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Published on 25/07/2026 – 21:49 GMT+2 Children wander through a maize field, in Hungary, near the Romanian border, yet their parents remain calm. These adventurous youngsters aren’t lost – they’re exploring Central Europe’s largest maize maze. This year, organisers have carved storybook characters, a castle and a unicorn shape into the 4.5-hectare maize field at Kiszombor. The design was created by Dávid Nagy on his computer in a spreadsheet, and the maize plants were cut back while they only reached knee height. That made it easier to see the whole layout, and drones helped with the final tweaks. Children get…
Published on 25/07/2026 – 17:52 GMT+2 Thirty days have passed since the two earthquakes, of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5, shook northern Venezuela within just 39 seconds on the night of 24 June. What the authorities described at the time as an unusually rare seismic phenomenon, a seismic doublet, has, as the weeks have gone by, turned into one of the worst natural disasters the country has experienced in more than a century. A month on, the figures are still moving, although at a much slower pace than in the first few days, and there are still gaps the government has…
Romanian fighter jets on Friday and Saturday morning shot down two drones that were violating the country’s airspace. On Saturday morning, Romanian radar “detected another unauthorized penetration of the national airspace by a drone operating in the vicinity of the Ukrainian border” and two Romanian F-16 jets shot it down in an unpopulated area close to the border, the Romanian defense ministry said in a statement. Romania already shot down another drone on Friday. Romanian Foreign Minister Oana Toiu said that the drone shot down on Friday “was a Shahed-type drone, the same kind Russia launches, night after night, against…
By Euronews/Ács Gábpr Published on 25/07/2026 – 15:45 GMT+2 The time is set for Hungary’s Fidesz party to break from opposition politics and establish a new “resistance politics,” former PM and party leader Viktor Orbán stressed in a speech on Saturday. Speaking at the Bálványos Summer University, Orbán, who was ousted from government after 16 years following elections in April, said there was no longer time for the party to dwell on the election loss and that it must turn its attention to defending Hungary’s freedom, which he claimed was under threat. Orbán said he believed that those who voted for…
Published on 25/07/2026 – 16:06 GMT+2•Updated 16:07 The Central Bank of Russia expects inflation at 6–7% in 2026 “due to the significant increase in fuel prices that has already occurred”. Previously, the regulator had expected it to slow to 4.5–5.5%. Inflation expectations among households, businesses and financial market participants have risen. Their persistence at elevated levels may impede a sustained slowdown in inflation, the Bank of Russia said in a press release. “The fuel situation falls into what is known as supply shocks,” admitted Elvira Nabiullina, the head of the Bank of Russia, at a press conference on the same…
Nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated because of the fires in southwestern France out of which more than 167,000 are in Gironde, the department of Bordeaux, and around 30,000 in the nearby Landes department. French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday announced that he requested the activation of an EU emergency mechanism, which has prompted other EU countries including Portugal, Croatia, Slovakia and Sweden to send airplanes and helicopters to help France. “Europe stands with France and Spain against the devastating wildfires that are hitting them,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote in a social media post on Saturday,…
It was meant to be a simple walk in the forest to pick berries. Instead of woodland fruit, a resident of Świnoujście found something that could help solve one of the mysteries of the war. In woodland not far from facilities belonging to the Museum of Coastal Defence – Fort Gerhard, the man came across an unusual depression in the ground. Around it lay numerous fragments of a metal structure. They did not look like random scrap. Among the scattered pieces you could see sections of aluminium sheets, parts of a structure and the remains of burnt ammunition. One of…
Wildfires raging near Madrid turned the sky orange and the sun blood-red over the village of Zarzalejo, as authorities battled what regional leader Isabel Díaz-Ayuso called the worst fire in the capital’s history. Two major blazes merged into one, burning 30 square kilometers by Friday and forcing evacuations or home confinement for some 60,000 people. A separate fire in nearby Ávila consumed 90 square kilometers. Spain’s Civil Guard arrested one man over the alleged use of heavy machinery in a high fire-risk zone. PM Pedro Sánchez is set to visit the region on Saturday as temperatures top 39°C amid an…
The Italian minister said Fedorov was “moved” by the proposal and saw it as “a mark of respect and friendship,” but he didn’t elaborate on whether Fedorov accepted or not. Crosetto strongly praised Fedorov, who has been credited with bringing a technology overhaul to Ukraine’s military but also clashed with top generals. “Fedorov embodies innovation; he is one of those who has completely changed the rules of the game on the battlefield, enabling Ukraine first to hold its ground and then to take the initiative,” Crosetto said, adding that Fedorov was faced with “a resistance to change” that is also…
Tensions in the Middle East are on the rise again, as Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched attacks against Saudi Arabia. According to Greek military sources, one of the attacks targeted a major refinery installation in the Yanbu area. The Greek Patriot missile battery deployed there as part of the Hellenic Force in Saudi Arabia intercepted the attack, which was launched from Yemeni territory. The Greek battery later also shot down a drone approaching from Yemen. The battery is part of the “Integrated Air Missile Defense Concept” initiative, aimed at supporting Saudi Arabia’s air defences. Houthi retaliation Earlier, Yemen’s Houthi…