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Greek authorities presented new plans Thursday for tackling wildfires which often ravage the country during its hot, dry summers, including changes in the deployment of firefighting aircraft and increased staffing in specialized forest firefighting units. The new plans come after massive fires last year killed more than 20 people and decimated vast tracts of forest and farmland, including a blaze …

In the shadows of a massive monument glorifying nuclear energy, over 30 leaders and delegations from around the world backed the idea of using the controversial energy source to help achieve a climate-neutral globe while providing countries an added sense of economic and security independence. Such a summit would have been unthinkable a dozen years ago after the 2011 Fukushima …

European researchers recently discovered several ancient shipwrecks in Greek waters, some of which date back thousands of years. The shipwrecks were discovered in the waters surrounding the island of Kasos, the Greek Ministry of Culture, a government department that preserves the country’s cultural heritage and promotes the arts, announced on March 13. The survey was completed in October 2023. In …

A center-right alliance led by the Social Democratic Party has won Portugal’s general election by a slender margin and is set to form a minority government that could have a difficult term in office as a radical-right populist party that came third in the voting tries to get a hand on the levers of power. Results published late Wednesday after …

European Union leaders were poised to agree in principle Thursday to open membership negotiations with Bosnia-Herzegovina, even though the Western Balkan country must still do a lot of work before talks can begin. The 27 leaders were expected to give the political green light at a summit in Brussels after the European Commission — the EU’s executive arm — last …

Rising unhappiness among younger people has caused the United States and some large western European countries to fall down a global wellbeing index, while Nordic nations retain their grip on the top spots. The annual World Happiness Report, launched in 2012 to support the United Nations’ sustainable development goals, is based on data from U.S. market research company Gallup, analyzed …

The Dutch government has systematically put the interests of the aviation sector above those of people who live near Schiphol Airport, one of Europe’s busiest aviation hubs, a Dutch court ruled Wednesday, saying that the treatment of local residents amounts to a breach of Europe’s human rights convention. “The state has always prioritized the ‘hub function’ and the growth of …

St. Helena, a small, craggy island in the South Atlantic Ocean, hasn’t seen many tourists in the past for good reason: It’s one of the most remote inhabited places in the world. Until 2017, it took five nights by boat to reach the British overseas territory, which is nearly halfway between southern Africa and Brazil. Today, with weekly commercial flights …

Archaeologists have recently discovered a “surprisingly complex” ancient burial system, complete with animal sacrifices, during a dig in central Germany. The excavation site is near Magdeburg, roughly 100 miles southwest of Berlin. U.S. semiconductor giant Intel is planning to build two plants in the area, prompting officials from Germany’s State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt (LDA) to …

Rescuers in Russia have yet to contact the 13 miners who have been trapped hundreds of feet underground for nearly two days after a gold mine collapsed, a Russian official said Wednesday. Specialist mine rescuers flew in from Russia’s coastal region and other Siberian regions to help dig through rubble and pump water out of the Pioneer gold mine in …