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Wildfires are raging across Belgium, Germany, France, Croatia, Spain, and Greece amid extreme heat and dry conditions. In Belgium, a major blaze has consumed 3,000 hectares in the High Fens reserve, prompting the deployment of over 250 firefighters and international aid through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
Two Spanish F-18 fighter jets intercepted and destroyed an unidentified drone in Romanian airspace early on Sunday, 24 kilometres north of Galati. Defence Minister Miruta confirmed the incident, highlighting Romania’s role in the European Union’s defence and the importance of vigilance amid ongoing tensions with Russia and Ukraine.
EFFECTS ON ECONOMY
This morning, Europe faces economic challenges due to rising temperatures impacting productivity.
Economic forecasts anticipate significant GDP shifts across the European Union.
The number of people who have died in Poland from the Legionella bacteria has risen to 14 after it claimed more lives in Rzeszow
Messages transported by small planes over Italy’s beaches this summer have spread the debunked conspiracy theory that Pope Francis is not the legitimate head of the Catholic Church.
The EU commission president’s endorsed the Dutch government’s choice for E-U climate czar to replace outgoing social democrat Frans Timmermans. Current foreign minister Wopke Hoekstra hails from the right, just like Ursula Von der Leyen. The shift raising eyebrows. FRANCE 24’s Delano D’Souza tells us more.
A forest blaze in Greece is “the largest wildfire ever recorded in the EU” and the bloc is mobilising nearly half its firefighting air wing to tackle it, a European Commission spokesman said Tuesday.
Thousands of people gathered in Madrid on Monday to support Women’s World Cup star Jennifer Hermoso after Spanish Football Federation chief Luis Rubiales provoked world outrage by forcibly kissing her on the lips.
Dubai’s ‘second airport’ could handle up to 250 million passengers a year by 2050.
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