Disasters

Air pollution is currently the most important environmental health risk factor in Europe, the European Union (EU) environment agency warned in a report published on Friday. “Air pollutant concentrations in…

As Germany’s government is scrambling for a solution to plug the budget gap created by the Constitutional Court ruling on the reallocation of COVID-19 funds, a majority of Germans oppose…

FC Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez on Friday gave his solution to the question of breaks for international football which have left several players in Spain with injuries in recent weeks.…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that the launch of the talks on accession to the European Union this year is a top priority for his country, the presidential…

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron held phone talks on Saturday during which they discussed regional and international efforts to contain the ongoing deadly Palestinian-Israeli conflict…

A humanitarian crisis in Gaza must be avoided “as far as possible,” said Josep Borrell, the European Union’s (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on Monday. Borrell…

Ships carrying everything from consumer goods to food and fuel in and out of the European Union will soon face hefty emissions bills. The maritime industry will join the bloc’s Emissions Trading System in January, meaning…

Under Giorgia Meloni’s government’s new proposal, Italy would be able to export arms to countries at war as well as to those with a poor track record of human rights…

A first group of 80 people, out of almost 200 who told the Portuguese authorities that they wanted to leave Israel, are now in Larnaca, Cyprus, the Ministry of Foreign…

Officials in France are worried about the spread of an insect called the bedbug as Paris prepares to hold the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne called a…