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Spain make Euro 2020 with late Sweden draw, beaten Ireland forced to wait

Meanwhile, Andrea Belotti scores a second-half brace as already-qualified Italy overran Liechtenstein 5-0 to stretch their perfect run in Euro 2020 qualifying to eight games and match an 80-year Italian record.

Romania faces uncertainty after government loses no-confidence vote

A fresh parliamentary election is not an option for now because Romania is due to hold a presidential poll next month. By law, Romania cannot hold a parliamentary vote less than six months before a presidential one.

'Bees killed males' in black year for European beekeepers

Climate crisis, bee mortality and Chinese "adulterated" honey curtailed harvest as well as the demand for European honey, beekeeper associations say. To save colonies, "the bees have killed all the males to get rid of extra mouths to feed" in Italy.

Malta to disembark 356 migrants en route to six EU countries

Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said the country would disembark the migrants stranded for two weeks aboard a humanitarian ship in the Mediterranean Sea after six European countries agreed to accept all of them.

Thousands rally in Romania on anniversary of violent protest

The protest was organised by groups of Romanians working abroad, angry at what they say is entrenched corruption, weak public administration and attempts by the ruling coalition to weaken the judiciary in one of the EU's most corrupt states.

Simona Halep snags Wimbledon title

Simona Halep won the Wimbledon final after two sets (6:2, 6:2) against Serena Williams. It is her second Grand Slam victory and the first in Wimbledon.

Why do Eastern European countries invest so much in defence?

Fears of Russian expansion are driving military spending among former Soviet-bloc states.

What’s behind sectarian tensions between Hungary and Romania?

Romania’s indigenous Hungarian population is increasingly demanding autonomy from central authorities.

Leonardo da Vinci and the Ottoman Empire

Five hundred years after his death, Leonardo da Vinci’s interaction with the Ottomans is memorialised in his designs for a bridge and his overtures to the Ottoman Sultans of the time.

Europe's voters elect new parliament as nationalism mounts

Polls opened at 0400 GMT in the east of the bloc and will finally close at 2100 GMT in Italy. Seven EU member states have already voted, and provisional results will be released late on Sunday.

EU rich-poor gap widens but still lowest in world

Scores of various countries within the European Union differ markedly, with some of those of the former communist states in Eastern Europe bringing down the average.

Turkish wrestler wins gold in European championships

Turkey has so far won two golds, one silver and two bronze medals in the Greco-Roman category at the tournament.