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'Unprecedented' alerts in France as blistering heat grips Europe
BBC
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Kathryn ArmstrongBBC News ShareSave Watch: 'A little bit melting' - Intense heat across Europe A record number of heat alerts are in place across France as the country, and other parts of southern and eastern Europe, remain in the grip of soaring...
Helez and Zukorlic Discuss Dialogue, Outstanding Issues Between BiH and Serbia
Sarajevo Times
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June 24, 2025
Deputy Chair of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Minister of Defence of BiH Zukan Helez, together with Assistant Minister for International Cooperation Zoran Sajinovic, Assistant Minister for Finance and Budget Miso...
Scorching heatwave hits Europe as Spain records hottest June day; countries issue alerts
The Indian Express
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June 30, 2025
Southern Europe Heatwave: Countries in the Mediterranean belt of Europe are grappling with scorching temperatures and forest fires in what appears to be one of the hottest Junes recorded in the region. Major cities have witnessed the mercury...
Scorching heatwave hits Europe as Spain records hottest June day
The Indian Express
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June 30, 2025
Countries in the Mediterranean belt of Europe are grappling with scorching temperatures and forest fires in what appears to be one of the hottest Junes recorded in the region. Major cities have witnessed the mercury soaring above 40 degrees...
Pope Leo and the Scalpel on the Curia
Albanian Daily News
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After fifty days, Pope Leo’s gentle revolution has begun—not with fanfare, but with the precision of a scalpel. Some centers of power, such as the Community of Sant’Egidio, have already been significantly scaled back. Meanwhile, Francis has become...
North Macedonia to Start Accession Negotiations Right After it Implements Constitution Changes, Commissioner Kos Says
Bulgarian News Agency
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The political goal of the European Commission is for North Macedonia to start accession negotiations as soon as possible, right after the country meets the criteria agreed on with the European Council, meaning after it implements the changes in...
Temperatures break records across Northern Hemisphere in first heatwave in 2025
Global Times
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People escape the heat at an amusement park in Changxing, East China's Zhejiang Province on June 30, 2025. Maximum temperatures are expected to approach 40 C these days. Photo: VCG In the coming days, regions in China such as Jianghuai and...
Hungary Ranked Among World’s Safest Travel Destinations in 2025
XpatLoop
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Hungary has been listed as one of the safest countries to visit in 2025, according to a new global ranking from HelloSafe. The Travel Safety Index evaluates 193 countries based on 35 factors grouped into five key areas: risk of natural disasters,...
Making a Difference: How BIRN Nurtured Independent Journalism in the Balkans
Balkan Insight
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July 1, 2025
One of BIRN’s landmark programmes is the Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence, which aims to nurture high-quality journalism across a region spanning 14 countries, from Poland and the Czech Republic to Greece and Romania. The Fellowship has been...
Four Congressmen Introduce Legislation to Advance Stability in BiH
Sarajevo Times
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June 29, 2025
Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), along with Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH), Congressman Wesley Bell (D-MO), and Congressman Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) released the following statement after they introduced the Upholding the Dayton Peace Agreement...
Hungary Ranked Among the World’s Safest Travel Destinations in 2025
Hungary Today
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June 10, 2025
The HelloSafe platform has published its 2025 Travel Safety Index. Data from 193 countries was evaluated based on 35 criteria, focusing on five broad areas: natural disasters, social violence, armed conflicts, healthcare infrastructure, and...
Arcelor Mittal is leaving Zenica – what will happen to the Workers, Steel, Heating?
Sarajevo Times
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June 24, 2025
The news that Arcelor Mittal is leaving Bosnia and Herzegovina has worried many citizens, especially the workers of this company, considering that it is the largest steel producer in our country, which generated about 4 percent of GDP. Instead of...
Chaos in Europe as Spain hits 46C with Portugal, Italy and Croatia on red alert
Daily Express
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June 30, 2025
Southern Europe is baking under an unrelenting heatwave which shows no sign of easing. Record-breaking temperatures are sparking emergency health warnings, and growing fears of wildfires pushing resources to the limit. Spain has become the...
Heatwave soars in Europe as Spain hits 46C and neighbours on red alert
Birmingham Live
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June 30, 2025
Southern Europe is roasting in an unrelenting heatwave which shows no sign of easing. Record-breaking temperatures are sparking emergency health warnings, and growing fears of wildfires pushing resources to the brink, reports Express.co.uk. Spain...
Human Rights Defenders in BiH Face Stigma Amid Legal Uncertainty
Sarajevo Times
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June 23, 2025
Authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina must protect those promoting and protecting human rights, ensure accountability for attacks against them, and tackle negative narratives around their work, a UN expert* said today. “While I have encountered...
Balkan Countries ‘Failing to Enforce Freedom of Information Laws’: Report
Balkan Insight
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June 30, 2025
Illustration: BIRN The freedom of information legal framework is good on paper in the six Western Balkan countries but enforcement and political will are lacking, while journalists continue to face “administrative silence”, bureaucracy, and...
The gangster guide to Dubai: The criminals from Manchester, Liverpool and beyond who call it home - and the tricks they use to live it up... without alerting authorities
Daily Mail
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June 29, 2025
For years, a notorious Irish crime family has held court in one of the most luxurious places on Earth. They are among the legions of gangsters, drug smugglers and fugitives from across the world who have flocked to the city as famous for its...
Starvation and Profiteering in Gaza: Talking with Francesca Albanese
CounterPunch
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June 30, 2025
Photograph Source: Syeda Amina Trust – CC BY 2.0 There is not much more that can be said about the unfathomable levels of devastation the genocide in Gaza has reached. Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied...
BALKAN BLOG: Western Balkans military build-up continues as the world looks elsewhere
BNE Intellinews
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As the world’s attention remains focused on the wars in Ukraine and, more recently, the Middle East, several countries in the Western Balkans are ramping up their military capacities. This build-up is not a sudden reaction but part of a...
'It's too hot': Organisers of major music festival send crowds home hours early amid 'medical emergency' as Britain braces for its warmest day and Europe cooks in 46C 'heat dome'
Daily Mail
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June 28, 2025
A music festival has been forced to send crowds home amid a 'medical emergency' with organisers saying 'it was just too hot' - as Britain braces for its warmest day and Europe cooks in a 46C 'heat dome'. The Margate Drum and Bass Festival at...