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The climate crisis is no longer measured only in degrees and carbon targets, but in hospital admissions, lost working hours, failing infrastructure and public money drained from already strained budgets, according to a new academic study. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Between 1980 and 2021, extreme weather and climate events caused economic losses of over €560 billion in […]

Published on 02/23/2026 – 13:59 GMT+1 Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó engaged in a heated exchange with Ukrainian journalists after his country said it would block an emergency loan at a meeting in Brussels, with the confrontation descending into personal accusations. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The government of Viktor Orbán disrupted a planned sanctions package against Russia […]

Published on 02/23/2026 – 13:58 GMT+1•Updated 14:24 EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič is set to meet G7 trade ministers on Monday after United States President Donald Trump upped the pressure on trading partners with a 15% across-the-board tariffs on imports entering the American market. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Trump’s move came after a US Supreme Court ruling […]

The European Commission will once again delay the presentation of the bloc’s plan to re-industrialize the European economy, Industrial Strategy Commissioner Stéphane Séjourné’s cabinet said on Monday, signaling that divergences among European Union member states remain. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The French-led Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) was originally scheduled to be presented in December, but resistance from […]

Published on 02/23/2026 – 10:48 GMT+1 On the eve of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s war on Ukraine, the European Union has become effectively paralyzed by two back-to-back Hungarian vetoes. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING A €90 billion emergency loan for Kyiv and a new package of sanctions against Moscow are being held up by Budapest over an […]

Published on 02/23/2026 – 10:30 GMT+1•Updated 10:40 Lithuania is calling for an overhaul of the European Union’s voting system following Hungary’s announcement it is blocking two key decisions in relation to Ukraine because of problems with Budapest’s access to cheap Russian oil through the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Ahead of Monday’s foreign affairs meeting […]

Published on 02/23/2026 – 10:26 GMT+1 There is a famous joke from Soviet times. You turn on the radio and hear about Lenin. You open the newspaper and read about Lenin. You are terrified to open your fridge. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING These days, one could say the same about US President Donald Trump and his global […]

Published on 02/23/2026 – 9:17 GMT+1 Postponing sanctions against Russia is a “failure” for Europe, Sweden’s Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard told Euronews’ morning show Europe Today on Monday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “Every delay that we have in the adoption of a sanctions package is a failure for Europe,” the minister said, calling for more support […]

Published on 02/23/2026 – 7:43 GMT+1•Updated 8:06 On today’s show: ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Our Shona Murray and Sasha Vakulina fill us in on the Foreign Affairs Council taking place in Brussels, amid Hungary’s blockade of the EU’s €90 billion loan for Ukraine. An interview with Maria Malmer Stenergard and Kęstutis Budrys, the foreign ministers of Sweden […]

ByLucy Davalou&withAP Published on 02/22/2026 – 14:36 ​​GMT+1 Russia targeted Ukraine with another heavy night of bombing as it launched 50 missiles and nearly 300 drones across different Ukrainian regions, days ahead of the four-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The country’s energy infrastructure remains one of the main targets, as […]