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Nantes -
French police on Monday cleared some 450 Sudanese and Eritrean migrants from a park in the western city of Nantes where they had been camping for more than a month.
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Valletta -
Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat on Sunday said his country will take in 19 migrants rescued after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean overnight.
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London -
Wildfires in the Arctic Circle, drought-stricken farmers and a spike in hospital treatment for sunburn: an unusually long heatwave this summer has northern Europe in its grip.
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Rome -
The decision by Italy's new populist government to close the country's ports to migrants saved at sea is causing unease within the heart of the Italian coastguard, some staff say, who until recently played a key role in rescue missions.
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The European Union on Thursday intensified legal action against Hungary in a bid to make it comply with EU asylum rules, denouncing a law to punish activists who support asylum seekers.
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Daloa -
They have a dream: to "cross the water" -- the Mediterranean -- and reach the Eldorado of Europe.And yes, they admit, there may be risks but nothing that cannot be overcome with a bit of courage."I'm not afraid.
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The European Union said it struck a deal Wednesday with Macedonia to deploy border guards to the non-EU Balkan state to help cope with any migrant surges.
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Berlin -
An asylum seeker deported to Afghanistan this month will be returned to Germany, the interior ministry said Wednesday, in the latest of a series of scandals surrounding Berlin's hardening migration policy.
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Italy -
A Spanish NGO that saved a woman off Libya who was drifting on a deflated dinghy next to the bodies of a boy and another woman said Wednesday it is taking her to Spain for her safety.
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Berlin -
Germany's government launched a renewed attempt Wednesday to declare three North African states and Georgia "safe countries of origin", which would raise the hurdles for asylum requests by its citizens.
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Geneva -
The world airline body on Wednesday urged European governments to urgently fix the region's airspace bottlenecks, saying that delays had more than doubled during the first half of the year.
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Geneva -
The number of migrants arriving in Spain by boat is surging, the UN said Tuesday, and it has now surpassed Italy as the top destination for Mediterranean crossings.
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Strasbourg -
The European Court of Human Rights condemned Russia in two separate judgements Tuesday over its investigation into murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya and its treatment of the protest group Pussy Riot.
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Strasbourg -
The European Court of Human Rights condemned Russia on Tuesday over its investigation into murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya and its treatment of the protest group Pussy Riot in two separate judgements.
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Apo -
Donald Trump was fired up. When the US president set off for Europe one week ago he was bent on knocking heads with Washington's allies and finding friendship with Russia.
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European utility companies are looking at using long-distance drones to inspect thousands of miles of grids and pipelines for damage and leaks in an attempt to avoid network failures that cost them billions of dollars a year
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Tripoli -
Eight migrants, mostly children, suffocated to death trapped in a refrigerator truck carrying around 100 people in western Libya, security forces said on Monday.
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Apo -
The European Union on Monday warned holiday rental site Airbnb to bring consumer terms in line with the bloc's rules or risk financial penalties.
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Rome -
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Sunday said five European countries had agreed to take in 250 of the 450 migrants aboard two EU border agency vessels.
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Prague -
Billionaire Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said Sunday he saw Italy's request that EU peers take some of 450 migrants stranded at sea on two Frontex vessels as "a road to hell.
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London -
Here are five highlights from US President Donald Trump's trip to Europe, as he prepares to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday:- Sticking it to the Germans -Trump started his trip Wednesday by blasting Germany for falling...
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Vienna -
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen used an interview published on Saturday to criticise proposals put forward by the government to make it impossible to claim asylum on European soil.
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Rome -
France and Malta have agreed to take 50 migrants each out of 450 stranded at sea on two EU border agency vessels, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Saturday after pressing his European peers to keep their promise to share the burden.
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Rome -
Italy and Malta appeared to be heading for another spat over migrant arrivals after the Italian interior minister on Friday said he would not allow a ship carrying over 400 people to dock.
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Apo -
Dozens of migrants were permitted to disembark from an Italian coast guard ship in Sicily late Thursday, after they were held at the port over suspicions that some had been involved in a reported mutiny.
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Rome -
Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said over 60 migrants on board an Italian coastguard ship which docked Thursday in Sicily were "not authorised to disembark" pending an investigation into a reported on board mutiny.
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Innsbruck -
Germany's interior minister said Wednesday he hopes to reach an agreement with Italy by the end of the month on the vexed topic of returning migrants there from Germany.
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Rome -
Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Wednesday called for "guarantees" before allowing an Italian coastguard ship with more than 60 migrants on board to dock.
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New York -
Migrants face increasing barriers to accessing basic services and aid, the world's largest humanitarian network warned Tuesday, urging governments to ease those restrictions as Europe and America battle migration crises.
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Sarajevo -
As EU states look to stem migrant flows to the continent, aspiring European Union member Bosnia is caught in the middle, with thousands of immigrants stuck in the impoverished Balkan country.
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Offshore wind in Europe hit new milestone in 2017, with United Kingdom accounting for half of new capacity. WindEurope
EU Commissioner for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip announced there would not be any kind of limits on duration to the EU's roaming policy John Thys, AFP/File
Adonis, a Bosnian pine located in northern Greece is said to be Europe's oldest living thing, say scientists. Dr. Oliver Konter, Mainz/University of Mainz
ACTA protest. Truththeory
Bedu children in Aleppo, Syria. StobKcuf
DIPLOMACY: Germany's foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, European Union diplomat Federica Mogherini and Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif pose on stage at the Austria Center in Vienna on July 14 after reaching a multi-nation agreement to restrict Iran's ability to obtain nuclear weapons in exchange for relief from international economic sanctions. U.S. Department of State/Wikimedia Commons
Railway workers removing snow from tracks in Poland, 2010.
Results of urine tests across Europe for glyphosate weedkiller. Friends of the Earth Europe
A shot of winter scenery from the train window, winter in Poland, 2010.
A bus driver heating up frozen lock of a bus at the bus station in Klodzko, south-western Poland, 2010.
The euro sign (€) is the currency sign used for the euro, the official currency of the Eurozone in the European Union (EU). Daniel ROLAND, AFP/File
"Heart of Storm" Libby Coffey
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Comparison of debt in countries with the Euro as currency
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Boudewijn Seapark opened at Bruges in 1963, getting its first dolphins in 1972. The facility burned down in 1988. At least 3 dolphins were burned alive in the structure. It was rebuilt and now hosts 6 dolphins. Yvon Godefroid/Dolphin Libre
Lufthansa planes tails, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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