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Published on 28/08/2026 – 17:57 GMT+2 Brussels’ chief prosecutor called for a tougher crackdown on drug trafficking gangs on Friday, after a spate of shootings that have rocked the Belgian capital. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The city, home to the headquarters of the European Union, has seen an eye-catching rash of gun violence in recent days. Masked assailants have fired off automatic weapons in a string of incidents, leaving several people wounded and seeing a police station targeted. “Anyone could get shot,” prosecutor Julien Moinil told journalists. Moinil said that there have been 69 shooting incidents in Brussels so far this year…
Published on 28/08/2026 – 17:00 GMT+2•Updated 17:04 Russia continued to send waves of drones towards the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Friday, repeatedly forcing residents into shelters and disrupting life across the city for a second consecutive day. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The attacks followed an extraordinary day of disruption on Thursday, when Kyiv spent almost 15 hours under air-raid warnings, with sirens sounding 13 separate times, according to the Foreign Ministry. “Again and again throughout the day, sirens sounded as Russia launched drones in small groups towards the Ukrainian capital. Each new threat put people at risk and forced them to seek…
The Hellenic Air Force was immediately put on alert after a Turkish unmanned aircraft (UAV) was detected entering the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) and violating Greek national airspace. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT It is reported that the Turkish drone flew over the wider sea area between Samothraki and Lemnos, triggering the immediate activation of established surveillance and interception procedures. The Greek response was swift. A pair of F-16 fighter jets from the Air Force took off, tasked with locating, identifying and intercepting the Turkish UAV. The scramble of the Greek aircraft highlights Athens’ operational readiness in the face of any activity…
Smalltown Klettwitz lies at the very heart of Germany’s Lusatia region. Lignite used to be mined here for decades. The bucket-wheel excavators have left gaping scars across the landscape. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But the country is reaching a turning point: Germany is now getting serious about ending coal burning. And Klettwitz is transforming into a frontrunner in the countrys race to handle the climate crisis in a more sustainable way. Solar and wind farms now stand on the spoil heaps of the former opencast mine, as far as the eye can see. Among these, one steel structure in particular catches the…
Several hundred tonnes of fish died in August in one of Hungary’s largest fish farm complexes at Rétimajor, south of Budapest. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This fishpond system, with a water surface of around 800 hectares, is what remains of the former Sárrét marshlands. Its current owner, Ferenc Lévai, privatised it in 1994 and has since been running it as a continuously developed, integrated agri-tourism estate, although its main source of income is still fish farming. The fishpond system, made up of shallow, nutrient-rich lakes of varying depth, reedbeds, islands and muddy shorelines, provides a uniquely concentrated and hard-to-replace habitat for water…
Norway has a new king. Crown Prince Haakon, 53, became King Haakon VIII when his father, Harald V, died on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Haakon’s oldest child now becomes Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra and heir to the throne. Haakon is already familiar with the role, having served as regent several times in recent years as his father’s health declined. Norway’s monarchy dates back to King Harald Fairhair in the ninth century. Today, the monarch’s role is largely symbolic, with political power held by an elected parliament. However, the royal family remains highly visible and plays a role in representing Norway internationally.…
A Russian drone strike on a shopping centre in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia has wounded four people and sparked a large fire, as Moscow continued a wave of attacks across the country. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The drone struck an Epicentr home-improvement hypermarket on Friday morning, setting fire to around 2,000 square metres of the building, according to regional governor Ivan Fedorov. The strike was part of another widespread Russian assault on Ukraine, with attacks also reported in the Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson regions. One person was killed and two others wounded in the Kyiv region on Friday morning, according…
Published on 27/08/2026 – 15:08 GMT+2•Updated 15:11 A Russian State Duma deputy has threatened Hungary with an energy blockade in response to a new foreign policy doctrine from Budapest, which describes Russia as a security threat. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Péter Magyar’s Tisza Party defeated Viktor Orbán’s nationalist government in April. Magyar has since pledged a foreign policy reset, seeking closer ties with the EU and NATO while moving away from the close relationship his predecessor built with the Kremlin. In a document published on Wednesday setting out Hungary’s position ahead of the 81st UN General Assembly, the government said Hungary condemns…
By Simon Ormiston & Euronews Published on 28/08/2026 – 8:51 GMT+2•Updated 10:35 Norway’s King Harald V, Europe’s oldest reigning monarch, has died at the age of 89, the royal palace announced on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “It is with deep sadness that we announce that His Majesty King Harald passed away today. King Harald passed away peacefully at Oslo University Hospital on Friday, August 28 at 6:35 am,” it said in a statement. The flag at the royal palace in Oslo was lowered to half-mast on Friday as members of the public gathered outside to lay flowers and pay tribute to King Harald. European…
Former Bosnian Serb military leader and convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić has died in a prison hospital in The Hague at the age of 84, according to Serbian state broadcaster RTS. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Considered the most infamous war criminal in the Balkans, Mladić was dubbed the “Butcher of Bosnia” for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica genocide during the Bosnian War. He was sentenced to life by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for turning large swathes of Bosnia into a bloodbath during the war in the 1990s. Among other war crimes, Mladić was convicted of genocide…