Migrants: walls go up around Fortress Europe
Poland has started work on a €353 million wall along its frontier with Belarus. What other border barriers have sprung up across Europe, particularly since the migrant crisis of 2015
Europe kicks off Covid vaccine drive for kids
Several European nations have started vaccinating children aged five to 11 against Covid-19 in an effort to contain a raging pandemic and keep schools open, while others are still deciding their approach
EU should prepare for more migrant crises: border chief
The European Union should be prepared for more migrant crises like the ones on the Greece-Turkey and Poland-Belarus borders, the head of the EU's border agency told AFP in an interview
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