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Portugal Rolls Out €2.5 Billion Aid as Deadly Flooding Spreads
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (185+ words) Portugal's government approved a set of emergency laws to speed reconstruction after deadly flooding, clearing administrative hurdles as part of a "2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) support package in one of the largest disaster-relief efforts ever mobilized by the country. The cabinet agreed…...
Italy Declares Emergency as Storm Damage Tops €1.5 Billion
1+ week, 6+ day ago (153+ words) Italy's government declared a state of emergency, unlocking "100 million in funds to help repair damage after a sea storm battered parts of the country's south. Sicily was hit particularly hard, with regional Governor Renato Schifani estimating damages of more than…...
Spain Swine Fever Outbreak Grows With 10 New Wild Boar Deaths
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (230+ words) Spain reported 10 new cases of wild boar deaths from African swine fever, expanding an outbreak that has put the major pork exporter into high alert. The dead animals, which bring the total count to 26 since the outbreak emerged in November,…...
Spanish Court Orders Meta to Pay Nearly €500 Million in Damages to Media Outlets
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (413+ words) Spanish legacy media companies in Spain scored a victory against social media giant Meta after a Madrid-based court ordered Thursday [Nov. 20] that it must pay news outlets nearly half a billion euros in damages. According to a court statement, the…...
BBVA Hires Adviser to Review Bancassurance Partnership in Turkey
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (251+ words) BBVA SA is reviewing its insurance partnership in Turkey as its current agreement with Eureko Sigorta AS is set to expire, according to people familiar with the matter. BBVA is considering various options including a new partnership for its local…...
Explosion at Orange Site in Paris Injures Workers, Affects 80,000 Users
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (142+ words) An explosion occurred at one of Orange's technical sites in Paris on Thursday, injuring three workers, two critically, and disrupting communication services for 80,000 users, the district mayor said. The incident took place around 10 a.m. (0800 GMT) [on Oct. 9] in the basement of…...
Iberian Blackout Was First Known Caused by Excessive Voltage, Report Says
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (468+ words) The massive power outage that hit the Iberian Peninsula in April is the first known blackout caused by excessive voltage, the European network of electricity transmission system operators said in a report on Friday [October 3] . Released ahead of an October…...
How Europe Lost an Area the Size of Cyprus to Wildfires This Year
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (782+ words) Patricia Lamela was driving back to the Galician town of Larouco in northwest Spain when she got the call. It was Aug. 13, just before 7 p.m., and a neighbor told her there was a fire in the forest. With her hand still…...
Climate Change Made Turkey, Greece Wildfires 10 Times More Likely: Scientists
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (388+ words) The wildfires that raged across Greece, Turkey and Cyprus this summer were 22% more intense and 10 times more likely than they would have been in a world without climate change, according to scientists. "We're looking at a bleak picture for southern…...
Europe's Wildfires Have Burned the Most Land in Nearly 20 Years
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (406+ words) Four major heat waves, dry conditions and strong winds have turned Europe into a tinderbox this summer, fueling the most destructive wildfire season in nearly two decades. Blazes have scorched about 8,948 square kilometers (3,455 square miles) across the European Union in…...