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10 of Europe’s best road trips, from the North Coast 500 to the Iceland Ring Road

Pack up your car boot and dial your destination into your GPS – it’s time to see some of Europe’s best destinations by driving

The Independent UK

Ukraine wants to make Danube canal deeper to expand grain export routes - Kyiv

Ukraine wants to begin work to make its Danube shipping canal deeper as early as this year to expand its alternative routes to export grain, Deputy Minister of Renovation and Infrastructure Yuriy Vaskov said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Don’t Shut Door on Foreigners, Migrants, Pope Francis Says in Hungary

Pope Francis on Sunday presided over a big outdoor Mass where he urged Hungarians not to close the door on migrants and those who are "foreign or unlike us," in contrast to the anti-immigrant policies of nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban. More than 50,000 people gathered in and around the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Pope on the banks of the Danube in final Mass in Hungary

Tens of thousands of Hungarians have filled Budapest’s main square for Pope Francis’ final Mass in Hungary

The Independent UK

Ukraine says Danube ports 'critical' to agricultural exports

Danube River ports are critical to Ukrainian exports of agricultural products as a wartime deal guaranteeing safe grain shipments via the Black Sea hangs in the balance, a senior Ukrainian official said on Friday.

Reuters

Hundreds of rivers and lakes cross international borders – countries need to commit to sharing the water

The Danube River starts in Germany and eventually flows into the Black Sea some 2,850 kilometres and ten countries later. If Germany were to dam or pollute the river, it could potentially affect nine other countries – and four of their capitals.

The Conversation

Inside a TUI Skyla river cruise holiday along the Danube - from the ports to the ship

A cruise up the River Danube from Budapest to Bavaria on adults-only TUI Skyla takes in spectacular scenery, monks' wine, mighty locks, a ‘UFO Bridge’ and a cathedral organ with 17,774 pipes.

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Rail route of the month: in the footsteps of railway pioneers through Austria

Our slow travel expert reflects on a milestone in early railway history as she takes the Railjet from Salzburg to Vienna

The Guardian - UK

Exclusive-Ukraine deepens Bystre Canal on Danube, aims to boost exports - deputy minister

Ukraine has not violated any agreements by deepening the Bystre Canal on the Danube to increase food exports from its river ports, and is ready to show Romania the work it has carried out, a senior Ukrainian official said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Christmas gifts come by boat to isolated Romanian Danube Delta villages

For the elderly living in remote villages in the Danube Delta, one of the world's largest wetlands, winter is a time of isolation. This year, they are also struggling to cope with a shortage of firewood and rising food prices.

Reuters

Serbia travel guide: Everything you need to know

Hospitality, history, untouched landscapes and fantastic-value meet in this Eastern European gem

The Independent UK

Climate artefacts: How Nazi warships resurfaced in the Danube

As water levels reached historically low levels across Europe in 2022, history emerged from its depths.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainian grains still using Danube as gateway to Romanian Black Sea port

Ukraine continues to ship grain across the Danube to the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta even after some of its own ports reopened, and the new routes are likely to remain, the deputy chief of freight logistics group TTS said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Rivers worldwide are running dry – here's why and what we can do about it

Rivers around the world have been drying up recently. The Loire in France broke records in mid-August for its low water levels, while photos circulating online show the mighty Danube, Rhine, Yangtze and Colorado rivers all but reduced to trickles.

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The Independent UK

Danube drought reveals parts of hidden WWII history

The worst drought in Europe in decades has not only scorched farmland and hampered river traffic, it also has exposed a part of World War II history that had almost been forgotten

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Several parts of the world are in drought — revealing hidden treasures in dried-up riverbeds

Severe conditions have revealed some incredible hidden treasures and pieces of history — from a World War II bomb to fossilised dinosaur tracks.

The Independent UK

Drought reveals Nazi warship graveyard laden with explosives in the Danube river

Ships laden with more than ‘10,000 explosive ordnance’ threatens shipping and fishery industries

Reuters

Low water levels on Danube reveal sunken WW2 German warships

Europe's worst drought in years has pushed the mighty river Danube to one of its lowest levels in almost a century, exposing the hulks of dozens of explosives-laden German warships sunk during World War Two near Serbia's river port town of Prahovo.

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Serbs wade in shrinking Danube as dredgers work flat-out

Serbian sunseekers flocking to the riverside beaches of Novi Sad have adopted new pastime this summer - wading across a vast stretch of the Danube usually reserved for cargo barges and cruise ships.

Reuters

Replica of Roman boat cruises the Danube

A replica of a Roman-era boat of the kind that once sailed along the Danube from Germany to the river's delta at the Black Sea is cruising in Hungary this week, making stops along its journey in the Hungarian capital Budapest.

The Guardian - UK

More than 130 grain ships stuck in Black Sea as talks start in Istanbul

Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine, the UN and Turkey seek deal to enable exports to pass on to the Danube

Evening Standard

Ukraine begins restoring Danube River ports in effort to beat Black Sea grain blockade

Ukraine has begun restoring some of its long-disused river ports on the Danube to allow for grain exports amid Russia’s blockade of the Black Sea.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine restores Danube River ports in emergency effort to get grain out

Soviet-era ports being resuscitated but officials say only way to mitigate global hunger is to end Russia’s Black Sea blockade

Reuters

France's Macron sceptical on Russia Odesa grain deal, sees Romania option

France's president said on Friday he saw little chance of an agreement with Russia for now to get grain out the Ukrainian port of Odesa, but said there were talks to regenerate rail routes linking Odesa to the Danube in Romania as an alternative.

Reuters

Russian attacks on key bridge may affect Ukraine's grain export plans

Russia launched two missile strikes and damaged a strategic bridge in Ukraine's Odesa region, state railways and local officials said on Wednesday, an event that could affect Ukrainian plans to expand exports through Danube ports.

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