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Published on 06/08/2026 – 18:17 GMT+2•Updated 19:18 The Ministry of Information of Belarus has designated Euronews’ website as “extremist” media, adding it to its “Republican List of Extremist Materials” following a national court order, according to Belarus-based media outlets. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Euronews website will now be restricted in Belarus, and readers could face administrative penalties for “storing or distributing” its content, after many years in which Euronews has been the main European source of information in the country, according to Euronews’ audience data in Belarus. The state decision was taken by the Horki District Court in the Mogilev Region…

Published on 06/08/2026 – 16:55 GMT+2 A record number of people have been referred to an anti-terrorism programme in England and Wales, the UK Home Office has announced. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Official data released on Thursday showed that from 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025, a total of 10,293 referrals were made to the government’s Prevent programme, up 39% compared to the year prior and marking the highest number of referrals over a 12-month period since records started in April 2015. The Prevent Scheme Prevent is an early intervention scheme designed to stop people turning to terrorism. According to the…

EU migration chief Magnus Brunner has called on MEPs to adopt a stalled EU law on fighting people smuggling, saying it could help prevent migration crises like the one in the Spanish territory of Ceuta last week. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking on Thursday, Brunner said the events in Ceuta “showed that there are actors who have no regard for the safety or even the lives, of innocent people,” but that nonetheless, “we cannot accept such a breach of integrity of our external borders and violation also of the security of of the Union – and in that regard, the impact of…

Portuguese authorities have seized around five tonnes of cocaine from a cargo ship intercepted off the country’s coast. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The ship, which had departed from South America, was boarded in a joint operation involving Portugal’s Judiciary Police, Air Force and Navy, with support from Britain’s National Crime Agency and Spain’s National Police. Most of the cocaine was found inside a shipping container, while the rest had been moved into the ship’s hold. Three foreign nationals — an Italian, a Colombian and an Indian citizen — were arrested. Authorities say Portugal has now seized around 28 tonnes of cocaine so…

Published on 06/08/2026 – 14:02 GMT+2 European Commission spokesperson Guillaume Mercier confirmed on Thursday that discussions between Spain and Brussels were at “full speed” regarding extra financial support for Ceuta after 72,000 individuals stormed the Spanish exclave from Morocco last week. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Responding to a question asked by Euronews, Mercier said the EU executive received the first needs assessment from Spain on Wednesday. Technical discussions occurred earlier in the week, with Brussels now reviewing the assessment. “Then, the next step will be actually for Spain to make an application and submit formally to the Commission,” he said. The new…

Published on 06/08/2026 – 13:13 GMT+2 A Russian drone attack reportedly targeted the German cargo ship “EMIL” on Wednesday, as reported by the Germany daily newspaper Bild. The freighter is said to have been hit several times by drones. A fire is then reported to have broken out and several technical systems failed, leaving the vessel unable to manoeuvre. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT While crew members were being brought to safety, the freighter was reportedly attacked again. There were said to be 11 people on board, none of them German nationals. No injuries have been reported. The “EMIL” is reported to have…

Published on 06/08/2026 – 11:45 GMT+2 Hungary’s parliament will vote on a new president next Tuesday, but no candidate has yet been nominated for the post. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A change of guard in key state positions was one of Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s main promises after his Tisza party won a landslide victory in April’s general election, ending Viktor Orbán’s 16 years in power. In July, Magyar’s government used a constitutional amendment to remove the previous president, Tamás Sulyok, whom the prime minister described as an Orbán “puppet”. Shortly afterwards, Magyar offered the role to chess legend and former world…

A significant drop in migrant flows towards Greece’s sea borders has been recorded in the first half of 2026, according to figures presented by the Greek minister for maritime affairs, Vassilis Kikilias. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT As noted in a post on X, total arrivals from Turkey and Libya have fallen by 34% compared with the same period in 2025. Since the beginning of the year, 15,389 arrivals have been recorded, against 23,243 in the same period last year. The steepest decline was seen in migrant flows from Turkey, which are down 59%, while arrivals from Libya showed a smaller decrease of…

Published on 06/08/2026 – 10:20 GMT+2 Trees age very slowly. The reason is that they constantly renew their tissues: needles or leaves, bark, twigs, trunk and roots are continuously regenerated while older parts gradually die off. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A remarkable fact: while trunk and crown are exposed to wind, weather, animals and loggers, a tree’s vast underground root system can continue to live on, hidden from view, for much longer. Germany’s probably oldest tree stands in complete seclusion on a grazed alpine meadow between Steibis and Balderschwang in the Upper Allgäu, at an altitude of 1,100 metres. The German Dendrological…

More than 434,976 hectares have burned across the EU so far, according to the July 30th data from the European Forest Fires Information System (EFFIS). In 2025, more than one million hectares burned, making it the worst wildfire season since records began. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This is why Brussels decided to rewrite the rulebook on how Europe deals with fire. For decades, EU wildfire policy meant buying more planes, trucks, and firefighters. Now, the emphasis is shifting toward something more consequential: stopping fires from becoming catastrophic in the first place. Why response alone was never going to work The logic is…