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Champagne producers are picking their grapes in what is recorded as the region’s earliest harvest ever, after extreme heat and drought accelerated ripening; growers have a narrow window to preserve the quality of the region’s world-famous sparkling wine

Establishing a joint airline would provide strategic benefits for all three Baltic countries in the long term, Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs told reporters after a meeting with Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius in Riga

Psychologist and psychotherapist in Mamer registered a spike in numbers of cross-border commuters and expat workers in Luxembourg eeking help for work-related stress and burnout, specially if working in the legal sector, finance or the Big Four

At the Taranto 2026 Mediterranean Games, San Marino's first medals came from bowls, but more are expected as the team includes two Tokyo Olympic athletes, silver medalists in mixed team trap event

Norwegian air traffic controllers called off the strike they had launched last week, impacting tourist and business flights; Their labour organization came to terms with state aviation agency Avinor after nearly six hours of renewed negotiations

The Floriana Local Council will close its doors today in a symbolic protest over the locality's worsening depopulation crisis; the one-day shut down aims to raise public awareness after years of unsuccessful call on authorities to address the issue

The remains of 23 individuals have been found at three sites near northern Kosovo’s Zubin Potok in excavations that authorities believe are connected to victims who were forcibly disappeared during the 1998-99 war

Repeated drought is reducing harvests, shrinking cattle and increasing expenses for farmers; experts say adapting to the changed summer conditions is essential, flanking farmers in exploring new water-management strategies and drought-resistant crops

Several hundred people gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Prague to mark the anniversary of the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia and to express support for Ukraine; The event was titled “Go Home, Ivan!” and organized by four NGOs

Iconic Nazaré beach has been temporarily closed to swimmers after water quality tests detected unusually high levels of microbiological contamination; overall values indicate low levels of faecal contamination in water and on beaches across all Portugal

Committed to advancing the field of deafblindness for two decades, and the first country to enshrine the language of those affected in its Constitution, Slovenia now sees the Ljubljana Memorandum 2026 attracting global attention and pioneering the field