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The European Parliament is in recess over the summer from 28 July to 22 August 2025.

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A single hornet can kill up to 50 bees per day

Voltaire Cousteau’s rules may have been written as parody in 1973, but their relevance today is deadly serious. The waters of geopolitics are infested

"I think that the European nations are going to take a lot of the burden and we’re going to help them" the US President said

Security guarantees, not concessions, top Ukraine allies’ agenda

The only effective deterrent is to create a credible threat that Moscow cannot beat, with much less wriggle room for would-be protectors to soften their commitment

Henrik Landerholm, who resigned in January over the scandal, left documents in an unlocked locker at a hotel in March 2023

Over a year after deadly riots erupted in New Caledonia, Paris is making a fresh bid to revive the territory’s disputed political agreement

Numbers in all three Belgian regions went up but with a jump of 95% Wallonia takes first place

The Brussels huddle with Zelenskyy appeared on von der Leyen’s agenda ahead of the Oval Office meeting

Norway, western Europe's biggest oil and gas producer, is regularly criticised for its oil and gas production

This year’s blazes have already set a record for land burnt in Spain, with firefighters warning the peak wildfire season is still ahead

An NGO has reopened the battle over controversial tuna fishing devices in the Indian Ocean

European leaders will join Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on a Monday visit to Washington to see President Trump in a collective bid to find a way to end Moscow's invasion

“BIG PROGRESS ON RUSSIA. STAY TUNED!” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform while US Secretary of State Rubio was threatening sanctions

The Ukrainian president stressed that “so far, Russia has given no sign that such a trilateral meeting will happen"

The meeting is expected to shape the future of the war in Ukraine

European leaders will need to address pressing issues like territory and security guarantees

By publicly decrying abuses in some quarters while quietly engaging in others, European capitals have empowered human traffickers to leverage migration. Nowhere is this dynamic clearer than along Libya’s coast.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested that the European venue for the potential summit could be a place where discussions take place on a permanent basis.