Europe is a continent and is different to the European Union.
Switzerland’s non-membership of the EU means it is viewed as more neutral than countries like Austria, Ireland or Sweden.
The Guardian says contamination of fresh fruits by the most hazardous pesticides has dramatically increased in Europe over the past decade, according to a nine-year study of government data.
Euronews says Spain’s former King Juan Carlos I met his son and the country’s current monarch Felipe VI at the end of a controversial return visit.
Belgium has introduced a mandatory 21-day quarantien for monkeypox patients as cases of the disease strat to spread across the globe.
A captured Russian soldier has been handed a whole life sentence for killing a civilian in Ukraine – the first war crime trial since Russia’s invasion of the country.
The Metro says Belgium has become the first country to introduce a mandatory quarantine for people with monkeypox.
Euronews says Spain is feeling the heat after temperatures soared this weekend, reaching up to 15 degrees above average for the season.
The Guardian says Temperatures in parts of southern Spain are forecast to exceed 42C on Saturday as a heatwave of “extraordinary intensity” brings dusty skies, a heightened risk of forest fires and blistering conditions more usually seen in high summer than mid-May.
Several southern French towns sizzled in record high temperatures for May on Wednesday, while the month as a whole is on track to be the…
Alarming concerns over Russian abuses against Mariupol defenders. Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters had held out for months under relentless bombardment. The US has gathered intelligence…
Daily Express says SIX Russian tanks have been pictured submerged in muddy water after a “failed river crossing” in eastern Ukraine.
Euronews says the first war crimes trial since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, against a Russian soldier accused of killing an unarmed civilian, gets underway in Kyiv on Wednesday.
The Sun says A BRITISH couple have been left stranded in Spain after cops claimed their UK driver’s licence wasn’t valid and clamped their campervan on the side of the road.
The Independent says Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has poured cold water on Sweden and Finland’s “historic” announcements that they will to apply to join Nato.
Euronews says Centrist politician Elisabeth Borne was appointed France’s new prime minister on Monday to become the second woman to hold the post in the country.
France24 says Morocco and Spain have reopened the land borders, two years after they were shut due to Covid restrictions and a major diplomatic row.
Arab News says Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday it was working to evacuate all remaining troops from their last stronghold in the besieged port of Mariupol.
The Ukrainian military’s general staff has said that fighters evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol defenders are heroes of our time. In a…
Daily Express says VLADIMIR PUTIN has been left red-faced again as a rocket launch that blasted a satellite into orbit has reportedly failed, with the probe tipped to fall back down to Earth.
Daily Express says RUSSIAN frontline soldiers were left stunned after their commander sent them six litres of vodka instead of the reinforcements they had requested.
The Independent says Sweden is set to follow Finland in applying to join Nato after the country’s ruling Social Democrats party announced on Sunday it was dropping its long-standing opposition to membership of the bloc.
Finland on high alert after Putin issues threat Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned his Finnish counterpart that joining Nato and abandoning Finland’s neutral status…
The Metro says Russia’s ambassador to the EU has said there will be a ‘military and technical’ response to Finland joining NATO.
The Metro says Vladimir Putin has suspended his top commander as he looks for people to blame for Russia’s failure in Ukraine, it is believed.
Euronews says Spain could become the first Western country to allow women to take several days of “menstrual leave” from the workplace each month under new proposed legislation to be outlined next week.
The Independent says activist and member of the Russian band Pussy Riot has fled the country disguised as a food courier after criticising Vladimir Putin’s regime.