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Michalis Damianos, Cyprus Minister for Energy, stresses that the Cypriot natural gas now being developed could start flowing to Europe as early as the spring of 2028, something that will help make the European continent more energy independent and also stabilise prices. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT He also referred to the latest developments regarding Cyprus’s electricity interconnection with Greece and the entry of the French company Meridiam, following the sustained interest shown by the French President Emmanuel Macron. Natural gas ‘as soon as March 2028’ European consumers can expect natural gas from an undersea field off Cyprus, which will help meet their…

Ukraine denied on Saturday targeting Bulgaria after a drone exploded close to the strategic Trans-Balkan gas pipeline linking Turkey to Ukraine near the Romanian border. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Bulgaria’s defence ministry said the drone was of a type “widely used by the Ukrainian military”, and the foreign minister summoned the Ukrainian ambassador for a meeting on Monday in response, her office said. Kyiv said it was “in close contact with the Bulgarian side to clarify the circumstances” of the incident, the latest case of a drone straying into NATO airspace as Ukraine fights off Russia’s invasion. “We can say with certainty…

Published on 08/08/2026 – 18:34 GMT+2 A major wildfire broke out on Friday evening in Alto Garda, in the Tignale mountains on the western shore of Lake Garda. Firefighters, civil protection teams, forest Carabinieri and volunteer fire crews are on site working to secure the area. The response is being coordinated by the mayor of Tignale, Daniele Bonassi, who described the scenes as “terrifying”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The blaze has not yet been brought under control because of winds of up to 40 kilometres an hour, which are rapidly changing the direction of the flames. The area has been hit hard…

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said he hopes to see an end to the war in Ukraine, but doubts it will happen soon. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “If you ask me, and as a political veteran, I can tell you that I’m not sure about it, and I’m very much afraid that we’ll have another difficult winter,” Vučić said during a joint press briefing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is visiting Belgrade. “But I just hope, without any real facts behind these hopes, that this will end tomorrow,” he added. Zelenskyy arrived to Belgrade on Friday for his first official visit to…

Published on 08/08/2026 – 16:02 GMT+2 A 26-year-old man has been arrested in Rotterdam after two people were injured in a series of stabbings. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to Rotterdam police, two “random” male victims were stabbed on Saturday morning on Schaepmanstraat and Marconiplein to the west of the city centre. One victim was taken to hospital while the other was treated by paramedics at the scene, the force said. Another stabbing attempt took place around 30 minutes later at the Brug Van Cyrene bridge in the city’s northwest, per the police statement. “A single suspect, who is believed to have…

Summer is holiday time for many people in Europe, but stays away are also a privilege that many cannot afford. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In 2025, almost three in 10 EU citizens aged 16 or older were unable to afford a week of annual holiday away from home, according to the latest Eurostat figures. This share increased by 0.5 percentage points compared with 2024. However, when compared to a decade ago, the share decreased significantly by 7.7 percentage points. Last year, the highest proportions of people unable to afford a week of annual holiday were recorded in Romania, Greece, Bulgaria and Hungary.…

Published on 07/08/2026 – 9:29 GMT+2•Updated 11:02 Belarus’ opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya condemned Minsk’s decision on Friday to designate Euronews’ news coverage on its website as “extremist” content, describing it as a “shameful” attempt by Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s government to cut Belarusians off from its factual and independent reporting. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Lukashenka’s regime has branded Euronews, a leading European news platform, ‘extremist’ for bringing the truth to millions of Belarusians,” she wrote in a post on X. “This attacks media freedom and turns viewers into targets of repression,” she added, urging the broadcaster to “stay strong” and underlining that: “your work…

Zigzagging between robots, weapons and computers in his garage workshop, Ukrainian engineer Eduard Trotsenko was bubbling with excitement as he showed off his latest prototypes and dreamed of sci-fi-inspired futuristic ideas. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Top of his ideas list are “mechanical birds” that can land on high-voltage power lines and recharge themselves, and “robot dogs” that can be sent into battle. “In order to save human lives, to save soldiers, there must be robots,” Trotsenko told the AFP news agency. Autonomous weapons have come to dominate the war with Russia. Aerial drones are used on the front lines for reconnaissance and…

Belarus’ decision to classify Euronews as “extremist” is an act of revenge for its reporting on the country’s disputed 2020 election, political prisoners and Russia’s war against Ukraine, opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In an exclusive interview with Euronews, Tsikhanouskaya said the move showed that Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s government remained afraid of independent information six years after the mass protests that followed the presidential election. “It is revenge – revenge by the regime for Euronews’ reporting,” she said. “Euronews covered the 2020 protests, it covered the election, which Lukashenka lost. It covered the stories of political prisoners…

Published on 07/08/2026 – 12:58 GMT+2 The European Union has imposed sanctions on five individuals involved in Russia’s military-industrial complex following recent Russian air strikes on Ukraine, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Each new attack on Ukraine is another reason for Europe to tighten the screws on Russia,” Kallas wrote on X. The new sanctions were adopted on 7 August in response to the strikes, Kallas said, but she did not identify the individuals targeted or provide further details about the measures. Kallas said Moscow was escalating its attacks on civilians as Russian…