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Earthquakes occur in Germany again and again, but many never notice them. That’s because these tremors occur deep below the ground and often have low frequencies. But far beneath the surface, something could be stirring. That is the suspicion of researchers who have been monitoring Lake Laach in the Eifel region in western Germany over the last few years. Between September 2022 and August 2023, they used several monitoring stations to record more than 500 micro-earthquakes beneath the lake – which formed in the crater of a volcano that last erupted around 13,000 years ago. Germany’s most powerful volcano That…
Published on 30/08/2026 – 18:16 GMT+2 India and Uzbekistan have upgraded relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and set a $5bn (€4.29bn) trade target for 2030 during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Tashkent. New Delhi also says the two sides are close to signing a new long-term uranium supply agreement. The talks produced agreements and commitments across trade, energy and security, expanding cooperation in critical minerals, defence and digital infrastructure. India’s Ministry of External Affairs said there had been “positive discussions” and that an agreement could be signed “very shortly”. The ministry also said a memorandum on mining…
Published on 30/08/2026 – 17:49 GMT+2•Updated 18:10 A mix of relief and dejection spread across Iceland on Sunday after the country narrowly voted “No” to resuming talks with the European Union on potential membership. Many Icelanders had gathered in the capital Reykjavík to follow the results as they came in overnight, with both supporters and opponents of accession negotiations celebrating as the count progressed. In Saturday’s vote, 52.8% rejected resuming EU entry talks, while 47.2% voted “Yes,” according to public broadcaster RÚV. Speaking from Reykjavík after the result was called, Skuli Olafsson Skuli, a pastor, said he was “a little…
Voting got off to a slow start in some areas when the polling stations opened at 08:00 CET. According to media correspondents, security was stepped up at strategic points in the capital, with members of the National Guard and the police deployed at key locations. This referendum is taking place against a backdrop of political instability and is being challenged by the opposition, not only because it has already been approved and published in the Official Gazette of the Republic -before the people had been ‘heard’- but also because it was drafted by the military junta, that is, by a…
Frostadóttir reiterated, however, that the referendum outcome will be respected, that no further accession negotiations with the EU will be undertaken during the ruling government’s term, and that EU accessions were likely to be a theme of the next general elections. “It’s crucial right now that we take stock; we make a decision on what we do with … the application,” she said. The prime minister did not say when the matter would be put to parliament. Iceland first started talks to join the EU in 2009, talks which collapsed in 2013. The application, however, was never formally withdrawn. She…
After two flights and more than 7,000 kilometres from Paris, we have witnessed first-hand a launch that has put Europe at the forefront of global space technology: the placing in orbit of a state-of-the-art satellite that speeds up mapping of the Earth’s surface to monitor disasters and help prevent floods and fires from continuing to devastate countries across the Old Continent. The heart of the Ariane 6 launch system is not on the pad, but in a windowless control room several kilometres away. That is where we are received by the deputy launch director, Frédéric, whose surname we are withholding…
Iceland’s “No” camp has narrowly won a referendum on whether to resume the country’s suspended European Union membership negotiations, officials have confirmed. The final result was close but decisive: “No” finished nearly 5.6% ahead of “Yes,” a gap of just under 13,000 votes out of more than 225,000 cast — enough to settle the question, but far from a landslide. Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir used a post-result press conference to call for unity, urging the country to respect both sides of the debate. “47% of the population was interested in it [restarting EU talks]. I think it is important that…
After two flights and more than 7,000 kilometres from Paris, we have been able to witness first-hand a launch that has put Europe at the forefront of global space technology: placing in orbit a cutting-edge satellite that speeds up mapping of the Earth’s surface to monitor disasters and help prevent floods and wildfires from continuing to devastate countries across the Old Continent. The heart of Ariane 6’s launch system is not on the pad but in a windowless control room several kilometres away. That is where we are received by the deputy launch director, Frédéric – whose surname is withheld…
Published on 30/08/2026 – 14:45 GMT+2 Spain’s government plans to allocate €165 million to Ceuta’s recovery, an emergency package of measures that will be approved this Tuesday by the Council of Ministers, one month after the mass arrival of migrants in the autonomous city. The sum will be added to the medium-term recovery plan worth €180 million, according to local media, in a move previously announced by First Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo. The new package aims to revive the local economy and strengthen public services after a crisis that has disrupted activity in the autonomous city…
By Cagla Uren & Euronews Published on 30/08/2026 – 14:26 GMT+2•Updated 14:37 A passenger ship carrying around 270 people capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus on Sunday. The vessel, which was reportedly sailing from Kyreneia in Cyprus to the Turkish port of Taşucu, sank at around midday, roughly two kilometres off the coast, per local media. Murat Senkul, the mayor of Kyreneia, described the situation as “very serious” in a post on Facebook, adding that a rescue operation was under way. Speaking to CNN Turk, Senkul said 159 people had reportedly been rescued so far. Video footage circulating on social media appears…