Sources: BBC
Russia accuses the United States and European nations of directly helping Ukraine in its incursion on Kursk Oblast by planning operations and providing military support, and states that their involvement "created all the prerequisites for Ukraine to lose its sovereignty and lose part of its territories". 2024-08-16
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports that it has recovered the bodies of 15 people as well as 177 survivors from two Libyan coastguard boats returning to Libya after they attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea in order to reach Europe. 2021-10-11
Iran imposes a 14-day quarantine upon arrival for all travelers from Europe. 2021-01-30
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras lashes out at European "ineptness" in handling the continent's massive immigration crisis. The Associated Press reports 31 more people β mostly children β drowned in shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea near the islands of Kalymnos and Rhodes. Turkey's state-run agency says four children drowned and two others are missing after two new accidents with boats headed to Greece's Lesbos and Samos islands. The death toll in the Aegean Sea over the past three days is at least 50. The Greek coast guard says they rescued 600 people in the past 24 hours, while thousands more made it safely from Turkey to Greece's southeastern islands. 2015-10-30
Pope Francis appoints twenty new cardinals resulting in a majority of members of the College of Cardinals being from outside Europe for the first time ever. 2015-02-14
Turkey opens a sea tunnel connecting Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul. 2013-10-29
The United States scraps the final stage of its European missile shield. 2013-03-16
Tens of thousands of people march in Asia, Europe and North America, protesting against job cuts, inequality, and austerity measures. 2012-05-1
The economy of Germany grows by only 0.1% in the second quarter of 2011, raising concerns about the European economy as a whole. 2011-08-16
Tens of thousands of workers across Europe protest against austerity measures being taken by their governments. 2010-09-29