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Countries' current pledges for greenhouse gas cuts will fail to achieve a peak in energy-related emissions by 2030 and likely result in a temperature rise of 2.6 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, the International Energy Agency said on June 15.

On World Climate Day on Friday, the SEE SEP network of CSOs from South East Europe, called on the governments of the region to act promptly and put forward ambitious commitments for the upcoming global climate agreement in Paris.

Their creations are usually reserved for a few wealthy clients, but European museums are currently allowing the public to admire up close the works of star fashion designers Jean Paul Gaultier, Alexander McQueen and Karl Lagerfeld.
      

Police searched the house of the Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz on Thursday, as it emerged that he intentionally initiated the descent of the plane, which crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday.

According to the local government in Dusseldorf, the most recent regular security check on Lubitz, which had been carried out on January 27, established nothing unusual.

While receiving a certificate documenting two new entries to the UNESCO World Heritage List, Turkey's Culture Minister Ömer Çelik has voiced Turkey's eagerness to have more sites inscribed on the list.

BONN - European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur on Serbia David McAllister said that the EU and NATO do not look favorably upon 4,500 Serbian troops saluting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Belgrade, and that Brussels expects that Serbia will keep its pro-EU orientation regardless of Putin's visit.

Bulgaria's Caretaker Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki has announced the names of ten advisers who are to enter his team, the Council of Ministers' press office said.

Georgi Georgiev, a former Deputy Minister of Regional Development (2001-2003) and former Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (2001-2003), will become Bliznashki's Chief of Staff.

Hundreds of Lufthansa flights will be canceled because of a planned strike at German airports, which begins on Thursday night.

According to a press statement published on Wednesday, the German airline would be grounding 600 flights, the DW reports.