Silandro/Schlanders in Italy, Caldas da Rainha, in Portugal, and Barcelona, in Spain, have been named as the 2026 European Capitals of Small Retail. The awards recognise small, medium, and large-sized cities that excel in supporting small retailers and vibrant city centres in four key…
Category: 3. Europe
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Twelve miners killed by Russian strike in Ukraine, officials say
Fifteen others were reported injured in the strike near a bus carrying the workers on Sunday.
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EU mobilizes additional €50 million for Ukraine's urgent winter energy needs
The European Commission, together with the European Investment Bank, has provided an additional €50 million to Ukraine’s state-owned energy company, Naftogaz. It will support the country’s energy system amidst the harshest winter conditions since the start of the war. In the face of ongoing…
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Europe Today: Tension is rising in Iran
Iran has declared the armies of European countries “terrorist groups,” after the EU last Thursday agreed to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation. During a session in Tehran, lawmakers wore IRGC uniforms and chanted slogans including “Death to America’…
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Why Germany is stationing a Bundeswehr brigade in Lithuania
The formation of the Bundeswehr’s brigade in Lithuania moved into a new phase on 29 January, with two combat battalions subordinated to the brigade as part of Germany’s gradual force build-up in Lithuania.
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EU announces €153 million in humanitarian aid in Ukraine and Moldova
The European Commission is announcing €153 million in emergency aid to Ukraine and refugee-hosting Moldova, as millions of Ukrainians face freezing temperatures without power under sustained Russian bombardment of energy infrastructure.
Responding to the urgent needs, the EU is allocating…
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Commission registers European Citizens' Initiative on phasing out EU imports from Russia and Belarus
The European Commission has registered a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), entitled ‘Stop Funding Russia’s War: Phase Out Harmful and Useless Russian Imports into the EU’.
The initiative invites the Commission “to propose firm, immediate measures to end the EU’s remaining import…
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Rome tourists have to pay to get up close to the Trevi Fountain from today
By Rebecca Ann Hughes with APPublished on •Updated
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This hydropower plant provides 10% of Brazil’s electricity. So why has it been dragged to court?
The Belo Monte hydropower plant, located in the Brazilian Amazon, is one of the largest in the world. It was designed to channel water from the Xingu River in a way that would avoid the need for large reservoirs, which could flood surrounding areas.
After years of legal battles, authorities…
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Steve Rosenberg on the tightrope of reporting from Russia on Ukraine war
With Donald Trump back in the White House, Moscow feels that Washington is paying it more respect. At the Alaska summit last August, America’s president rolled out the red carpet for Russia’s leader. By inviting him to Anchorage Donald Trump had brought Vladimir Putin in from the cold, even…
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