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Bulgaria adopts the euro, nearly 20 years after joining the EU
AFP, Published on 01/01/2026
» SOFIA (BULGARIA) - Bulgaria became the 21st country to switch to the euro as it entered the New Year on Thursday, a milestone met with both cheers and fears, nearly 20 years after the Balkan nation joined the European Union.
Ukraine signs deal with Greece for winter deliveries of US gas
AFP, Published on 16/11/2025
» ATHENS - Ukraine signed a deal with Greece on Sunday for winter deliveries of American liquefied natural gas to Kyiv, as Ukrainian energy infrastructure is battered by Russian strikes.
Nato tests war preparedness on eastern flank facing Russia
AFP, Published on 05/11/2025
» ALBA IULIA —On the Mures river in central Romania, French armoured vehicles and Romanian trucks board a motorised floating bridge, part of a large military exercise to showcase the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (Nato) ability to rapidly increase force levels on its eastern flank facing Russia.
What the EU's new biometric border checks mean for non-EU citizens
Reuters, Published on 08/10/2025
» LONDON — How all non-European Union (EU) citizens, including British visitors, travel to and from the bloc will start to change from Sunday when its long-delayed new biometric entry-check system starts operations.
Shipowner linked to Beirut port blast held in Bulgaria
AFP, Published on 16/09/2025
» SOFIA, Bulgaria - A shipowner wanted over a 2020 blast at Beirut port that killed more than 220 people has been arrested in Bulgaria, officials said on Tuesday.
EU chief's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming in Bulgaria
AFP, Published on 01/09/2025
» BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - A plane carrying EU chief Ursula von der Leyen was hit by GPS jamming as it readied to land in Bulgaria and Russia was suspected to be behind the incident, the European Commission said Monday.
‘Silent killer’: Tracking climate deaths in heatwaves
AFP, Published on 31/07/2025
» PARIS - A heatwave scorching Europe had barely subsided in early July when scientists published estimates that 2,300 people may have died across a dozen major cities during the extreme, climate-fuelled episode.
Israel's Netanyahu warns wildfires could reach Jerusalem
AFP, Published on 01/05/2025
» BET SHEMESH (ISRAEL) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Wednesday that rapidly spreading wildfires near Jerusalem could reach the city, as he declared the situation a "national emergency".
Germany's conservatives to seek far right support on immigration
AFP, Published on 31/01/2025
» BERLIN — Germany's conservative opposition leader was set Friday to again seek far-right support in parliament on the flashpoint issue of immigration, after his first effort sparked widespread condemnation and street protests.
Germany knife attack on children reignites pre-vote migrant debate
AFP, Published on 24/01/2025
» BERLIN — A deadly knife attack on a play school group in Germany, where an Afghan man was arrested at the scene, reignited a bitter immigration debate on Thursday, a month before elections.