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Relevo.com, the statements given by the federation to news agencies like AFP and EFE are false, and they say the words didn't come from Hermoso.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//84//17//10//808x539_cmsv2_5fad957a-f671-5fae-a27a-17ec67cc0bd1-7841710.jpg/" alt=\"Manu Fernandez/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The released text said: \"(The kiss) was a totally spontaneous mutual gesture due to the immense joy of winning a World Cup. The president and I have a great relationship, his behaviour towards all of us has been outstanding and it was a natural gesture of affection and gratitude\".<\/p>\n<p>\"We can't think any more about a gesture of friendship and gratitude, we won a World Cup and we're not going to deviate from what's important,\" she purportedly added.<\/p>\n<p>Those words were written by the Spanish Federation's communications department without consulting the player herself, Relevo claims.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When contacted, the Football Federation told Euronews that the information published is not true. Their legal department is looking into the allegations made in the article, but no public statement will be made.<\/p>\n<p>Less than 24 hours after opening an \"internal proceeding\" into \"integrity issues\" against Rubiales, the federation has called an extraordinary general assembly for this Friday, after which it will make a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Rubiales' future is up in the air as he faces the most complicated moment of his career.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Sports Council (CSD) could refer the matter to Spain's Sports Administrative Tribunal if the Spanish Federation fails to act.<\/p>\n<p>\"I imagine that the relevant people will talk to the two parties involved and draw up a report,\" Victor Francos, Spain's secretary of state for sport and president of the CSD, told Spanish media.<\/p>\n<p>\"I have personally told the federation that this report must be transparent and urgent. Because if it is not, we are obviously obliged to take the appropriate additional measures,\" he added.<\/p>\n<h2>What happened on the Sydney-Madrid flight?<\/h2><p>Although Relevo.com does not name its sources, the media had access to what happened in the hours leading up to the big celebration in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>More than 300 people were on the flight home with the Spanish national team players. Among them were the players' families, federation officials, staff, representatives of sports institutions, etc.<\/p>\n<p>According to Spanish media, once on the plane - and before the party began - Rubiales approached Jenni Hermoso and asked her to record a video with him apologising and explaining what had happened. This video would be later posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>He said his job was on the line and that he needed her help, but Hermoso refused.<\/p>\n<p>Relevo.com reported that both Rubiales and Spain coach Jorge Vilda had spoken to the player and her family in an attempt to resolve the crisis. The incident tarnished the players' victory and they wanted to put an end to the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>But Rubiales ended up recording the video apologising on his own when the plane landed in Doha for a stopover.<\/p>\n<p>\"Probably I made a mistake. I have to admit it, because it was a moment of maximum euphoria (...) We saw it as natural, there was no bad intention by either party,\" the football chief said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite these efforts, the controversy continues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//EaelIVjmKzQ/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>A victory marred by controversy<\/h2><p>Many politicians have spoken out about the incident, including Spanish acting Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez, who said the gesture was \"unacceptable\".<\/p>\n<p>\"I also think that the apologies made by Mr Rubiales are insufficient. I even think they are inappropriate and that he should go further,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>The acting minister of equality, Irene Montero, accused Rubiales on social media of sexual violence.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone seems to agree, Jenni Hermoso's mother also spoke to the media when asked about Rubiales' behaviour: \"You have to look at the fact that they are world champions, the rest is unimportant,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>After this statement, the family no longer wanted to talk about it.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692786243,"publishedAt":1692799900,"updatedAt":1692805997,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/23\/spanish-football-federation-accused-of-faking-jenni-hermosos-statement-on-unacceptable-kis","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/10\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_90950cc2-0b1d-5f77-86f3-b50e45a8f94a-7841710.jpg","altText":"President of Spain's soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, left, stands next to Spain Head Coach Jorge Vilda after their World Cup victory at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid.","caption":"President of Spain's soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, left, stands next to Spain Head Coach Jorge Vilda after their World Cup victory at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid.","captionCredit":"Manu Fernandez\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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Savin Mattozi believes the wave of nostalgia for his songs has also swept far beyond Italy and leaves a lasting legacy.","summary":"Tuto Cutugno, one of Italy's most loved entertainers, died on Tuesday, uniting the nation in mourning. Savin Mattozi believes the wave of nostalgia for his songs has also swept far beyond Italy and leaves a lasting legacy.","url":"italy-pays-tribute-to-singing-legend-toto-cutugno","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Italy is paying tribute to Toto Cutugno, the voice of generations of Italians, who lost his long battle with prostate cancer on Tuesday just over a month after he celebrated his 80th birthday. \n\nMusicians, journalists and actors have taken to X to share memories and condolences for the late singer-songwriter. Italian television presenter Fabio Fazio wrote \"#totocutugno was a kind person. Unforgettable memories bind me to him. His disappearance leaves a great emptiness and lots of pain.\" \n\nIn Genova, the city projected a massive image of Cutugno onto the regional headquarters building in Piazza De Ferrari with text that reads \"Goodbye Toto, a real Italian.\" \n\nThe Tuscan-born singer became a household name in Italy after winning the 1980 Sanremo musical festival with his hit song Solo Noi. It wasn\u2019t until 1983 that he gained international recognition with his famous song \u201cL\u2019italiano.\u201d \n\nThe song\u2019s opening of \u201cLasciatami cantare\u2026\u201d (let me sing) is enough to perk up any Italian\u2019s ears in Italy or abroad. \n\nIt leaped to No 1 on charts in countries like France, Switzerland and Portugal and gained enormous popularity in the former Soviet Union in places like Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Russia.\u00a0 \n\nThree decades later he performed \u201cL\u2019italiano\u201d with the Red Army Choir at the San Remo song contest - a sign of its continued popularity across Eastern Europe. \n\nIn 1990, Cutugno won the Eurovision Song Contest with his song \u201cInsieme\u201d which was an ode to the soon-to-be-founded European Union. In fact, he was\u00a0the last Italian to win the competition until 2021 when M\u00e5neskin took home the prize with their song \u201cZitti E Buoni.\u201d \n\nFrom generation to generation \n\nGrowing up in the United States to a Neapolitan father, it was impossible to escape the song on road trips, family functions and even in the local Italian market. All it took was to hear the first \u201clasc\u2026\u201d and I\u2019d give the obligatory eye-roll and start singing under my breath almost like a prayer. \n\nOther than Italian and Italian-American food, the next big thing Italian-Americans bond over is older Italian music. \u201cL\u2019italiano\u201d was one of a handful of songs that was almost guaranteed a singalong if it was brought up in conversation. It also served as a newer musical bridge instead of the songs of the 1960s that were popular among Italian-Americans who grew up with immigrant grandparents. \n\nAlthough the lyrics are pretty simple, a list of Italian stereotypes like spaghetti al dente and too many women with not enough nuns, the song captured a kind of feeling of what Italy was like during the 80s when my father left. \n\nWhen I closed my eyes, it teleported me not only to a time when the country was struggling with a bloody war against organised crime, the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in the south and economic crisis.\u00a0 \n\nBut it also let me imagine a time when I could have seen my father and uncles squeezing into a Fiat 500 to go to the sea, watching my grandmother accompany my aunt to the corner store in a blue and white polka dotted-dress or seeing my grandfather speak to the pet canary my father had. \n\nWhether Cutugno knew it or not, his music served as an important connection between Italians in the diaspora and their homeland. Although perhaps the image he painted was a bit polished, it made the children of many Italian immigrants feel like \u201cun Italiano vero\u201d even if it was just for four minutes. Thank you Toto, sing in peace. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Italy is paying tribute to Toto Cutugno, the voice of generations of Italians, who lost his long battle with prostate cancer on Tuesday just over a month after he celebrated his 80th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Musicians, journalists and actors have taken to X to share memories and condolences for the late singer-songwriter. Italian television presenter Fabio Fazio wrote \"#totocutugno was a kind person. Unforgettable memories bind me to him. His disappearance leaves a great emptiness and lots of pain.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1694009327466447230\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In Genova, the city projected a massive image of Cutugno onto the regional headquarters building in Piazza De Ferrari with text that reads \"Goodbye Toto, a real Italian.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1694231137860849788\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Tuscan-born singer became a household name in Italy after winning the 1980 Sanremo musical festival with his hit song Solo Noi. It wasn\u2019t until 1983 that he gained international recognition with his famous song \u201cL\u2019italiano.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The song\u2019s opening of \u201cLasciatami cantare\u2026\u201d (let me sing) is enough to perk up any Italian\u2019s ears in Italy or abroad.<\/p>\n<p>It leaped to No 1 on charts in countries like France, Switzerland and Portugal and gained enormous popularity in the former Soviet Union in places like Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Russia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Three decades later he performed \u201cL\u2019italiano\u201d with the Red Army Choir at the San Remo song contest - a sign of its continued popularity across Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>In 1990, Cutugno won the Eurovision Song Contest with his song \u201cInsieme\u201d which was an ode to the soon-to-be-founded European Union. In fact, he was\u00a0the last Italian to win the competition until 2021 when <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//03//23//maneskin-cancels-russian-leg-of-world-tour-to-show-solidarity-with-ukraine/">M/u00e5neskin took home the prize with their song \u201cZitti E Buoni.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>From generation to generation<\/h2><p>Growing up in the United States to a Neapolitan father, it was impossible to escape the song on road trips, family functions and even in the local Italian market. All it took was to hear the first \u201clasc\u2026\u201d and I\u2019d give the obligatory eye-roll and start singing under my breath almost like a prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Other than Italian and Italian-American food, the next big thing Italian-Americans bond over is older Italian music. \u201cL\u2019italiano\u201d was one of a handful of songs that was almost guaranteed a singalong if it was brought up in conversation. It also served as a newer musical bridge instead of the songs of the 1960s that were popular among Italian-Americans who grew up with immigrant grandparents.<\/p>\n<p>Although the lyrics are pretty simple, a list of Italian stereotypes like spaghetti al dente and too many women with not enough nuns, the song captured a kind of feeling of what Italy was like during the 80s when my father left.<\/p>\n<p>When I closed my eyes, it teleported me not only to a time when the country was struggling with a bloody war against organised crime, the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in the south and economic crisis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But it also let me imagine a time when I could have seen my father and uncles squeezing into a Fiat 500 to go to the sea, watching my grandmother accompany my aunt to the corner store in a blue and white polka dotted-dress or seeing my grandfather speak to the pet canary my father had.<\/p>\n<p>Whether Cutugno knew it or not, his music served as an important connection between Italians in the diaspora and their homeland. Although perhaps the image he painted was a bit polished, it made the children of many Italian immigrants feel like \u201cun Italiano vero\u201d even if it was just for four minutes. 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starts cull of 120,000 foxes and mink to stem bird flu outbreak","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Finland starts cull of 120,000 foxes and mink to stem bird flu spread","titleListing2":"Finland starts cull of 120,000 foxes and mink to stem bird flu outbreak","leadin":"Europe's largest fox fur producer is taking drastic measures to help curb H5N1 infections.","summary":"Europe's largest fox fur producer is taking drastic measures to help curb H5N1 infections.","url":"finland-starts-cull-of-120000-foxes-and-mink-to-stem-bird-flu-outbreak","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Finland, Europe's leading producer of fox fur, has begun slaughtering 120,000 foxes and mink to stem an outbreak of avian flu that has hit fur farms, the authorities announced on Wednesday. \n\n\"A culling order has been issued for 13 farms,\" Tuija Gadd, head of the Finnish food authority's virology unit, told the AFP press agency, adding that \"Culling has already been carried out on 10 farms.\" \n\nIn June, several outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were identified among larids in Finland. The first cases in fur farms were detected in July. \n\nGiven these findings, the Finnish authorities decided at the beginning of August to cull a large proportion of the animals on farms affected by the epidemic. \n\nStop the spread \n\nSince the end of 2021, Europe has been facing its worst ever outbreak of avian flu, with North and South America also hard hit. \n\nIn mid-July, the World Health Organisation expressed concern that the increase in cases of avian flu among mammals could make it easier for the virus to spread to humans. \n\nFinland has around 400 fur farms, according to Ms Gadd, with a total population 1.3 million animals, mainly mink and foxes. \n\nThe epidemic seems to be \"calming down\", she believes, as gulls and seagulls have begun their migration southwards. \n\nThe increase in the number of cases of avian flu has rekindled calls for a ban on the fur industry in the Nordic country, with Finland producing almost a million pelts each year. \n\nDuring the Covid-19 pandemic, Denmark became embroiled in a political crisis after illegally ordering a mass slaughter of 15 million mink to prevent mutations of the virus. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Finland, Europe's leading producer of fox fur, has begun slaughtering 120,000 foxes and mink to stem an outbreak of avian flu that has hit fur farms, the authorities announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\"A culling order has been issued for 13 farms,\" Tuija Gadd, head of the Finnish food authority's virology unit, told the AFP press agency, adding that \"Culling has already been carried out on 10 farms.\"<\/p>\n<p>In June, several outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were identified among larids in Finland. The first cases in fur farms were detected in July.<\/p>\n<p>Given these findings, the Finnish authorities decided at the beginning of August to cull a large proportion of the animals on farms affected by the epidemic.<\/p>\n<h2>Stop the spread<\/h2><p>Since the end of 2021, Europe has been facing its worst ever outbreak of avian flu, with North and South America also hard hit.<\/p>\n<p>In mid-July, the World Health Organisation expressed concern that the increase in cases of avian flu among mammals could make it easier for the virus to spread to humans.<\/p>\n<p>Finland has around 400 fur farms, according to Ms Gadd, with a total population 1.3 million animals, mainly mink and foxes.<\/p>\n<p>The epidemic seems to be \"calming down\", she believes, as gulls and seagulls have begun their migration southwards.<\/p>\n<p>The increase in the number of cases of avian flu has rekindled calls for a ban on the fur industry in the Nordic country, with Finland producing almost a million pelts each year.<\/p>\n<p>During the Covid-19 pandemic, Denmark became embroiled in a political crisis after illegally ordering a mass slaughter of 15 million mink to prevent mutations of the virus.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692796802,"publishedAt":1692798663,"updatedAt":1692798771,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/23\/finland-starts-cull-of-120000-foxes-and-mink-to-stem-bird-flu-outbreak","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/22\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3f7aee48-e649-5723-b342-973f5ea8ec62-7842254.jpg","altText":"A fox being farmed for fur jumps back and forth in a small cage in Naerpio, Finland.","caption":"A fox being farmed for fur jumps back and forth in a small cage in Naerpio, Finland.","captionCredit":"AFP","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2500,"height":1407}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":114,"slug":"finland","urlSafeValue":"finland","title":"Finland","titleRaw":"Finland"},{"id":348,"slug":"bird-flu","urlSafeValue":"bird-flu","title":"Bird flu","titleRaw":"Bird flu"},{"id":23386,"slug":"mink","urlSafeValue":"mink","title":"mink","titleRaw":"mink"}],"widgets":[],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"euronews.byenglishwebteam"},{"path":"euronews"}],"video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AFP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":"","freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":114,"urlSafeValue":"finland","title":"Finland","url":"\/news\/europe\/finland"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gb_safe','gb_safe_from_high','gb_safe_from_high_med','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','pos_ukrainecrisis','gs_health','neg_intel_en','gs_science','gs_health_misc','neg_mobkoi_feb2021','gs_science_geography','gs_covid19','neg_coronavirus','neg_nespresso','gs_business','neg_mobkoi_feb2023','gs_health_disease_coldflu','gv_crime','gt_negative'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/2023\/08\/23\/finland-starts-cull-of-120000-foxes-and-mink-to-stem-bird-flu-outbreak","lastModified":1692798771},{"id":2352628,"cid":7841072,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230823_NWSU_52841503","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Helping man's best friend: How rescuers are saving animals from Europe's wildfires ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"How rescuers are saving animals from Europe's wildfires ","titleListing2":"Helping man's best friend: How rescuers are saving animals from Europe's wildfires ","leadin":"This is how European rescue workers are trying to save the animals affected by the continents' devastating wildfires. ","summary":"This is how European rescue workers are trying to save the animals affected by the continents' devastating wildfires. ","url":"helping-mans-best-friend-how-rescuers-are-saving-animals-from-europes-wildfires","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"As southern Europe grapples with wildfires caused by the intense heat, some of its smallest victims need an extra pair of hands to escape the blaze.\u00a0 \n\nIn many of the regions most affected, rescue teams are working tirelessly to help save both human and animal lives, both domestic and wild,\u00a0 \n\nIn Greece, where the wildfires have been ongoing, animals\u00a0in the Ano Liosia district were rescued by volunteers. Dogs, cats, and even turtles were among the creatures saved.\u00a0 \n\nMany stayed behind while their owners were evacuated or fled in a hurry from the flames. Most would be dead without human intervention. \n\nSimilar scenes in Tenerife \n\nIn Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, rescue teams created shelters for animals affected by evacuations. Owners and pets share a space specially adapted for their needs. \n\nSome pet owners help with the other animals at the shelter, giving them water and food and taking them on walks. The animals are allowed to stay with their families in the space provided.\u00a0 \n\nMany owners say that they had to leave their homes without being able to take anything with them and that they appreciate any help that they receive.\u00a0 \n\nBut being tied down to a man's best friend all day can be exhausting. Volunteers know this and try to help however they can. \n\n\"When the dog owners need to go out, get some air, and they are not here, we walk the dogs and they disconnect from being locked up here 24 hours a day,\" explained Andres Hernandez, a volunteer at the shelter. \n\nWildfires still active \n\nThe battle to control Europe's wildfires goes on.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nIn Athens, over 60 fires have erupted in the past 24 hours, and six countries were sending help via the European Union's civil protection mechanism, the fire department said, amid a dangerous mix of gale-force winds and temperatures of up to 41 degrees Celsius. \n\nThe fires in the Canary Islands meanwhile were started deliberately, according to regional President Fernando Clavijo on Sunday.\u00a0 \n\nClavijo said police had opened three lines of investigation but did not say if there had been any arrests. 12,000 people needed evacuation from their homes in Tenerife alone. \n\nThe islands have recorded below-average rainfall in recent years because of changing weather patterns impacted by climate change. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>As southern Europe grapples with wildfires caused by the intense heat, some of its smallest victims need an extra pair of hands to escape the blaze.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In many of the regions most affected, rescue teams are working tirelessly to help save both human and animal lives, both domestic and wild,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Greece, where the wildfires have been ongoing, animals\u00a0in the Ano Liosia district were rescued by volunteers. Dogs, cats, and even turtles were among the creatures saved.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many stayed behind while their owners were evacuated or fled in a hurry from the flames. Most would be dead without human intervention.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6864138\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//22//how-to-keep-your-pet-cool-in-a-heatwave-unusual-tips-from-frozen-food-to-brain-games/">What temperature is too hot to walk a dog? Here's how to keep your pets cool in a heatwave<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Similar scenes in Tenerife<\/h2><p>In Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, rescue teams created shelters for animals affected by evacuations. Owners and pets share a space specially adapted for their needs.<\/p>\n<p>Some pet owners help with the other animals at the shelter, giving them water and food and taking them on walks. The animals are allowed to stay with their families in the space provided.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Many owners say that they had to leave their homes without being able to take anything with them and that they appreciate any help that they receive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But being tied down to a man's best friend all day can be exhausting. Volunteers know this and try to help however they can.<\/p>\n<p>\"When the dog owners need to go out, get some air, and they are not here, we walk the dogs and they disconnect from being locked up here 24 hours a day,\" explained Andres Hernandez, a volunteer at the shelter.<\/p>\n<h2>Wildfires still active<\/h2><p>The battle to control Europe's wildfires goes on.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Athens, over 60 fires have erupted in the past 24 hours, and six countries were sending help via the European Union's civil protection mechanism, the fire department said, amid a dangerous mix of gale-force winds and temperatures of up to 41 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n<p>The fires in the Canary Islands meanwhile were started deliberately, according to regional President Fernando Clavijo on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clavijo said police had opened three lines of investigation but did not say if there had been any arrests. 12,000 people needed evacuation from their homes in Tenerife alone.<\/p>\n<p>The islands have recorded below-average rainfall in recent years because of changing weather patterns impacted by climate change.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692776253,"publishedAt":1692794643,"updatedAt":1692795613,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/23\/helping-mans-best-friend-how-rescuers-are-saving-animals-from-europes-wildfires","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/10\/68\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_59c61187-08e1-5986-acef-3829cf93538a-7841068.jpg","altText":"A dog gazes out of a car window, as a wildfire blazes on in the background","caption":"A dog gazes out of a car window, as a wildfire blazes on in the background","captionCredit":"Achilleas Chiras\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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We had to hang on. It was exciting, that's for sure!\" said Bertil Ericsson, 73, a former photographer at Sweden\u2019s biggest news agency TT. \n\nHe covered the hostage situation as it unfolded in the centre of the Swedish capital with police and journalists swarming around the square outside Kreditbanken, now a clothing store. \n\n\"We thought it was a bit bizarre that they had fallen in love with robbers!\" added Ericsson, referring to the condition since known as Stockholm Syndrome. \n\nThe term was first coined by the psychiatrist Nils Bejerot who was a part of the negotiating team in 1973. \n\nHis job was to analyse the robbers' and hostages' behaviour. Half a century later, contemporary psychiatrists and experts have since discredited the condition as a fallacy. \n\n'A constructed concept' \n\n\"Nothing points to the fact that they were troubled psychiatrically or that they had any syndrome as such. Stockholm Syndrome was created from scratch to make allowances for the fact that these women acted rationally in this situation,\" said Cecilia Ase, a gender studies professor at Stockholm University. \n\nAse says the female hostages' statements were interpreted \"in a very sexualised dimension\" by the authorities, arguing that Stockholm Syndrome is a \"constructed concept\" used to explain how hostages behave when authorities and states fail to protect them. \n\nChristoffer Rahm, a psychiatrist at Sweden\u2019s Karolinska Institute and the author of the scientific article 'Stockholm Syndrome: Psychiatric Diagnosis or Urban Myth?' agrees that Stockholm syndrome is \"not a psychiatric diagnosis\". \n\nRahm sees the hostages' behaviours as a \"defence mechanism that helps the victim\" cope with a traumatic situation, which can also often be found in domestic violence or other kind of abusive situations. \n\nIn her book about the Kreditbanken siege, Kristin Enmark, one of the hostages, stated that \"there was no love or physical attraction\" from her side for her captors, adding that she was just trying to survive. \n\n\"It was as if they decided in advance how things were. But I wasn't in love. I was a 23-year-old woman who survived six terrifying days in a bank vault,\" she told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet in an interview in 2015 . \n\nEnmark would go on to have a love affair with Clark Olofsson, a notorious bank robber who joined Janne in the bank vault during the hostage drama after his release from prison was negotiated with police surrounding the building. \n\n\"There was no love or physical attraction from my side. He [Olofsson] was my chance for survival and he protected me from Janne,\" she recounted in her 2020 memoir 'Jag blev Stockholmssyndromet' ('I became Stockholm Syndrome'). \n\nFor more on this story, watch the video in the media player above. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>It\u2019s 50 years since the dramatic event that gave the world the term \"Stockholm Syndrome\" - a psychiatric condition now widely known whereby captives develop an emotional bond with their captors.<\/p>\n<p>Jan-Erik Olsson, a convict nicknamed \"Janne,\" took four bank employees hostage in a bank vault in central Stockholm on August 23, 1973, sparking a six-day crisis and the birth of a now infamous psychosis.<\/p>\n<p>\"We thought it was just going to be a rather regular hostage-taking situation like it was happening at the time with planes, that it would last one day and a night, we never thought it would go on for so long! We had to hang on. It was exciting, that's for sure!\" said Bertil Ericsson, 73, a former photographer at Sweden\u2019s biggest news agency TT.<\/p>\n<p>He covered the hostage situation as it unfolded in the centre of the Swedish capital with police and journalists swarming around the square outside Kreditbanken, now a clothing store.<\/p>\n<p>\"We thought it was a bit bizarre that they had fallen in love with robbers!\" added Ericsson, referring to the condition since known as Stockholm Syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>The term was first coined by the psychiatrist Nils Bejerot who was a part of the negotiating team in 1973.<\/p>\n<p>His job was to analyse the robbers' and hostages' behaviour. Half a century later, contemporary psychiatrists and experts have since discredited the condition as a fallacy.<\/p>\n<h2>'A constructed concept'<\/h2><p>\"Nothing points to the fact that they were troubled psychiatrically or that they had any syndrome as such. Stockholm Syndrome was created from scratch to make allowances for the fact that these women acted rationally in this situation,\" said Cecilia Ase, a gender studies professor at Stockholm University.<\/p>\n<p>Ase says the female hostages' statements were interpreted \"in a very sexualised dimension\" by the authorities, arguing that Stockholm Syndrome is a \"constructed concept\" used to explain how hostages behave when authorities and states fail to protect them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-medium\n widget--align-right\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">It was as if they decided in advance how things were. But I wasn't in love. I was a 23-year-old woman who survived six terrifying days in a bank vault.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Kristin Enmark\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Kreditbanken hostage survivor\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Christoffer Rahm, a psychiatrist at Sweden\u2019s Karolinska Institute and the author of the scientific article 'Stockholm Syndrome: Psychiatric Diagnosis or Urban Myth?' agrees that Stockholm syndrome is \"not a psychiatric diagnosis\".<\/p>\n<p>Rahm sees the hostages' behaviours as a \"defence mechanism that helps the victim\" cope with a traumatic situation, which can also often be found in domestic violence or other kind of abusive situations.<\/p>\n<p>In her book about the Kreditbanken siege, Kristin Enmark, one of the hostages, stated that \"there was no love or physical attraction\" from her side for her captors, adding that she was just trying to survive.<\/p>\n<p>\"It was as if they decided in advance how things were. But I wasn't in love. I was a 23-year-old woman who survived six terrifying days in a bank vault,\" she <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.aftonbladet.se//nyheter//a//KvaX8M//radslan-for-polisens-agerande-enade-oss/">told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet in an interview in 2015<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Enmark would go on to have a love affair with Clark Olofsson, a notorious bank robber who joined Janne in the bank vault during the hostage drama after his release from prison was negotiated with police surrounding the building.<\/p>\n<p>\"There was no love or physical attraction from my side. 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It affects over 5,000 women in the UK. \n\n\"We all have huge respect for these two women who have helped so many others in this country who face the trauma of absolute uterine factor infertility,\" said Professor Richard Smith, Chairman of Womb Transplant UK charity. \n\n\"Our aim is to see womb transplants become a sustainable option for women suffering with the same condition,\" he added. \n\nPatient 'over the Moon' \n\nMany women can also lose their wombs as a result of cancer or conditions such as endometriosis. \n\nFigures suggest that more than 15,000 women of childbearing age in the UK are unable to bear their own children. \n\nA team of over thirty clinicians from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and the Churchill Hospital in Oxford formed a special collaborative team for the transplant. \n\nConsultant transplant surgeon Isabel Quiroga said the patient was \u201cabsolutely over the moon, very happy and is hoping that she can go on to have not one but two babies\u201d. \n\nThe patient has already frozen a number of embryos and is hoping to go ahead with an embryo transfer later this year. \n\nIn May, the first woman in Spain to receive a uterus transplant gave birth at the Hospital Clinic Barcelona. \n\nLast year, French doctors carried out their second-ever successful uterus transplant - which had also been donated by the patient\u2019s sister. \n\nThe first successful transplant in France was carried out in March 2019 on a patient who is now expecting her second child. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A team of eight surgeons has successfully performed the United Kingdom's first-ever womb transplant.<\/p>\n<p>The patient, a 34-year-old woman, received a womb donation from her 40-year-old sister.<\/p>\n<p>Both women are currently in a fit and stable condition, following two overlapping 17-hour operations.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7014182\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//08//23//uterus-transplants-are-already-a-reality-what-does-it-mean-for-transgender-women-getting-p/">Uterus transplants are already a reality. What does it mean for transgender women getting pregnant?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The patient, who wishes to remain anonymous, was born without a functioning womb due to a rare congenital condition called the Mayer-Rokitansky-K\u00fcster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome. It affects over 5,000 women in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\"We all have huge respect for these two women who have helped so many others in this country who face the trauma of absolute uterine factor infertility,\" said Professor Richard Smith, Chairman of Womb Transplant UK charity.<\/p>\n<p>\"Our aim is to see womb transplants become a sustainable option for women suffering with the same condition,\" he added.<\/p>\n<h2>Patient 'over the Moon'<\/h2><p>Many women can also lose their wombs as a result of cancer or conditions such as endometriosis.<\/p>\n<p>Figures suggest that more than 15,000 women of childbearing age in the UK are unable to bear their own children.<\/p>\n<p>A team of over thirty clinicians from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and the Churchill Hospital in Oxford formed a special collaborative team for the transplant.<\/p>\n<p>Consultant transplant surgeon Isabel Quiroga said the patient was \u201cabsolutely over the moon, very happy and is hoping that she can go on to have not one but two babies\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The patient has already frozen a number of embryos and is hoping to go ahead with an embryo transfer later this year.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7727680\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//07//05//groundbreaking-new-blood-test-can-reveal-genetic-abnormalities-in-foetuses-early-in-pregna/">'Groundbreaking' new blood test can reveal genetic abnormalities in foetuses early in pregnancy<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In May, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.clinicbarcelona.org//en//news//the-first-woman-to-receive-a-uterus-transplant-in-spain-gives-birth/">the first woman in Spain<\/strong><\/a> to receive a uterus transplant gave birth at the Hospital Clinic Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, French doctors carried out their second-ever successful uterus transplant - 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Thermal drones will produce images of the water from the air using infrared cameras and a hydrophone will be used to detect any \"Nessie-like calls\". \n\nVolunteers will take part in a watch of the Loch, keeping an eye out for breaks in the water and unexpected movements.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cWe are guardians of this unique story, and as well as investing in creating an unforgettable experience for visitors, we are committed to helping continue the search and unveil the mysteries that lie underneath the waters of the famous Loch,\" Paul Nixon, General Manager of the Loch Ness Centre, said. \n\nThe weekend gives an opportunity to search the waters in a way that has never been done before, and we can\u2019t wait to see what we find.\u201d \n\nThe history \n\nThe first mention of a strange water monster in Loch Ness appears in an ancient text from the sixth century AD.\u00a0 \n\nIt describes an encounter by the Irish monk Saint Columba who was staying near the mouth of the River Ness.\u00a0 \n\nA companion was sent out to test the waters and, on seeing the monster, so the story goes, Columba made the sign of the cross and banished it to Loch Ness.\u00a0 \n\nIt attracted more local attention in 1933 when the Inverness Courier carried a reported sighting of a monster.\u00a0 \n\nIn 1934 the photograph most people think of when it comes to Nessie appeared, which supposedly showed the monster's head and neck. Decades later, it was said to be a hoax. \n\nHowever, the legend of Nessie lived on. And while the hunt continues, Nessie has been an economic boon to the nearby towns surrounding the Loch.\u00a0 \n\nIn 2012, the BBC reported that Nessie was worth around\u00a0\u20ac29 million to the local economy. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Monster-hunters are converging on Scotland as the biggest search in decades for the elusive Loch Ness Monster gets underway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, The Loch Ness Centre and a volunteer research team called Loch Ness Exploration hope a new generation will get involved in the hunt for Nessie.<\/p>\n<p>It's expected to be the biggest search since the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau studied the Loch in 1972.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New technology will be at the forefront of the search. Thermal drones will produce images of the water from the air using infrared cameras and a hydrophone will be used to detect any \"Nessie-like calls\".<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers will take part in a watch of the Loch, keeping an eye out for breaks in the water and unexpected movements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are guardians of this unique story, and as well as investing in creating an unforgettable experience for visitors, we are committed to helping continue the search and unveil the mysteries that lie underneath the waters of the famous Loch,\" Paul Nixon, General Manager of the Loch Ness Centre, said.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend gives an opportunity to search the waters in a way that has never been done before, and we can\u2019t wait to see what we find.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//84//14//14//808x454_cmsv2_a7fa92fa-bf29-566d-89e5-ada576b3818d-7841414.jpg/" alt=\"Andy Buchanan / AFP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/14\/14\/384x216_cmsv2_a7fa92fa-bf29-566d-89e5-ada576b3818d-7841414.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/14\/14\/640x360_cmsv2_a7fa92fa-bf29-566d-89e5-ada576b3818d-7841414.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/14\/14\/750x422_cmsv2_a7fa92fa-bf29-566d-89e5-ada576b3818d-7841414.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/14\/14\/828x466_cmsv2_a7fa92fa-bf29-566d-89e5-ada576b3818d-7841414.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/14\/14\/1080x608_cmsv2_a7fa92fa-bf29-566d-89e5-ada576b3818d-7841414.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/14\/14\/1200x675_cmsv2_a7fa92fa-bf29-566d-89e5-ada576b3818d-7841414.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/14\/14\/1920x1080_cmsv2_a7fa92fa-bf29-566d-89e5-ada576b3818d-7841414.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Light clouds cover the sky above Loch Ness.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Andy Buchanan / AFP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The history<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first mention of a strange water monster in Loch Ness appears in an ancient text from the sixth century AD.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It describes an encounter by the Irish monk Saint Columba who was staying near the mouth of the River Ness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A companion was sent out to test the waters and, on seeing the monster, so the story goes, Columba made the sign of the cross and banished it to Loch Ness.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It attracted more local attention in 1933 when the Inverness Courier carried a reported sighting of a monster.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 1934 the photograph most people think of when it comes to Nessie appeared, which supposedly showed the monster's head and neck. 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But under the ground, aquifers are still at a very low level ","leadin":"Europe is recovering from last year's severe drought thanks to this spring's rain. But under the ground, aquifers are still at a very low level.","summary":"Europe is recovering from last year's severe drought thanks to this spring's rain. But under the ground, aquifers are still at a very low level.","url":"drought-less-severe-than-2022-but-groundwater-levels-still-alarmingly-low","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Despite the heatwave currently hitting much of Europe, the soil's water status has been improving - but only on the surface, not underground. \n\nOn the wane since mid-June, drought has been at its lowest level since early 2022 in Europe and along the entire Mediterranean coastline, according to the latest data from the European Drought Observatory (EDO) . \n\nAt the beginning of August, some 28% of Europe and the Mediterranean coasts of the Near East and North Africa were affected by drought, the lowest level since January 2022. \n\nLast year at the same time, the drought was twice as widespread (55.8%). \n\nEuropean groundwater tables are still too low \n\nThe European indicator, updated every ten days or so, is based on anomalies in rainfall, soil moisture and vegetation condition, depending on the region and type of climate. However, it does not take into account groundwater levels, which remain abnormally low in France, for example. \n\nAbout 72% of France's groundwater tables are below normal levels according to the\u00a0Geological and Mining Research Bureau (BRGM). \u00a0And there is no sign of it getting better because heavy rainfalls following\u00a0intense heat periods aren't very beneficial to groundwater levels. \n\n\"Rainfall during sometimes violent storms encourages run-off and infiltrates little into the soil\", explains the last report of the BRGM. Even though these rains lowered or stopped agricultural irrigation reducing the strain on groundwater, rainfalls have to be long and regular for water to infiltrate and fill phreatic tables. \n\nSoil drought is less severe but remains exceptional \n\nWhile in other parts of the world agriculture is the biggest water consumer, in the European Union it's industry which uses the most freshwater (46%); while agriculture uses 30%. \n\nAlthough soil drought is less severe this year, after an extremely arid 2022, recent data remains exceptional. The proportion of land affected by drought has rarely fallen below 30% since the spring of 2021. Between 2012, when EDO measurements began, and 2018, it was very rare for it to reach this threshold. \n\n\nAt the beginning of August, the countries of Central Europe, which were severely affected at the start of the summer, were gradually recovering from their drought, with 26% of land affected in Germany (compared with 96% at the peak) and 67% in Poland (compared with 95%). \n\nAt the start of the month, the worst affected countries were Lithuania (84%) , Armenia and Iceland (82%), and Estonia (76%). \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Despite the heatwave currently hitting much of Europe, the soil's water status has been improving - but only on the surface, not underground.<\/p>\n<p>On the wane since mid-June, drought has been at its lowest level since early 2022 in Europe and along the entire Mediterranean coastline, according to the latest data from the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu//edov2//php//index.php?id=1000\%22>European Drought Observatory (EDO)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of August, some 28% of Europe and the Mediterranean coasts of the Near East and North Africa were affected by drought, the lowest level since January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Last year at the same time, the drought was twice as widespread (55.8%).<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//84//14//00//808x454_cmsv2_f7850597-fde8-520c-8ba6-62166ddbaf4d-7841400.jpg/" alt=\"European Drought Observatory (EDO)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/14\/00\/384x216_cmsv2_f7850597-fde8-520c-8ba6-62166ddbaf4d-7841400.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/14\/00\/640x360_cmsv2_f7850597-fde8-520c-8ba6-62166ddbaf4d-7841400.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/14\/00\/750x422_cmsv2_f7850597-fde8-520c-8ba6-62166ddbaf4d-7841400.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/14\/00\/828x466_cmsv2_f7850597-fde8-520c-8ba6-62166ddbaf4d-7841400.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/14\/00\/1080x608_cmsv2_f7850597-fde8-520c-8ba6-62166ddbaf4d-7841400.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/14\/00\/1200x675_cmsv2_f7850597-fde8-520c-8ba6-62166ddbaf4d-7841400.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/14\/00\/1920x1080_cmsv2_f7850597-fde8-520c-8ba6-62166ddbaf4d-7841400.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Map of Europe and Mediterranean coastline affected by drought between the 1 and 10 of August.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">European Drought Observatory (EDO)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>European groundwater tables are still too low<\/h2><p>The European indicator, updated every ten days or so, is based on anomalies in rainfall, soil moisture and vegetation condition, depending on the region and type of climate. However, it does not take into account groundwater levels, which remain abnormally low in France, for example.<\/p>\n<p>About 72% of France's groundwater tables are below normal levels <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.brgm.fr//fr//actualite//communique-presse//nappes-eau-souterraine-au-1er-aout-2023/">according to the\u00a0Geological and Mining Research Bureau (BRGM).<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0And there is no sign of it getting better because heavy rainfalls following\u00a0intense heat periods aren't very beneficial to groundwater levels.<\/p>\n<p>\"Rainfall during sometimes violent storms encourages run-off and infiltrates little into the soil\", explains the last report of the BRGM. Even though these rains lowered or stopped agricultural irrigation reducing the strain on groundwater, rainfalls have to be long and regular for water to infiltrate and fill phreatic tables.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1671055197878071297\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Soil drought is less severe but remains exceptional<\/h2><p>While in other parts of the world agriculture is the biggest water consumer, in the European Union it's industry which uses the most freshwater (46%); while agriculture uses 30%.<\/p>\n<p>Although soil drought is less severe this year, after an extremely arid 2022, recent data remains exceptional. The proportion of land affected by drought has rarely fallen below 30% since the spring of 2021. Between 2012, when EDO measurements began, and 2018, it was very rare for it to reach this threshold. <\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of August, the countries of Central Europe, which were severely affected at the start of the summer, were gradually recovering from their drought, with 26% of land affected in Germany (compared with 96% at the peak) and 67% in Poland (compared with 95%).<\/p>\n<p>At the start of the month, the worst affected countries were <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//20//toxic-dust-and-earth-like-ash-lithuanias-extreme-weather/">Lithuania (84%)<\/strong><\/a>, Armenia and Iceland (82%), and Estonia (76%).<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692781759,"publishedAt":1692791672,"updatedAt":1692791706,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/08\/23\/drought-less-severe-than-2022-but-groundwater-levels-still-alarmingly-low","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/14\/00\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_48768b62-e6a6-55a3-a74c-6605c126bf3a-7841400.jpg","altText":"Sand banks are seen on the Loire river during the drought in Langeais, central France, on August 22, 2023. France has been stepping up hot weather protection measures.","caption":"Sand banks are seen on the Loire river during the drought in Langeais, central France, on August 22, 2023. France has been stepping up hot weather protection measures.","captionCredit":"GUILLAUME SOUVANT \/ AFP","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":3868,"height":2170},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/14\/00\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f7850597-fde8-520c-8ba6-62166ddbaf4d-7841400.jpg","altText":"Map of Europe and Mediterranean coastline affected by droughts between the 1 and 10 of August.","caption":"Map of Europe and Mediterranean coastline affected by droughts between the 1 and 10 of August.","captionCredit":"European Drought Observatory (EDO)","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"camba","title":"Gael Camba","twitter":"@gael_camba"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":9403,"slug":"drought","urlSafeValue":"drought","title":"Drought","titleRaw":"Drought"},{"id":15386,"slug":"climate-change","urlSafeValue":"climate-change","title":"climate change","titleRaw":"climate change"},{"id":9509,"slug":"water-resources","urlSafeValue":"water-resources","title":"Water resources","titleRaw":"Water resources"},{"id":20450,"slug":"canicule","urlSafeValue":"canicule","title":"heatwave","titleRaw":"heatwave"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"image","count":1},{"slug":"twitter","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2310662},{"id":2342340},{"id":2346040}],"technicalTags":[{"path":"euronews.byenglishwebteam"},{"path":"euronews"}],"video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"climate","urlSafeValue":"climate","title":"Climate","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/climate\/climate"},"vertical":"green","verticals":[{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"},{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"},{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":8,"slug":"green","urlSafeValue":"green","title":"Green"},"themes":[{"id":"climate","urlSafeValue":"climate","title":"Climate","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/climate"},{"id":"green-news","urlSafeValue":"green-news","title":"Green News","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/green-news"},{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":34,"urlSafeValue":"climate","title":"Climate"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":[],"town":[],"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/green\/2023\/08\/23\/drought-less-severe-than-2022-but-groundwater-levels-still-alarmingly-low","lastModified":1692791706},{"id":2352868,"cid":7841876,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230823_GNSU_52845319","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Austria offers festivalgoers free public transport for a year if they get a tattoo","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Austria gives free public transport in return for klimaticket tattoos","titleListing2":"Austria offers festivalgoers free public transport for a year if they get a tattoo","leadin":"The promotion has been criticised for using young people\u2019s bodies to advertise political policies. ","summary":"The promotion has been criticised for using young people\u2019s bodies to advertise political policies. ","url":"austria-offers-festivalgoers-free-public-transport-for-a-year-if-they-get-a-tattoo","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Austria is offering free public transport for a year to people willing to get a tattoo reading \u2018Klimaticket\u2019 - the name of the country-wide public transport scheme. \n\nLeonore Gewesseler, Green MP and Austria\u2019s climate minister, was seen promoting the deal at the Frequency Festival in the town of St P\u00f6lten last Thursday. \n\nShe sported her own temporary tattoo which read \u201cGewessler takes the lead\u201d, insisting that the promotion was unproblematic. \n\nBut, the tattoo for public transport ticket scheme has attracted criticism from other Austrian MPs and social media users. \n\nHow does the tattoo for ticket scheme work? \n\nA pop-up tattoo parlour with a banner reading \u201cAktion geht unter die Haut\u201d (Action that gets under your skin) has appeared at a number of events this summer. \n\nFestivalgoers were invited to get \u2018Klimaticket\u2019 (climate ticket) tattooed on them in return for free, Austria-wide train travel for a year. Those behind the campaign say that six people, three at each festival so far this summer, have got a tattoo and received the free ticket. \n\nThis annual ticket can be used on almost all public transport in Austria, allowing people to travel throughout the country for just \u20ac3 a day with concessions available for young people, seniors and people with disabilities.\u00a0 \n\nIt costs a total of \u20ac1,095 a year and around 245,000 people currently have one. Austria has a population of almost 9 million people. \n\nAttendees at the events where the tent appeared were also offered other tattoo designs related to public transport, sustainability and climate change free of charge. Those behind the campaign say that around 10 people a day at each festival have taken part. \n\n\nThe offer for free rail travel, however, was limited to the first three people who got the Klimaticket design at each event. \n\nTattoo for ticket scheme has attracted criticism \n\nAfter the pop-up tent appeared at Electric Love Festival in Salzburg six weeks ago, social media users criticised the campaign for encouraging irresponsible behaviour from young people. \n\n\u201cIs this such an exemplary action? Motivating young adults to get tattoos ?\u201d one Instagram user asked. The Klimaticket account simply replied with \u201cpersonal responsibility\u201d. \n\nCritics have also accused Gewessler of using young people\u2019s skin to advertise her policies. \n\nHenrike Brandst\u00f6tter, an MP for Austria\u2019s liberal NEOS party, also said that \u201coffering people money for putting advertising under their skin reveals an unacceptable view of humanity from a government minister\u201d. \n\nThe Standard newspaper described the offer as \u201csustainably stupid\u201d while the Salzburger Nachrichten called it \u201cnaked cynicism\u201d. \n\nBut Gewessler told a local TV station that the campaign had been \u201ccarried out with great care\u201d. \n\nShe seemed to imply that festivalgoers are less likely to be inebriated during the day saying, \u201cit is only done during daylight\u201d. She also pointed out that the markings are \u201conly offered to people over the age of 18.\u201d \n\nShe also said that most of the people who got the tattoos already had some. \n\nRepresentatives of the company which sells the climate ticket also told local press that feedback at the festivals was \u201cextremely positive\u201d and the campaign had been well received. \n\nThere are currently no more events planned this year, they added, and they aren\u2019t yet sure if the free ticket offer will be repeated in 2024.\u00a0 \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Austria is offering free public transport for a year to people willing to get a tattoo reading \u2018Klimaticket\u2019 - the name of the country-wide public transport scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Leonore Gewesseler, Green MP and Austria\u2019s climate minister, was seen promoting the deal at the Frequency Festival in the town of St P\u00f6lten last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>She sported her own temporary tattoo which read \u201cGewessler takes the lead\u201d, insisting that the promotion was unproblematic.<\/p>\n<p>But, the tattoo for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//22//hate-the-heat-these-are-the-7-coolest-european-places-you-can-reach-by-train-right-now/">public transport<\/strong><\/a> ticket scheme has attracted criticism from other Austrian MPs and social media users.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7479334,7823148\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//22//richest-country-in-europe-marks-third-year-of-free-public-transport/">The richest country in Europe is celebrating three years of free public transport<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//15//court-rules-children-have-a-right-to-a-healthy-environment-in-major-blow-to-fossil-fuel-in/">Montana court rules children have right to a healthy environment in major blow to fossil fuels<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>How does the tattoo for ticket scheme work?<\/h2><p>A pop-up tattoo parlour with a banner reading \u201cAktion geht unter die Haut\u201d (Action that gets under your skin) has appeared at a number of events this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Festivalgoers were invited to get <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//04//which-european-countries-have-the-cheapest-and-most-accessible-public-transport/">/u2018Klimaticket/u2019 (climate ticket)<\/strong><\/a> tattooed on them in return for free, Austria-wide train travel for a year. Those behind the campaign say that six people, three at each festival so far this summer, have got a tattoo and received the free ticket.<\/p>\n<p>This annual ticket can be used on almost all public transport in Austria, allowing people to travel throughout the country for just \u20ac3 a day with concessions available for young people, seniors and people with disabilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It costs a total of \u20ac1,095 a year and around 245,000 people currently have one. Austria has a population of almost 9 million people.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CuWo4VNsk9o\/?img_index=1\" class=\"widget widget--type-instagram widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CuWo4VNsk9o\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//CuWo4VNsk9o//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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Those behind the campaign say that around 10 people a day at each <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//14//glastonburys-biggest-fan-uk-festival-gets-an-eye-catching-28-metre-wind-turbine/">festival have taken part. <\/p>\n<p>The offer for free rail travel, however, was limited to the first three people who got the Klimaticket design at each event.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7816914,7801906\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//13//greenlash-why-its-getting-harder-to-pass-environmental-reforms-in-the-eu/">/u2018Greenlash/u2019: Why it\u2019s getting harder to pass environmental reforms in the EU<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//04//this-repair-cafe-makes-the-world-a-happier-place-by-fixing-items-and-bringing-people-toget/">/u2018Humanity flourishes in community\u2019: Locals fix their broken items for free at this repair cafe<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Tattoo for ticket scheme has attracted criticism<\/h2><p>After the pop-up tent appeared at Electric Love Festival in Salzburg six weeks ago, social media users criticised the campaign for encouraging irresponsible behaviour from young people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs this such an exemplary action? Motivating young adults to get <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//12//21//vegan-tattoos-and-no-plastic-how-are-tattoo-artists-going-green/">tattoos?\u201d one Instagram user asked. The Klimaticket account simply replied with \u201cpersonal responsibility\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have also accused Gewessler of using young people\u2019s skin to advertise her policies.<\/p>\n<p>Henrike Brandst\u00f6tter, an MP for Austria\u2019s liberal NEOS party, also said that \u201coffering people money for putting advertising under their skin reveals an unacceptable view of humanity from a government minister\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1693345680381636949\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Standard newspaper described the offer as \u201csustainably stupid\u201d while the Salzburger Nachrichten called it \u201cnaked cynicism\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But Gewessler told a local TV station that the campaign had been \u201ccarried out with great care\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She seemed to imply that festivalgoers are less likely to be inebriated during the day saying, \u201cit is only done during daylight\u201d. She also pointed out that the markings are \u201conly offered to people over the age of 18.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also said that most of the people who got the tattoos already had some.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives of the company which sells the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//31//deutschlandticket-germanys-49-ticket-pushes-passenger-numbers-up-25-on-local-train-service/">climate ticket<\/strong><\/a> also told local press that feedback at the festivals was \u201cextremely positive\u201d and the campaign had been well received.<\/p>\n<p>There are currently no more events planned this year, they added, and they aren\u2019t yet sure if the free ticket offer will be repeated in 2024.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692789736,"publishedAt":1692791627,"updatedAt":1692867776,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/08\/23\/austria-offers-festivalgoers-free-public-transport-for-a-year-if-they-get-a-tattoo","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/18\/76\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_162a7c06-83e1-5c9d-8e6d-0d556c02e274-7841876.jpg","altText":"The offer was available to those who got the word 'klimaticket' permanently tattooed. 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Yesterday firefighters were battling 99 separate fires, contending with strong winds and temperatures up to 41C. \n\nEighteen of those who have died, including two boys aged between 10 and 15, are believed to be migrants who crossed the nearby border with Turkey. Their bodies were found by firefighters near a shack in a burnt forest area in northeastern Greece. \n\nFires on the outskirts of Athens have shrouded the capital in smoke and prompted evacuation orders, including in the northwest district of Ano Liosia. \n\nSixty firefighters have been injured battling the flames, fire department spokesman Ioannis Artopios said today. \n\nEuropean Union officials have blamed climate change for the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires in Europe , noting that 2022 was the second-worst year for wildfire damage on record after 2017. \n\n\u201cWe must urgently take effective initiatives to ensure that this bleak reality does not become the new normality,\u201d said Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou in a statement. \n\nThe environmental impact of Europe\u2019s record wildfire season \n\nAccording to the Italian Society of Environmental Geology (SIGEA), more than 1,100 fires in Europe this summer have consumed 2,842 square kilometres, well above an average of 724 fires a year recorded from 2006-2022. \n\nThe fires have removed wooded areas capable of absorbing 2.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. \n\n\u201cWhen we add the fires in Canada , the United States, Africa, Asia and Australia to those in Europe, it seems that the situation is getting worse every year,\u2033 says SIGEA president Antonello Fiore. \n\nThe fires in Greece have killed 20 people this week\u00a0in the second major outbreak of the summer. They are also devastating wildlife and ecosystems. \n\n\u201c[Animals\u2019] existence is being threatened as nests are destroyed and finding food in a burnt forest is almost impossible,\u201d says the Hellenic Red Cross. \n\nThe biggest threat to domestic animals is \u201ctheir abandonment in houses or [being] tied up during the evacuation of residents from the fire-affected zones,\u201d they add. \n\nThe organisation has been carrying out continuous patrols in abandoned houses and has rescued dozens of animals during the precautionary evacuations. \n\nWhere are the fires in Greece? \n\nIn the northeastern Evros border region, a fire was burning through forest in a protected national park, with satellite imagery showing smoke blanketing much of northern and western Greece . \n\nNew fires broke out in several parts of the country on Tuesday, including in woodland northwest of Athens and an industrial area on the capital's western fringes. \n\nSmall explosions echoed from the industrial area of Aspropyrgos as flames reached warehouses and factories. Authorities shut down a highway and ordered the evacuation of nearby settlements. \n\nThe fire risk level for several regions, including the wider Athens area, was listed as \u2018extreme\u2019 for a second day on Tuesday. Authorities banned public access to mountains and forests in those regions until at least Wednesday morning and ordered military patrols. \n\nThe fire service said it was investigating the causes of the blazes, in coordination with the police and secret service. In recent days, several people have been arrested or fined for accidentally starting fires. \n\nGreece calls on EU countries for help fighting blazes \n\nWith firefighting forces stretched to the limit, Greece has asked other European countries for assistance. \n\nFive water-dropping planes from Croatia, Germany and Sweden , and a helicopter, 58 firefighters and nine water tanks from the Czech Republic flew to Greece on Tuesday, while 56 Romanian firefighters and two aircraft from Cyprus arrived on Monday. French firefighters helped tackle a blaze on the island of Evia on Monday. \n\n\u201cWe are mobilising actually almost one-third of the aircraft we have in the rescEU fleet,\u201d said EU spokesman Balazs Ujvari. \n\nGreece issues evacuation orders and alerts in fire affected areas \n\nGreece's deadliest wildfire killed 104 people in 2018, at a seaside resort near Athens that residents had not been warned to evacuate. Authorities have since erred on the side of caution, issuing swift mass evacuation orders whenever inhabited areas are threatened. \n\nOn Tuesday, firefighters found the burnt bodies of 18 people believed to have been migrants who had crossed the Turkish border near the city of Alexandroupolis. \n\nAvantas, where the bodies were found, had been under evacuation orders, with push alerts in Greek and English sent to all mobile phones in the region. \n\nOvernight, a massive wall of flames raced through forests toward Alexandroupolis, prompting authorities to evacuate eight more villages and the city\u2019s hospital as flames reddened the sky. \n\nThe coast guard said patrol boats and private vessels evacuated an additional 40 people by sea from beaches near Alexandroupolis. \n\nOn Monday, two people died and two firefighters were injured in separate fires in northern and central Greece. \n\nLast month, a wildfire on the island of Rhodes forced the evacuation of some 20,000 tourists. Days later, two air force pilots were killed when their water-dropping plane crashed while diving low to tackle a blaze on Evia. \n\nSpain and Italy are also battling blazes \n\nAnother major blaze has been burning across Tenerife in Spain 's Canary Islands for a week, although no injuries or damage to homes were reported. \n\nFirefighters battled to control the wildfire on the popular Canary Islands tourist destination. It is estimated that the blaze, which has scorched 150 square kilometres, has already burnt a third of Tenerife\u2019s woodlands. \n\nMore than 12,000 people were evacuated during the past week. Authorities said on Tuesday that 1,500 have been able to return to their homes. They have described the fire as the worst in decades on the Atlantic archipelago. \n\nLarge parts of Spain were under alert for wildfires as temperatures exceeded 38 degrees Celsius. While Spain\u2019s south often has extremely high temperatures, the country's weather agency issued an alert for the northern Basque Country, where temperatures were forecast to reach 42 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. \n\nIn Italy, authorities evacuated 700 people from homes and a campsite on the Tuscan island of Elba after a fire broke out late Monday, while in Turkey authorities evacuated nine villages in the northwestern Canakkale province. Turkish media also said that authorities reduced maritime traffic in the Dardanelles Strait in case firefighting vessels need to be deployed to the area. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Wildfires in Greece are raging for the sixth day, with 20 lives lost so far. Yesterday firefighters were battling 99 separate fires, contending with strong winds and temperatures up to 41C.<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen of those who have died, including two boys aged between 10 and 15, are believed to be migrants who crossed the nearby border with Turkey. Their bodies were found by firefighters near a shack in a burnt forest area in northeastern Greece.<\/p>\n<p>Fires on the outskirts of Athens have shrouded the capital in smoke and prompted evacuation orders, including in the northwest district of Ano Liosia.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty firefighters have been injured battling the flames, fire department spokesman Ioannis Artopios said today.<\/p>\n<p>European Union officials have blamed climate change for the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//08//torrential-rain-flash-floods-and-raging-wildfires-europes-extreme-summer/">Europe, noting that 2022 was the second-worst year for wildfire damage on record after 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must urgently take effective initiatives to ensure that this bleak reality does not become the new normality,\u201d said <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//02//greek-wildfires-have-unleashed-the-same-co2-emissions-in-july-as-over-222000-cars-in-a-yea/">Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou in a statement.<\/p>\n<h2>The environmental impact of Europe\u2019s record wildfire season<\/h2><p>According to the Italian Society of Environmental Geology (SIGEA), more than 1,100 fires in Europe this summer have consumed 2,842 square kilometres, well above an average of 724 fires a year recorded from 2006-2022.<\/p>\n<p>The fires have removed wooded areas capable of absorbing 2.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we add the fires in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//18//canadas-record-wildfire-season-whats-causing-the-blazes-and-when-will-it-end/">Canada, the United States, Africa, Asia and Australia to those in Europe, it seems that the situation is getting worse every year,\u2033 says SIGEA president Antonello Fiore.<\/p>\n<p>The fires in Greece have killed 20 people this week\u00a0in the second major outbreak of the summer. They are also devastating wildlife and ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Animals\u2019] existence is being threatened as nests are destroyed and finding food in a burnt forest is almost impossible,\u201d says the Hellenic Red Cross.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest threat to domestic <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//16//dogs-with-paws-burnt-down-to-the-bone-rescued-from-the-ashes-of-hawaiis-wildfires/">animals is \u201ctheir abandonment in houses or [being] tied up during the evacuation of residents from the fire-affected zones,\u201d they add.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation has been carrying out continuous patrols in abandoned houses and has rescued dozens of animals during the precautionary evacuations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//84//17//64//808x454_cmsv2_dea769d6-8d7b-527d-bcfe-8e8829a2c35d-7841764.jpg/" alt=\"Hellenic Red Cross (HRC)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/384x216_cmsv2_dea769d6-8d7b-527d-bcfe-8e8829a2c35d-7841764.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/640x360_cmsv2_dea769d6-8d7b-527d-bcfe-8e8829a2c35d-7841764.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/750x422_cmsv2_dea769d6-8d7b-527d-bcfe-8e8829a2c35d-7841764.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/828x466_cmsv2_dea769d6-8d7b-527d-bcfe-8e8829a2c35d-7841764.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/1080x608_cmsv2_dea769d6-8d7b-527d-bcfe-8e8829a2c35d-7841764.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/1200x675_cmsv2_dea769d6-8d7b-527d-bcfe-8e8829a2c35d-7841764.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/1920x1080_cmsv2_dea769d6-8d7b-527d-bcfe-8e8829a2c35d-7841764.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A puppy rescued by the Hellenic Red Cross (HRC) during Greece's wildfires.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Hellenic Red Cross (HRC)<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Where are the fires in Greece?<\/h2><p>In the northeastern Evros border region, a fire was burning through forest in a protected national park, with satellite imagery showing smoke blanketing much of northern and western <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//20//every-life-has-value-campaigners-urge-people-not-to-leave-animals-behind-in-greeces-wildfi/">Greece./n
New fires broke out in several parts of the country on Tuesday, including in woodland northwest of Athens and an industrial area on the capital's western fringes.<\/p>\n<p>Small explosions echoed from the industrial area of Aspropyrgos as flames reached warehouses and factories. Authorities shut down a highway and ordered the evacuation of nearby settlements.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7828484,7836998\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//17//recipe-for-disaster-10-eu-countries-cut-firefighter-jobs-despite-worsening-climate-crisis/">/u2018Recipe for disaster\u2019: 10 EU countries cut firefighter jobs despite worsening climate crisis <\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//22//metal-roofs-and-mowed-lawns-how-to-keep-your-house-safe-from-wildfires/">Metal roofs and mowed lawns: How to keep your house safe from wildfires<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The fire risk level for several regions, including the wider Athens area, was listed as \u2018extreme\u2019 for a second day on Tuesday. Authorities banned public access to mountains and forests in those regions until at least Wednesday morning and ordered military patrols.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//02//21//hero-dogs-do-70-of-the-searching-during-disaster-rescue-missions/">fire service said it was investigating the causes of the blazes, in coordination with the police and secret service. In recent days, several people have been arrested or fined for accidentally starting fires.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//84//17//64//808x454_cmsv2_4b32dcc1-de13-59ff-8e64-9ccdf474acbc-7841764.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/384x216_cmsv2_4b32dcc1-de13-59ff-8e64-9ccdf474acbc-7841764.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/640x360_cmsv2_4b32dcc1-de13-59ff-8e64-9ccdf474acbc-7841764.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/750x422_cmsv2_4b32dcc1-de13-59ff-8e64-9ccdf474acbc-7841764.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/828x466_cmsv2_4b32dcc1-de13-59ff-8e64-9ccdf474acbc-7841764.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/1080x608_cmsv2_4b32dcc1-de13-59ff-8e64-9ccdf474acbc-7841764.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/1200x675_cmsv2_4b32dcc1-de13-59ff-8e64-9ccdf474acbc-7841764.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/1920x1080_cmsv2_4b32dcc1-de13-59ff-8e64-9ccdf474acbc-7841764.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Flames burn a forest during a wildfire on Parnitha mountain near Hasia suburb, northwestern Athens, 22 August 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Greece calls on EU countries for help fighting blazes<\/h2><p>With firefighting forces stretched to the limit, Greece has asked other European countries for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Five water-dropping planes from Croatia, Germany and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//20//exploring-swedens-forests-how-is-the-industry-dealing-with-the-worlds-demands/">Sweden, and a helicopter, 58 firefighters and nine water tanks from the Czech Republic flew to Greece on Tuesday, while 56 Romanian firefighters and two aircraft from Cyprus arrived on Monday. French firefighters helped tackle a blaze on the island of Evia on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are mobilising actually almost one-third of the aircraft we have in the rescEU fleet,\u201d said EU spokesman Balazs Ujvari.<\/p>\n<h2>Greece issues evacuation orders and alerts in fire affected areas<\/h2><p>Greece's deadliest wildfire killed 104 people in 2018, at a seaside resort near Athens that residents had not been warned to evacuate. Authorities have since erred on the side of caution, issuing swift mass evacuation orders whenever inhabited areas are threatened.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//video//2023//08//22//18-bodies-found-in-greek-forest-as-wildfires-ravage-north-of-the-country/">firefighters found the burnt bodies of 18 people believed to have been migrants who had crossed the Turkish border near the city of Alexandroupolis.<\/p>\n<p>Avantas, where the bodies were found, had been under evacuation orders, with push alerts in Greek and English sent to all mobile phones in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight, a massive wall of flames raced through forests toward Alexandroupolis, prompting authorities to evacuate eight more villages and the city\u2019s hospital as flames reddened the sky.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7791776\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//01//what-are-the-health-effects-of-wildfires-and-how-can-i-protect-myself/">What are the health effects of wildfires and how can I protect myself?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The coast guard said patrol boats and private vessels evacuated an additional 40 people by sea from beaches near Alexandroupolis.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, two people died and two firefighters were injured in separate fires in northern and central Greece.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, a wildfire on the island of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//07//25//2000-people-including-tourists-evacuated-as-a-wildfire-rages-on-the-greek-island-of-rhodes/">Rhodes forced the evacuation of some 20,000 tourists. Days later, two air force pilots were killed when their water-dropping plane crashed while diving low to tackle a blaze on Evia.<\/p>\n<h2>Spain and Italy are also battling blazes<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//84//17//64//808x454_cmsv2_3bb0b005-9e6c-5953-ba81-c46697da38d7-7841764.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/384x216_cmsv2_3bb0b005-9e6c-5953-ba81-c46697da38d7-7841764.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/640x360_cmsv2_3bb0b005-9e6c-5953-ba81-c46697da38d7-7841764.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/750x422_cmsv2_3bb0b005-9e6c-5953-ba81-c46697da38d7-7841764.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/828x466_cmsv2_3bb0b005-9e6c-5953-ba81-c46697da38d7-7841764.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/1080x608_cmsv2_3bb0b005-9e6c-5953-ba81-c46697da38d7-7841764.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/1200x675_cmsv2_3bb0b005-9e6c-5953-ba81-c46697da38d7-7841764.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/1920x1080_cmsv2_3bb0b005-9e6c-5953-ba81-c46697da38d7-7841764.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Local residents try to reach their houses in Benijos village as police block the area as fire advances in La Orotava in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 19 August 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Another major blaze has been burning across Tenerife in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//18//spanish-firefighters-braced-for-wildfire-season-after-a-spring-drought-and-high-temperatur/">Spain's Canary Islands for a week, although no injuries or damage to homes were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters battled to control the wildfire on the popular <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//21//wildfires-ravage-6-of-canary-islands-as-crews-tackle-blazes-in-greece-italy/">Canary Islands<\/strong><\/a> tourist destination. It is estimated that the blaze, which has scorched 150 square kilometres, has already burnt a third of Tenerife\u2019s woodlands.<\/p>\n<p>More than 12,000 people were evacuated during the past week. Authorities said on Tuesday that 1,500 have been able to return to their homes. They have described the fire as the worst in decades on the Atlantic archipelago.<\/p>\n<p>Large parts of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//08//21//fake-signs-at-spanish-beaches-warn-english-speaking-tourists-to-stay-away/">Spain were under alert for wildfires as temperatures exceeded 38 degrees Celsius. While Spain\u2019s south often has extremely high temperatures, the country's weather agency issued an alert for the northern Basque Country, where temperatures were forecast to reach 42 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In Italy, authorities evacuated 700 people from homes and a campsite on the Tuscan island of Elba after a fire broke out late Monday, while in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//video//2023//08//23//ankara-evacuates-more-than-1200-people-as-greeces-wildfires-spread-to-turkey/">Turkey authorities evacuated nine villages in the northwestern Canakkale province. Turkish media also said that authorities reduced maritime traffic in the Dardanelles Strait in case firefighting vessels need to be deployed to the area.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692788037,"publishedAt":1692788971,"updatedAt":1692883238,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/08\/23\/bleak-reality-fire-in-northwest-greece-rages-for-a-fourth-day-after-18-bodies-found","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/17\/64\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4cff8f81-2808-561b-b218-6c55f618659a-7841764.jpg","altText":"Flames burn a forest during a wildfire in Avantas, near Alexandroupolis, Greece, 21 August 2023.","caption":"Flames burn a forest during a wildfire in Avantas, near Alexandroupolis, Greece, 21 August 2023.","captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Achilleas 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number of abusive SLAPP lawsuits filed in Europe in 2022 - report","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Record number of abusive SLAPP lawsuits in 2022 - report","titleListing2":"Record number of abusive SLAPP lawsuits in 2022 a threat to Europe's democracy - report","leadin":"The number of abusive lawsuits against journalists and human rights defenders increased to a record 161 in 2022, according to a new report published Wednesday by the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE).","summary":"The number of abusive lawsuits against journalists and human rights defenders increased to a record 161 in 2022, according to a new report published Wednesday by the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE).","url":"record-number-of-abusive-slapp-lawsuits-filed-in-europe-in-2022-report","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) are abusive lawsuits against media companies, journalists, NGOs or human rights defenders aimed at intimidating and silencing them on issues of public interest.\u00a0 \n\nTheir use has been increasing steadily over the past decade in Europe and the rest of the world, undermining free speech and democracy. \n\nLast year, an estimated 161 such lawsuits were filed, according to the report , busting the previous yearly record of 146 set in 2020.\u00a0 \n\nCASE, in partnership with legal experts and the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation, analysed a total of 820 litigations, but said that the true number of SLAPPs is likely to be much higher. \n\nIn Croatia alone, for example, over 245 new lawsuits against journalists were launched in 2022, but CASE was unable to independently verify which were SLAPPs. \n\nThe most likely targets of a SLAPP are journalists, media outlets, editors, activists and NGOs, with legal action most commonly launched against individuals. Individual journalists were the targets of 30% of the cases studied.\u00a0Other likely defendants include lawyers, academics, politicians, authors and publishers. \n\nSLAPPs are commonly launched by those in positions of power such as businesses (39.9%), state-owned entities (26.8%) and politicians (25%), and mostly target actions or publications on corruption, government, business and environmental issues.\u00a0 \n\nDefamation is the most common legal basis, accounting for 72% of the lawsuits studied in the report. \n\nThe SLAPPs analysed also included exorbitant demands in value of\u00a0damages, with the highest totalling some \u20ac17.6 million.\u00a0The median value of damages claimed was \u20ac15,150, and the average \u20ac360,659.\u00a0In 8.3% of the cases in 2022, defendants faced criminal repercussions, such as incarceration. \n\nAccording to CASE, 2022 saw a significant number of SLAPPs lodged in Malta, France, Croatia, Greece, the United Kingdom, Turkey, and Georgia.\u00a0 \n\nMalta had the highest number of SLAPPs per capita, with 19.93 cases per 100,000 people, although the data was highly influenced by multiple cases brought by the Maltese government against\u00a0the Maltese online investigative portal The Shift News. \n\nThe issue is of high importance in Malta, where journalist\u00a0Daphne Caruana Galizia faced 43 civil and five criminal lawsuits at the time of her murder in 2017. \n\nDaphne's Law \n\nThe European Commission is trying to restrict the use of these lawsuits and in April put forward proposals for an anti-SLAPP Directive , known as Daphne\u2019s Law, in honour of Caruana Galizia.\u00a0 \n\nIt\u00a0would enable judges to swiftly dismiss unfounded lawsuits against journalists and human rights defenders, and establish safeguards - such as compensation for damages and dissuasive penalties - for launching abusive lawsuits.\u00a0 \n\nIt would also ensure uniform legal protection across member states, where current laws on SLAPPs vary widely. \n\nThe Directive received the backing of the European Parliament's JURI Committee in June, and was approved in plenary in July. \n\nBut there are fears European member states, which form the Council of the EU, will attempt to water down the Directive's ambitions to safeguard journalists and media freedom during trilogue negotiations. \n\nWhen member states agreed on their negotiating positions in June, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders expressed his regret concerning\u00a0\"the weakening of the remedies against abusive court proceedings, in particular the deletion of the provision on compensation of damage and the weakening of the provision on award of costs.\" \n\nWriting in Euronews in last month, Emma Bergmans of Free Press Unlimited and Corinne Vella of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation stated that \"ironically, the Council\u2019s version of Daphne\u2019s Law would not have protected Daphne herself from the SLAPPs she was facing.\" \n\nOne of the likely sticking points in upcoming negotiations includes the definition of \u2018cross-border\u2019 SLAPPs, where the complainant and the defendant reside in different member states. According to the CASE report, these account for just under one in ten SLAPPs. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) are abusive lawsuits against media companies, journalists, NGOs or human rights defenders aimed at intimidating and silencing them on issues of public interest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Their use has been increasing steadily over the past decade in Europe and the rest of the world, undermining free speech and democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, an estimated 161 such lawsuits were filed, according <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.the-case.eu//wp-content//uploads//2023//08//20230703-CASE-UPDATE-REPORT-2023-1.pdf/">to the report<\/a><\/strong>, busting the previous yearly record of 146 set in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CASE, in partnership with legal experts and the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation, analysed a total of 820 litigations, but said that the true number of SLAPPs is likely to be much higher.<\/p>\n<p>In Croatia alone, for example, over 245 new lawsuits against journalists were launched in 2022, but CASE was unable to independently verify which were SLAPPs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-flourish widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart u-min-height-375\" data-src=\"visualisation\/14811278?92060\"><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The most likely targets of a SLAPP are journalists, media outlets, editors, activists and NGOs, with legal action most commonly launched against individuals. Individual journalists were the targets of 30% of the cases studied.\u00a0Other likely defendants include lawyers, academics, politicians, authors and publishers.<\/p>\n<p>SLAPPs are commonly launched by those in positions of power such as businesses (39.9%), state-owned entities (26.8%) and politicians (25%), and mostly target actions or publications on corruption, government, business and environmental issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Defamation is the most common legal basis, accounting for 72% of the lawsuits studied in the report.<\/p>\n<p>The SLAPPs analysed also included exorbitant demands in value of\u00a0damages, with the highest totalling some \u20ac17.6 million.\u00a0The median value of damages claimed was \u20ac15,150, and the average \u20ac360,659.\u00a0In 8.3% of the cases in 2022, defendants faced criminal repercussions, such as incarceration.<\/p>\n<p>According to CASE, 2022 saw a significant number of SLAPPs lodged in Malta, France, Croatia, Greece, the United Kingdom, Turkey, and Georgia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Malta had the highest number of SLAPPs per capita, with 19.93 cases per 100,000 people, although the data was highly influenced by multiple cases brought by the Maltese government against\u00a0the Maltese online investigative portal The Shift News.<\/p>\n<p>The issue is of high importance in Malta, where journalist\u00a0Daphne Caruana Galizia faced 43 civil and five criminal lawsuits at the time of her murder in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daphne's Law<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The European Commission is trying to restrict the use of these lawsuits and in April put forward proposals for an <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//06//26//meps-accuse-eu-countries-of-undermining-attemps-to-protect-journalists/">anti-SLAPP Directive<\/a><\/strong>, known as Daphne\u2019s Law, in honour of Caruana Galizia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u00a0would enable judges to swiftly dismiss unfounded lawsuits against journalists and human rights defenders, and establish safeguards - such as compensation for damages and dissuasive penalties - for launching abusive lawsuits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It would also ensure uniform legal protection across member states, where current laws on SLAPPs vary widely.<\/p>\n<p>The Directive received the backing of the European Parliament's JURI Committee in June, and was approved in plenary in July.<\/p>\n<p>But there are fears European member states, which form the Council of the EU, will attempt to water down the Directive's ambitions to safeguard journalists and media freedom during trilogue negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>When member states agreed on their negotiating positions in June, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders expressed his regret concerning\u00a0\"the weakening of the remedies against abusive court proceedings, in particular the deletion of the provision on compensation of damage and the weakening of the provision on award of costs.\"<\/p>\n<p>Writing in Euronews in last month, Emma Bergmans of Free Press Unlimited and Corinne Vella of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation stated that \"ironically, the Council\u2019s version of Daphne\u2019s Law would not have protected Daphne herself from the SLAPPs she was facing.\"<\/p>\n<p>One of the likely sticking points in upcoming negotiations includes the definition of \u2018cross-border\u2019 SLAPPs, where the complainant and the defendant reside in different member states. According to the CASE report, these account for just under one in ten SLAPPs.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692780055,"publishedAt":1692787744,"updatedAt":1692787798,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2023\/08\/23\/record-number-of-abusive-slapp-lawsuits-filed-in-europe-in-2022-report","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/13\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ddfc9cc3-7285-5251-98c5-2cfd20d5c9ac-7841354.jpg","altText":"People hold placards and photos of killed journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia during a protest called for by Galizia's family and civic movements","caption":"People hold placards and photos of killed journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia during a protest called for by Galizia's family and civic movements","captionCredit":"ANDREAS 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uncover skull's potential in diagnosing and treating brain diseases like Alzheimer's","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Skull scanning may aid in brain disease diagnosis and treatment","titleListing2":"Researchers uncover skull's potential in diagnosing and treating brain diseases like Alzheimer's","leadin":"The study findings could open up new possibilities to monitor brain inflammation simply by scanning the surface of the patient\u2019s head.","summary":"The study findings could open up new possibilities to monitor brain inflammation simply by scanning the surface of the patient\u2019s head.","url":"researchers-uncover-skulls-potential-in-diagnosing-and-treating-brain-diseases-like-alzhei","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Monitoring and treating brain conditions such as Alzheimer's and strokes has been a challenge due to the vital organ\u2019s inaccessibility. \n\nThe brain is protected by the skull and other surrounding membranes. \n\nNow scientists at Helmholtz Munich in Germany have uncovered a more complex relationship between the skull and the brain. \n\nThey say their findings could offer new diagnosis and treatment options and\u201crevolutionise brain health monitoring in the future with non-invasive skull imaging\u201d. \n\nImmune cells trying to access the brain \n\nRecent studies have suggested direct connections between the skull's bone marrow and the outermost surface of the brain's protective membranes, the meningeal surface. \n\n\u201cThe team of scientists found that these connections often traverse even through the outermost and toughest layer of membrane, the dura, opening up even closer to the brain surface than previous thought,\u201d according to a statement from Helmholz Munich. \n\nNeuroinflammation, a common feature of neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's, stroke, and multiple sclerosis (MS), can be caused when immune cells from the skull get into the brain. \n\n\u201cTo give an analogy, you can think of it as a castle. The brain is inside and there's the army outside. They [invaders, the immune cells] want to destroy the inside, but they're blocked, right?\u201d said Ali Ert\u00fcrk, head of the Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine at Helmholtz Munich. \n\n\u201cBut there are actually small gates we found with this study, with high-resolution, there are tiny, small gates - that people didn't know (of) before - in the wall. And these gates can open and when they open, these guys get in, and then they cause brain damage,\" he added. \n\nThe researchers also found using PET imaging that signals from the skull mirrored those from the underlying brain. The changes in these signals corresponded to disease progression in patients with Alzheimer's and stroke. \n\nTissue clearing and 3D imaging \n\nThe team also found, in analyses of both mouse and human bones, that the cells in the skull\u2019s bone marrow are \u201cunique in their composition and in their disease response\u201d and those \"brain-specific\" cells and molecules harboured in the skull cannot be found in other bones. \n\nTo generate high-resolution images of the skull, meninges, and the brain for the first time the research team used \u201ctissue clearing\u201d, a specialised method to make organs and bones transparent. \n\n\"Think about this like looking into a glass of milk versus water. What we do is converting milk into water, and that requires some biochemical processes, including dehydration. And we remove the white particles of the milk. Then the transparent part remains. When it's transparent like this, light can travel, and then we can visualise inner structures,\u201d Ert\u00fcrk explained. \n\nThe team then used 3D imaging to visualise the conduits facilitating the movement of immune cells back and forth. \n\n\"We could see them cell by cell, end to end. And that revealed to us that indeed there are also connections between the human skull and the surface of the brain, and we are now able to utilise these connections, first to monitor brain diseases and potentially to treat brain diseases,\u201d said Ert\u00fcrk. \n\nAll these findings together open up new possibilities to monitor brain inflammation simply by scanning the surface of the patient\u2019s head using ultrasound or other methods. It could also enable early diagnosis and \"potentially even aid in preventing the onsets\" of the diseases. \n\nErt\u00fcrk's team of about thirty researchers who worked on the project for over four years hopes that \u201cmore accessible and practical ways\u201d to monitor neurological diseases will be developed. \n\nFor example, small, portable detectors could be attached to the head permanently to deliver a continuous stream of information instead of periodic MRI and PET scans. \n\n\u201cOur vision is that as the skull is just the surface, we don't need to put people into MRI machines, but potentially using smartwatches or as small detectors. We just put it to the surface of the skull and that will show you what is the disease in the brain,\u201d said Ert\u00fcrk. \n\nFor more on this story, watch the video in the media player above. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Monitoring and treating brain conditions such as Alzheimer's and strokes has been a challenge due to the vital organ\u2019s inaccessibility.<\/p>\n<p>The brain is protected by the skull and other surrounding membranes.<\/p>\n<p>Now scientists at Helmholtz Munich in Germany have uncovered a more complex relationship between the skull and the brain.<\/p>\n<p>They say their findings could offer new diagnosis and treatment options and\u201crevolutionise brain health monitoring in the future with non-invasive skull imaging\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Immune cells trying to access the brain<\/h2><p>Recent studies have suggested direct connections between the skull's bone marrow and the outermost surface of the brain's protective membranes, the meningeal surface.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team of scientists found that these connections often traverse even through the outermost and toughest layer of membrane, the dura, opening up even closer to the brain surface than previous thought,\u201d <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.helmholtz-munich.de//en//newsroom//news-all//artikel//a-new-ally-in-fighting-brain-diseases-our-very-own-skull/">according to a statement from Helmholz Munich.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neuroinflammation, a common feature of neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's, stroke, and multiple sclerosis (MS), can be caused when immune cells from the skull get into the brain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo give an analogy, you can think of it as a castle. The brain is inside and there's the army outside. They [invaders, the immune cells] want to destroy the inside, but they're blocked, right?\u201d said Ali Ert\u00fcrk, head of the Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine at Helmholtz Munich.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there are actually small gates we found with this study, with high-resolution, there are tiny, small gates - that people didn't know (of) before - in the wall. And these gates can open and when they open, these guys get in, and then they cause brain damage,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers also found using PET imaging that signals from the skull mirrored those from the underlying brain. The changes in these signals corresponded to disease progression in patients with Alzheimer's and stroke.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7588674\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//05//09//scientists-find-young-adults-with-mental-health-conditions-at-higher-risk-of-stroke-or-hea/">Scientists find young adults with mental health conditions at higher risk of stroke or heart attack<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Tissue clearing and 3D imaging<\/h2><p>The team also found, in analyses of both mouse and human bones, that the cells in the skull\u2019s bone marrow are \u201cunique in their composition and in their disease response\u201d and those \"brain-specific\" cells and molecules harboured in the skull cannot be found in other bones.<\/p>\n<p>To generate high-resolution images of the skull, meninges, and the brain for the first time the research team used \u201ctissue clearing\u201d, a specialised method to make organs and bones transparent.<\/p>\n<p>\"Think about this like looking into a glass of milk versus water. What we do is converting milk into water, and that requires some biochemical processes, including dehydration. And we remove the white particles of the milk. Then the transparent part remains. When it's transparent like this, light can travel, and then we can visualise inner structures,\u201d Ert\u00fcrk explained.<\/p>\n<p>The team then used 3D imaging to visualise the conduits facilitating the movement of immune cells back and forth.<\/p>\n<p>\"We could see them cell by cell, end to end. And that revealed to us that indeed there are also connections between the human skull and the surface of the brain, and we are now able to utilise these connections, first to monitor brain diseases and potentially to treat brain diseases,\u201d said Ert\u00fcrk.<\/p>\n<p>All these findings together open up new possibilities to monitor brain inflammation simply by scanning the surface of the patient\u2019s head using ultrasound or other methods. It could also enable early diagnosis and \"potentially even aid in preventing the onsets\" of the diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Ert\u00fcrk's team of about thirty researchers who worked on the project for over four years hopes that \u201cmore accessible and practical ways\u201d to monitor neurological diseases will be developed.<\/p>\n<p>For example, small, portable detectors could be attached to the head permanently to deliver a continuous stream of information instead of periodic MRI and PET scans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur vision is that as the skull is just the surface, we don't need to put people into MRI machines, but potentially using smartwatches or as small detectors. We just put it to the surface of the skull and that will show you what is the disease in the brain,\u201d said Ert\u00fcrk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.<\/strong><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692725462,"publishedAt":1692782159,"updatedAt":1692782484,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2023\/08\/23\/researchers-uncover-skulls-potential-in-diagnosing-and-treating-brain-diseases-like-alzhei","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/83\/92\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7f9ef403-552d-50aa-872a-50c97eff8f9c-7828392.jpg","altText":"Scientists have found a new approach to diagnose brain diseases.","caption":"Scientists have found a new approach to diagnose brain 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\n\nMaritime traffic from the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara has been suspended due to the ongoing forest fire.\u00a0 \n\nAbout 30 vessels in the Dardanelles Strait, several of them deep-draught, had to interrupt their voyage. \n\nOn Tuesday, firefighters in Greece found the burnt bodies of 18 people. They were believed to have been migrants who had crossed the Turkish border into the northeastern part of the country where wildfires have raged for days. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The wildfires raging in Greece are also affecting neighbouring Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish firefighters have been tackling the flames of a forest fire in the border province of \u00c7anakkale, where 1,200 people from nine villages have been evacuated.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,500 hectares have burned, and 48 people had to be treated for smoke intoxication.<\/p>\n<p>Maritime traffic from the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara has been suspended due to the ongoing forest fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About 30 vessels in the Dardanelles Strait, several of them deep-draught, had to interrupt their voyage.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, firefighters in Greece found the burnt bodies of 18 people. They were believed to have been migrants who had crossed the Turkish border into the northeastern part of the country where wildfires have raged for days.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692768725,"publishedAt":1692781699,"updatedAt":1692782106,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/23\/ankara-evacuates-more-than-1200-people-as-greeces-wildfires-spread-to-turkey","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/07\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_8ad1a03f-a3de-52c8-9bc0-9e2eec8b7380-7840754.jpg","altText":"Wildfires in Turkey","caption":"Wildfires in Turkey","captionCredit":"AP Photo","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"churm","title":"Philip Andrew Churm","twitter":"@TheChurm"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":284,"slug":"turkey","urlSafeValue":"turkey","title":"Turkiye (Turkey)","titleRaw":"Turkiye (Turkey)"},{"id":25370,"slug":"wildfires","urlSafeValue":"wildfires","title":"Wildfires","titleRaw":"Wildfires"},{"id":7983,"slug":"fires-in-greece","urlSafeValue":"fires-in-greece","title":"Fires in Greece","titleRaw":"Fires in Greece"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2350916},{"id":2351802},{"id":2352104}],"technicalTags":[],"video":1,"videos":[{"duration":35000,"editor":null,"filesizeBytes":4628323,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/08\/23\/en\/230823_NWSU_52840685_52841624_35000_094507_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"md"},{"duration":35000,"editor":null,"filesizeBytes":7030627,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/08\/23\/en\/230823_NWSU_52840685_52841624_35000_094507_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"hd"}],"externalPartners":{"dailymotionId":"x8nfeb1","youtubeId":"FAOm_o2HmQI"},"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":"","freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":284,"urlSafeValue":"turkey","title":"Turkey","url":"\/news\/europe\/turkey"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gb_safe_from_high','gs_science','gs_science_geography','gv_death_injury','gb_death_injury_high_med','gb_death_injury_high_med_low','gb_death_injury_news-ent','gs_news','gs_news_and_weather','gt_negative_fear','gt_negative','gs_tech'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/2023\/08\/23\/ankara-evacuates-more-than-1200-people-as-greeces-wildfires-spread-to-turkey","lastModified":1692782106},{"id":2352150,"cid":7839778,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230822_EISU_52835910","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Meet the company using discarded oyster shells to cut energy costs and keep France's buildings cool","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"This paint made from oyster shells could cool your home by 7\u00b0C","titleListing2":"Meet the company using discarded oyster shells to cut energy costs and keep France's buildings cool","leadin":"Cool Roof France has found an innovative way to use the 130,000 tonnes of waste oysters produced every year in France. ","summary":"Cool Roof France has found an innovative way to use the 130,000 tonnes of waste oysters produced every year in France. ","url":"meet-the-company-using-discarded-oyster-shells-to-cut-energy-costs-and-keep-frances-buildi","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"As heat waves continue to scorch Europe, many of us are looking for cheap and innovative ways to keep our homes or workplaces cool. \n\nWhile air conditioning often proves effective, its environmental cost contributes further to the climate crisis. \n\nSo what if we look into the past and to other parts of the world for inspiration and start painting our roofs white ? \n\n\u201cThis technology is just pretty old actually, but this is quite innovative to make it so technical,\u201d says Julien Martin Cocher, deputy CEO of Cool Roof France. \n\nBut does having a white roof really make a building cooler? \n\nWhat is oyster shell roof paint? \n\nCool Roof France (CRF) is on a mission to reduce the ambient temperature inside buildings in a sustainable and cost effective way. \n\nTraditional paint is made up of calcium, solvent and water. \n\nIn France, more than 130,000 tonnes of oyster shells are thrown away every year. CRF takes a few tonnes of this waste and uses the outer part of the shell - which is made from calcium - to replace the traditional calcium in its paint. \n\n\u201cThe oyster was at the beginning just to use a waste that we are finding quite easily in the west part of France and to replace this calcium that we are usually finding [in paint],\u201d Julien explains. \n\nIts innovative team of scientists soon discovered that the oyster shell maximises the paint\u2019s performance and makes it more durable. \n\nCan white paint make my home cooler? \n\nCRF\u2019s oyster-enriched, thermo-reflective roof paint is applied in three layers. The first two layers make it a durable product which will last for around 20 years. \n\nBy adding the third layer, the paint is able to reflect 90 per cent of the sun\u2019s rays away from a building. \n\nThis results in an average temperature reduction of six to seven degrees Celsius. \n\n\u201cUsually companies are using AC and when they are using AC, that means that if we are lowering the temperature, we manage to reduce the AC use . \n\n\u201cBy reducing the use, we are also dropping down the energy consumption for the AC,\u201d Julien adds. \n\n\u201cSo that means, when we are getting minus six, minus seven degrees Celsius we manage to demonstrate that we are getting between 30 to 50 per cent less energy consumption , which is huge.\u201d \n\nCool Roof France has already painted many shop, hospital and office roofs and the results are astounding. \n\nIn France, the company has worked closely with the police and government to paint the roof of a sniffer dog handling unit. The ambient temperature of the building was reduced by 10 degrees Celsius. \n\nLast year, schools across Europe were forced to close because it was too hot for the children to be inside. \n\n\u201cWe shouldn't fall into this kind of situation,\u201d Julien says. \n\n\u201cWe have 1 billion AC (air conditioning units) today. We estimate that we may get 5 billion in 2050. AC is a solution that is making some cold inside the building by making some hot outside. So we are all impacted by this kind of crazy solution. \n\n\u201cToday with a white paint, this is super smart and so easy to implement.\u201d \n\nCan I paint my own roof white with Cool Roof France? \n\nCurrently, Cool Roof France mainly works with businesses, schools and hospitals to reduce the temperature inside buildings filled with hundreds of people. \n\nIts staff are able to paint the roof of an office building much quicker than the same area across multiple homes. \n\nBy painting many large roof areas white in an urban environment it helps to fight against the urban heat island effect . This is when cities suffer from much higher temperatures as the heat is contained by tall buildings and large amounts of asphalt. Cooling down bigger buildings can help reduce the overall temperature of a city or town. \n\nBut fear not, if you do like the idea of a white roof for your home (and have a love of DIY), CRF also sells its thermo-reflective roof paint via its site. \n\nUsing white paint for good around the world \n\nWith every building they paint, Cool Roof France monitors and evaluates its product\u2019s performance. It is constantly innovating when it comes to paint. \n\nThe company also uses 10 per cent of its profits to help fund projects to support people living in heat vulnerable areas. \n\n\u201cLast year we went to Senegal, painting 30,000 square metres of buildings, schools, hospitals, individual houses and just to help people because this is part of our DNA,\u201d says Julien. \n\n\u201cWe just want to make sure that we are going beyond because today we are all suffering from these daily heatwaves .\u201d \n\nWatch the video above to learn more about this innovative roof paint. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>As heat waves continue to scorch Europe, many of us are looking for cheap and innovative ways to keep our homes or workplaces cool.<\/p>\n<p>While air conditioning often proves effective, its environmental cost contributes further to the climate crisis.<\/p>\n<p>So what if we look into the past and to other parts of the world for inspiration and start <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//08//painting-barcelona-s-rooftops-could-lower-temperatures-by-up-to-five-degrees-say-experts/">painting our roofs white<\/strong><\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis technology is just pretty old actually, but this is quite innovative to make it so technical,\u201d says Julien Martin Cocher, deputy CEO of Cool Roof France.<\/p>\n<p>But does having a white roof really make a building cooler?<\/p>\n<h2>What is oyster shell roof paint?<\/h2><p>Cool Roof France (CRF) is on a mission to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//21//heatwave-13-cheap-ways-mediterraneans-have-stayed-cool-for-centuries/">reduce the ambient temperature inside buildings<\/strong><\/a> in a sustainable and cost effective way.<\/p>\n<p>Traditional paint is made up of calcium, solvent and water.<\/p>\n<p>In France, more than 130,000 tonnes of oyster shells are thrown away every year. CRF takes a few tonnes of this <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//04//26//climate-change-is-on-your-plate-max-la-manna-on-cutting-food-waste/">waste and uses the outer part of the shell - which is made from calcium - to replace the traditional calcium in its paint.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.75\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//97//78//808x608_cmsv2_562f82fe-2d7f-5784-bfa4-a92b8360a5a3-7839778.jpg/" alt=\"Cool Roof France\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/97\/78\/384x288_cmsv2_562f82fe-2d7f-5784-bfa4-a92b8360a5a3-7839778.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/97\/78\/640x480_cmsv2_562f82fe-2d7f-5784-bfa4-a92b8360a5a3-7839778.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/97\/78\/750x563_cmsv2_562f82fe-2d7f-5784-bfa4-a92b8360a5a3-7839778.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/97\/78\/828x621_cmsv2_562f82fe-2d7f-5784-bfa4-a92b8360a5a3-7839778.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/97\/78\/1080x810_cmsv2_562f82fe-2d7f-5784-bfa4-a92b8360a5a3-7839778.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/97\/78\/1200x900_cmsv2_562f82fe-2d7f-5784-bfa4-a92b8360a5a3-7839778.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/97\/78\/1920x1440_cmsv2_562f82fe-2d7f-5784-bfa4-a92b8360a5a3-7839778.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The outside of an oyster shell is made of calcium.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Cool Roof France<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe oyster was at the beginning just to use a waste that we are finding quite easily in the west part of France and to replace this calcium that we are usually finding [in paint],\u201d Julien explains.<\/p>\n<p>Its innovative team of scientists soon discovered that the oyster shell maximises the paint\u2019s performance and makes it more durable.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6864138,7826774\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//16//meet-the-ukrainian-woman-solving-the-five-fear-factors-of-wave-energy/">Meet the Ukrainian woman solving the \u2018five fear factors\u2019 of wave energy<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//22//how-to-keep-your-pet-cool-in-a-heatwave-unusual-tips-from-frozen-food-to-brain-games/">What temperature is too hot to walk a dog? Here's how to keep your pets cool in a heatwave<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Can white paint make my home cooler?<\/h2><p>CRF\u2019s oyster-enriched, thermo-reflective roof paint is applied in three layers. The first two layers make it a durable product which will last for around 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>By adding the third layer, the paint is able to reflect 90 per cent of the sun\u2019s rays away from a building.<\/p>\n<p>This results in an average temperature reduction of six to seven degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsually companies are <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//02//europe-reluctantly-turns-to-air-conditioning-as-heatwaves-bite-data-shows/">using AC<\/strong><\/a> and when they are using AC, that means that if we are lowering the temperature, we manage to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//28//could-this-colourful-plant-based-film-replace-the-need-for-air-conditioning/">reduce the AC use<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy reducing the use, we are also dropping down the energy consumption for the AC,\u201d Julien adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that means, when we are getting minus six, minus seven degrees Celsius we manage to demonstrate that we are getting between <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//08//12//community-energy-is-a-solution-to-the-eye-watering-rise-in-energy-bills-heres-how-sardinia/">30 to 50 per cent less energy consumption<\/strong><\/a>, which is huge.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.45\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//97//78//808x364_cmsv2_7f3ee19c-830b-54ff-984e-f4295b50a44b-7839778.jpg/" alt=\"Cool Roof France\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/97\/78\/384x173_cmsv2_7f3ee19c-830b-54ff-984e-f4295b50a44b-7839778.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/97\/78\/640x288_cmsv2_7f3ee19c-830b-54ff-984e-f4295b50a44b-7839778.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/97\/78\/750x338_cmsv2_7f3ee19c-830b-54ff-984e-f4295b50a44b-7839778.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/97\/78\/828x373_cmsv2_7f3ee19c-830b-54ff-984e-f4295b50a44b-7839778.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/97\/78\/1080x486_cmsv2_7f3ee19c-830b-54ff-984e-f4295b50a44b-7839778.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/97\/78\/1200x540_cmsv2_7f3ee19c-830b-54ff-984e-f4295b50a44b-7839778.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/97\/78\/1920x864_cmsv2_7f3ee19c-830b-54ff-984e-f4295b50a44b-7839778.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Cool Roof France are able to paint a 10,000m\u00b2 roof in one week.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Cool Roof France<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cool Roof France has already painted many shop, hospital and office roofs and the results are astounding.<\/p>\n<p>In France, the company has worked closely with the police and government to paint the roof of a sniffer dog handling unit. The ambient temperature of the building was reduced by 10 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, schools across Europe were <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//07//18//too-hot-to-work-what-labour-laws-in-european-countries-say-about-working-in-a-heatwave/">forced to close because it was too hot<\/strong><\/a> for the children to be inside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shouldn't fall into this kind of situation,\u201d Julien says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have 1 billion AC (air conditioning units) today. We estimate that we may get 5 billion in 2050. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//07//30//absolutely-disastrous-air-conditioners-take-horror-toll-on-the-environment-campaigners-war/">AC is a solution that is making some cold inside the building by making some hot outside.<\/strong><\/a> So we are all impacted by this kind of crazy solution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday with a white paint, this is super smart and so easy to implement.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7423140,6766274\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//06//12//inside-this-indian-eco-school-which-proves-sustainability-can-be-stunning/">Inside the Indian eco-school that proves sustainable design doesn't scrimp on style<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//02//23//recovering-wasted-heat-in-eu-could-cover-blocs-hot-water-heating-needs-report-says/">Recovering wasted heat in EU could cover bloc's hot water & heating needs, report says<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Can I paint my own roof white with Cool Roof France?<\/h2><p>Currently, Cool Roof France mainly works with businesses, schools and hospitals to reduce the temperature inside buildings filled with hundreds of people.<\/p>\n<p>Its staff are able to paint the roof of an office building much quicker than the same area across multiple homes.<\/p>\n<p>By painting many large roof areas white in an urban environment it helps to fight against the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//20//madrid-frankfurt-vienna-how-are-european-cities-adapting-to-fiercer-heatwaves/">urban heat island effect<\/strong><\/a>. This is when <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//26//polish-city-pushes-for-more-green-spaces-as-country-is-hit-by-heatwave/">cities suffer from much higher temperatures<\/strong><\/a> as the heat is contained by tall buildings and large amounts of asphalt. Cooling down bigger buildings can help reduce the overall temperature of a city or town.<\/p>\n<p>But fear not, if you do like the idea of a white roof for your home (and have a love of DIY), CRF also sells its thermo-reflective roof paint via its site.<\/p>\n<h2>Using white paint for good around the world<\/h2><p>With every building they paint, Cool Roof France monitors and evaluates its product\u2019s performance. It is constantly innovating when it comes to paint.<\/p>\n<p>The company also uses 10 per cent of its profits to help fund projects to support people living in heat vulnerable areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year we went to Senegal, painting 30,000 square metres of buildings, schools, hospitals, individual houses and just to help people because this is part of our DNA,\u201d says Julien.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just want to make sure that we are going beyond because today we are all suffering from these <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//08//july-breaks-record-for-earths-hottest-ever-month/">daily heatwaves<\/strong><\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video above to learn more about this innovative roof paint.<\/strong><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692715510,"publishedAt":1692778147,"updatedAt":1692778152,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/08\/23\/meet-the-company-using-discarded-oyster-shells-to-cut-energy-costs-and-keep-frances-buildi","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/97\/78\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_e6a5e693-0746-5ab8-b3b9-52f7d23237a6-7839778.jpg","altText":"A Paris rooftop is painted white","caption":"A Paris rooftop is painted white","captionCredit":"Cool Roof France","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":4032,"height":3024},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/97\/78\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_7f3ee19c-830b-54ff-984e-f4295b50a44b-7839778.jpg","altText":"Cool Roof France are able to paint a 10,000m\u00b2 roof in one week. 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What does the law say?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Who should save migrants at sea?","titleListing2":"Should government or NGOs save migrants at sea? What does the law say?","leadin":"The number of migrants arriving on Italy's shores has more than doubled this year, forcing the government to ask for help from the very NGOs it has tried to stop. ","summary":"The number of migrants arriving on Italy's shores has more than doubled this year, forcing the government to ask for help from the very NGOs it has tried to stop. ","url":"should-government-or-ngos-save-migrants-at-sea-what-does-the-law-say","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"After trying to prevent NGOs from rescuing migrants \u00a0in the Mediterranean Sea, the Italian government is now asking for their help as migrant arrivals surge.\u00a0 \n\nStill, Rome's broader anti-migration stance remains the same. Last week it seized another NGO ship for breaking the country's migrant rescue law after it helped a vessel with 72 people onboard. \n\nThe controversial rule passed in February prevents rescue ships from carrying out consecutive operations and often forces them to travel to faraway ports - something NGOs have blasted as a deliberate attempt to frustrate their efforts to save lives.\u00a0 \n\nOn Friday, Sea Watch's rescue ship Aurora was seized by Italian authorities after being assigned a destination port they claimed was too far to reach, while the conditions of the migrants they rescued were dire. \n\nInstead of heading to Trapani, on Sicily\u2019s west coast, the ship went straight to the island of Lampedusa, which is currently struggling with overflowing migrant facilities.\u00a0 \n\nFor breaking the law, Sea Watch will now be impounded for a total of 20 days, a time during which it won\u2019t be able to assist those in distress at sea. \n\nGrounding the boat at a time when the country is struggling to handle increasing arrivals could sound counterintuitive to some, but others say it reflects the ongoing dispute between the rightwing coalition government led by Giorgia Meloni and the NGOs. \n\nRome recently asked NGO Open Arms to help them with rescue operations for six migrant vessels - a situation many organisations called paradoxical. \n\nFive NGOs - Medicins sans frontiers, Oxfam Italy, SOS Humanity, ASGI (Association for Juridical Studies of Immigration), and Emergency - formally complained to the European Commission, saying Italy\u2019s law \u201craises concerns\u201d over its compatibility with EU legislation and member states\u2019 obligations under international treaties. \n\nAccording to the NGOs, Italy is purposefully assigning rescue ships to the furthest destination ports, something which harms the physical and psychological well-being of those rescued - plus increases costs for rescuers.\u00a0 \n\nThe law and the following seizures of four rescue ships in recent months have caused the loss of 100 operational days, say the organisations.\u00a0 \n\nWhile the Italian government and the NGOs argue, hundreds of people have already died this year in the Mediterranean. Euronews asked an expert in law at sea who should have saved them. \n\nWhat does the law say? \n\n\u201cThere is a very clear legal obligation concerning the duty to rescue people in distress at sea,\u201d Irini Papanicolopulu, British Academy Global Professor of International Law at SOAS University of London, told Euronews. \n\nThis obligation can be found in \u201cthe most important treaty of what happens at sea,\u201d she said, pointing to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and\u00a0customary international law - which applies to all states. \n\n\u201cFor example, Libya did not sign the UN treaty, but it\u2019s still forced to rescue people in distress at sea by customary rule,\u201d\u00a0Papanicolopulu explained.\u00a0This duty falls on the \u201cmaster\u201d of the vessel - the individual authorised to represent the vessel by the owner - as well as on states.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cThe duties of states are of two different types,\u201d she said. \u201cThe duty of the state of the flag that the vessel is carrying, and the duty of the coastal state - that\u2019s the rule that\u2019s coming into play this year,\u201d she added.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cThis obliges coastal states to have search and rescue services for people in distress, and to rescue them.\u201d \n\nPapanicolopulu compares the fact that countries can still fail to rescue migrants at sea, as obligated under international law, to how people still commit murder despite it being forbidden. \n\n\u201cThere is a legal rule prohibiting murder, but every day, unfortunately, there is someone murdering someone else. So even though we have a legally binding rule, this doesn\u2019t automatically mean that everyone will comply.\u201d \n\nItaly has search and rescue teams deployed across its coasts which have been involved in migrant rescuing operations. And yet more than 1,300 people have died in the Mediterranean this year - the highest number of deaths since 2017. \n\n\u201cThe Italian government has been condemned in a number of instances and also by the Supreme Court of Italy, the Court of Cassation, for having failed to comply with the duties concerning rescues at sea,\u201d Papanicolopulu said. \n\nFor NGOs, helping migrants in distress at sea is only a duty by law when an incident is occurring. They don\u2019t otherwise have a duty to keep search and rescue ships by a country\u2019s coasts as the Italian government does. \n\nBut while it\u2019s not a duty, it\u2019s \u201clegally permitted\u201d for NGO ships to rescue migrants - and even \u201cmorally encouraged,\u201d Papanicolopulu said. \u201cBut morals are different from the law.\u201d \n\n\u201cThe problem is political,\u201d she added. \u201cThe laws are quite clear, though there are some details that are unclear, like those about destination ports. The law says that the master must disembark people in distress as soon as possible in a place of safety, but the rules do not identify objective criteria to define how soon is as soon as possible and what a place of safety is.\u201d \n\nItaly \u201ccannot forbid NGOs from rescuing migrants at sea because it would be breaking international law,\u201d said Papanicolopulu. \u201cThat\u2019s why it passed all these laws, like the recent decree in February, to discourage them in other ways.\u201d \n\n","htmlText":"<p>After trying to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//02//06//its-a-shame-ngos-blast-italys-compulsory-code-of-conduct-for-rescue-ships-in-the-mediterra/">prevent NGOs from rescuing migrants<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in the Mediterranean Sea, the Italian government is now asking for their help as migrant arrivals surge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Still, Rome's broader anti-migration stance remains the same. Last week it seized another NGO ship for breaking the country's migrant rescue law after it helped a vessel with 72 people onboard.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial rule passed in February prevents rescue ships from carrying out consecutive operations and often forces them to travel to faraway ports - something NGOs have blasted as a deliberate attempt to frustrate their efforts to save lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Sea Watch's rescue ship Aurora was seized by Italian authorities after being assigned a destination port they claimed was too far to reach, while the conditions of the migrants they rescued were dire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1693669451923669002\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Instead of heading to Trapani, on Sicily\u2019s west coast, the ship went straight to the island of Lampedusa, which is currently struggling with overflowing migrant facilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For breaking the law, Sea Watch will now be impounded for a total of 20 days, a time during which it won\u2019t be able to assist those in distress at sea.<\/p>\n<p>Grounding the boat at a time when the country is struggling to handle <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//14//migrants-from-dozens-of-boats-reach-tiny-italian-isles/">increasing arrivals<\/strong><\/a> could sound counterintuitive to some, but others say it reflects the ongoing dispute between the rightwing coalition government led by Giorgia Meloni and the NGOs.<\/p>\n<p>Rome recently asked NGO Open Arms to help them with rescue operations for six migrant vessels - a situation many organisations called paradoxical.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//96//66//808x454_cmsv2_ebf58cdd-cd96-5cea-995d-6d020362271d-7839666.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/96\/66\/384x216_cmsv2_ebf58cdd-cd96-5cea-995d-6d020362271d-7839666.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/96\/66\/640x360_cmsv2_ebf58cdd-cd96-5cea-995d-6d020362271d-7839666.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/96\/66\/750x422_cmsv2_ebf58cdd-cd96-5cea-995d-6d020362271d-7839666.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/96\/66\/828x466_cmsv2_ebf58cdd-cd96-5cea-995d-6d020362271d-7839666.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/96\/66\/1080x608_cmsv2_ebf58cdd-cd96-5cea-995d-6d020362271d-7839666.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/96\/66\/1200x675_cmsv2_ebf58cdd-cd96-5cea-995d-6d020362271d-7839666.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/96\/66\/1920x1080_cmsv2_ebf58cdd-cd96-5cea-995d-6d020362271d-7839666.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Migrants swim next to their overturned wooden boat during a rescue operation by Spanish NGO Open Arms south of Lampedusa in August 2022.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Five NGOs - Medicins sans frontiers, Oxfam Italy, SOS Humanity, ASGI (Association for Juridical Studies of Immigration), and Emergency - formally complained to the European Commission, saying Italy\u2019s law \u201craises concerns\u201d over its compatibility with EU legislation and member states\u2019 obligations under international treaties.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NGOs, Italy is purposefully assigning rescue ships to the furthest destination ports, something which harms the physical and psychological well-being of those rescued - plus increases costs for rescuers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The law and the following seizures of four rescue ships in recent months have caused the loss of 100 operational days, say the organisations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the Italian government and the NGOs argue, hundreds of people have already died this year in the Mediterranean. Euronews asked an expert in law at sea who should have saved them.<\/p>\n<h2>What does the law say?<\/h2><p>\u201cThere is a very clear legal obligation concerning the duty to rescue people in distress at sea,\u201d Irini Papanicolopulu, British Academy Global Professor of International Law at SOAS University of London, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>This obligation can be found in \u201cthe most important treaty of what happens at sea,\u201d she said, pointing to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and\u00a0customary international law - which applies to all states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, Libya did not sign the UN treaty, but it\u2019s still forced to rescue people in distress at sea by customary rule,\u201d\u00a0Papanicolopulu explained.\u00a0This duty falls on the \u201cmaster\u201d of the vessel - the individual authorised to represent the vessel by the owner - as well as on states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe duties of states are of two different types,\u201d she said. \u201cThe duty of the state of the flag that the vessel is carrying, and the duty of the coastal state - that\u2019s the rule that\u2019s coming into play this year,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis obliges coastal states to have search and rescue services for people in distress, and to rescue them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1692144745546412290\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Papanicolopulu compares the fact that countries can still fail to rescue migrants at sea, as obligated under international law, to how people still commit murder despite it being forbidden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a legal rule prohibiting murder, but every day, unfortunately, there is someone murdering someone else. So even though we have a legally binding rule, this doesn\u2019t automatically mean that everyone will comply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Italy has search and rescue teams deployed across its coasts which have been involved in migrant rescuing operations. And yet more than 1,300 people have died in the Mediterranean this year - the highest number of deaths since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Italian government has been condemned in a number of instances and also by the Supreme Court of Italy, the Court of Cassation, for having failed to comply with the duties concerning rescues at sea,\u201d Papanicolopulu said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//96//66//808x454_cmsv2_0994401d-2953-5a12-827a-4e9c337fa999-7839666.jpg/" alt=\"Karolina Sobel/Sea-Watch via AP, File\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/96\/66\/384x216_cmsv2_0994401d-2953-5a12-827a-4e9c337fa999-7839666.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/96\/66\/640x360_cmsv2_0994401d-2953-5a12-827a-4e9c337fa999-7839666.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/96\/66\/750x422_cmsv2_0994401d-2953-5a12-827a-4e9c337fa999-7839666.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/96\/66\/828x466_cmsv2_0994401d-2953-5a12-827a-4e9c337fa999-7839666.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/96\/66\/1080x608_cmsv2_0994401d-2953-5a12-827a-4e9c337fa999-7839666.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/96\/66\/1200x675_cmsv2_0994401d-2953-5a12-827a-4e9c337fa999-7839666.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/96\/66\/1920x1080_cmsv2_0994401d-2953-5a12-827a-4e9c337fa999-7839666.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">In this photo provided by Sea-Watch on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, four migrant survivors wave for help as they are in distress at sea.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Karolina Sobel/Sea-Watch via AP, File<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For NGOs, helping migrants in distress at sea is only a duty by law when an incident is occurring. They don\u2019t otherwise have a duty to keep search and rescue ships by a country\u2019s coasts as the Italian government does.<\/p>\n<p>But while it\u2019s not a duty, it\u2019s \u201clegally permitted\u201d for NGO ships to rescue migrants - and even \u201cmorally encouraged,\u201d Papanicolopulu said. \u201cBut morals are different from the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is political,\u201d she added. \u201cThe laws are quite clear, though there are some details that are unclear, like those about destination ports. The law says that the master must disembark people in distress as soon as possible in a place of safety, but the rules do not identify objective criteria to define how soon is as soon as possible and what a place of safety is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Italy \u201ccannot forbid NGOs from rescuing migrants at sea because it would be breaking international law,\u201d said Papanicolopulu. \u201cThat\u2019s why it passed all these laws, like the recent decree in February, to discourage them in other ways.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692713460,"publishedAt":1692773503,"updatedAt":1692777506,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/23\/should-government-or-ngos-save-migrants-at-sea-what-does-the-law-say","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/96\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f95907a3-070e-5538-ad89-3eb7be39a2cb-7839666.jpg","altText":"Migrants trying to flee to Europe are transferred from their small boat onto a vessel belonging to the Tunisian coast guard, at sea between Tunisia and Italy, on August 10.","caption":"Migrants trying to flee to Europe are transferred from their small boat onto a vessel belonging to the Tunisian coast guard, at sea between Tunisia and Italy, on August 10.","captionCredit":"FETHI BELAID \/ AFP","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/96\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0994401d-2953-5a12-827a-4e9c337fa999-7839666.jpg","altText":"In this photo provided by Sea-Watch on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, four migrant survivors wave for help as they are in distress at sea. 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war: Russian air forces chief fired, grain infrastructure hit, Moscow drone attack","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Grain sites targeted, drone attack on Moscow, air forces chief fired","titleListing2":"All the latest developments from the Ukraine war.","leadin":"All the latest developments from the Ukraine war.","summary":"All the latest developments from the Ukraine war.","url":"ukraine-war-grain-infrastructure-hit-6th-consecutive-attack-on-moscow-donetsk-civilians-ki","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Russian air forces chief fired \n\nRussian General Sergei Surovikin, who was once in charge of the offensive in Ukraine, has been sacked from his post as commander-in-chief of the aerospace forces, according to several Russian media reports. \n\nThe news comes two months after the Wagner rebellion, with which Surovikin has previously been associated. \n\n\"Army General Sergei Surovikin has been dismissed,\" state news agency Ria Novosti said on Wednesday, citing a source familiar with internal movements in the army. \n\nAccording to the outlet, Surovikin has been replaced by General Viktor Afzalov. \n\nNeither the Kremlin nor the Russian Ministry of Defence have made any immediate announcements, although changes within the Russian military often take place under the radar.\u00a0 \n\nRussia hits grain infrastructure \n\nRussian drones have damaged grain infrastructure in the Odesa region overnight, local governor Oleg Kiper said Wednesday morning. \n\n\"Production and transhipment complexes\u201d were hit, including \u201c granaries\", but there were no civilian casualties, according to him.\u00a0 \n\nWednesday morning's attack - which the governor said lasted \"three hours\" - follows a spate of strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure for exporting its crops, such as grain silos and ports. \n\nUkraine's primary inland port across the Danube River from Romania was targeted by Russia earlier in August.\u00a0 \n\nThe strikes have pushed food prices higher, with Ukrainian a crucial exporter of grain on world markets, especially for Africa and Asia.\u00a0 \n\nMoscow in July refused to extend the landmark Black Sea agreement, which lifted its blockade on Ukrainian ships.\u00a0 \n\nKyiv has tried to defy the move, despite Russia claiming it would attack its ships. But the series of strikes on Ukrainian grain infrastructure, which began with the termination of the deal, are hampering its attempts to export wheat and other foodstuffs.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nSixth consecutive attack on Moscow and region \n\nRussian air defences shot down three Ukrainian drones in Moscow and the surrounding region on Wednesday, Russia's Defence Ministry said early Wednesday.\u00a0 \n\nIt noted a drone was \"neutralised\" electronically, lost control and collided with a building in the Moscow City complex, a prestigious business area in the capital.\u00a0 \n\nMoscow blamed the attack, which caused surface damage to several windows on two five-storey buildings, on Kyiv. \n\nIt was the sixth consecutive strike on the Russian capital and its wider region in as many days. \n\nTwo other unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted by Russian air defences in Mojaysky, 12 km from central Moscow, as well as near Khimki, some 20 km from the Kremlin, said the Ministry of Defence. \n\nCivilians killed by Russian shelling in eastern Ukraine \n\nThree people were killed and two others injured on Tuesday evening in Russian bombardments near Lyman in the Donetsk region, according to the head of the area's military administration\u00a0Pavlo Kyrylenko. \n\nHe said Russian \"invaders\" attacked the two villages with artillery, at around 7:00 p.m. local time.\u00a0 \n\nThose killed were two women and a man, aged 63 to 88, who were sitting on a bench when the shelling hit, the Donetsk regional prosecutors office detailed.\u00a0 \n\nRussia is deliberately \"terror bombing\" civilians, Dr Jade McGlynn, Research Fellow in War Studies at King's College London, told Euronews in May.\u00a0 \n\n\"The ultimate intention is to break the will of the population so that they will at some point give in and accept Russia,\" she explained, claiming it was personally \"directed\" by the Russian President. \n\n\"Putin believes the West will give up and Ukrainians will just be grateful for an end to the terror.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<h2><strong>Russian air forces chief fired<\/strong><\/h2><p>Russian General Sergei Surovikin, who was once in charge of the offensive in Ukraine, has been sacked from his post as commander-in-chief of the aerospace forces, according to several Russian media reports.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes two months after the Wagner rebellion, with which Surovikin has previously been associated.<\/p>\n<p>\"Army General Sergei Surovikin has been dismissed,\" state news agency Ria Novosti said on Wednesday, citing a source familiar with internal movements in the army.<\/p>\n<p>According to the outlet, Surovikin has been replaced by General Viktor Afzalov.<\/p>\n<p>Neither the Kremlin nor the Russian Ministry of Defence have made any immediate announcements, although changes within the Russian military often take place under the radar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Russia hits grain infrastructure<\/h2><p>Russian drones have damaged grain infrastructure in the Odesa region overnight, local governor Oleg Kiper said Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\"Production and transhipment complexes\u201d were hit, including \u201c granaries\", but there were no civilian casualties, according to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday morning's attack - which the governor said lasted \"three hours\" - follows a spate of strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure for exporting its crops, such as grain silos and ports.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine's primary inland port across the Danube River from Romania was targeted by Russia earlier in August.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The strikes have pushed food prices higher, with Ukrainian a crucial exporter of grain on world markets, especially for Africa and Asia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moscow in July refused to extend the landmark Black Sea agreement, which lifted its blockade on Ukrainian ships.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv has tried to defy the move, despite Russia claiming it would attack its ships. But the series of strikes on Ukrainian grain infrastructure, which began with the termination of the deal, are hampering its attempts to export wheat and other foodstuffs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Sixth consecutive attack on Moscow and region<\/h2><p>Russian air defences shot down three Ukrainian drones in Moscow and the surrounding region on Wednesday, Russia's Defence Ministry said early Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It noted a drone was \"neutralised\" electronically, lost control and collided with a building in the Moscow City complex, a prestigious business area in the capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moscow blamed the attack, which caused surface damage to several windows on two five-storey buildings, on Kyiv.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1654044177351557121\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It was the sixth consecutive strike on the Russian capital and its wider region in as many days.<\/p>\n<p>Two other unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted by Russian air defences in Mojaysky, 12 km from central Moscow, as well as near Khimki, some 20 km from the Kremlin, said the Ministry of Defence.<\/p>\n<h2>Civilians killed by Russian shelling in eastern Ukraine<\/h2><p>Three people were killed and two others injured on Tuesday evening in Russian bombardments near Lyman in the Donetsk region, according to the head of the area's military administration\u00a0Pavlo Kyrylenko.<\/p>\n<p>He said Russian \"invaders\" attacked the two villages with artillery, at around 7:00 p.m. local time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those killed were two women and a man, aged 63 to 88, who were sitting on a bench when the shelling hit, the Donetsk regional prosecutors office detailed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Russia is deliberately \"terror bombing\" civilians, Dr Jade McGlynn, Research Fellow in War Studies at King's College London, told Euronews in May.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"The ultimate intention is to break the will of the population so that they will at some point give in and accept Russia,\" she explained, claiming it was personally \"directed\" by the Russian President.<\/p>\n<p>\"Putin believes the West will give up and Ukrainians will just be grateful for an end to the terror.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692767727,"publishedAt":1692770962,"updatedAt":1692808932,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/23\/ukraine-war-grain-infrastructure-hit-6th-consecutive-attack-on-moscow-donetsk-civilians-ki","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/64\/51\/02\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0bf22763-3e1d-5f36-84e9-64b8f8b8d347-7645102.jpg","altText":"FILE - Ukrainian air defense intercepts a Shahed drone mid-air in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. 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","summary":"Psychologists say the emotional motivations behind climate activism are not straightforward. ","url":"grief-anger-hope-the-complicated-emotions-driving-activists-to-fight-for-the-planet","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Anger could be a bigger motivator for climate activism than hope, a study in Norway has suggested. \n\nResearchers asked 2,000 people about their feelings on the climate crisis and what would motivate them to take action. They found that for every two steps the participants took up their anger scale, they took one step up on the activism scale. \n\nIt suggests that the angrier they were, the more likely they were to say they would take part in a climate protest. The study found that the link between activism and anger was seven times stronger than it was for hope. \n\nSo what made the participants angry? Researchers say that, for most people they asked, it was human actions like causing the climate crisis or not doing enough to stop it. Just over a quarter said their anger came from human qualities like others not caring. \n\nBut understanding people\u2019s feelings about climate change and activism is complicated. And the study asked about intentions, not actions they had actually taken. \n\nCan we really predict what emotions will lead to action? \n\nPrevious research analysing which emotions drive people towards activism has given mixed results and experts warn against simplifying the argument. \n\nWe know that many young people feel anxiety or dread about the future of the planet. A 2021 Lancet study found that 84 per cent of people aged 16 to 25 across 10 countries were at least moderately worried and 59 per cent were very or extremely worried. \n\nThere are a number of psychological studies that show that fear increases the impact of information we are shown. It drives us to react but, without a clear direction to channel that motivation, we are more likely to avoid the information altogether. \n\nAnother analysis of research published this week found some evidence that increasing hope could increase engagement with climate issues. But the effect was stronger for those whose hope was channelled into action rather than complacency. \n\nThe authors say that future research should focus on how hope could promote engagement with climate issues - particularly for activists. Figuring out how to translate hope, anger and anxiety into productive action is a complicated question psychologists are still trying to answer. \n\nWhat do activists say their motivations are? \n\nFor Linda Aspey, a climate psychologist who works directly with activists, the biggest emotional motivator she sees is love. \n\n\u201cThe thing that I see most of all is love and solidarity. It is love that wakes people up.\u201d \n\nThis isn\u2019t necessarily a \u201cselfish\u201d love for their own family or personal interests, Linda adds, it is also a deep connection with the rest of the world - particularly those in the Global South seeing the biggest impacts of climate change - and with nature. \n\nThere is research to show that having a connection to the natural world makes people more likely to take action too. \n\n\u201cActivism comes more easily to people with a link to nature,\u201d she says. \n\nWhen it comes to specific reasons why people get involved with climate activism, Linda paints a complicated picture. There is a \u201cmassive range of emotions at different times\u201d she says including grief, anger and hope. \n\nEach person she speaks to has different motivations for their activism from young people terrified about what will happen now and in the future to older people, acting in solidarity with their grandchildren or children. It often depends on what stage they are at in their life and their personal experiences. \n\nWhat Linda warns against is the trend to \u201cpathologise\u201d emotions around climate change by giving them labels like eco-anxiety. \n\n\u201cWe might be tempted to typify behaviours but this is something on a scale we haven\u2019t seen before.\u201d\u00a0 \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Anger could be a bigger motivator for climate activism than hope, a study in Norway has suggested.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers asked 2,000 people about their feelings on the climate crisis and what would motivate them to take action. They found that for every two steps the participants took up their anger scale, they took one step up on the activism scale.<\/p>\n<p>It suggests that the angrier they were, the more likely they were to say they would take part in a climate protest. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.sciencedirect.com//science//article//pii//S0959378023001048/">The study<\/strong><\/a> found that the link between activism and anger was seven times stronger than it was for hope.<\/p>\n<p>So what made the participants angry? Researchers say that, for most people they asked, it was human actions like causing the climate crisis or not doing enough to stop it. Just over a quarter said their anger came from human qualities like others not caring.<\/p>\n<p>But understanding people\u2019s feelings about climate change and activism is complicated. And the study asked about intentions, not actions they had actually taken.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7801906,7831192\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//20//weaponising-the-climate-crisis-how-extremists-and-politicians-are-polarising-the-debate/">Weaponising the climate crisis: How extremists and politicians are polarising the debate<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//04//this-repair-cafe-makes-the-world-a-happier-place-by-fixing-items-and-bringing-people-toget/">/u2018Humanity flourishes in community\u2019: Locals fix their broken items for free at this repair cafe<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Can we really predict what emotions will lead to action?<\/h2><p>Previous research analysing which emotions drive people towards activism has given mixed results and experts warn against simplifying the argument.<\/p>\n<p>We know that many <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//11//24//7-in-10-young-people-are-worried-about-the-climate-crisis-but-they-also-want-to-make-a-dif/">young people feel anxiety or dread<\/strong><\/a> about the future of the planet. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//09//14//climate-anxiety-as-global-study-reveals-three-in-four-young-people-think-the-future-is-fri/">A 2021 Lancet study<\/strong><\/a> found that 84 per cent of people aged 16 to 25 across 10 countries were at least moderately worried and 59 per cent were very or extremely worried.<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of psychological studies that show that fear increases the impact of information we are shown. It drives us to react but, without a clear direction to channel that motivation, we are more likely to avoid the information altogether.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6611328125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//99//08//808x535_cmsv2_14d54619-92f6-5172-b7a4-2930e74002c1-7839908.jpg/" alt=\"AP Photo/Markus Schreiber\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/99\/08\/384x254_cmsv2_14d54619-92f6-5172-b7a4-2930e74002c1-7839908.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/99\/08\/640x423_cmsv2_14d54619-92f6-5172-b7a4-2930e74002c1-7839908.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/99\/08\/750x496_cmsv2_14d54619-92f6-5172-b7a4-2930e74002c1-7839908.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/99\/08\/828x547_cmsv2_14d54619-92f6-5172-b7a4-2930e74002c1-7839908.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/99\/08\/1080x714_cmsv2_14d54619-92f6-5172-b7a4-2930e74002c1-7839908.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/99\/08\/1200x793_cmsv2_14d54619-92f6-5172-b7a4-2930e74002c1-7839908.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/99\/08\/1920x1269_cmsv2_14d54619-92f6-5172-b7a4-2930e74002c1-7839908.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A man attends a protest march in Berlin, Germany.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo/Markus Schreiber<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Another analysis of research <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.frontiersin.org//articles//10.3389//fpsyg.2023.1139427//full/">published this week<\/strong><\/a> found some evidence that increasing hope could increase engagement with climate issues. But the effect was stronger for those whose <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//07//here-are-all-the-positive-environmental-stories-from-2023-so-far/">hope was channelled into action rather than complacency.<\/p>\n<p>The authors say that future research should focus on how hope could promote engagement with climate issues - particularly for activists. Figuring out how to translate hope, anger and anxiety into productive action is a complicated question psychologists are still trying to answer.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7769460,7682590\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//18//italy-belgium-latvia-which-european-countries-recycle-the-most/">Italy, Belgium, Latvia: Which European countries recycle the most?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//21//only-one-eu-country-thinks-its-government-is-doing-enough-on-climate-crisis-new-survey-fin/">Only one EU country thinks its government is doing enough on climate crisis, new survey finds<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What do activists say their motivations are?<\/h2><p>For Linda Aspey, a climate psychologist who works directly with activists, the biggest emotional motivator she sees is love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing that I see most of all is love and solidarity. It is love that wakes people up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t necessarily a \u201cselfish\u201d love for their own family or personal interests, Linda adds, it is also a deep connection with the rest of the world - particularly those in the Global South seeing the biggest impacts of climate change - and with nature.<\/p>\n<p>There is research to show that having a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//29//fountain-of-youth-living-near-a-green-space-can-reduce-your-biological-age-by-25-years/">connection to the natural world<\/strong><\/a> makes people more likely to take action too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActivism comes more easily to people with a link to nature,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to specific reasons why people get involved with climate activism, Linda paints a complicated picture. There is a \u201cmassive range of emotions at different times\u201d she says including grief, anger and hope.<\/p>\n<p>Each person she speaks to has different motivations for their activism from young people terrified about what will happen now and in the future to older people, acting in solidarity with <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//01//23//a-third-of-people-are-changing-their-plans-for-the-future-because-of-climate-change/">their grandchildren or children.<\/strong><\/a> It often depends on what stage they are at in their life and their personal experiences.<\/p>\n<p>What Linda warns against is the trend to \u201cpathologise\u201d emotions around climate change by giving them labels like eco-anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe might be tempted to typify behaviours but this is something on a scale we haven\u2019t seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692718448,"publishedAt":1692770417,"updatedAt":1692789484,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/08\/23\/grief-anger-hope-the-complicated-emotions-driving-activists-to-fight-for-the-planet","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/99\/08\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3f7e8894-9c3f-53fa-8b1a-6af040e7d4c7-7839908.jpg","altText":"A protestor shouts into a megaphone during a Fridays For Future demonstration in Portugal. 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Or ever even -\u00a0and fans are already in a frenzy. \n\nBy most metrics, the 33-year-old American singer-songwriter currently reigns supreme as the biggest pop star on the planet. Her catalogue boasts the most number-one albums of any woman in history, her \"Eras Tour\" expected to gross an unprecedented \u20ac1.27 billion, and competition for concert\u00a0tickets has been so intense it's ignited parliamentary debates .\u00a0 \n\nAs millions of fans (or \"Swifties\") scramble to get coveted seats, with some even dishing out four-figure sums in resales, they've come to nickname the travail \"The Great War\", after one of Swift's songs. \n\nIn Europe, competition for tickets has been no less intense.\u00a0But a quick look at Swift's 17-year career shows that her relationship with the continent hasn't always been the easiest, as she has struggled to crack various countries' impenetrable music scenes. \n\nSo, as the mega-star prepares to cross the pond, Euronews Culture takes a look at her impact in the continent, and how fans feel about her long-awaited European comeback. \n\nCelebrating her 'eras': Taylor Swift's musical journey so far \n\n\"The Eras Tour\", which opened this March , celebrates Swift's winding musical journey from her Tennessee country roots to a global pop career and subsequent experimentations with alternative genres. \n\nThe songstress may be almost two decades into her career and have an endless supply of hits under her belt - reflected in her show\u2019s 44-song set list - but she appears no less starry-eyed than at the beginning of her career. \n\nHow did Swift become the world's biggest musical superstar? \n\nBack in 2005, a teenage Taylor Swift - then a Nashville-based high schooler - signed a record deal with burgeoning label Big Machine Records, allowing her to break into the country scene the following year. \n\nThe twangy Southern accent and banjo-laden production of her early days was far removed from the polished, media-savvy Swift of today. Her PR chops were all-the-more undeveloped - so much so that one song's clumsy use of the word \"gay\" would eventually be edited out. \n\nHer eponymously titled debut album proved a success in the US, and her subsequent two records, 'Fearless' (2008) and 'Speak Now' (2010) also topped the charts while firmly remaining within the country genre's boundaries. \n\nCome 2012, Swift released 'Red', which straddled the fence between country and pop as it incorporated synth hiccups and heavier basslines. It generated radio-friendly anthems 'We Are Never Getting Back Together', '22' and 'I Knew You Were Trouble' that crossed the pond and set Europe's charts ablaze. \n\nBut it was the songstress's 2014 release, '1989', which truly kickstarted her transatlantic pop reign. A glitzy, tongue-in-cheek record celebrating youth and poking fun at the public's obsession with her ill-fated love affairs, it triggered a long domino of number ones - 'Shake It Off' and 'Blank Space' its two most successful - and consolidated her place as one of the world's leading superstars.\u00a0Critics raved, and the Grammys agreed: they proclaimed '1989'\u00a0their coveted Album of the Year. \n\nBut after the meteoric rise came the sudden fall: the pop titan was dragged down by growing press scrutiny over a variety of issues, ranging from the supposedly \"toxic\" image of her supermodel-lined \"girl squad\", to her silence on Donald Trump's presidency and her feuds with other music stars, namely Kanye West and Katy Perry. \n\nAfter a hermit-like, two-year break from the media cycle, Swift came back in 2017, guns blazing, with 'Reputation', which ditched even the faintest Nashville echoes for hard-hitting EDM beats. \n\nCritics were polarised upon its release; some even labelled the album her first \"flop\". But sales exceeded expectations, its stadium tour grossed \u20ac315 million, and posthumous reviews were much kinder. \n\nAfter signing a new record deal, Swift came back in 2019 with 'Lover,' which showcased a bubblegum, upbeat aesthetic and saw Swift embrace an explicitly liberal, pro-LGBTQ+ stance, which she would further explore in her Netflix documentary,\u00a0 Miss Americana . \n\nThe turn of the new decade saw Swift increasingly push the boundaries of her art and entrepreneurship. Her surprise 2020 COVID-19 lockdown albums, 'Folklore' and 'Evermore' nodded to her country roots while delving into an ever-deeper lyricism - one richly rewarded at the Grammys.\u00a0 \n\nHer\u00a0synthy 2022 record 'Midnights' also impressed critics, while shooting to number one globally. \n\nIn one of the biggest coups de th\u00e9\u00e2tre in recent music history, Swift ignited a global conversation for deciding to turn a record label spat to her advantage. After the masters of her first six albums were sold off in 2019, the pop star has taken it upon herself to re-record and re-release said albums under the \"Taylor's Version\" label - the latest being '1989', slated for a 27 October release. \n\nAs a result of such developments, the \"Eras Tour\" has been perceived as a culmination of Swift's work, uniting fans new and old, who see it as a crowning victory over a music industry which they deem to have once shackled their musical idol.\u00a0 \n\n'Lost in translation'? Exploring Taylor Swift's rocky relationship with Europe \n\nAfter Taylor Swift announced a total of 48 European dates, millions across the continent went into a frenzy - so much so that, in France, Ticketmaster ended up crashing . \n\nBut her success in the continent was not always guaranteed. \n\nBack in 2011 - when Swift was already a household name in the US - she performed to half-empty arenas in France and Italy. And some of her biggest hits, from 'Blank Space' to her more recent 'Anti-Hero', failed to make the Top 20 in both countries, despite faring better in northern European markets. \n\nSo why has Swift struggled to crack the European music market, especially in Mediterranean nations such as France, Spain and Italy? \n\nIt seems part of the problem is Swift's words may be getting lost in translation. \n\nIn Southern European nations, where general English language proficiency is less widespread than in the north, the pop star has struggled to compete with local musicians. \n\nConsequently, the singer-songwriter's lyrical repertoire \u2014 often described as an \"encyclopaedia of emotions\"\u00a0 \u2014 is largely ignored or misunderstood. \n\nEloy, a 31-year-old Spanish social media creator and avowed Swiftie, notes how the American songstress is eclipsed by Latin mega-stars such as Shakira due to such linguistic issues. \n\n\"I think the main problem, at least in Spain, is the language,\" Eloy tells Euronews Culture. \"English is not as widely spoken in Spain as in northern European countries and I think that language barrier is what keeps Spanish audiences away from Taylor.\" \n\n\"She may not be on the level of Latin artists like Shakira, but she has a very loyal following that makes sure everyone knows who Taylor Swift is,\" he adds. \n\nSwift's background in country music \u2014 a genre which has struggled to entice European ears \u2014 has left her at a further disadvantage. \n\nShe may have managed to harness European listeners after she branched out into pop, but it was still not enough to fully consolidate her place in the continent's musical landscape, especially in tougher markets like Italy. \n\n\"The absence of adequate promotion in the past has penalised her,\" states Ylenia, a 27-year-old graphic designer who runs Taylor Swift's Italian Twitter fan page. \n\nWith Italy's rich tradition of homegrown pop stars and cantautori (folk singer-songwriters), an English-speaking balladeer like Swift has faced an uphill battle. \n\n\"Italy, we know, is a country which in the past few years has favoured Italian music,\" Ylenia tells Euronews Culture. \n\nBut despite having struggled to overcome such challenges for years, Swift's \"Eras Tour\" has bulldozed existing hurdles, as she rapidly takes her place at the table of Europe's most popular stars. \n\nPoland, where she will also be performing, is one country where the tour's impact is particularly palpable. \n\n\"I wouldn't say she's huge here, but obviously everyone knows who she is,\" prefaces Martyna, a Swiftie who runs the Taylor Swift Poland fan page on Twitter. \"Newspapers talk about her too from time to time\u2026 even hairdressers salons are using her old Fearless album cover as a promo photo, which is hilarious.\" \n\n\"[Now], she's getting more and more fans here\u2026 lots of people are clinging to Tik Tok trends like the ones with [her songs] 'August', 'Love Story', or, now, 'Cruel Summer.'\" \n\n\"We actually had first ever Taylor Swift Party in Poland only in January this year,\" Martyna adds. \"And it turns out none of the previous themed parties sold that many tickets. I was honestly shocked. I think it was the first time when we all were like 'Okay, so it\u2019s not only 20 of us on Twitter.'\" \n\n'It felt like a dream': European fans rejoice as Swift returns to their country \n\nAfter a five-year hiatus since her last stadium tour, European fans can hardly contain their elation as they wait to see Swift perform live next year. \n\nBut for those in countries such as Italy and Spain \u2014 where Swift has not toured in over a decade \u2014 or in Poland, where she will perform for the first time, it has a particularly emotional value. \n\n\"I can't even express how excited everyone is,\" Martyna states. \"I remember the day after Taylor announced shows in Poland and it was such an unreal experience for every fan of hers. The posters, billboards everywhere I went. Her name written by lights on the stadium in Warsaw\u2026 [It] felt like a dream.\" \n\nBut as demand has far exceeded supply, not all have been so lucky, with millions left scrambling for scalded tickets. \n\nLast month, Italian fans Gianna and her boyfriend, Alessio* \u2014 long-term fans of Swift's \u2014 had waited anxiously to enter the Milan sale's online waiting room, only to find there were no spots left. \n\n\"Alessio is furious,\" Gianna tells Euronews Culture. \"We will buy tickets in the resales, we will pay more, but Alessio cares so much about [seeing Swift] that he would be willing to spend any amount of money.\" \n\nSwift's grand return to Europe may be a chance to for the hitmaker to reconnect with her fans. But as the tour's impact grows increasingly prominent, it has also been a chance for fans to connect with each other - and often, across borders too. \n\nJuan Diego Filippi, a 31-year-old Latin American lawyer who recently moved from the US to Italy, will be attending Swift's concert in Milan next July. \n\nSpeaking to Euronews Culture, he remarked on how attending the \"Eras Tour\" is much more than a chance to watch his favourite artist perform live, but also a way to keep in touch with loved ones he has left behind. \n\n\"The Eras Tour is an opportunity for me to stay in close contact with dear friends from my hometown in Latin America as well as to forge new friendships in Europe based on how relatable she feels as a person and songwriter,\" he says. \n\n\"I\u2019m counting the days for July 2024 when old and new friends will join me in person to celebrate life, friendship and how much Taylor\u2019s music means to us in Milan for one of her sold out Italian shows.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Taylor Swift will set foot in Europe next year to extend her record-breaking \"The Eras Tour\", performing in some countries for the first time in years. Or ever even -\u00a0and fans are already in a frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>By most metrics, the 33-year-old American singer-songwriter currently reigns supreme as the biggest pop star on the planet. Her catalogue boasts the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//07//17//taylor-swift-breaks-record-for-most-no-1-albums-by-a-woman/">most number-one albums<\/strong><\/a> of any woman in history, her \"Eras Tour\" expected to gross an unprecedented \u20ac1.27 billion, and competition for concert\u00a0tickets has been so intense it's ignited <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//11//23//bad-blood-the-taylor-swift-ticketmaster-fiasco-gets-political/">parliamentary debates<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As millions of fans (or \"Swifties\") scramble to get coveted seats, with some even dishing out four-figure sums in resales, they've come to nickname the travail \"The Great War\", after one of Swift's songs.<\/p>\n<p>In Europe, competition for tickets has been no less intense.\u00a0But a quick look at Swift's 17-year career shows that her relationship with the continent hasn't always been the easiest, as she has struggled to crack various countries' impenetrable music scenes.<\/p>\n<p>So, as the mega-star prepares to cross the pond, Euronews Culture takes a look at her impact in the continent, and how fans feel about her long-awaited European comeback.<\/p>\n<h2>Celebrating her 'eras': Taylor Swift's musical journey so far<\/h2><p>\"The Eras Tour\", which <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//03//20//taylor-swift-starts-her-epic-eras-tour-in-style-with-her-first-concert-in-five-years/">opened this March<\/a><\/strong>, celebrates Swift's winding musical journey from her Tennessee country roots to a global pop career and subsequent experimentations with alternative genres.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.651031894934334\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//77//53//50//808x525_cmsv2_d250061c-934d-5e0a-9b07-22d754d4b0ce-7775350.jpg/" alt=\"Jessica Christian\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/384x250_cmsv2_d250061c-934d-5e0a-9b07-22d754d4b0ce-7775350.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/640x417_cmsv2_d250061c-934d-5e0a-9b07-22d754d4b0ce-7775350.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/750x488_cmsv2_d250061c-934d-5e0a-9b07-22d754d4b0ce-7775350.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/828x539_cmsv2_d250061c-934d-5e0a-9b07-22d754d4b0ce-7775350.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1080x703_cmsv2_d250061c-934d-5e0a-9b07-22d754d4b0ce-7775350.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1200x781_cmsv2_d250061c-934d-5e0a-9b07-22d754d4b0ce-7775350.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1920x1250_cmsv2_d250061c-934d-5e0a-9b07-22d754d4b0ce-7775350.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Fans watch from the floor level as Gracie Abrams performs at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Friday, 28 July 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jessica Christian<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The songstress may be almost two decades into her career and have an endless supply of hits under her belt - reflected in her show\u2019s 44-song set list - but she appears no less starry-eyed than at the beginning of her career.<\/p>\n<p>How did Swift become the world's biggest musical superstar?<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2005, a teenage Taylor Swift - then a Nashville-based high schooler - signed a record deal with burgeoning label Big Machine Records, allowing her to break into the country scene the following year.<\/p>\n<p>The twangy Southern accent and banjo-laden production of her early days was far removed from the polished, media-savvy Swift of today. Her PR chops were all-the-more undeveloped - so much so that one song's clumsy use of the word \"gay\" would eventually be edited out.<\/p>\n<p>Her eponymously titled debut album proved a success in the US, and her subsequent two records, 'Fearless' (2008) and 'Speak Now' (2010) also topped the charts while firmly remaining within the country genre's boundaries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.71625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//77//53//50//808x577_cmsv2_4ef23217-8b0a-50c3-98ba-8ae4a25ef1bd-7775350.jpg/" alt=\"Mark J. Terrill/AP2007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/384x275_cmsv2_4ef23217-8b0a-50c3-98ba-8ae4a25ef1bd-7775350.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/640x458_cmsv2_4ef23217-8b0a-50c3-98ba-8ae4a25ef1bd-7775350.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/750x537_cmsv2_4ef23217-8b0a-50c3-98ba-8ae4a25ef1bd-7775350.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/828x593_cmsv2_4ef23217-8b0a-50c3-98ba-8ae4a25ef1bd-7775350.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1080x774_cmsv2_4ef23217-8b0a-50c3-98ba-8ae4a25ef1bd-7775350.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1200x860_cmsv2_4ef23217-8b0a-50c3-98ba-8ae4a25ef1bd-7775350.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1920x1375_cmsv2_4ef23217-8b0a-50c3-98ba-8ae4a25ef1bd-7775350.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Taylor Swift performs her song "Tim McGraw" at the 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Tuesday, on 15 May 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mark J. Terrill/AP2007<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Come 2012, Swift released 'Red', which straddled the fence between country and pop as it incorporated synth hiccups and heavier basslines. It generated radio-friendly anthems 'We Are Never Getting Back Together', '22' and 'I Knew You Were Trouble' that crossed the pond and set Europe's charts ablaze.<\/p>\n<p>But it was the songstress's 2014 release, '1989', which truly kickstarted her transatlantic pop reign. A glitzy, tongue-in-cheek record celebrating youth and poking fun at the public's obsession with her ill-fated love affairs, it triggered a long domino of number ones - 'Shake It Off' and 'Blank Space' its two most successful - and consolidated her place as one of the world's leading superstars.\u00a0Critics raved, and the Grammys agreed: they proclaimed '1989'\u00a0their coveted Album of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>But after the meteoric rise came the sudden fall: the pop titan was dragged down by growing press scrutiny over a variety of issues, ranging from the supposedly \"toxic\" image of her supermodel-lined \"girl squad\", to her silence on Donald Trump's presidency and her feuds with other music stars, namely Kanye West and Katy Perry.<\/p>\n<p>After a hermit-like, two-year break from the media cycle, Swift came back in 2017, guns blazing, with 'Reputation', which ditched even the faintest Nashville echoes for hard-hitting EDM beats.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.68\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//77//53//50//808x550_cmsv2_24914974-dbfa-530d-99e1-df0abcb32842-7775350.jpg/" alt=\"Rick Scuteri/2018 Invision\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/384x261_cmsv2_24914974-dbfa-530d-99e1-df0abcb32842-7775350.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/640x435_cmsv2_24914974-dbfa-530d-99e1-df0abcb32842-7775350.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/750x510_cmsv2_24914974-dbfa-530d-99e1-df0abcb32842-7775350.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/828x563_cmsv2_24914974-dbfa-530d-99e1-df0abcb32842-7775350.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1080x734_cmsv2_24914974-dbfa-530d-99e1-df0abcb32842-7775350.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1200x816_cmsv2_24914974-dbfa-530d-99e1-df0abcb32842-7775350.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1920x1306_cmsv2_24914974-dbfa-530d-99e1-df0abcb32842-7775350.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Swift donned a darker aesthetic for the promotion of her 'Reputation' album. Here she performs during her "Reputation Stadium Tour" in Glendale, Arizona (8 May 2018).<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Rick Scuteri/2018 Invision<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Critics were polarised upon its release; some even labelled the album her first \"flop\". But sales exceeded expectations, its stadium tour grossed \u20ac315 million, and posthumous reviews were much kinder.<\/p>\n<p>After signing a new record deal, Swift came back in 2019 with 'Lover,' which showcased a bubblegum, upbeat aesthetic and saw Swift embrace an explicitly liberal, pro-LGBTQ+ stance, which she would further explore in her Netflix documentary,\u00a0<em>Miss Americana<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The turn of the new decade saw Swift increasingly push the boundaries of her art and entrepreneurship. Her surprise 2020 COVID-19 lockdown albums, 'Folklore' and 'Evermore' nodded to her country roots while delving into an ever-deeper lyricism - one richly rewarded at the Grammys.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her\u00a0synthy 2022 record 'Midnights' also impressed critics, while shooting to number one globally.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.666875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//77//53//50//808x539_cmsv2_17003166-343d-5736-a8b8-d8196ed6fb0e-7775350.jpg/" alt=\"George Walker IV/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/384x256_cmsv2_17003166-343d-5736-a8b8-d8196ed6fb0e-7775350.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/640x427_cmsv2_17003166-343d-5736-a8b8-d8196ed6fb0e-7775350.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/750x500_cmsv2_17003166-343d-5736-a8b8-d8196ed6fb0e-7775350.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/828x552_cmsv2_17003166-343d-5736-a8b8-d8196ed6fb0e-7775350.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1080x720_cmsv2_17003166-343d-5736-a8b8-d8196ed6fb0e-7775350.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1200x800_cmsv2_17003166-343d-5736-a8b8-d8196ed6fb0e-7775350.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1920x1280_cmsv2_17003166-343d-5736-a8b8-d8196ed6fb0e-7775350.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Taylor Swift performs during "The Eras Tour" on Friday, 5 May 2023, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">George Walker IV/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In one of the biggest <em>coups de th\u00e9\u00e2tre<\/em> in recent music history, Swift ignited a global conversation for deciding to turn a record label spat to her advantage. After the masters of her first six albums were sold off in 2019, the pop star has taken it upon herself to re-record and re-release said albums under the \"Taylor's Version\" label - the latest being '1989', slated for a 27 October release.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of such developments, the \"Eras Tour\" has been perceived as a culmination of Swift's work, uniting fans new and old, who see it as a crowning victory over a music industry which they deem to have once shackled their musical idol.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>'Lost in translation'? Exploring Taylor Swift's rocky relationship with Europe<\/h2><p>After Taylor Swift announced a total of 48 European dates, millions across the continent went into a frenzy - so much so that, in France, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//07//11//liberte-egalite-pas-de-taytay-taylor-swift-concert-ticket-sales-suspended-by-ticketmaster-/">Ticketmaster ended up crashing<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But her success in the continent was not always guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2011 - when Swift was already a household name in the US - she performed to half-empty arenas in France and Italy. And some of her biggest hits, from 'Blank Space' to her more recent 'Anti-Hero', failed to make the Top 20 in both countries, despite faring better in northern European markets.<\/p>\n<p>So why has Swift struggled to crack the European music market, especially in Mediterranean nations such as France, Spain and Italy?<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//77//53//50//808x539_cmsv2_a91fabff-00a9-564f-aaa6-037114d155a1-7775350.jpg/" alt=\"Jessica Christian/ONLINE_YES\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/384x256_cmsv2_a91fabff-00a9-564f-aaa6-037114d155a1-7775350.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/640x427_cmsv2_a91fabff-00a9-564f-aaa6-037114d155a1-7775350.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/750x500_cmsv2_a91fabff-00a9-564f-aaa6-037114d155a1-7775350.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/828x552_cmsv2_a91fabff-00a9-564f-aaa6-037114d155a1-7775350.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1080x720_cmsv2_a91fabff-00a9-564f-aaa6-037114d155a1-7775350.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1200x800_cmsv2_a91fabff-00a9-564f-aaa6-037114d155a1-7775350.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1920x1280_cmsv2_a91fabff-00a9-564f-aaa6-037114d155a1-7775350.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Taylor Swift performs at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Friday, 28 July 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jessica Christian/ONLINE_YES<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It seems part of the problem is Swift's words may be getting lost in translation.<\/p>\n<p>In Southern European nations, where general English language proficiency is less widespread than in the north, the pop star has struggled to compete with local musicians.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, the singer-songwriter's lyrical repertoire \u2014 often described as an \"encyclopaedia of emotions\"\u00a0 \u2014 is largely ignored or misunderstood.<\/p>\n<p>Eloy, a 31-year-old Spanish social media creator and avowed Swiftie, notes how the American songstress is eclipsed by Latin mega-stars such as Shakira due to such linguistic issues.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think the main problem, at least in Spain, is the language,\" Eloy tells Euronews Culture. \"English is not as widely spoken in Spain as in northern European countries and I think that language barrier is what keeps Spanish audiences away from Taylor.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"She may not be on the level of Latin artists like Shakira, but she has a very loyal following that makes sure everyone knows who Taylor Swift is,\" he adds.<\/p>\n<p>Swift's background in country music \u2014 a genre which has struggled to entice European ears \u2014 has left her at a further disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p>She may have managed to harness European listeners after she branched out into pop, but it was still not enough to fully consolidate her place in the continent's musical landscape, especially in tougher markets like Italy.<\/p>\n<p>\"The absence of adequate promotion in the past has penalised her,\" states Ylenia, a 27-year-old graphic designer who runs Taylor Swift's Italian Twitter fan page.<\/p>\n<p>With Italy's rich tradition of homegrown pop stars and <em>cantautori<\/em> (folk singer-songwriters), an English-speaking balladeer like Swift has faced an uphill battle.<\/p>\n<p>\"Italy, we know, is a country which in the past few years has favoured Italian music,\" Ylenia tells Euronews Culture.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6385240775484677\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//77//53//50//808x515_cmsv2_a5ce0a6e-942e-5ceb-844b-d2232b073bd0-7775350.jpg/" alt=\"Chris Pizzello/2023 Invision\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/384x245_cmsv2_a5ce0a6e-942e-5ceb-844b-d2232b073bd0-7775350.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/640x409_cmsv2_a5ce0a6e-942e-5ceb-844b-d2232b073bd0-7775350.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/750x479_cmsv2_a5ce0a6e-942e-5ceb-844b-d2232b073bd0-7775350.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/828x529_cmsv2_a5ce0a6e-942e-5ceb-844b-d2232b073bd0-7775350.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1080x690_cmsv2_a5ce0a6e-942e-5ceb-844b-d2232b073bd0-7775350.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1200x766_cmsv2_a5ce0a6e-942e-5ceb-844b-d2232b073bd0-7775350.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1920x1226_cmsv2_a5ce0a6e-942e-5ceb-844b-d2232b073bd0-7775350.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Fans watch Taylor Swift's performance during "The Eras Tour," Monday, 7 August 2023, at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Chris Pizzello/2023 Invision<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>But despite having struggled to overcome such challenges for years, Swift's \"Eras Tour\" has bulldozed existing hurdles, as she rapidly takes her place at the table of Europe's most popular stars.<\/p>\n<p>Poland, where she will also be performing, is one country where the tour's impact is particularly palpable.<\/p>\n<p>\"I wouldn't say she's huge here, but obviously everyone knows who she is,\" prefaces Martyna, a Swiftie who runs the Taylor Swift Poland fan page on Twitter. \"Newspapers talk about her too from time to time\u2026 even hairdressers salons are using her old Fearless album cover as a promo photo, which is hilarious.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"[Now], she's getting more and more fans here\u2026 lots of people are clinging to Tik Tok trends like the ones with [her songs] 'August', 'Love Story', or, now, 'Cruel Summer.'\"<\/p>\n<p>\"We actually had first ever Taylor Swift Party in Poland only in January this year,\" Martyna adds. \"And it turns out none of the previous themed parties sold that many tickets. I was honestly shocked. I think it was the first time when we all were like 'Okay, so it\u2019s not only 20 of us on Twitter.'\"<\/p>\n<h2>'It felt like a dream': European fans rejoice as Swift returns to their country<\/h2><p>After a five-year hiatus since her last stadium tour, European fans can hardly contain their elation as they wait to see Swift perform live next year.<\/p>\n<p>But for those in countries such as Italy and Spain \u2014 where Swift has not toured in over a decade \u2014 or in Poland, where she will perform for the first time, it has a particularly emotional value.<\/p>\n<p>\"I can't even express how excited everyone is,\" Martyna states. \"I remember the day after Taylor announced shows in Poland and it was such an unreal experience for every fan of hers. The posters, billboards everywhere I went. Her name written by lights on the stadium in Warsaw\u2026 [It] felt like a dream.\"<\/p>\n<p>But as demand has far exceeded supply, not all have been so lucky, with millions left scrambling for scalded tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Italian fans Gianna and her boyfriend, Alessio* \u2014 long-term fans of Swift's \u2014 had waited anxiously to enter the Milan sale's online waiting room, only to find there were no spots left.<\/p>\n<p>\"Alessio is furious,\" Gianna tells Euronews Culture. \"We will buy tickets in the resales, we will pay more, but Alessio cares so much about [seeing Swift] that he would be willing to spend any amount of money.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.631875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//77//53//50//808x511_cmsv2_f222fb9c-da0a-5e51-9092-1cad0e9e0f26-7775350.jpg/" alt=\"Chris Pizzello/2023 Invision\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/384x243_cmsv2_f222fb9c-da0a-5e51-9092-1cad0e9e0f26-7775350.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/640x404_cmsv2_f222fb9c-da0a-5e51-9092-1cad0e9e0f26-7775350.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/750x474_cmsv2_f222fb9c-da0a-5e51-9092-1cad0e9e0f26-7775350.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/828x523_cmsv2_f222fb9c-da0a-5e51-9092-1cad0e9e0f26-7775350.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1080x682_cmsv2_f222fb9c-da0a-5e51-9092-1cad0e9e0f26-7775350.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1200x758_cmsv2_f222fb9c-da0a-5e51-9092-1cad0e9e0f26-7775350.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/1920x1213_cmsv2_f222fb9c-da0a-5e51-9092-1cad0e9e0f26-7775350.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Taylor Swift fan wears friendship bracelets before Swift's performance, Monday,7 August 2023, at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Chris Pizzello/2023 Invision<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Swift's grand return to Europe may be a chance to for the hitmaker to reconnect with her fans. But as the tour's impact grows increasingly prominent, it has also been a chance for fans <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//08//07//when-fandom-gets-wholesome-why-are-bracelets-a-must-for-taylor-swift-concerts/">to connect with each other<\/a><\/strong> - and often, across borders too.<\/p>\n<p>Juan Diego Filippi, a 31-year-old Latin American lawyer who recently moved from the US to Italy, will be attending Swift's concert in Milan next July.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Euronews Culture, he remarked on how attending the \"Eras Tour\" is much more than a chance to watch his favourite artist perform live, but also a way to keep in touch with loved ones he has left behind.<\/p>\n<p>\"The Eras Tour is an opportunity for me to stay in close contact with dear friends from my hometown in Latin America as well as to forge new friendships in Europe based on how relatable she feels as a person and songwriter,\" he says.<\/p>\n<p>\"I\u2019m counting the days for July 2024 when old and new friends will join me in person to celebrate life, friendship and how much Taylor\u2019s music means to us in Milan for one of her sold out Italian shows.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1690216294,"publishedAt":1692768341,"updatedAt":1692768341,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2023\/08\/23\/taylor-swifts-europe-era-what-is-the-pop-stars-relationship-with-the-continent","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/77\/53\/50\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f75053ad-8efa-546e-b8e1-666e7e7a19bc-7775350.jpg","altText":"Taylor Swift performing at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California - Friday 28 July 2023. 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Failure to comply could result in billions of euros in fines. \n\nHere\u2019s a look at what\u2019s happening this week. \n\nWhich platforms are affected? \n\nSo far, 19 platforms are affected, including eight social media platforms: Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Snapchat. \n\nThere are also five online marketplaces impacted: Amazon, Booking.com, China's Alibaba AliExpress, and Germany's Zalando. \n\nMobile app stores Google Play and Apple's App Store are subject to the new rules, as are Google's Search and Microsoft's Bing search engine. \n\nGoogle Maps and Wikipedia round out the list. \n\nThe EU\u2019s list is based on how many users a platform has. Those with 45 million (10 per cent of the EU\u2019s population) or more will face the DSA\u2019s highest level of regulation. \n\nBrussels insiders, however, have pointed to some notable omissions from the EU's list, such as eBay, Airbnb, Netflix and PornHub. \n\nAny business providing digital services to Europeans will eventually have to comply with the DSA. They will face fewer obligations than the biggest platforms, however, and have another six months before they must fall in line. \n\nCiting uncertainty over the new rules, Meta Platforms has held off launching its Twitter rival, Threads, in the EU. \n\nDSA: What changes are coming? \n\nPlatforms have started rolling out new ways for European users to flag illegal online content and dodgy products, which companies will be obligated to take down quickly and objectively. \n\nAmazon opened a new channel for reporting suspected illegal products and is providing more information about third-party merchants. \n\nTikTok gave users an \"additional reporting option\" for content, including advertising, that they believe is illegal. Categories such as hate speech and harassment, suicide and self-harm, misinformation or frauds and scams, will help them pinpoint the problem. \n\nThen, a \u201cnew dedicated team of moderators and legal specialists\u201d will determine whether flagged content either violates its policies or is unlawful and should be taken down, according to the app from Chinese parent company ByteDance. \n\nTikTok says the reason for a takedown will be explained to the person who posted the material and the one who flagged it, and decisions can be appealed. \n\nTikTok users can turn off systems that recommend videos based on what a user has previously viewed. Such systems have been blamed for leading social media users to increasingly extreme posts. If personalised recommendations are turned off, TikTok's feeds will instead suggest videos to European users based on what's popular in their area and around the world. \n\nThe DSA prohibits targeting vulnerable categories of people, including children, with ads. \n\nSnapchat said advertisers won't be able to use personalisation and optimisation tools for teens in the EU and UK. Snapchat users who are 18 and older meanwhile would get more transparency and control over ads they see, including \"details and insight\" on why they're shown specific ads. \n\nTikTok made similar changes, stopping users 13 to 17 from getting personalised ads \"based on their activities on or off TikTok\". \n\nAre companies pushing back against the EU? \n\nZalando, a German online fashion retailer, has filed a legal challenge over its inclusion on the DSA's list of the largest online platforms, arguing that it's being treated unfairly. \n\nNevertheless, Zalando is launching content flagging systems for its website even though there's little risk of illegal material showing up among its highly curated collection of clothes, bags and shoes. \n\nThe company has supported the DSA, said Aurelie Caulier, Zalando's head of public affairs for the EU. \n\n\"It will bring loads of positive changes\" for consumers, she said. But \"generally, Zalando doesn\u2019t have systemic risk (that other platforms pose). So that\u2019s why we don\u2019t think we fit in that category\". \n\nAmazon has filed a similar case with a top EU court. \n\nCompanies that don\u2019t follow the rules could face fines of up to 6 per cent of their global revenue - which could amount to billions. They could even be banned from the EU for failure to comply. \n\nThere won\u2019t immediately be fines for individual breaches though. The DSA is instead more intended to give the EU insight into companies' algorithms to see if they have the right processes in place. \n\nEU officials \"are concerned with user behaviour on the one hand, like bullying and spreading illegal content, but they\u2019re also concerned about the way that platforms work and how they contribute to the negative effects,\" said Sally Broughton Micova, an associate professor at the University of East Anglia. \n\nThat includes looking at how the platforms work with digital advertising systems, which could be used to profile users for harmful material like disinformation, or how their live streaming systems function, which could be used to instantly spread terrorist content, said Broughton Micova, who's also academic co-director at the Centre on Regulation in Europe, a Brussels-based think tank. \n\nUnder the rules, the biggest platforms will have to identify and assess potential systemic risks and whether they're doing enough to reduce them. These risk assessments are due by the end of August and then they will be independently audited. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The European Union\u2019s Digital Services Act (DSA) is coming into force this week - and it\u2019s going to affect some of the world\u2019s biggest tech and social media giants, including Google, Facebook, and TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a milestone moment in regulating Internet giants and is designed to keep users safe online and stop the spread of harmful content that's either illegal or violates a platform's terms of service.<\/p>\n<p>It also looks to protect Europeans' fundamental rights like privacy and free speech.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6568180\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2022//03//25//the-eu-s-digital-markets-act-what-is-it-and-what-will-the-new-law-mean-for-you-and-big-tec/">The EU's Digital Markets Act: What is it and what will the new law mean for you and Big Tech?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The EU has long been a global leader in cracking down on tech giants, and these giants must start following the rules of the DSA from Friday. Failure to comply could result in billions of euros in fines.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at what\u2019s happening this week.<\/p>\n<h2>Which platforms are affected?<\/h2><p>So far, 19 platforms are affected, including eight social media platforms: Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Snapchat.<\/p>\n<p>There are also five online marketplaces impacted: Amazon, Booking.com, China's Alibaba AliExpress, and Germany's Zalando.<\/p>\n<p>Mobile app stores Google Play and Apple's App Store are subject to the new rules, as are Google's Search and Microsoft's Bing search engine.<\/p>\n<p>Google Maps and Wikipedia round out the list.<\/p>\n<p>The EU\u2019s list is based on how many users a platform has. Those with 45 million (10 per cent of the EU\u2019s population) or more will face the DSA\u2019s highest level of regulation.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6457660\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2022//02//08//eu-is-analysing-the-metaverse-ahead-of-possible-regulation-says-anti-trust-chief-margrethe/">EU is analysing the metaverse ahead of possible regulation, says anti-trust chief Margrethe Vestager<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Brussels insiders, however, have pointed to some notable omissions from the EU's list, such as eBay, Airbnb, Netflix and PornHub.<\/p>\n<p>Any business providing digital services to Europeans will eventually have to comply with the DSA. They will face fewer obligations than the biggest platforms, however, and have another six months before they must fall in line.<\/p>\n<p>Citing uncertainty over the new rules, Meta Platforms has held off launching its Twitter rival, Threads, in the EU.<\/p>\n<h2>DSA: What changes are coming?<\/h2><p>Platforms have started rolling out new ways for European users to flag illegal online content and dodgy products, which companies will be obligated to take down quickly and objectively.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon opened a new channel for reporting suspected illegal products and is providing more information about third-party merchants.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok gave users an \"additional reporting option\" for content, including advertising, that they believe is illegal. Categories such as hate speech and harassment, suicide and self-harm, misinformation or frauds and scams, will help them pinpoint the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Then, a \u201cnew dedicated team of moderators and legal specialists\u201d will determine whether flagged content either violates its policies or is unlawful and should be taken down, according to the app from Chinese parent company ByteDance.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok says the reason for a takedown will be explained to the person who posted the material and the one who flagged it, and decisions can be appealed.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7161618\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2022//10//28//now-elon-musk-is-in-charge-will-twitter-fall-foul-of-the-eus-new-digital-services-act/">Now Elon Musk is in charge, will Twitter fall foul of the EU\u2019s new Digital Services Act?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>TikTok users can turn off systems that recommend videos based on what a user has previously viewed. Such systems have been blamed for leading social media users to increasingly extreme posts. If personalised recommendations are turned off, TikTok's feeds will instead suggest videos to European users based on what's popular in their area and around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The DSA prohibits targeting vulnerable categories of people, including children, with ads.<\/p>\n<p>Snapchat said advertisers won't be able to use personalisation and optimisation tools for teens in the EU and UK. Snapchat users who are 18 and older meanwhile would get more transparency and control over ads they see, including \"details and insight\" on why they're shown specific ads.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok made similar changes, stopping users 13 to 17 from getting personalised ads \"based on their activities on or off TikTok\".<\/p>\n<h2>Are companies pushing back against the EU?<\/h2><p>Zalando, a German online fashion retailer, has filed a legal challenge over its inclusion on the DSA's list of the largest online platforms, arguing that it's being treated unfairly.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Zalando is launching content flagging systems for its website even though there's little risk of illegal material showing up among its highly curated collection of clothes, bags and shoes.<\/p>\n<p>The company has supported the DSA, said Aurelie Caulier, Zalando's head of public affairs for the EU.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7315346\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//01//19//the-time-of-the-wild-west-is-over-eu-vera-jourova-warns-elon-musk-twitter-from-davos-wef/">'The time of the Wild West is over,' EU's V\u011bra Jourov\u00e1 warns Elon Musk\u2019s Twitter from Davos<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"It will bring loads of positive changes\" for consumers, she said. But \"generally, Zalando doesn\u2019t have systemic risk (that other platforms pose). So that\u2019s why we don\u2019t think we fit in that category\".<\/p>\n<p>Amazon has filed a similar case with a top EU court.<\/p>\n<p>Companies that don\u2019t follow the rules could face fines of up to 6 per cent of their global revenue - which could amount to billions. They could even be banned from the EU for failure to comply.<\/p>\n<p>There won\u2019t immediately be fines for individual breaches though. The DSA is instead more intended to give the EU insight into companies' algorithms to see if they have the right processes in place.<\/p>\n<p>EU officials \"are concerned with user behaviour on the one hand, like bullying and spreading illegal content, but they\u2019re also concerned about the way that platforms work and how they contribute to the negative effects,\" said Sally Broughton Micova, an associate professor at the University of East Anglia.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5202462\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2020//12//15//five-reasons-why-the-digital-services-act-and-digital-markets-act-matter/">Five reasons why the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act matter<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>That includes looking at how the platforms work with digital advertising systems, which could be used to profile users for harmful material like disinformation, or how their live streaming systems function, which could be used to instantly spread terrorist content, said Broughton Micova, who's also academic co-director at the Centre on Regulation in Europe, a Brussels-based think tank.<\/p>\n<p>Under the rules, the biggest platforms will have to identify and assess potential systemic risks and whether they're doing enough to reduce them. 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9 out of 10 of purchase scams now start on social media, according to a major UK bank","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Most purchase scams now start on social media, says major UK bank","titleListing2":"Major UK bank calls for social media companies to compensate victims of scams","leadin":"New data released by British bank Barclays shows almost nine out of 10 purchase scams start on social media.","summary":"New data released by British bank Barclays shows almost nine out of 10 purchase scams start on social media.","url":"major-uk-bank-calls-on-social-media-companies-to-compensate-victims-of-scams","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A major UK bank is calling on tech companies to reimburse victims of scams, as it warns social media is the source of 88 per cent of all purchase scams. \n\nPurchase scams are where people buy products that either never arrive or aren\u2019t as advertised. \n\nBarclays says on average people lose \u00a31,000 (\u20ac1,173) to these kinds of scams, which account for two-thirds of all reported scams. \n\nAccording to the bank\u2019s data, almost nine out of 10 purchase scams start on social media, so the bank believes social media companies should reimburse victims - which would incentivise scam prevention. \n\nBarclays UK CEO Matt Hammerstein said that the data shows tech platforms, particularly social media, are the source of \u201calmost all scams\u201d - but there\u2019s no legal framework obligating the tech sector to support the prevention of scams. \n\n\u201cWithout the joint help of tech organisations, the Government, and regulators, we risk enabling the unchecked growth of what is now the most common crime in the UK, hurting countless individuals, and costing our economy billions each year,\u201d he said. \n\nThis \u201cepidemic\u201d can only be driven back by halting the scams at their source, he added. \n\nThe bank called for four policy changes that would help to prevent scams: \n\nCreate a cross-government group that can coordinate regulators, policymakers, industry groups, and companies across different sectors to effectively fight scams. \nMake preventing scams a mandatory measure for tech companies. \nForce companies to publish their scam data to inform customers of the risks involved in using their platforms. \nCreate a victim reimbursement fund which would be financed by all firms whose platforms were used to carry out scams, including tech companies and banks. \n\nAccording to their data, 76 per cent of Brits feel unsafe on social media due to criminals carrying out scams on those platforms. \n\nYoung adults, aged 21-30, are the most likely to be scammed, and they make up 24 per cent of scam victims. \n\nPeople over the age of 70 are however the ones who lose the most money to scams - making up a quarter of all the money lost to scammers. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A major UK bank is calling on tech companies to reimburse victims of scams, as it warns social media is the source of 88 per cent of all purchase scams.<\/p>\n<p>Purchase scams are where people buy products that either never arrive or aren\u2019t as advertised.<\/p>\n<p>Barclays says on average people lose \u00a31,000 (\u20ac1,173) to these kinds of scams, which account for two-thirds of all reported scams.<\/p>\n<p>According to the bank\u2019s data, almost nine out of 10 purchase scams start on social media, so the bank believes social media companies should reimburse victims - which would incentivise scam prevention.<\/p>\n<p>Barclays UK CEO Matt Hammerstein said that the data shows tech platforms, particularly social media, are the source of \u201calmost all scams\u201d - but there\u2019s no legal framework obligating the tech sector to support the prevention of scams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout the joint help of tech organisations, the Government, and regulators, we risk enabling the unchecked growth of what is now the most common crime in the UK, hurting countless individuals, and costing our economy billions each year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7484258\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//03//25//audio-deepfake-scams-criminals-are-using-ai-to-sound-like-family-and-people-are-falling-fo/">Audio deepfake scams: Criminals are using AI to sound like family and people are falling for it<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This \u201cepidemic\u201d can only be driven back by halting the scams at their source, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The bank called for four policy changes that would help to prevent scams:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a cross-government group that can coordinate regulators, policymakers, industry groups, and companies across different sectors to effectively fight scams.<\/li>\n<li>Make preventing scams a mandatory measure for tech companies.<\/li>\n<li>Force companies to publish their scam data to inform customers of the risks involved in using their platforms.<\/li>\n<li>Create a victim reimbursement fund which would be financed by all firms whose platforms were used to carry out scams, including tech companies and banks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to their data, 76 per cent of Brits feel unsafe on social media due to criminals carrying out scams on those platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Young adults, aged 21-30, are the most likely to be scammed, and they make up 24 per cent of scam victims.<\/p>\n<p>People over the age of 70 are however the ones who lose the most money to scams - making up a quarter of all the money lost to scammers.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692716150,"publishedAt":1692721215,"updatedAt":1692841093,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2023\/08\/22\/major-uk-bank-calls-on-social-media-companies-to-compensate-victims-of-scams","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/98\/16\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_50265c6b-7160-5842-bc55-21d596fde88b-7839816.jpg","altText":"Purchase scams are where people buy products that either never arrive or aren\u2019t as advertised","caption":"Purchase scams are where people buy products that either never arrive or aren\u2019t as advertised","captionCredit":"Canva","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"hurst","title":"Luke 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early general elections scheduled to be held on 22 November.\u00a0 \n\nThe alliance is currently leading in the polls with aggregator EU Elects favouring them with 17.1% of the votes, ahead of the centre-right VVD party of departing Prime Minister Mark Rutte.\u00a0 \n\n\"I thank Frans Timmermans for his passionate and tireless work to make the European Green Deal a reality,\" Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement issued on Tuesday.\u00a0 \n\n\"T hanks to his excellent contribution and strong personal engagement, we have made great strides towards meeting the EU's objectives to become the first climate-neutral continent, and towards raising the levels of climate ambition globally,\" she added. \n\nMaro\u0161 \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d, the Commission's Vice-President for inter-institutional relations and foresight and a former\u00a0EU energy chief, will take over Timmermans\u2019 portfolio in charge of the European Green Deal. He was also assigned, temporarily, the portfolio responsibility for Climate Action Policy\u00a0until a new Dutch Commissioner is appointed. \n\nVon der Leyen wished \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d success in his new task of \"driving forward the protection of the climate and the European Green Deal with the ambition it requires\" and requested that the Dutch Prime Minister propose the names of a female and male candidate to be the new Dutch Commissioner. \n\n\nThe European Parliament and the Spanish Council Presidency have already been informed about the new arrangements.\u00a0 \n\nThe EU's climate czar \n\nTimmermans\u00a0 announced \u00a0his intention to run on behalf of a left-wing alliance of\u00a0socialists and greens in the upcoming Dutch general election in July, following the unexpected collapse of Prime Minister Mark Rutte's coalition government. \n\nHis announced departure had left a hole in one of the EU's most critical portfolios, which Timmermans had led since 2019. \n\nHaving served in Brussels for nearly a decade, Timmermans is hailed the EU's climate 'czar'.\u00a0His anticipated departure had jeopardised the last stretch in EU policymaking for the Green Deal before the European elections take place in 2024. \n\nHe became responsible for the landmark EU Green Deal in 2019, which von der Leyen herself described as \"Europe's man on the moon moment\".\u00a0Since then, he has spearheaded the adoption of transformative policies that aim to ensure the 27-member bloc reaches climate neutrality by 2050. \n\nHe has also been a prominent figure in international negotiations, and was instrumental in facilitating a deal during the COP27 summit. \n\nHis achievements include an EU ban of the combustion engine, a carbon border tax and a new Emissions Trading System (ETS) for road transport and buildings.\u00a0 \n\nMore recently, the highly contested Nature Restoration Law was adopted by a narrow majority in the European Parliament to become the latest feather in Timmermans' cap.\u00a0 \n\nHis passion for green legislation meant he became a target for right-leaning parties, which claimed his legislation placed unnecessary burden on European industry and handicapped the economy. \n\nThese issues will be at the forefront of the elections in the Netherlands, where the populist\u00a0Farmer-Citizen Movement gained significant territory in local elections in March this year, riding on a\u00a0wave of rural anger at government environmental policies. \n\nA critical portfolio \n\nThe Green Deal is likely to remain one of the European Commission's priority portfolios as Commissioner\u00a0Maro\u0161 \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d takes the helm. \n\nIn her statement, von der Leyen described \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d as one of the most senior and experienced members of her college. \n\n\"Our priority will be to strengthen the Industrial Clean Revolution, upgrading our grids and infrastructure for the energy transition and access to Critical Raw Materials,\" she said. \n\nHis appointment means the EU's climate policies will remain in the hands of a socialist, despite the scathing criticism of the main right-leaning European political group to which von der Leyen belongs towards the environmental initiatives led by Timmermans. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Timmermans, who has been in Brussels for the past decade, is to helm an alliance between the Greens (GL) and the Labour Party (PvdA) in the early general elections scheduled to be held on 22 November.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The alliance is currently leading in the polls with aggregator EU Elects favouring them with 17.1% of the votes, ahead of the centre-right VVD party of departing Prime Minister Mark Rutte.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"I thank Frans Timmermans for his passionate and tireless work to make the European Green Deal a reality,\" Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement issued on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Thanks to his excellent contribution and strong personal engagement, we have made great strides towards meeting the EU's objectives to become the first climate-neutral continent, and towards raising the levels of climate ambition globally,\" she added.<\/p>\n<p>Maro\u0161 \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d, the Commission's Vice-President for inter-institutional relations and foresight and a former\u00a0EU energy chief, will take over Timmermans\u2019 portfolio in charge of the European Green Deal. He was also assigned, temporarily, the portfolio responsibility for Climate Action Policy\u00a0until a new Dutch Commissioner is appointed. <\/p>\n<p>Von der Leyen wished \u0160ef\u010dovi\u010d success in his new task of \"driving forward the protection of the climate and the European Green Deal with the ambition it requires\" and requested that the Dutch Prime Minister propose the names of a female and male candidate to be the new Dutch Commissioner. <\/p>\n<p>The European Parliament and the Spanish Council Presidency have already been informed about the new arrangements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>The EU's climate czar<\/h2><p>Timmermans\u00a0<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//07//20//frans-timmermans-the-eus-climate-czar-announces-bid-to-become-the-next-dutch-prime-ministe/">announced/u00a0his intention to run on behalf of a left-wing alliance of\u00a0socialists and greens in the upcoming Dutch general election in July, following the unexpected 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Spain won the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women's World Cup final football match after defeating England at Stadium Australia in Sydney.","url":"watch-spain-womens-national-football-team-celebrates-world-cup-victory-with-fans-in-madrid","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Spain's Women's World Cup hero Olga Carmona paid tribute to her father on Monday for giving her the strength \"to achieve something unique\" after learning of his death following the nation's 1-0 win over England. \n\nThe 23-year-old defender drilled home the only goal of the final in Sydney on Sunday to help La Roja win the World Cup for the first time in their history. \n\n\"And without knowing it, I had my Star before the game started,\" she posted on X, formerly Twitter. \n\n\"I know that you have given me the strength to achieve something unique. I know that you have been watching me tonight and that you are proud of me. \n\n\"Rest in peace, Dad.\" \n\nThe Spanish Federation (RFEF) said Carmona \"learned the sad news after the World Cup final\". \n\n\"We send our most sincere embraces to Olga and her family in a moment of deep pain. We love you, Olga, you are in the history of Spanish football,\" it added. \n\nThe Real Madrid star dedicated her goal to the late mother of one of her best friends, displaying an undershirt with \"Merchi\" written on it when she scored. \n\n\"I want to say this victory is for one of my best friend's mother, who died recently. I celebrated the goal with that shirt,\" Carmona told Spanish state broadcasters La 1, soon after the game's conclusion. \n\nCarmona's club Real Madrid said it \"wants to express its condolences and affection to Olga, her relatives and all her loved ones\" in a statement. \n\n\"Rest in peace.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Spain's Women's World Cup hero Olga Carmona paid tribute to her father on Monday for giving her the strength \"to achieve something unique\" after learning of his death following the nation's 1-0 win over England.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old defender drilled home the only goal of the final in Sydney on Sunday to help La Roja win the World Cup for the first time in their history.<\/p>\n<p>\"And without knowing it, I had my Star before the game started,\" she posted on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\"I know that you have given me the strength to achieve something unique. I know that you have been watching me tonight and that you are proud of me.<\/p>\n<p>\"Rest in peace, Dad.\"<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish Federation (RFEF) said Carmona \"learned the sad news after the World Cup final\".<\/p>\n<p>\"We send our most sincere embraces to Olga and her family in a moment of deep pain. We love you, Olga, you are in the history of Spanish football,\" it added.<\/p>\n<p>The Real Madrid star dedicated her goal to the late mother of one of her best friends, displaying an undershirt with \"Merchi\" written on it when she scored.<\/p>\n<p>\"I want to say this victory is for one of my best friend's mother, who died recently. I celebrated the goal with that shirt,\" Carmona told Spanish state broadcasters La 1, soon after the game's conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Carmona's club Real Madrid said it \"wants to express its condolences and affection to Olga, her relatives and all her loved ones\" in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\"Rest in peace.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692696508,"publishedAt":1692715020,"updatedAt":1692715324,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/22\/watch-spain-womens-national-football-team-celebrates-world-cup-victory-with-fans-in-madrid","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/88\/02\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4363a52c-ef2a-5306-9550-c696aab8965e-7838802.jpg","altText":"Spain women's national football team celebrates World Cup victory with fans in Madrid","caption":"Spain women's national football team celebrates World Cup victory with fans in Madrid","captionCredit":"Manu Fernandez\/ 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sends more firefighting planes to Greece as wildfires rage","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"EU sends more firefighting planes to Greece as wildfires rage","titleListing2":"EU sends more firefighting planes to Greece as wildfires rage","leadin":"The EU is today sending a further five firefighting planes and one helicopter to Greece as devastating wildfires burn in the north east of the country.","summary":"The EU is today sending a further five firefighting planes and one helicopter to Greece as devastating wildfires burn in the north east of the country.","url":"eu-sends-more-firefighting-aircrafts-to-greece-as-wildfires-rage","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The aircraft, which make up almost a third of the rescEU aerial fleet, will come from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany and Sweden. \n\n\"We are also using our Copernicus satellite system to provide satellite images to the Greek authorities so they can delineate the area affected by the fire,\" said a European Commission spokesperson Tuesday. \n\n\"The involvement is pretty significant and of course, we remain at the disposal of the Greek authorities if the need arises for additional assistance,\" he added. \n\nGreece activated the EU Civil Mechanism in response to the wildfires two days ago and already received \u00a0planes, firefighters and vehicles from Cyprus and Romania yesterday. \n\nThe EU Civil Mechanism allows countries to request assistance from other nations when their emergency services are overwhelmed by unexpected events including fires,\u00a0 and has become an increasingly valuable resource in recent years as wildfire incidence in southern Europe has risen. \n\nThe European Commission announced in July it would purchase a further 12 highly-sought 'Canadair' planes to boost its aerial firefighting capacity. These will be wholly financed by the EU but stationed in and legally owned by Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain, southern countries more vulnerable to wildfires. \n\n\nThe announcement of further EU support came as Greek authorities found the bodies of 18 people believed to be migrants burned\u00a0in the Dadia forest in Evros in north-eastern Greece.\u00a0The forest is along a route popular among migrants crossing into the European Union from Turkey. \n\nGreece already grappled with its worst month of wildfires since 2008 in July, when around 50 000 hectares, equivalent to around 95 000 football pitches, burned in just 12 days. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The aircraft, which make up almost a third of the rescEU aerial fleet, will come from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany and Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are also using our Copernicus satellite system to provide satellite images to the Greek authorities so they can delineate the area affected by the fire,\" said a European Commission spokesperson Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\"The involvement is pretty significant and of course, we remain at the disposal of the Greek authorities if the need arises for additional assistance,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>Greece activated the EU Civil Mechanism in response to the wildfires two days ago and already received\u00a0planes, firefighters and vehicles from Cyprus and Romania yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The EU Civil Mechanism allows countries to request assistance from other nations when their emergency services are overwhelmed by unexpected events including fires,\u00a0and has become an increasingly valuable resource in recent years as wildfire incidence in southern Europe has risen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1693878508676657317\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The European Commission <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2023//07//27//eu-orders-more-canadairs-to-boost-aerial-firefighting-fleet-as-southern-nations-fight-wild/">announced in July it would purchase a further 12 highly-sought 'Canadair' planes to boost its aerial firefighting capacity. These will be wholly financed by the EU but stationed in and legally owned by Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain, southern countries more vulnerable to wildfires. <\/p>\n<p>The announcement of further EU support came as Greek authorities <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//08//22//18-bodies-found-in-greek-forest-as-wildfires-ravage-north-of-the-country/">found the bodies<\/strong><\/a> of 18 people believed to be migrants burned\u00a0in the Dadia forest in Evros in north-eastern Greece.\u00a0The forest is along a route popular among migrants crossing into the European Union from Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Greece already grappled with its worst month of wildfires since 2008 in July, when around 50 000 hectares, equivalent to around 95 000 football pitches, burned in just 12 days.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692712001,"publishedAt":1692714972,"updatedAt":1692715306,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2023\/08\/22\/eu-sends-more-firefighting-aircrafts-to-greece-as-wildfires-rage","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/96\/02\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_aff513a6-c734-52a2-862a-8889aa811b97-7839602.jpg","altText":"A helicopter operates over a wildfire burning in Gennadi village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes","caption":"A helicopter operates over a wildfire burning in Gennadi village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes","captionCredit":"Petros Giannakouris\/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":898}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"jones-m","title":"Mared Gwyn Jones","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":25370,"slug":"wildfires","urlSafeValue":"wildfires","title":"Wildfires","titleRaw":"Wildfires"},{"id":14074,"slug":"civil-protection","urlSafeValue":"civil-protection","title":"Civil Protection","titleRaw":"Civil Protection"},{"id":7983,"slug":"fires-in-greece","urlSafeValue":"fires-in-greece","title":"Fires in Greece","titleRaw":"Fires in Greece"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"twitter","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2332572},{"id":2334046}],"technicalTags":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/europe-news\/europe-news"},"vertical":"my-europe","verticals":[{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"My Europe"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"My Europe"},"themes":[{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/europe-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":56,"urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe-news"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":[],"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gb_safe_from_high','gb_safe_from_high_med','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','pos_ukrainecrisis','gs_science','gs_science_geography','castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','gs_politics','sm_politics','neg_citi_campaign_4','gs_politics_misc','gs_politics_issues_policy','gv_death_injury','neg_facebook','gb_death_injury_edu','gb_death_injury_high_med_low','gs_busfin','gt_negative'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/my-europe\/2023\/08\/22\/eu-sends-more-firefighting-aircrafts-to-greece-as-wildfires-rage","lastModified":1692715306},{"id":2352036,"cid":7839388,"versionId":4,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230822_NWSU_52834074","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Penguin at Edinburgh Zoo promoted to Major General in Norway army ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Attention! Penguin promoted to Major General in Norwegian army ","titleListing2":"\ud83d\udc27 Attention! Penguin promoted to Major General in Norwegian army ","leadin":"Major General Sir Nils Olav III, Baron of the Bouvet Islands, is now the most highly decorated penguin in the world - probably even the universe. ","summary":"Major General Sir Nils Olav III, Baron of the Bouvet Islands, is now the most highly decorated penguin in the world - probably even the universe. ","url":"penguin-promoted-to-3rd-highest-rank-in-norway-army","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A penguin has been promoted to the third highest rank in the Norwegian Armed Forces.\u00a0 \n\nSir Nils Olav III, a resident of Penguin's Rock in Edinburgh Zoo, was given the honorary title of Major General in the King's Guard of Norway on Monday, as their official mascot.\u00a0 \n\nSome 160 uniformed soldiers visited the Scottish zoo to bestow the unique honour upon the king penguin, involving much military pomp and circumstance.\u00a0 \n\nThe decorated bird, already a Brigadier, now has the grandiose title of Major General Sir Nils Olav III, Baron of the Bouvet Islands. \n\nBut the military big wig - who even wears his epaulettes - is one in a long line of king penguins to serve in the Norwegian Armed Forces.\u00a0 \n\nIn 1961, the Norwegian King's Guard visited the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo for a drill and a lieutenant named Nils Egelien fell in love with the zoo's penguin colony. \n\nHe thought the march of his unit bore an uncanny resemblance to how the black and white bird walked. \n\nA decade later when Egelien returned to the Scottish capital he arranged for King's Guard to adopt a penguin. This one was named Nils Olav in honour of Nils Egelien and King Olav V of Norway, who was on the throne at the time. \n\nEach time the Scandinavian soldiers have visited Scotland their penguin has been promoted, though new birds have taken up the mantle from the old.\u00a0 \n\nThe ceremonial troops also send fish and Christmas cards each year. \n\nFollowing a carefully choreographed parade past His Majesty the King\u2019s Guard Band and Drill Team of Norway,\u00a0who are performing at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo this year,\u00a0Sir Nils was awarded his new badge at a special ceremony.\u00a0 \n\nThe honour means he outranked the soldier he was named after in the 70s.\u00a0 \n\n\"I am delighted to congratulate Sir Nils Olav III on his promotion to Major General,\u201d said Jason Barrett, Chief Operating Officer at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.\u00a0 \n\nHe praised the \"rich history, honour and tradition\" brought by His Majesty's Kings Guard of Norway, saying they have been a \"favourite fan for years\".\u00a0 \n\nThree incarnations of Nils Olav have worked their way up the ranks.\u00a0 \n\nHe began as a mascot in 1972, becoming corporal in 1982; sergeant in 1987; regimental sergeant major in 1993; honourable regimental sergeant major in 2001, and colonel-in-chief in 2005. \n\nThe regal black, white and yellow bird was knighted in 2008 - personally approved by King Harald V of Norway himself - and became a brigadier in 2016.\u00a0 \n\n\"His promotion this August, for good conduct and for being a superb example for the rest of the penguins at the Edinburgh Zoo, is a milestone in his career as mascot for the guard,\" said\u00a0Staff Sergeant Fredrik Gresseth from His Majesty the King\u2019s Guard Band and Drill Team of Norway.\u00a0 \n\nThe first king penguin itself was given to Edinburgh Zoo when it opened in 1913 by a Norwegian shipping magnate.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nDavid Field, Chief Executive of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, described Monday's ceremony as \"a very proud moment and represents the ongoing close collaboration between our two countries, Scotland, and Norway.\"\u00a0 \n\nOfficer Nils Egelien died on 11 December 2020, aged 87. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A penguin has been promoted to the third highest rank in the Norwegian Armed Forces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sir Nils Olav III, a resident of Penguin's Rock in Edinburgh Zoo, was given the honorary title of Major General in the King's Guard of Norway on Monday, as their official mascot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some 160 uniformed soldiers visited the Scottish zoo to bestow the unique honour upon the king penguin, involving much military pomp and circumstance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The decorated bird, already a Brigadier, now has the grandiose title of Major General Sir Nils Olav III, Baron of the Bouvet Islands.<\/p>\n<p>But the military big wig - who even wears his epaulettes - is one in a long line of king penguins to serve in the Norwegian Armed Forces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1693582574201782703\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 1961, the Norwegian King's Guard visited the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo for a drill and a lieutenant named Nils Egelien fell in love with the zoo's penguin colony.<\/p>\n<p>He thought the march of his unit bore an uncanny resemblance to how the black and white bird walked.<\/p>\n<p>A decade later when Egelien returned to the Scottish capital he arranged for King's Guard to adopt a penguin. This one was named Nils Olav in honour of Nils Egelien and King Olav V of Norway, who was on the throne at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Each time the Scandinavian soldiers have visited Scotland their penguin has been promoted, though new birds have taken up the mantle from the old.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ceremonial troops also send fish and Christmas cards each year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6667776852622814\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//93//88//808x539_cmsv2_ad4ba257-5a4a-5032-abba-e8c22a3f206f-7839388.jpg/" alt=\"Edinburgh Zoo\" 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(max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Sir Nils Olav III's handlers at the zoo<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Edinburgh Zoo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Following a carefully choreographed parade past His Majesty the King\u2019s Guard Band and Drill Team of Norway,\u00a0who are performing at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo this year,\u00a0Sir Nils was awarded his new badge at a special ceremony.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The honour means he outranked the soldier he was named after in the 70s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"I am delighted to congratulate Sir Nils Olav III on his promotion to Major General,\u201d said Jason Barrett, Chief Operating Officer at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He praised the \"rich history, honour and tradition\" brought by His Majesty's Kings Guard of Norway, saying they have been a \"favourite fan for years\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Three incarnations of Nils Olav have worked their way up the ranks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He began as a mascot in 1972, becoming corporal in 1982; sergeant in 1987; regimental sergeant major in 1993; honourable regimental sergeant major in 2001, and colonel-in-chief in 2005.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//93//88//808x539_cmsv2_9800031e-5842-5520-b707-d8a206dd6ca4-7839388.jpg/" alt=\"Edinburgh Zoo\" 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bodies found in Greek forest as wildfires ravage north of the country","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Greece wildfires: Firefighters uncover the burned bodies of 18 people","titleListing2":"18 bodies found in Greek forest as wildfires ravage north of the country","leadin":"Firefighters on Tuesday found the burnt bodies of 18 people believed to have been migrants who had crossed the Turkish border into an area of northeastern Greece where wildfires have raged for days.","summary":"Firefighters on Tuesday found the burnt bodies of 18 people believed to have been migrants who had crossed the Turkish border into an area of northeastern Greece where wildfires have raged for days.","url":"18-bodies-found-in-greek-forest-as-wildfires-ravage-north-of-the-country","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The discovery near the city of Alexandroupolis came as hundreds of firefighters battled dozens of wildfires across the country amid gale-force winds. On Monday, two people died and two firefighters were injured in separate fires in northern and central Greece. \n\nWith their hot, dry summers, southern European countries are particularly prone to wildfires. Another major blaze has been burning across Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands for a week, although no injuries or damage to homes was reported. \n\nEuropean Union officials have blamed climate change for the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires in Europe, noting that 2022 was the second-worst year for wildfire damage on record after 2017. \n\nIn Greece, police activated the country\u2019s Disaster Victim Identification Team to identify the 18 bodies, which were found near a shack in the Avantas area, fire department spokesman Ioannis Artopios said. \n\n\u201cGiven that there have been no reports of a missing person or missing residents from the surrounding areas, the possibility is being investigated that these are people who had entered the country illegally,\u201d Artopios said. \n\nIt comes as patients at Alexandroupolis General Hospital were evacuated late on Monday night due to a large fire approaching the northeastern Greek city. \n\nPreparations for a possible evacuation had been announced earlier by the Fire Brigade. \n\nPatients were transferred via ambulances provided by the Health ministry onto a ferry docked at Alexandroupolis port with the help of police. \n\nTwo separate alert text messages were issued for residents, alerting them to heavy smoke and ordering them to stay indoors, shutting all doors and windows. \n\n214 firefighters and 50 fire trucks were dispatched to man the flames.\u00a0 \n\nInfernos continue to spiral out of control on the\u00a0islands of Evia, Kythnos and the region of Boeotia north of Athens, amid a dangerous mix of gale-force winds and temperatures of up to 41 degrees Celsius. \n\n\"There are nine active fronts... it's a similar situation to July,\" a fire department spokeswoman said. \n\nThe European Union announced it was deploying two Cyprus-based firefighting aircraft and a Romanian firefighting team via the bloc's civil protection mechanism. \n\nThe very hot and dry conditions that increase the fire risk will persist until Friday, according to meteorologists. \n\nAmid a heatwave, a fire that started on July 18 and was fanned by strong winds ravaged almost 17,770 hectares in 10 days in the south of Rhodes, a popular tourist island in the southeastern Aegean Sea. \n\nAround 20,000 people, mostly tourists, had to be evacuated. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The discovery near the city of Alexandroupolis came as hundreds of firefighters battled dozens of wildfires across the country amid gale-force winds. On Monday, two people died and two firefighters were injured in separate fires in northern and central Greece.<\/p>\n<p>With their hot, dry summers, southern European countries are particularly prone to wildfires. Another major blaze has been burning across Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands for a week, although no injuries or damage to homes was reported.<\/p>\n<p>European Union officials have blamed climate change for the increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires in Europe, noting that 2022 was the second-worst year for wildfire damage on record after 2017.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//85//96//808x539_cmsv2_7e30818a-a30f-5498-9c09-8d60bc7e8f7e-7838596.jpg/" alt=\"Achilleas Chiras/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/96\/384x256_cmsv2_7e30818a-a30f-5498-9c09-8d60bc7e8f7e-7838596.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/96\/640x427_cmsv2_7e30818a-a30f-5498-9c09-8d60bc7e8f7e-7838596.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/96\/750x500_cmsv2_7e30818a-a30f-5498-9c09-8d60bc7e8f7e-7838596.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/96\/828x552_cmsv2_7e30818a-a30f-5498-9c09-8d60bc7e8f7e-7838596.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/96\/1080x720_cmsv2_7e30818a-a30f-5498-9c09-8d60bc7e8f7e-7838596.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/96\/1200x800_cmsv2_7e30818a-a30f-5498-9c09-8d60bc7e8f7e-7838596.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/96\/1920x1281_cmsv2_7e30818a-a30f-5498-9c09-8d60bc7e8f7e-7838596.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Flames burn a forest during a wildfire in Avantas village, near Alexandroupolis town, in the northeastern Evros region, Greece, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Achilleas Chiras/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In Greece, police activated the country\u2019s Disaster Victim Identification Team to identify the 18 bodies, which were found near a shack in the Avantas area, fire department spokesman Ioannis Artopios said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven that there have been no reports of a missing person or missing residents from the surrounding areas, the possibility is being investigated that these are people who had entered the country illegally,\u201d Artopios said.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as patients at Alexandroupolis General Hospital were evacuated late on Monday night due to a large fire approaching the northeastern Greek city.<\/p>\n<p>Preparations for a possible evacuation had been announced earlier by the Fire Brigade.<\/p>\n<p>Patients were transferred via ambulances provided by the Health ministry onto a ferry docked at Alexandroupolis port with the help of police.<\/p>\n<p>Two separate alert text messages were issued for residents, alerting them to heavy smoke and ordering them to stay indoors, shutting all doors and windows.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7835974\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//21//wildfires-ravage-6-of-canary-islands-as-crews-tackle-blazes-in-greece-italy/">Wildfires ravage 6% of Canary Islands as crews tackle blazes in Greece and Italy<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>214 firefighters and 50 fire trucks were dispatched to man the flames.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Infernos continue to spiral out of control on the\u00a0islands of Evia, Kythnos and the region of Boeotia north of Athens, amid a dangerous mix of gale-force winds and temperatures of up to 41 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n<p>\"There are nine active fronts... it's a similar situation to July,\" a fire department spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union announced it was deploying two Cyprus-based firefighting aircraft and a Romanian firefighting team via the bloc's civil protection mechanism.<\/p>\n<p>The very hot and dry conditions that increase the fire risk will persist until Friday, according to meteorologists.<\/p>\n<p>Amid a heatwave, a fire that started on July 18 and was fanned by strong winds ravaged almost 17,770 hectares in 10 days in the south of Rhodes, a popular tourist island in the southeastern Aegean Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Around 20,000 people, mostly tourists, had to be evacuated.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692693901,"publishedAt":1692709547,"updatedAt":1692735150,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/22\/18-bodies-found-in-greek-forest-as-wildfires-ravage-north-of-the-country","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/96\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_06fc57e4-5f08-5911-a321-1c6770210718-7838596.jpg","altText":"Flames burn a forest during a wildfire in Avantas village, near Alexandroupolis town, in the northeastern Evros region, Greece, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023.","caption":"Flames burn a forest during a wildfire in Avantas village, near Alexandroupolis town, in the northeastern Evros region, Greece, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023.","captionCredit":"Achilleas Chiras\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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