In the south-east of France and the north, search and repair work continues after the extremely heavy rains that hit the Alpine regions on Friday and Saturday. The rivers flooded there, tearing down houses or roads after tens to hundreds of millimeters of rain had fallen in a few hours. 1:27 – – Floods in … Read more
Estonia, Sweden and Finland will evaluate new evidence for the sinking of the Estonia ferry. The disaster happened exactly 26 years ago and 852 people died in it. It was the biggest post-war shipwreck in Europe. The ferry with 803 passengers and 186 crew members sank on the stormy Baltic Sea on the night of … Read more
Dozens of people are missing as a result of fires in the US state of Oregon. According to an AP report on Saturday, Gov. Kate Brown told state governor, who urged residents not to enter burning areas, despite reports of looting. White House spokesman Judd Deere said on Saturday that President Donald Trump would be … Read more
Hundreds of women took part in another demonstration against the regime of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in the Belarusian capital Minsk on Saturday. Police cracked down on the protest and detained at least 46 protesters by evening, according to Reuters. The videos showed how masked members of the security forces brutally dragged women into police … Read more
The Scandinavian countries are traditionally among the “greenest” minds in Europe. In June of this year, Danish lawmakers voted to plan to bring carbon dioxide emissions to 70 percent of 1990 levels by 2030. Logically, this means that Danish drivers should switch to electric cars. So in March this year, the Danish Climate Change Council … Read more
A fan from Mostar, Bosnia, found the wait for the Tesla Cybertruck to start selling too long, so he tasked the local company, Stark Solutions, to build his own. The result is mobile, but it is not yet possible to homologate for operation on local roads. 1:10 – – Cybertruck z Bosny | Video: Reuters … Read more
Students from the Minsk State Language University protested in several places in the Belarusian capital, including Kolas Square, James and Karl Marx Street in the city center. During Saturday afternoon held a separate demonstration march Minsk, thousands of women and one of their slogans read “Hands off children,” Reuters. Some media estimate that the protest … Read more
Electric car maker Tesla has not yet been included in the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index. The S&P Dow Jones Indices decision is a big blow to Tesla investors, who generally expected the company to be included in the index thanks to a favorable July quarterly earnings report, Reuters reported. The company’s shares for … Read more