World / Europe

Migrants crossing Channel to UK in 2024 soar to almost 37,000: data 01 Jan 2025 - 12:41 pm

London: The number of irregular migrants crossing the Channel to Britain in small boats in 2024 soared by a quarter compared with the...

Merlin Entertainments closes three sites in Turkiye including Madame Tussauds 31 Dec 2024 - 10:13 pm

London: UK-headquartered Merlin Entertainments said on Tuesday it was closing three attractions in Turkiye including a local branch of the famous Madame Tussauds...

Romania, Bulgaria join borderless Schengen zone 31 Dec 2024 - 05:45 pm

Bucharest: Romania and Bulgaria will become full members of the Schengen zone on Wednesday, expanding the borderless area to 29 members and ending...

European stock markets end year with gains 31 Dec 2024 - 05:19 pm

London: Europe's main stock markets ended the year Tuesday with solid gains, as all eyes turn to 2025 and the impact that the...

Moscow attacks Ukraine with drones and missiles 31 Dec 2024 - 05:13 pm

Kyiv, Ukraine: Kyiv said Tuesday that Russia had launched a barrage of drones and missiles across Ukraine, conceding that there were successful strikes...

Fire at Bulgaria train station kills 4 homeless people 31 Dec 2024 - 04:04 pm

Sofia, Bulgaria: Four homeless people were killed overnight Tuesday at the main train station in Bulgaria's capital Sofia when a wagon they had...

German flying taxi startup Volocopter files for insolvency 30 Dec 2024 - 03:53 pm

Berlin: Flying taxi startup Volocopter said Monday it was filing for insolvency, days after another fellow German company in the field, Lilium, was...

New body found after deadly Channel crossing 30 Dec 2024 - 02:21 pm

Lille, France: A man's body was recovered from the Channel near northern French port city Calais on Monday, prosecutors said, the day after...

Baltic Sea cables probe uncovers drag track on seafloor 29 Dec 2024 - 10:10 pm

Helsinki: A probe of the sabotaged Baltic Sea power cable has uncovered a drag trail stretching dozens of kilometres on the seabed, Finnish...

Croatia president wins election in first round: exit poll 29 Dec 2024 - 09:28 pm

Zagreb: Croatia's incumbent President Zoran Milanovic, backed by the opposition left-wing Social Democrats, won Sunday's presidential election in the first round, according to...

Spain arrests traffickers accused of killing asylum seekers 29 Dec 2024 - 05:55 pm

Madrid: Spanish police said on Sunday they had arrested seven people smugglers accused of murdering four migrant during a sea crossing in November...

Azerbaijan accuses Russia of trying to hide causes of plane crash 29 Dec 2024 - 04:19 pm

Baku, Dec 29, 2024 (AFP) -Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev on Sunday said the Azerbaijan Airlines jet that crashed this week was shot at...

Georgia's new president sworn in amid political showdown 29 Dec 2024 - 12:30 pm

Tbilisi: Georgia inaugurated a ruling party loyalist as president in the midst of a political showdown on Sunday, moments after Tbilisi's outgoing pro-EU...

Croatia elects president as incumbent looks favourite 29 Dec 2024 - 09:41 am

Zagreb: Croatians cast ballots Sunday to elect a new president with the outspoken incumbent Zoran Milanovic appearing to be the favourite in opinion...

Carlsen quits chess championship after jeans row 28 Dec 2024 - 08:14 pm

Paris: Chess number one Magnus Carlsen has quit a world championship event in New York after being fined and threatened with exclusion for...

Thousand people march against air pollution in Skopje 28 Dec 2024 - 06:35 pm

Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia: Around a thousand people protested on Saturday in Skopje against air pollution in North Macedonia's capital, which often...

Putin apologizes to Azerbaijan for plane crash 28 Dec 2024 - 05:40 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted Saturday Russian air defence was working when an Azerbaijani Airlines plane tried to land in Grozny before...