PAC seeks details of bureaucrats purchasing properties in Portugal
Islamabad: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has taken notice of bureaucrats purchasing properties in Portugal and ordered the Establishment Division...
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US woman convicted over failed assassination in UK
London: A US woman who was hired as a killer and tried to shoot a man in the UK at...
England enters fourth heatwave as temperatures reach 33C
London: England has entered its fourth heatwave of the summer, with a number of places seeing temperatures higher than 30C...
Chinese engineering giant sets sails for Sydney
Henan Daily Zhengzhou: As a flagship of China's advanced manufacturing, Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) produced in Henan are increasingly gaining...
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry warns of airport ground staff strike in Spain
Sofia: Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has issued an advisory about planned strike action by staff of the Azul Handling company, responsible...
Spain, Malta, Finland: Which EU countries are international tourists visiting the most?
Brussels: Europe welcomed 125 million international tourists in the first three months of 2025, according to the United Nations' World...
Italy: Olive oil sector demonstrates resilience in new report
Paolo DeAndreis Rome: Italian olive oil production is declining, with the 2024/25 crop year ending with 250,000 metric tons. Ismea...
38 migrants arrive in southern Portugal by sea
Lisbon: A wooden boat packed with 38 people, including seven children, landed in southern Portugal, officials said Saturday, a rare...
Bulgaria issues warning over scorching temperatures forecast for August 11
Sofia: Bulgaria’s national meteorological bureau has issued the Code Orange warning of dangerous weather for most of the country for...
Wildfires close Mount Vesuvius trails while fierce blazes continue in France
Paris: Tourist trails have been closed on Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy as firefighters tackle a huge blaze on the...
EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal
Brussels: EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa have hailed a US-brokered deal to end decades of fighting...
Uzbek student drowns in Bulgaria’s Sozopol, Foreign Ministry confirms
Sofia: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan has confirmed the death of a 22-year-old student who drowned in the...
France designates Olivier Courteaud as new ambassador to Georgia
Paris: France has designated Olivier Courteaud as its new Ambassador to Georgia, to succeed Sheraz Gasri, who has served since...
Portugal’s top court blocks bill restricting immigration
Lisbon: Portugal's Constitutional Court has blocked a bill approved by the right-wing parliamentary majority that was designed to limit the...
UK: Hundreds arrested in illegal delivery rider shut down
London: Hundreds of arrests have been made across the UK following a week-long crackdown on riders working illegally for delivery...
UK: PM call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine: 9 August 2025
London: Prime Minister Prime Minister Keir Starmer, spoke to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine this morning. They looked ahead to...
JD Vance questions UK’s Palestinian statehood plan
London: US Vice-President JD Vance has raised questions about the UK's plans to recognise a Palestinian state, in a meeting...
UK Foreign Office under pressure over unreleased Gaza genocide risk assessment
London: The UK’s Foreign Office is under growing pressure after it emerged it failed to publish a 2024 internal assessment...
UK homelessness minister resigns over claim she evicted tenants, hiked rent
London: Britain’s minister for homelessness has resigned over allegations that she evicted tenants from a property she owns and increased...
Amusnet named leading software company in Bulgaria
Sofia: Amusnet has been recognised as the largest software company in 2024, according to the annual Digitalk 101 ranking of...
Pau Martí takes first victory with IPT Academy in Volta a Portugal
Lisbon: Pau Martí finished off an impressive performance on stage 2 of the Volta a Portugal by storming to victory...
92% of international doctorate holders who graduated in France are professionally integrated
Paris: The French Ministry of Higher Education and Research has released a “Note Flash” on the professional integration of doctorate...
Cristiano Ronaldo Tipped to become Portugal Manager after retirement
Lisbon: At 40 years old, Cristiano Ronaldo remains one of the most competitive athletes in the world. His recent contract...
France still battling largest wildfire in 75 years
Paris: France's largest wildfire for 75 years, which has burned through an area larger than Paris, has slowed overnight but...
Bulgaria opens probe into killing of UN officer in Israeli strike on Gaza
Sofia: Bulgaria has opened pre-trial proceedings into the death of Capt. Marin Marinov, a Bulgarian United Nations security officer killed...
Archaeologists discover 5,000-year-old “fairy houses’ in Italy
Rome: A team of archaeologists has unearthed three remarkably well-preserved prehistoric tombs, known as Domus de Janas or “fairy houses,”...
EU proposal to scan private messages gains support
Brussels: The European Union’s ‘Chat Control’ proposal is gaining traction, with 19 member states now supporting a plan to scan...
Delay in Bulgaria’s free antibiotics plan for children sparks resistance fears
Sofia: Bulgaria has failed to fulfil its promise to provide a large number of free antibiotics for children up to...
One dead and thousands evacuated as wildfire spreads in France
Paris: An elderly woman has died and another person is missing after a massive wildfire swept through parts of southern...
Over half of Pakistan’s bureaucrats own property in Portugal
Abdullah Jan Islamabad: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has claimed that more than 50 percent of Pakistan’s bureaucrats have purchased property...
