Paskirtasis premjeras Mindaugas Sinkevičius į aplinkos ministres teikia ilgametės bendražygės Lietuvos savivaldybių asociacijoje Ievos Andriulaitytės kandidatūrą. Šiuo metu Briuselyje dirbanti aplinkosaugos, energetikos ir savivaldos politikos ekspertė sako, kad pasiūlymą gavo tik vakar ir neilgai svarsčiusi su juo sutiko. Ji jau ketvirtadienį kalbėsis su prezidentu, tačiau šis pokalbis bus išskirtinis – vyks nuotoliu.

Praėjusiomis dienomis didelę Europos dalį alino intensyvi karščio banga – daugelyje Pietų, Vakarų ir Vidurio Europos regionų oro temperatūra viršijo 35–40 °C. Karšti orai buvo pasiekę ir Baltijos regioną, o Lietuvoje daugelyje vietovių temperatūra kilo iki 30 °C ir daugiau, rašo Lietuvos hidrometeorologijos tarnyba.

The young migrants heading to Europe say they were stripped and had their hands tied in freezing temperatures.

Kyiv's mayor declares a day of mourning after the 'most massive attack on the capital' by Russia.

Holidaymakers face long waits under the EU's new Entry-Exit System, the head of Berlin's airport says.

Hundreds of fans who bought World Cup tickets on resale site StubHub say they have had them cancelled at the last minute.

German federal prosecutors on Thursday confirmed they had charged a Ukrainian national over the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline, accusing him of acting as an accomplice in a war crime. According to an indictment filed on June 30 and seen by POLITICO, prosecutors accuse a man known as Serhii K. of acting as an accomplice in a war crime by carrying out an “attack against civilian objects,” causing an explosion, destroying structures and disrupting public utilities. The development brings one of Europe’s most politically sensitive investigations a step closer to trial. German prosecutors further allege that, as an officer in the Ukrainian army in 2022, he and other military personnel “acting on behalf of state bodies in Ukraine” developed a plan to destroy the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in order to permanently halt Russian gas deliveries and prevent Moscow from using energy revenues to finance its war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has denied that his government was involved in the sabotage. Six underwater explosions in September 2022 destroyed three of the four Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines linking Russia and Germany, triggering years of a blame game over who was behind one of Europe’s most consequential acts of sabotage. Russia, Ukraine, the United States and the United Kingdom have all, at various points, been accused or suspected of involvement with varying degrees of evidence. After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Berlin moved to end imports of Russian gas. German investigators later concluded the sabotage had been planned by a Ukrainian group as early as 2014, as previously reported by WELT and POLITICO. Investigators believe Serhii K. commanded the sailing yacht Andromeda, from which the operation was allegedly launched. According to the indictment, he entered Germany via Poland in September 2022 using a forged Ukrainian passport before transporting military-grade explosives by yacht to waters near the Danish island of Bornholm. German investigators have previously said traces of the explosives HMX and RDX were found aboard the vessel. The man was then arrested in Italy in August 2025, extradited to Germany three months later and has remained in pretrial detention in Hamburg ever since. Serhii K. denies the allegations. His indictment marks the first time German prosecutors have formally brought the Nord Stream sabotage case before a court.

BRUSSELS — Europe’s top court on Thursday dismissed Google’s appeal against a €4.1 billion Android antitrust fine, handing the European Commission a major victory in one of its longest-running antitrust battles with Big Tech. The Court of Justice of the European Union upheld a lower court’s 2022 judgment, which largely backed the Commission’s finding that Google abused its dominant position by imposing restrictions on makers of smartphones that use its Android operating system and mobile network operators to protect the dominance of its Search and Chrome services. The General Court reduced the original €4.34 billion penalty to €4.125 billion, a fine that now stands. The ruling “fails to recognize our significant investment to ensure Android remains open, interoperable and free,” a Google spokesperson said in a statement. The company said it had complied with the initial findings from 2018 and remains “focused on continued innovation and openness for our users, partners and developers.” The ruling brings to a close a case that was one of the defining antitrust battles of former Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager’s tenure and reinforces the Commission’s use of traditional competition law to tackle the market power of digital platforms. At the heart of the case were agreements requiring smartphone manufacturers seeking access to Google’s Play Store to pre-install Google Search and Chrome, alongside restrictions that the Commission said made it harder for rival search engines and browsers to compete.  The judgment is also expected to shape future abuse-of-dominance cases under Article 102, particularly on how EU competition authorities assess tying practices in digital markets. While the bloc now relies increasingly on the Digital Markets Act to regulate large online platforms, the ruling provides another judicial endorsement of the legal principles that underpinned Brussels’ earlier antitrust crackdown on Big Tech.

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Thousands of people marched across South Africa on June 30 to demand the departure of undocumented foreign nationals. It's part of a weeks-long campaign that has sent thousands fleeing and claimed four lives. In Malawi, 15,000 people have returned home, fleeing xenophobic violence. Protesters are blaming migrants for unemployment and crime, a claim challenged by President Cyril Ramaphosa and human rights groups.

An unrelenting heatwave across the US is forcing everyone, from local outreach teams to World Cup organisers to completely pivot, with the struggle to stay safe on the street and on the fields as temperatures rise. The heat isn't just a crisis on the streets - it is also hitting the sports world. Paraguay and France are scheduled to face off in a World Cup match in Philadelphia, where temperatures are forecast to hit 38 degrees Celsius, increasing risks of heat related illness, and adding far more pressure to the game.

Despite England's 2-1 comeback victory, many supporters said they were proud of the Leopards' performance after the team pushed one of football's traditional powerhouses close

Malawians forced to return home after fleeing anti-immigrant violence in South Africa are facing the daunting challenge of rebuilding after abandoning their jobs and lives across the border.