Greece to buy French warships in boost for EU defence
France and Greece have signed a multi-billion-euro deal for Athens to buy three French warships, an accord hailed by President Emmanuel Macron as a major boost for the EU's defence ambitions
How Paris attacks prompted tougher Greek migrant checks
With the support of EU equipment and personnel, Greece has stepped up security safeguards since the 2015 Paris attacks when jihadists killed 130 people in suicide bombing and gun assaults
Mediterranean faces fiercer heatwaves, drought, fires: UN draft report
The Mediterranean is a "climate change hotspot" and will be hit by ever fiercer heatwaves, drought and fires supercharged by rising temperatures, according to a draft UN assessment
Greek heatwave: Seven deadly European summers
With Greece roasted by the worst heatwave in more than three decades and forest fires raging in neighbouring Turkey, we look at how Europe is being struck more often by extreme heat
The Covid-era summer travel rules for Europe
A EU-wide Covid travel certificate is coming into force on July 1 and easier travel is fanning hopes that European tourism will slowly emerge from its worst period in living memory
Cure for summertime blues? Europe gears up for tourists
What are the rules in Europe's key tourism hotspots as the continent welcomes back visitors after coronavirus lockdowns and travel restrictions dented the sector in 2020?
Europe woos tourists with cash, cafes and ‘Covid-free’ islands
From France to Greece, Europe's top tourist destinations are gearing up to welcome visitors back this summer after the coronavirus pandemic wrecked last year's season
Euthanasia: Where it’s legal in Europe
Spain is poised to become one of a handful of European countries that have decriminalised euthanasia, which remains taboo in Poland and Greece
Cleared for takeoff? World eyes ‘health passports’
From digital certificates to "health passports", countries and airlines across the globe are hoping to relaunch travel by letting people prove their Covid-free status
EU to propose vaccine ‘green pass’
The European Commission will propose rules for an EU vaccine "green pass" this month, as the bloc prepares to ramp up its Covid-19 immunisation drive, Ursula von der Leyen said