satellite launched to improve Earth-watching operation

A new European satellite has been launched with powerful image-taking capabilities designed to improve the monitoring of natural disasters and global

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EU launches "intelligence gathering " mission against migrant smuggler gangs

One person was killed and another seriously injured when a rubber dinghy carrying migrants headed for Italy came under fire off the Libyan coast on

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EU takes aim at Mediterranean migrant traffickers

A naval force against migrant traffickers in the Mediterranean has been forged by the 28-nation European Union. Called EU NAVFOR Med, it aims to

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EU foreign ministers agree new operation against people smugglers

Ending the trade in migrants run by people smugglers. That’s the aim of a fresh operation launched on Monday by the EU. It’s expected the first

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And also... Yoga 'incompatible' with Christian faith; and Algeria paella record attempt goes up in smoke

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which did not make the

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Major firms should no longer exploit fiscal loopholes to pay less tax

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Man infected with MERS earlier this year dies in Germany

A man infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, earlier this year has died in hospital in Germany. The 65-year-old suffered

Italy

Italian PM: Europe cannot close its eyes to migrant crisis

A group of African migrants have been left languishing on rocks overlooking the Italian coast, after being turned back at the French border. They