Kos is one of the most popular Greek islands with tourists and each year around 1.3 million people choose to go there for their holidays.
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Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has called for a new and more equal relationship between Europe and the developing countries that produce migrants.
Spain appears headed for political gridlock after Sunday’s inconclusive national elections left parties on both the right and left without a clear path toward forging a new government.
Two Ukraine-launched drones attacked Moscow early on Monday, but were intercepted and destroyed, Russia’s defence ministry said. State news agencies reported that drone fragments were found 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) away from the ministry’s buildings. Calling it a “terrorist attack,” the defence ministry said on its Telegram messaging app that there were no casualties in the attack. Read our live blog for all the latest developments in the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
The right-wing bloc which was expected to win, only secured 169 seats. The left-wing bloc won 153 seats – both falling far from an absolute majority.
A giant clock has been installed at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, to count down the time until the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
A Russian overnight strike on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa damages the Transfiguration Cathedral located in the city centre.
Spanish voters headed to the polls Sunday to decide whether to hand Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez a fresh four-year mandate or, as polls suggest, bring the right back to power with its far-right ally.
Russia’s latest missile attack on Odesa left at least one dead Sunday, wounded many and badly damaged a UNESCO-listed Orthodox cathedral, drawing a vow of retaliation from Ukraine’s leader. Read our live blog for all the latest developments in the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is no stranger to diatribes against the European Union, decried “population exchanges” orchestrated by the “federalist empire” on Saturday and accused Brussels of leading an “LGBT+ offensive”.
Greece was undergoing its hottest July weekend in 50 years, with temperatures forecast to soar above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). An emergency operation took place on the island of Rhodes on Saturday to evacuate over 1,500 people to safety from the wildfires raging for five days running.
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Spain will be voting in a snap general election on Sunday. Despite negative polls, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is hoping to win by remobilising the left to prevent a possible coalition between the conservative People’s Party and the far-right Vox party, according to Maria Elisa Alonso, a political scientist specialising in Spain.
A wreath was placed on Tony Bennett’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star Friday after the legendary recording artist’s death was announced.
Three people died in Serbia during another deadly storm that ripped through the Balkans this week, local media said on Saturday.
A Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow-annexed Crimea caused the “detonation” of an ammunition depot Saturday, the Russia-installed leader of the peninsula said, ordering the evacuation of people living within five kilometres of the site. Also on Saturday, the governor of Russian border region Belgorod said that Kyiv had used cluster munitions in an attack there on Friday. Read our live blog for all the latest developments in the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).
Thousands of people angrily took to the streets of Beirut and Baghdad on Friday after a copy of the Quran was desecrated in Sweden.
An extraordinary hailstorm in Seregna, a town near Milan in northern Italy, injured more than a hundred people on Thursday.
Greece struggled to contain a wildfire west of Athens that burnt forestland for a fifth day on Friday as another heatwave hit the country.
Spain was wrapping up its final day of campaigning Friday ahead of Sunday’s snap election, with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez telling voters his Socialists were closing the gap with their right-wing rivals.
Experts say that if we don’t stop burning fossil fuels today, what we are experiencing now could become the new normal.
Google says it is developing AI tools to help journalists to write headlines and in different writing styles, but some are concerned that in an industry struggling financially, AI could replace jobs.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday reshuffled his ministers for key domesticportfolios such as education, housing and urban affairs, as his government begins its response to violent protests that shook the country three weeks ago. Watch live as Macron speaks at 11am Paris time before a Cabinet meeting.
Pedro S?nchez, Spain’s prime minister since 2018, is facing re-election with recent ballots and most polls against him.
Born into a modest family, he was described as a “responsible and obedient” young man who pursued a law degree during the early years of democracy before becoming a civil servant