Published on 06/03/2026 – 17:34 GMT+1•Updated 5:35 p.m The Icelandic government is proposing to hold a referendum on August 29 on the resumption of negotiations for access to the European Union. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING A resolution is expected to be presented to Parliament next week, according to Minister for Foreign Affairs Kristrún Frostadóttir. The European Commission […]
Continue ReadingHungary is set to expel seven Ukrainians and has launched a money-laundering investigation after authorities intercepted a convoy of cash-carrying vehicles belonging to a Ukrainian state bank. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Hungarian customs and police stopped the convoy overnight in a motorway service area. The trucks and their crews belong to Ukraine’s Oschadbank, and were transporting currency […]
Continue ReadingEuropean Commissioner Andrius Kubilius waded into Poland’s political debate on Friday urging Warsaw to approve participation in the EU’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) defense loan scheme, which has been at the center of a domestic political row. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “I am quite surprised about Polish discussions on SAFE,” Kubilius said from Warsaw on the […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 06/03/2026 – 16:05 GMT+1 Actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau praised the United Nations and its humanitarian work in an interview with Euronews, defending the power of “coming together” in a turbulent world. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Coster-Waldau, who rose to international fame in the series Game of Thrones and is part of a group of Scandinavian actors […]
Continue ReadingThe European Commission has publicly urged both Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to immediately “dial down” their “inflammatory rhetoric” over the Druzhba pipeline, which has pitted the two leaders in a head-to-head confrontation without precedent. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING In response to the halt in oil supplies, Orbán has vetoed a €90 […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 06/03/2026 – 14:00 GMT+1 The escalating conflict in Iran is putting Europe on high alert, with international police agency Europol warning of “an elevated threat” of terrorism and “violent extremism” on European soil as well as increased cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran has “immediate repercussions for […]
Continue ReadingAs the EU executive convenes on Friday to assess how to tackle the spike in energy prices due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, several European Union energy ministers have asked the European Commission not to change the current design of the bloc’s electricity market. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING With the EU’s leaders teeing up […]
Continue ReadingIn an interview with Euronews’ flagship show Europe Today on Friday, European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib said that the European Commission is “committed and prepared” to face the consequences of the developing tensions in the Middle East. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The “priority” for the Commission is “the repatriation” of the thousands […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 06/03/2026 – 11:03 GMT+1 Growing pressure on global weapons supply chains due to the US operation in the Middle East proves it is “critical” for Europe to rapidly expand missile production to meet its own needs and that of Ukraine, the European Commissioner for Defense warned on Friday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Speaking from Poland […]
Continue ReadingGermany, the Netherlands, Austria, Denmark and Greece have teamed up to build deportation centers outside Europe, marking the first time a group of EU member states has been established to make the controversial project a reality on the ground. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The extraterritorial camps, also known as return hubs, are meant to host rejected asylum […]
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