Europe

Italy risks losing EU funds, unless there is adequate funding for its ‘poorer south’ – EU Official

The European Commission has sent Italy a letter saying that Rome risks a cut in EU structural funds unless it maintains "an adequate level" of funding for its poorer south,…

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Nearly 60% of Europe’s native trees risk extinction

Fifty-eight percent of the 265 tree species native only to Europe face a high to extreme risk of dying out, according to a study published Friday by the International Union…

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Erdogan says Syrian refugees in Turkey and Europe can be resettled in ‘safe zone’ in Syria

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that a planned “safe zone” in northern Syria could host 2-3 million Syrian refugees that have settled in Turkey and Europe after eight years of…

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WHO spotlights stalled effort to close health divide across Europe in new report

Progress on equal access to a healthy life for all, is at a standstill across Europe, a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed, despite their being a clear path to…

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Malta’s alcohol prices are the 11th highest in Europe

Finland has been ranked as the EU country with the costliest alcohol prices. Newly released data from Eurostat put Finland at the top of a special price index, with Bulgaria…

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Unity is the only way forward for Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron stood in front of reporters last week and declared the gathering of seven key power players in South-West France to have gone “according to plan”. The…

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Iran warns about taking strong step away from Nuclear deal if Europe will not offer new terms

Iran will “take a strong step” away from its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers if Europe cannot offer the country new terms by a deadline at the end of…

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With Salvini, Italian ‘Brexit’ is not impossible – Enrico Letta

League chief Matteo Salvini's call for snap Italian elections after he turned on his own coalition partner faced mounting resistance on Sunday, with both his former 5-Star ally and the…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing

Good morning, Your morning briefing with the latest headlines and news from Malta, Europe and around the world. Start Your Day Informed. British Prime Minister announced new plans in an…

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130,000 pigs slaughtered in Bulgaria, in an attempt to limit swine fever

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said the Balkan state’s government will compensate owners who voluntarily cull their domestic pigs, as the country works to stamp out an outbreak of the…

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UN warns new wave of terrorist attacks possible before end of year

The United Nations has warned that a recent pause in international terrorist violence may soon end, with a new wave of attacks possible before the end of the year. Specialist…

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Various parts of Europe hit by severe storms

After an intense heatwave, various parts of Europe were hit by severe storms. In Poland, rough weather conditions effected large parts of the country as Poland’s Met Office (IMGW) issued…

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Photo story: The Heatwave across Europe

A handout photo made available by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows a map generated using the Copernicus Sentinel-3's Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer of an extreme heatwave that…

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More records broken across Europe in current heatwave

A dangerously intense heatwave across much of Europe continued to grip most of Western Europe with higher temperatures registered Thursday after already breaking records in several countries this week On…

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Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands recorded their highest ever temperatures

Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have recorded their highest ever temperatures, in a heatwave searing Western Europe. The Belgian town of Kleine Brogel hit 39.9C, the hottest since 1833. The…

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Heatwave prompts Belgium’s railways to take special measures

As Europe once more is in the grip of another heatwave, Belgium’s railway authorities are taking no chances: the current heatwave has prompted both Infrabel and the SNCB to take…

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Record-breaking heatwave set to hit Europe again

A record-breaking heatwave has been forecast for continental Europe next week – less than a month since previous temperature records were broken. Just three weeks after temperatures reached an all-time…

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Location of US nuclear weapons in Europe accidentally revealed

A recently released - and subsequently deleted - document published by a NATO-affiliated body confirmed a long-held open secret: U.S. nuclear weapons are being stored in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the…

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Poland tops list of countries giving first residency permits to nonEU nationals – Ukraine tops the receiving end list – Malta’s main recipients are Serbians

More than three million first residence permits were granted by European Union member states in 2017, figures from the bloc's official statistics agency revealed on Monday. Poland was the main…

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471,000 citizens from outside the EU were refused entry into the EU in 2018

In 2018, the EU refused entry to more non-EU citizens than in 2017, but fewer were found to be illegally staying within EU borders or asked to leave the territory,…

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Syphilis cases skyrocket across Europe with numbers more than double in Iceland, Ireland, UK, Germany and Malta

Syphilis cases have skyrocketed in Europe with reported cases up 70% since 2010, a new report has claimed. Experts from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said…

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Airbnb gives in to EU demands and brings operations in line with EU consumer law

The global shared economy online accommodation platform Airbnb has given in to pressure from the European Commission pressure and will change the way it advertises the fees for its popular…

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European powers urge Iran to reverse nuclear deal breaches

European powers took their first step on Tuesday toward punishing Iran for breaking its nuclear agreement, triggering the deal’s mechanism to resolve breaches. The foreign ministers of Britain, France and…

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UPDATED: Europe has 60 days to save Iranian nuclear deal

Iran on Monday said that the last chance for saving its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers will pass after a 60-day deadline. The warning was issued by Iranian foreign…

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Is Europe’s system to combat Russian elections’ interference working?

The European Union launched an ambitious effort earlier this year to combat election interference: an early-warning system that would sound alarms about Russian propaganda. Despite high expectations, however, records show…

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Superfires expected to worsen in Europe

The international conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned of the risks from new faster-spreading “superfires” in the wake of heatwaves and droughts that have been afflicting Europe in what…

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Wildfires spread to France after temperatures hit 45.9C

Hundreds of firefighters and 10 aircraft have been battling to contain wildfires in southern France after a stifling heatwave brought record-breaking temperatures of 45.9C. Spain is also in a similar…

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Cooling off – Turin

A dog cools off at a fountain in downtown Turin, Italy, 27 June 2019. Temperatures registered 34 degrees Celsius with hot winds and high humidity gripping most of the country.…

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Heatwave to persist in Spain, France and the worst is yet to come

The current heatwave has kept a firm hold across France and Spain while Wednesday was one for the record books across Europe with daily, June and all-time temperature records…

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Photo Story: Record heatwave grips most of Europe

A child plays at a water fountain in Duisburg, Germany, 26 June 2019. According to metereologists, temperatures are expected to rise to over 35 degrees nationwide and close to 40…

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Photo Story: The Heat is On

A man rides his bicycle under the water jet of a sprinkler system in Berlin, Germany. According to forecast, the temperatures should rise to almost 40 degrees Celsius in the coming…

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Photo Story – Elephant cools off in heatwave – Berlin

An Asian elephant holds a water hose with his trunk in order to refresh himself with water in the Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany, 25 June 2019. According to forecast, the…

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Study finds one third of European food products have same brand, but different contents

The EU has found almost a third of branded food products sold in the European Union have the same, or similar labelling, but different contents. Countries in Eastern Europe had…

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Highest temperatures ever recorded in Europe

Studies predict that heatwaves are to become the new normal in Europe as a consequence of climate change and records for warmest months are consistently broken. For instance, between April…

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Libyan coast guard intercepted 200 Europe-bound persons in the past week

Almost 200 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, have been intercepted off Libya's Mediterranean coast this week. The country's coast guard said 39 people in two boats were stopped on…

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Europe on alert for potentially dangerous heatwave in the coming days

Health authorities in many Western European nations are bracing themselves for what could be one long hot summer and as a potentially record-breaking heatwave is forecast to grip much…

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Americans urged to get MMR vaccine in wake of “record-breaking” European measles outbreak

The American Academy of Pediatrics medical journal on Monday recommended to all U.S. citizens " to take all the recommended vaccinations, including measles through the MMR vaccine, before traveling abroad."…

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Flooding and devastation in many parts of Europe after severe storms

Many parts of western Europe in the last days were hit by several severe storms that caused devastation and flooding. Weather conditions that even caused some fatalities. A storm on…

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Malta deemed safe by US State Department as it issues Europe wide safety travel recommendations

The US State Department doesn't have any alerts set for Malta, it's deemed to be at Level 1 in terms of precautions required by visitors, just as much it advices…

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Facebook experiencing problems

Facebook users in Europe are reporting problems with Facebook including difficulty accessing the page and finding it impossible to update their status. The social media platform is reported to be…

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Laurent Wauquiez succumbs to pressure and resigns as leader of France conservative opposition party after historic defeat in European election

Laurent Wauquiez quits as head of France’s conservative opposition after European election drubbing, France 24 reports. A week to the day after the historic defeat of the Republicans in the…

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I am not a stupid, colonial, imperialist English idiot. – Elton John

Elton John has said he is ashamed of the UK over its voting for and handling of Brexit. While performing on Wednesday in Verona on his last ever world tour,…

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Jurgen Klopp speaks on populist fear and lack of appreciation of peace

The European election result in the U.K. was "surprising" and "disappointing" because people have misunderstood the opportunity of decades of peace in Europe since World War II, Liverpool Football Club…

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Brexit uncertainty hits business confidence in Europe

Uncertainty over Britain’s departure from the European Union has triggered a sharp drop in business confidence in Europe over the past six months, a survey showed on Thursday. Only 50%…

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Corporate Dispatch – Morning Briefing

Good Morning, The Latest Libyan Prime Minister al-Sarraj to visit Malta on Monday Malta Elections – Miriam Dalli first MEP to be elected with 51,000 first preference votes. The…

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Let’s truly put children at the heart of Europe

Opinion Piece by H.E. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Eurochild On Saturday, we will be voting for our new Members of the European Parliament. Over the past few months…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing – Thursday 16th May 2019

Good morning Your morning briefing for Thursday, with a round up of news from Malta, Europe and around the world. This is our headline selection. Candidates in the race to…

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Ira Losco’s “Hey Now” is Spotify’s Malta’s entry for Europe Day playlist

Ira Losco's Hey Now is Spotify's selected track in a special EU election playlist, created to coincide with Europe Day (May 9). As users opened the app on Thursday morning,…

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Why we must not let Europe break apart – The Guardian

The following is taken from an opinion piece by Timothy Garton Ash and was published on The Guardian: "Set against that historical measuring rod, our Europe has done pretty well:…

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On this day in 1824, Ludvig Van Beethoven’s Ninth symphony was premiered

May 7th 1824 was the date of the first playing of the ninth symphony of Ludwig Van Beethoven and despite the musical difficulties, and problems in the sung parts, it was…

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Thousands protest against Prime Minister and Minister of Justice in Prague

For the second week running, thousands of demonstrators gathered at the Old Town Square to protest against Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and new Minister of Justice in Prague. Babis…

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European leaders to discuss future of Europe in “Together for Europe” summit in Warsaw on 15th anniversary of largest EU enlargement

"Europe must be a force of openness both internally and within the global context," Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said during his address to the Together for Europe summit held in Warsaw on…

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