Category: 3. Europe

French politicians are deeply divided over how – or whether – to honour Brigitte Bardot, following her death as the screen legend’s later-life politics proved as controversial as her films were influential.

Bardot died on Sunday aged 91 at her home in Saint-Tropez on the southern…

Thieves used a large drill to break into a safe at a high street bank branch in western Germany and steal an estimated €30m (£26m; $35m) in cash and valuables, police have said.

A police spokesman likened the break-in to the Hollywood heist film Ocean’s Eleven, telling AFP news agency it was…

EU residents took holidays in other EU countries for almost a week long in 2024, with Greece and Romania recording the longest stays by visitors, according to the latest Eurostat data.

Both countries surpassed the EU mean with around nine nights on average.

By contrast, Estonia and Belgium…

The document states that hybrid measures “can fundamentally serve to prepare a military confrontation.” Rather than treating cyber operations or influence campaigns as background pressure, the plan places them directly within the logic of military escalation.

The assumption has…

The city of Budapest has been cut to junk status by Moody’s, a leading global credit rating agency, in a ratings action that explicitly links the Hungarian capital’s short-term credit risk to liquidity pressure and an ongoing institutional dispute with the national government.

“Moody’s…

Published on
30/12/2025 – 15:43 GMT+1

Travel chaos has erupted across France and the UK after Eurostar warned of “major disruption” to its operations.

The international rail firm…

Eurostar also urged passengers not to travel to stations, which include Brussels-Midi, Gare du Nord in Paris and St Pancras in London.

British media reported there were traffic jams in front of the tunnel terminal in Folkestone, England and stations crowded with stranded passengers in…