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MADRID — A heatwave continues to grip large parts of Europe, with authorities in many countries issuing health warnings amid searing temperatures.Southern Spain is the worst-affected region, with temperatures in the mid-40s Celsius recorded in Seville and neighbouring areas.A new heat record for June of 46C was set on Saturday in the town of El Granado, according to Spain's national weather service, which also said this month is on track to be the hottest June on record.Red heat warnings are in force in parts of Portugal, Italy and Croatia, with numerous amber warnings covering areas of Spain, France, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia and Switzerland.In Barcelona, a woman died after completing a shift as a road sweeper on Saturday, when temperatures...
June 30, 2025
Heatwave brings temperatures up to 46°C across southern Europe
June 30, 2025
'Mariupol is diseased': Residents deny Russia's stories about occupied city
June 30, 2025
Starmer condemns Bob Vylan's 'appalling' chants against Israeli military
BRUSSELS — Thursday's EU Council summit suffered a huge setback after Robert Fico, Slovakia's prime minister, announced he would maintain his veto on the next round of sanctions against Russia, which diplomats hoped to approve on Friday.Fico's opposition involves a separate matter: the European Commission's proposed phase-out of Russian fossil fuels, including oil and gas, which Slovakia, as well as Hungary, continues to be dependent on.Fico met with Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday morning to discuss his reservations, including his fear that Gazprom, Russia's gas monopoly, would file a billion-euro lawsuit if his country breaks up its long-term gas contract. The Commission, however, says the proposed bans would act as "force majeure" to avoid damages in...
June 27, 2025
Slovaks veto Russia sanctions at EU Council
June 26, 2025
EU's 27 countries struggle to find a united voice on Gaza
June 26, 2025
Deadly airbag fault sees 2.5m cars recalled in France
June 25, 2025
Eurostar asks passengers to postpone journeys after cable theft causes major disruption
BRUSSELS — Hungary and Slovakia announced they would block the EU's 18th sanctions package against Russia during the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Monday, adding that the move came in response to the European Commission's RePowerEU plan that aims to cease all energy imports from Russia."They demanded today that we create a sanctions package that is as strong, as comprehensive, and as severely punishing the energy sector as possible. However, we, together with Slovakia, prevented the adoption of the sanctions package today. We did this because, in parallel with all this, the EU wants to prohibit the member states, Hungary and Slovakia, from buying cheap Russian natural gas and cheap Russian crude oil, as we have...
June 24, 2025
Hungary and Slovakia block EU's fresh Russia sanction package
June 23, 2025
More than 100 firefighters battle major wildfire on the Greek island of Chios
June 23, 2025
Seven killed in Kyiv in Russian air attack
