The Latest Breaking News from Europe

China to hold hearing into brandy imports as tension grows with EU over tariffs on EVs

Ministry will discuss investigation into claims that European producers are selling goods below market rates

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

German government averts crisis with budget agreement for Europe’s largest economy

The German government has announced an agreement on its budget for 2025 and a stimulus package for Europe’s largest economy, easing a monthslong squabble that threatened to upend Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left coalition

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

Europeans feel the happiest and most respected in the world. Will the threat of an aging population change everything?

Finland has held the crown as world’s happiest countries for seven years now—it's also one of the rapidly aging economies of Europe.

Fortune · Jul 5, 2024

Mazda Quietly Kills the Miata's Bigger Engine in Europe

You can no longer place an order for the MX-5 with the bigger engine, but some 2.0-liter cars are still in stock.

Motor1 · Jul 5, 2024

Shell to take hit of up to $2bn on Rotterdam and Singapore sites

Oil firm’s warning comes after it had to halt work on Europe’s largest biofuel project and sell refinery in Asia

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Data center demand is booming - but we don't have the power to deal with it

AI’s insatiable appetite for data centers is putting pressure on power supplies and construction worldwide.

TechRadar · Jul 5, 2024

Mount Etna eruption causes 15,000 passengers severe travel disruption as flights cancelled and diverted

Italy has the highest concentration of active volcanoes in continental Europe

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024

Britain’s new prime minister has a chance to reset ties with the White House – but a range of thorny issues and the US election make it more tricky

The new U.K. prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, will have just a couple of days to settle into the job before facing his first test on the global stage.

The Conversation · Jul 5, 2024

Marine Le Pen says National Rally have ‘serious chance’ for absolute majority despite polls – as it happened

Polling has shown that the most likely scenario on Sunday is that National Rally will not win an absolute majority of seats

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

Land routes across Africa are twice as deadly for migrants as Mediterranean voyages, UN estimates

The U.N. and partners say more migrants and refugees in Africa are heading north toward the Mediterranean and Europe, crossing dangerous land routes in the Sahara where criminal gangs roam subject them to enslavement, organ removal, rape, kidnapping for ransom and other abuses

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024