Europe
Today
Dick Schoof cancels COP29 trip to deal with fallout from attacks on Israeli football fans
Europe • 3:58 AM
7 min
Police launched a large-scale investigation after gangs of youths conducted what Amsterdam's mayor called 'hit and run' attacks on fans that were apparently inspired by calls on social media to target Jewish people.
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Trump team dismisses Republican strategist's Ukraine peace plan claim
Europe • 1:35 AM
6 min
Bryan Lanza, who worked on Trump’s presidential campaign, claimed the incoming Trump administration indicated restoring lost Ukrainian territory wasn't a precursor to peace.
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Yesterday
Thousands protest in two cities in Portugal to demand higher wages and pensions
Europe • 11:23 PM
4 min
Portugal is one of Western Europe's poorest countries with official data showing that more than half of all workers in country earn less than €1,000 a month.
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Friends and family of American tourist killed in Budapest hold vigil, suspect in custody
Europe • 9:21 PM
6 min
31-year-old Mackenzie Michalski from Portland, Oregon, was reported missing on 5 November after she was last seen at a nightclub in central Budapest.
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Tens of thousands protest in Valencia against authorities' response to floods
Europe • 8:02 PM
7 min
Protesters are calling for the resignation of Valencia's regional leader Carlos Mazón.
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EU's Josep Borrell visits Kyiv to reassure Ukraine of bloc's support
Europe • 4:39 PM
4 min
EU High Representative Josep Borrell visited Kyiv in an attempt to reassure Ukraine of the bloc’s continued support in its fight against Russia.
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Stefanos Kasselakis announces new party in Greece after leaving Syriza
Europe • 2:10 PM
2 min
The leader of Greece's main SYRIZA opposition party has stepped down and launched a new party, without even giving it a name.
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Austria may lift veto preventing Romania and Bulgaria joining Schengen
Europe • 1:01 PM
4 min
Austria's Interior Minister has hinted that Austria could lift its veto on full Schengen area membership for Romania and Bulgaria after improvements in border protection.
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‘America First’: Who are the winners and losers in Europe after Trump's election?
Europe • 9:20 AM
6 min
How might the new US government impact political players in Europe?
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Brussels, my love? Is Trump's comeback a disaster or an opportunity for the EU?
Europe • 6:00 AM
1 min
In this edition, we ask how the EU will navigate a second Trump presidency and if chaos in Germany could shake the stability of the Union.
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25 injured in Russian strikes on Kharkiv, apartments damaged in Mykolaivka
Europe • 4:21 AM
5 min
Meanwhile, mourners have gathered at a crematorium in Kyiv for the funerals of a Ukrainian medic and a soldier who fell in love while on the frontlines of the war and died together in a Russian shelling attack.
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Report: European countries spending more on defence but 'much remains to be done'
Europe • 2:03 AM
7 min
The International Institute for Strategic Studies report says while defence spending is up, progress has been mixed and a lot still needs to be done to effectively counter threats from countries like Russia.
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Friday, november 8, 2024
35 years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall, echoes of east-west division linger
Europe • 11:00 PM
5 min
The wall, which separated East and West Germany, stood for 28 years before it was torn down in 1989.
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Irish Prime Minister announces general election at the end of November
Europe • 8:05 PM
4 min
Taoiseach Simon Harris said "the time is now right to ask the Irish people to give a new mandate," as he confirmed that a general election would be held in Ireland on Friday, 29 November.
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EU leaders endorse 'New Competitiveness Deal' but skirt around joint debt
Europe • 5:43 PM
5 min
EU leaders have embraced Mario Draghi's economic diagnosis as a "wake-up call" but eluded his crucial advise to issue fresh joint debt.
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Amsterdam bans all protests after attacks on Israeli football fans
Europe • 3:22 PM
5 min
Dutch authorities said five were hospitalised and 62 detained after attackers targeted Israeli football fans before and after a match in the country's capital.
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Trump's unpredictable policies could alter the course of war in Ukraine
Europe • 3:02 PM
8 min
The election of Donald Trump as US president might alter the war in Ukraine. His unpredictability raises concerns about aid reduction, but his approach remains unclear.
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Greece and Turkey hail positive meeting but say more work to be done on maritime dispute
Europe • 2:21 PM
5 min
Greek and Turkish foreign ministers met in Athens as part of efforts to improve relations and boost trade between the historic foes.
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Mesothelioma reported as most common occupational cancer in EU after lung tumours
Europe • 2:17 PM
4 min
Mesothelioma is connected to asbestos exposure, and its symptoms typically don’t appear until decades after exposure.
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World cannot wait on Washington for climate action, EU foreign policy chief warns
Europe • 2:15 PM
4 min
EU negotiators prepare for tough talks on finance for developing countries at the COP29 climate talks that open in Baku, Azerbaijan, next week,
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EU Commission warns Temu to fix consumer protection violations
Europe • 2:03 PM
2 min
The Commission and national consumer authorities have found that Temu engages in illegal practices like fake discounts and misleading reviews. Already under DSA investigation, Temu has one month to respond to these accusations.
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Russia continues to blast Ukraine in intensified aerial attacks
Europe • 1:30 PM
3 min
Russia launched around 2,000 drones at Ukraine in October, about one-third more than the previous month, making it the third in a row that saw a significant rise in attacks, the UK Defence Ministry said Friday.
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Should the EU issue joint debt to boost competitiveness? 'Everything is on the table,' says Michel
Europe • 11:33 AM
4 min
The question of whether to issue fresh joint debt to boost the EU's competitiveness continues to divide political leaders.
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European countries are spending more on defence, a think tank says
Europe • 10:58 AM
3 min
European nations boosted their defences in response to the annexation of the Crimea Peninsula in 2014 and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a London-based think tank said Friday, but much remains to be done for them to be ready to face thre
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Italy sends another 8 migrants to Albania despite failing to process first group
Europe • 10:32 AM
2 min
The first group of 12 migrants were returned to Italy after a Rome court said their countries of origin, Bangladesh and Egypt, were not safe enough for repatriation.
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Breton touts Orbán as Trump’s guy in Europe | Radio Schuman
Europe • 7:11 AM
2 min
In an exclusive interview with Euronews, former European Commissioner Thierry Breton says that when the newly re-elected US President Donald Trump wants to take the pulse of Europe, he turns to the Hungarian Prime Minister.
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No, Melania Trump didn't use a body double during the US election
Europe • 6:45 AM
6 min
An old rumour has resurfaced alleging that a body double often steps in for the past and future first lady when out and about with her husband.
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EU member states start work on project for next-generation warship for the 2040s
Europe • 5:00 AM
2 min
In the wake of increasingly complex security crises around the world, calls have been increasing for the EU to prioritise its military sovereignty.
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Shops start to reopen in Valencia after catastrophic flooding kills 219 in Spain
Europe • 4:10 AM
5 min
93 people have been officially declared missing in Spain’s worst natural disaster in decades, after torrential rain battered the eastern region at the end of October.
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Austria's Health Ministry declares whole country an avian influenza high risk area
Europe • 1:00 AM
5 min
Avian influenza is a highly contagious viral disease that occurs mainly in poultry and wild water birds but transmission to humans remains rare.
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Russia tapped into North Korea to salvage its depleted army, says MEP Sinkevičius
Europe • 12:50 AM
2 min
The conscription of around 10,000 North Korean troops to fight on Ukrainian soil means Putin is under less pressure to replace the approximately 1000 troops Russia is losing on the battlefield daily.
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Germany's Habeck set to run for chancellor for the Greens
Europe • 12:38 AM
4 min
Green minister and Deputy Chancellor Robert Habeck is expected to announce candidacy as leader Olaf Scholz faces pressure to call early elections after the collapse of his governing coalition.
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AI could displace three million UK jobs but long-term losses are ‘relatively modest’, report finds
Europe • 12:24 AM
3 min
Over time, artificial intelligence could lead to up to three million job losses in the UK, but that number will be offset by the new jobs created in the sector, a new report says.
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Rolls-Royce pulls the plug on electric flying taxi project
Europe • 12:20 AM
3 min
Aerospace and engineering group Rolls-Royce has shut down plans for an electric flying taxi business almost three years after the Spirit of Innovation broke the electric air speed record by recording a 345.4mph flight.
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Thursday, november 7, 2024
Orbán calls for quick ceasefire in Ukraine, prompting Zelenskyy's rebuke: 'Nonsense'
Europe • 9:21 PM
5 min
Viktor Orbán's proposal for a quick ceasefire in Ukraine led to a rebuke by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who called it "nonsense and disharmony".
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How the German government's collapse impacts the EU
Europe • 8:29 PM
2 min
The German government's collapse, which came just hours after US President Donald Trump was elected for a second time, has sent shockwaves throughout Europe. But what does it mean for the rest of the EU?
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Ukraine's future uncertain after Donald Trump victory
Europe • 5:47 PM
2 min
How will a Republican return to the White House affect European defence and the war in Ukraine?
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Russia blasts Kyiv with eight-hour drone barrage as war nears 1,000-day mark
Europe • 5:44 PM
5 min
Moscow’s increasing use of drones is stretching Ukrainian air defences and ‘terrorising civilians,’ a senior Ukrainian official said.
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Future budget commissioner urges capitals to work on new EU-wide taxes by early 2025
Europe • 5:14 PM
3 min
The next long-term budget should be larger than the current 1% of the EU's GDP, said Polish Budget Commissioner-designate Piotr Serafin, stressing the urgent need to work on new EU-wide taxes by early 2025 at the latest.
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Spanish police seize record 13 tonnes of cocaine in banana shipment from Ecuador
Europe • 4:17 PM
3 min
Authorities in Spain say the drug bust is the second-largest ever recorded in Europe and one of the biggest worldwide.
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Breton touts Orban's role as Trump interlocutor, laments Europe's unpreparedness
Europe • 4:16 PM
4 min
Former commissioner recalls recent conversation with Hungarian premier in which he presented himself as a key European contact of newly elected 47th US President Donald Trump.
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EU climate chief gets green light for new Commission
Europe • 3:52 PM
6 min
Dutch commissioner recommits to a 90% emissions cut by 2040, pledges not to revise deadlines for the phase-out of new petrol and diesel cars, and brushes off a far-right climate denier during a grilling by MEPs.
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Nearly half of EU youngsters exposed to online abuse, new report finds
Europe • 3:45 PM
2 min
Most abuse messages target social, political and sexual orientations.
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Claus Strunz: Government collapse a 'heart attack' for Europe
Europe • 2:57 PM
5 min
Euronews Editor-in-Chief Claus Strunz gives his view on the collapse of Germany's coalition government, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz dimissed his Finance Minister and set a no-confidence vote for early next year.
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Germany arrests US citizen on suspicion of spying for China
Europe • 2:20 PM
1 min
Federal prosecutors said the American citizen is suspected of offering access to intelligence when he worked for the US armed forces in Germany.
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European judges confirm EU bond trading cartel decision
Europe • 10:52 AM
2 min
The European judges dismissed appeals lodged by Credit Agricole and Credit Suisse against a 2021 Commission decision that exchange of sensitive information between traders was an anticompetitive cartel in the secondary trading market.
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Scholz names finance minister amid Germany's ruling coalition crisis
Europe • 10:42 AM
5 min
Ministers in the German government are reshuffling after its ruling coalition effectively collapsed. The opposition have called for an earlier vote of no confidence.
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European Investment Bank allocates €900 million for recovery of Spain's flood-hit regions
Europe • 10:25 AM
2 min
The aid model follows the rapid response approach used by the EIB after the floods in Central Europe last September.
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Boost EU defence capabilities against Putin, future commissioner warns
Europe • 10:24 AM
3 min
Europe needs to be ready to defend itself, not because of Trump's victory in the US, but because of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the new commissioner for defence and space told MEPs during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
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MEPs delay confirmation of Orban's commission pick citing concerns over women's health
Europe • 9:45 AM
6 min
It’s not over yet for Orbán’s pick as EU Commissioner: His confirmation has been postponed as he failed to impress MEPs, slipping on reproductive and sexual rights.
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New environment commissioner gets the nod after parliamentary stand-off
Europe • 8:04 AM
3 min
After a somewhat unconvincing showing in the teeth of a grilling by several European Parliament committees, Swedish former EU affairs minister Jessika Roswall has been waved through as the next environment commissioner.
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Europeans ask where Kamala Harris went wrong | Radio Schuman
Europe • 6:46 AM
2 min
The contest between Trump and Harris was expected to be neck-and-neck, but Donald Trump was swiftly confirmed as 47th US president on Wednesday morning.
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EU leaders meet in Budapest with a burning question: How do we deal with Trump?
Europe • 6:00 AM
5 min
The uncertain future of EU-US relations under a second Donald Trump presidency will be one of the main issues when European leaders meet in Budapest.
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'Bot' accounts swamp Spanish social media with misleading flood claims
Europe • 6:00 AM
8 min
As Spain reels from its worst flooding in decades, misleading posts about DANA — the phenomenon that caused it — have been going viral on social media.
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Rutte's message to Trump: North Korean troops in Ukraine war threaten the US too
Europe • 12:23 AM
4 min
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said the latest developments in the war on Ukraine should convince Donald Trump to engage with the alliance.
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Wednesday, november 6, 2024
German coalition government collapses as Scholz fires his finance minister
Europe • 8:00 PM
3 min
"He has broken my trust too many times", the chancellor said of his Finance Minister Christian Lindner.
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EU car and steel industries call to avoid Trump's tariffs
Europe • 6:29 PM
2 min
A recent study found that 186,000 jobs could be lost in the European automotive industry over the next decade.
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Road to a European future: Bosnia and Herzegovina speeds up highway construction
Europe • 4:00 PM
8 min
The Western Balkan country hopes to build not only a road but also closer ties to the EU in hopes of joining the bloc in the future and stronger relationships with companies in the region.
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Suspect in deadly Halloween shooting turns himself in to Paris police
Europe • 3:59 PM
2 min
A shooting in Poitiers, France that killed one person and left four injured has been linked to local drug trafficking. A suspect is now in custody as the investigation continues.
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Trump victory casts shadow over upcoming COP global climate talks
Europe • 2:34 PM
8 min
Donald Trump already pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement to halt global heating once, and his presidential election victory means he could be about to do so again. Many are now looking to the EU to hold the line.
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