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Romanian has been described as ‘bravest and most distinguished candidate for the job’Laura Codruƫa Kövesi made her name as the head of Romania’s respected anti-corruption agency, the DNA. She went after government ministers and mayors, fast becoming a favourite of the European parliament and anti-corruption campaigners.Kövesi was popular with many governments – but not her own, who vowed to do everything to block her...

Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and the Netherlands surpassed previous maximum highsOnly weeks since Europe last endured record-breaking heat, another plume of intense hot air pushed up from north Africa breaking yet more records. High pressure centred over north-east Europe and low pressure in the Atlantic allowed exceptionally hot conditions to develop across western Europe. On Thursday 25 July, Germany recorded its highest ever temperature of...