Euronews says THE FINNISH parliament amended its laws on Tuesday, to strengthen the fences along the country’s border with Russia, as the Nordic nation continues the process of joining NATO.
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France24 says THE TRIAL IN THE case of the Genoa bridge that collapsed in 2018, killing 43 people, opens Thursday in Italy, involving 59 defendants prosecuted for manslaughter and undermining transport safety.
Euronews says INSIDE FRANCE’S National Assembly, the atmosphere was electric on Wednesday for the first speech by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne as the ruling party no longer holds an absolute majority — a rarity in the country.
Euronews says THE ACCESSION of Sweden and Finland to NATO is “the fastest” in the alliance’s history and will take months, rather than years, to complete.
France has repatriated 51 nationals – 35 children and 16 mothers – from camps in Syria who were family members of suspected Islamic State group jihadists have been held.
A state of emergency has been declared in five northern Italian regions – Friuli-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Piedmont and Veneto, lasting until December 31.
France24 says ITALY DECLARED a state of emergency in five northern regions and announced emergency funds on Monday over a worsening drought that has plagued the Po Valley in recent weeks.
Euronews says A ROMANIAN AND AN AUSTRIAN have been killed in shark attacks within three days off the Red Sea coast of Egypt. It is still unclear whether the attacks were caused by the same shark.
Three people have been shot dead, and four others hospitalised with injuries during a shooting on Sunday at a shopping mall in Copenhagen.
The Metro says PICTURES HAVE EMERGED of the suspected gunman in yesterday’s deadly Copenhagen shooting, which claimed the lives of three people.
The Guardian says FIFTEEN climbers could still be missing, say authorities, after fall of ice, snow and rock on popular trail on Marmolada mountain in Dolomites.
The Guardian says DANISH police believe a shooting at a shopping centre that left three people dead and four others seriously wounded was not terror-related.
Sky News says THREE PEOPLE have been killed and three others are in a critical condition after a shooting at a shopping mall in Copenhagen, police in Denmark have said.
France24 says A LARGE CHUNK of Alpine glacier broke loose Sunday afternoon and slid down a mountainside, slamming into more than a dozen hikers on a popular trail.
Euronews says THIS COUPLE will be among the first to tie the knot on Friday morning when same-sex marriage becomes legal in Switzerland.
BBC News says THE UK will provide an additional £1 billion in military aid for Ukraine, a near-doubling in its support for the fight against the Russian invasion.
Euronews says AUTHORITIES in Austria have declared a civil emergency after mudslides cut off several villages from rescue services, while at least one person died after heavy rainfall caused flooding in the southern state of Carinthia.
Aljazeera says RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has condemned NATO’s “imperial ambitions”, accusing the military alliance of seeking to assert its “supremacy” through the Ukraine conflict.
The Metro says A MAN has been arrested after a severed head was left on the steps of a court building in the German city of Bonn.
Euronews says FINLAND AND SWEDEN have struck a deal with Turkey that sees Ankara drop its objections to the two Nordic countries joining NATO.
Euronews says RUSSIAN TROOPS struck a shopping centre in Kremenchuk in the Poltava region with at least two missiles on Monday afternoon.
Daily Express says EMMANUEL MACRON has been left red-faced after Boris Johnson shut down his bizarre plan to pull Britain back into the EU fold.
Daily Express says CIA SPIES and British Commandos are reportedly in Ukraine training local troops in another blow to Vladimir Putin.
France24 says JOE BIDEN told allies “we have to stay together” against Russia on Sunday as G7 leaders gathered for a summit dominated by war in Ukraine.
Euronews says NORWAY’S PM and members of the royal family joined mourners at a memorial service in Oslo Cathedral Sunday for the victims of a shooting.