Cities with highest crime rate in Europe revealed as UK city ranks second
Four other UK cities part of top 20 on the list Analytics platform Numbeo updated its ranking of Europe’s safest and most dangerous cities earlier in the year, revealing which city tops the list in terms of crime rates. For 2026, Marseille in France received the highest Crime Index score, topping the list of cities […]
1 week ago
The top 10 ‘best’ cities in the world have been revealed
Five factors determined the ‘best’ and ‘worst’ It’s that time of the year again when the brain boxes at some large, academic institution create a fancy index full of number of buzz-word measures to make the ultimate tier list of planet Earth’s cities. This time it’s the turn of the boffins at Oxford Economics to […]
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More and more Europeans are starting to lean towards the right, study finds
The European right is gaining electoral momentum There has been a noticeable trend of right-winged parties gaining in popularity across European countries within the last decade, but the last three years have been a surge like none other. One report which pooled 150 political scientists analysing casting decisions from pro-right voters within the last 30 […]
3 weeks ago
Boat with around 270 people on board capsizes off North Cyprus
Search and rescue is underway A boat has capsized off the north coast of Cyprus with around 270 people on board. Local outlet, Cyprus Mail reported that the passenger ferry capsized on Sunday afternoon (30 August) after leaving Kyrenia in the de facto state of Northern Cyprus, for the Turkish port of Tasucu. The Turkish […]
1 month ago
Drownings in France rise 14% as heatwaves grip Europe
A significant rise There has been a 14% increase of drownings in France as the number has reached 301 since 19 June, compared to the same period last year. The country’s sports and youth minister, Marina Ferrari, told France Inter radio the figure was a “tragic toll” and linked the rise to the prolonged heatwaves […]
1 month ago
Solar Eclipse 2026: The sky-chasers racing across Europe for Wednesday’s rare event
The eclipse is set for Wednesday. Armed with two high-spec cameras, a specialist telescope and a drone, Mark Griffiths has spent two days driving from Cheshire to Galicia in north-west Spain – one of the best places to witness Wednesday’s solar eclipse, as he told BBC News as part of an interview. For him, chasing […]
2 months ago