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EU's von der Leyen announces 35 billion euro loan in Kyiv visit
KYIV - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a loan of up to 35 billion euros ($39 billion) for Ukraine during a...
Sep 21, 20243 min read
Flood-hit central Europe will get billions in EU aid, von der Leyen promises
WROCLAW, Poland - The European Union will make billions of euros available to help central Europe recover from severe floods, European...
Sep 20, 20243 min read
France nears new government as Barnier proposes cabinet to Macron
PARIS - France edged closer to having a new government, more than two months after a hung election, as new Prime Minister Michel...
Sep 20, 20242 min read
Firefighters quell most of Portugal's worst wildfires, fight still on
VIZEU DISTRICT, Portugal - Firefighters tackling deadly wildfires in central and northern Portugal had doused the flames in the Aveiro...
Sep 20, 20242 min read
Italy's Emilia-Romagna region hit by new floods as storm moves west
ROME - A storm system that has wreaked havoc across central Europe brought devastating floods to the northern Italian region of...
Sep 20, 20242 min read
As wildfires wipe out forests, Greeks debate: to replant, or not?
ATHENS - When a wildfire tore down a hillside towards Athens last month, its southernmost flank halted in a treeless area burned by fire...
Sep 20, 20244 min read
Czechs to provide $1.3 billion for flood damage in 2024 budget amendment
PRAGUE - The Czech finance ministry will provide 30 billion crowns ($1.34 billion) to tackle flood damage under an amendment of its 2024...
Sep 20, 20241 min read
EU to send 160 million euros from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine
BRUSSELS - The sum of 160 million euros from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets will be allocated to meet Ukraine's urgent...
Sep 20, 20241 min read
Central Europe flood deaths rise as citizens race to build defences
WROCLAW, Poland - Volunteers and emergency personnel raced to secure river banks and buildings in Poland and Hungary on Tuesday as flood...
Sep 19, 20243 min read
Factbox-Central Europe experiencing worst floods in at least two decades
WARSAW - Central Europe is experiencing the worst floods in at least two decades, with a trail of destruction from Romania to Poland and...
Sep 19, 20243 min read
Sweden postpones Turkey security meeting due to airplane trouble
STOCKHOLM - An airplane carrying Sweden's foreign minister and justice minister has returned to Stockholm after suffering a technical...
Sep 19, 20241 min read
Three firefighters die as Portugal battles dozens of wildfires
NELAS, Portugal - Three Portuguese firefighters died on Tuesday in one of dozens of forest blazes ravaging the country's central and...
Sep 19, 20242 min read
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