Europe

After progresses in battling the wildfires that have plagued the country, among the deadliest and with foreign victims, worsening weather conditions raised fears of fires reigniting in the coming days as temperatures are expected to hit 40s C

Interior Minister called to end the Moscow‑affiliated lease for the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral reviving debate over the landmark's future; proposals range from relocating, demolishing, turning it into a museum to integrating it more with Estonian culture

The six juvenile detention centers violate nearly all children’s rights, Children’s Ombudsman said, as the Netherlands is not providing good education, children can't make good use of their free time, often don't receive the treatment they need

Rights organisations in Montenegro welcome law change offering women suffering from painful menstrual cramps two days' paid leave each month

Draught is having multi-faced consequences in Switzerland: while in St Gallen in some cases water has to be transported to the Alps by helicopter, high temperatures and lack of rainfall seem to curb ticks and invasive beetles like Takahashia japonica

Swiss food manufacturer Nestlé announced its plans to close operations at its Diósgyőr site in December 2026; the factory is specialized in hollow chocolate, like Easter eggs, accounts for 3% of Nestlé Hungária’s turnover and 0,4% of its production volume

Researchers seek to confirm if there is still permafrost in Clots de la Menera: in the frame of the European PERMAPYRENEES project, the second phase will study the thermal behavior of the subsoil in Grau Roig until 2029

Russian businessman Sergei Shnaider, owner of the Mere discount retail chain operating in Lithuania and Latvia, has been added to the EU’s 21st sanctions package: the measures is forcing the chain to close all its supermarkets operating in Lithuania

EU and OSCE criticize bulldozing of allegedly illegally-built Serb villas near Lake Ujman/Gazivoda in the Serb-majority north of Kosovo, urging authorities to respect due process and the property rights of all the communities in the country