Europe
Yesterday
Ukraine's Zelenskyy prepares for new security agreement ahead of Ramstein meeting
Europe • 10:04 PM
3 min
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that US and Ukrainian teams are preparing for an upcoming meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Ramstein, Germany.
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EU calls on Israel and Hezbollah to show restraint in 'moment of truth' for Lebanon
Europe • 5:56 PM
3 min
The bloc's warning comes amid signs Israel is ramping up its offensive with a land incursion into Lebanon.
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Denmark cleans up damage after floods wreak havoc
Europe • 4:14 PM
3 min
51 of the country's 98 municipalities have been told to draw up flood protection plans by the Danish coastal authority, amidst fears that flooding will worsen in the future.
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What Austria's electoral results mean for EU affairs
Europe • 3:40 PM
4 min
Austria could become the latest European Union member state to have a far-right party in power after the Freedom Party (FPÖ) secured victory in Sunday's general election.
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New NATO chief Mark Rutte inherits multiple security headaches
Europe • 2:46 PM
4 min
An EU veteran with an established relationship with Donald Trump, ex-Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is well-placed to tackle NATO’s challenges, defence experts have told Euronews.
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Can converting disused office spaces into flats solve Berlin's housing crisis?
Europe • 2:45 PM
8 min
Two German entrepreneurs have been converting old factories and disused office spaces into affordable apartments in Berlin for years. As rents spiral in the German capital, Euronews met them to ask if such projects could be a feasible solution for the hou
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New LNG system opens in Greece aiming to reduce reliance on Russian gas
Europe • 1:32 PM
1 min
The new project, funded in part by the European Commission aims to reduce southeastern Europe's dependence on Russian gas.
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Pope's calls doctors who perform abortions 'hitmen,' sparking online furore
Europe • 11:03 AM
4 min
It was the second time in as many weeks that Francis has been asked about his views on abortion, which remains a hotly-contested issue for the Catholic Church
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Why renewed tensions with neighbours have stalled North Macedonia’s EU membership bid
Europe • 9:12 AM
9 min
EU ambassadors failed to approve the opening of the next chapter of EU accession talks with Skopje last week.
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French far right goes on trial for allegedly embezzling European funds for party
Europe • 6:39 AM
7 min
The high-stakes trial opens in Paris on Monday and will last for two months.
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Has the EU really become more transparent? Sort of, EU ombudswoman says | Radio Schuman
Europe • 5:51 AM
2 min
To start off the week, Radio Schuman talks about the European Commission’s culture of secrecy as seen by the EU ombudswoman, who has pushed for new standards of openness and transparency in EU institutions.
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Is an anti-Kickl coalition on the cards after the far right won in Austria?
Europe • 3:12 AM
7 min
A projection for ORF public television, based on counting of over 90% of the vote, showed the Freedom Party finishing first with 29.2%.
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Thousands in Portugal march against immigration in rally called by far-right party
Europe • 1:33 AM
4 min
Demonstrators marched through the capital Lisbon with the Portuguese national flag and carried banners bearing slogans like, 'Expulsion of immigrants who commit crimes'.
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Sunday, september 29, 2024
Protesters in Paris demand end to Israeli air strikes on targets in Lebanon
Europe • 11:35 PM
5 min
France has been a key supporter of Israel, defending its right to self-defence for years and sells an average of €20 million worth of military equipment to the country each year.
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Pope Francis urges all members of the Church to never cover up sexual abuse
Europe • 9:42 PM
6 min
Speaking to a crowd of around 39,000 in the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, the pontiff wrapped up a difficult visit to Belgium by saying, "There is no place for the covering up of abuse."
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Exit polls indicate Austria's far-right party has won national election
Europe • 3:13 PM
3 min
Exit polls indicate Austria's far-right party has won historic first national election after tapping into voters' fears of immigration and the Ukraine war.
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German and Italian Presidents attend 80th anniversary of World War II Marzabotto massacre
Europe • 1:50 PM
1 min
Hundreds of men, women and children were massacred by Nazi troops and local fascists for their support of Italian resistance fighters.
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Pope ends troubled visit to Belgium demanding sex abusing clergy are judged
Europe • 11:56 AM
2 min
Francis' visit to Belgium was always going to be difficult given the country's history of clerical sexual abuse and its increasingly secular society.
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Russian airstrikes injure 14 people as apartment blocks hit in Zaporizhzhia
Europe • 10:20 AM
2 min
At least 14 people were injured after Russia attacked the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with guided bombs overnight, local authorities reported on Sunday.
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Voting underway in Austria's parliamentary elections with far-right tipped to win
Europe • 6:47 AM
9 min
The Freedom Party is set to win a national election for the first time in its history as it taps into voters' anxieties about immigration, inflation and the war in Ukraine.
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Saturday, september 28, 2024
Thousands protest across Portugal against unaffordable house prices and rents
Europe • 11:25 PM
4 min
The housing crisis has its roots in a chronic shortage of affordable and social housing, a situation worsened by wealthy foreigners moving to Portugal on the promise of tax breaks.
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Mass rallies take place around the world demanding democracy in Venezuela
Europe • 10:18 PM
7 min
One of the largest protests took place in the Spanish capital Madrid, where around 70,000 Venezuelans live.
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Pope Francis meets with homeless and undocumented people in Brussels church
Europe • 5:29 PM
4 min
As part of his trip to Belgium, Pope Francis made a surprise visit to Saint Gilles where he met with homeless and undocumented people.
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Pope Francis criticised by students on visit to Catholic university in Belgium
Europe • 5:07 PM
7 min
The students questioned why the Catholic church has so few women in top positions and why their intellectual contribution had often been disregarded.
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Russian airstrikes on medical centre kill at least nine in eastern city of Sumy
Europe • 10:15 AM
2 min
Two consecutive Russian attacks on a medical centre in the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy killed at least nine people on Saturday morning, officials said.
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Brussels, my love? Middle East horror unfolds from afar
Europe • 5:00 AM
1 min
After the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell called the situation in Lebanon "extremely dangerous and worrying", is the world now witnessing another fullscale war?
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Orbán accuses Brussels of denting North Macedonia’s pride after further EU bid delay
Europe • 4:14 AM
5 min
Orbán also offered to mediate with EU member Bulgaria, whose dispute with Skopje over Balkan history and heritage triggered the new delay.
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Austrian parties hold final campaign rallies ahead of Sunday’s elections
Europe • 12:41 AM
7 min
Polls show the far-right Freedom Part of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreich) in the lead, predicted to take more than 28% in what could be their first ever election victory but finding coalition partners could be tough.
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At least nine migrants dead and 48 missing after boat capsizes off Canary Islands
Europe • 12:17 AM
1 min
Spain's maritime rescue service said on Saturday that a boat carrying 84 migrants capsized overnight in the Canary Islands, killing at least nine people.
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Friday, september 27, 2024
Sergio Mattarella visits Germany ahead of 80th anniversary of Marzabotto massacre
Europe • 9:57 PM
4 min
Speaking alongside Germany's president Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Sergio Mattarella warned against the rise of political populism and said peace in Ukraine didn’t have to mean submission.
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy presents 'victory plan' to US politicians
Europe • 7:56 PM
3 min
Zelenskyy's long-awaited "victory plan" is described as setting out Ukraine's conditions for a potential cease-fire.
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State of the Union: Zelenskyy's attempts to drum up new support
Europe • 5:00 PM
4 min
This edition of State of the Union focuses on the crucial visit of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the U.S., the latest economic forecast by the EBRD and attempts to support the struggling German car industry.
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Lebanese community in Germany fears the worst as threat of war looms
Europe • 4:54 PM
4 min
Germany has over 47,000 Lebanese nationals, who are following developments in the Middle East with fear.
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Latvian mural features red cat named Peach
Europe • 4:26 PM
1 min
Beloved by local residents in Latvia's capital city of Riga, Peach the cat was created by artist Eriks Caune.
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Women in Belgium travel to the Netherlands for later term abortions
Europe • 4:19 PM
4 min
In Belgium abortion is legal 12 weeks after conception, with many women travelling across the border to the Netherlands in order to terminate pregnancies later.
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Commission cautious on onshoring drug production to the EU
Europe • 2:33 PM
3 min
Pandemic exposed EU states to worrying pharma supply shortages, leading to widespread calls for more home-manufactured pharma.
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Albania has potential to be accession ‘frontrunner,’ EU ambassador says
Europe • 10:17 AM
5 min
Tirana has unlocked the next step in its bid to join the EU, with talks on the so-called "fundamental" clusters set to take place in Luxembourg on 15 October.
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Cyprus ready to manage evacuation of third country nationals as Israel-Hezbollah war explodes
Europe • 7:30 AM
2 min
Israeli attacks targeting Hezbollah members have killed hundreds in southern Lebanon since Monday, while Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets at Israel over the last year.
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Is the EU's forest protection law becoming Brussels' next nightmare? | Radio Schuman
Europe • 6:01 AM
2 min
In an interview with Euronews, the outgoing European Commissioner for Environment, Ocean and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius said that he finds very 'difficult' to understand why the position on the deforestation law has changed significantly after its a
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Europe’s answer to the Suez Canal breaks ground after 20-year delay
Europe • 5:15 AM
3 min
New route will turbo-charge trade between France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
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Harris rebuffs Trump's suggestion Ukraine should cede territory to achieve peace
Europe • 3:31 AM
6 min
The Democratic presidential nominee spoke alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as she unleashed the veiled criticism of Republican candidate Donald Trump's controversial push for Ukraine to quickly cut a deal to end the war.
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North Macedonia hits out at Brussels, says EU accession like 'Waiting for Godot'
Europe • 12:58 AM
4 min
Both North Macedonia's president and prime minister slammed stumbling blocks put in place by Brussels over a dispute with Bulgaria over Balkan history, language and culture.
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Thursday, september 26, 2024
Danish justice minister visits Kosovo prison set to receive 300 inmates from Denmark
Europe • 8:56 PM
5 min
The deal, which was originally signed in 2021, only became a treaty earlier this year when it was approved by Kosovo's parliament.
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New Swedish law enables government funding for babysitting grandparents
Europe • 7:13 PM
6 min
Parents in Sweden can now transfer paid parental leave days to people who are not a legal guardian, including grandparents and friends.
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Portugal to use €500 million from European funds for wildfire recovery
Europe • 6:03 PM
2 min
Portugal has received authorisation from the European Commission to access €500 million from cohesion funds to help cover the damage caused by the fires.
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Pope Francis begins tour through heart of Europe to promote peace and boost his dwindling flock
Europe • 3:22 PM
4 min
With church attendance in decline and child abuse scandals still live, the pontiff has arrived in Luxembourg to try and raise morale.
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EU disease prevention agency's new chief seeks better public engagement
Europe • 2:50 PM
3 min
New chief Pamela Rendi-Wagner says European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) should do more to combat disinformation and appeal to wider audience.
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Kremlin says changes to nuclear doctrine are a 'warning' to the West
Europe • 2:46 PM
2 min
The revision of Moscow's nuclear doctrine, announced on Wednesday, seemed to significantly lower the threshold for the possible use of Russia's nuclear arsenal.
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Several Ukrainian cities hit in Russian overnight aerial attack
Europe • 1:32 PM
2 min
At least eight people were injured in Zaporizhzhia, and Ukrainian air defences battled additional missiles and drones over Kyiv for over five hours.
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Far-right FPÖ leads as Austrians head to polls in pivotal election on Sunday
Europe • 11:41 AM
7 min
The anti-immigrant Freedom Party (FPÖ) is leading in the polls — although it's unlikely to secure an absolute majority.
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EU's top court rejects Catalan separatist Carles Puigdemont's claim to MEP status
Europe • 11:04 AM
3 min
The European Court of Justice has backed former European Parliament president Antonio Tajani's decision not to recognise Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont as an MEP, ruling that Tajani "merely did what he was required to do."
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Georgian activists fear rise in anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime after trans model murdered
Europe • 10:10 AM
4 min
Kesaria Abramidze was murdered inside her apartment last Wednesday, a day after the government passed a sweeping measure severely restricting LGBTQ+ rights.
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Six EU countries call for tough DSA action against platforms like Shein, Temu
Europe • 9:57 AM
3 min
Germany, Austria, Poland, Denmark, the Netherlands and France call for a unified approach in enforcing EU-standards in e-commerce.
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German supermarket Aldi's fake discounts breach EU law, top European court says
Europe • 9:01 AM
3 min
The supermarket can’t pretend it’s offering a discount if it raises prices just to cut them back, the judges ruled in a case brought by consumer activists from Baden-Württemberg.
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What lobbying footprint does Big Oil have on EU climate policy?
Europe • 8:03 AM
3 min
Two new reports have claimed to show just how much influence fossil fuel company lobbying has on EU climate policymaking.
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Europeans are dining out earlier as 'early-bird' habits rise in post-pandemic era
Europe • 6:00 AM
3 min
A study conducted in 16 countries shows that people are now dining out earlier than in 2019, with new data indicating a growing trend in "early-bird" habits.
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Can an unpopular Orbán ally oversee the EU’s health policy? | Radio Schuman
Europe • 5:40 AM
2 min
Earlier this month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unexpectedly named Hungary's Olivér Várhelyi as her Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare, provoking mixed reactions — to say the least.
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NATO trains countries to respond to cyber attacks on renewables
Europe • 12:50 AM
4 min
Since Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014, energy companies providing alternatives to fossil fuels have increasingly come under attack.
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Wednesday, september 25, 2024
Italy, Germany join carmakers in call to rethink internal combustion engine ban
Europe • 5:37 PM
4 min
Rome and Berlin are siding with the European automotive industry in calling for the EU to relax CO2 emissions standards for cars as the bloc aims to end the sale of new petrol and diesel models by 2035.
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'The time to leave is now': European countries urge nationals to leave Lebanon
Europe • 4:32 PM
3 min
Portugal, Spain, France and the UK have issued warnings to their nationals in Lebanon to return home while commercial flights remain available.
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