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Hungary said it will block a €90 billion emergency loan for Ukraine as it accused the war-torn country of “blackmail” over a damaged pipeline used for the transit of Russian oil, escalating a confrontation ahead of a general election in April. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said Kyiv, Brussels and opposition forces were […]

ByEuronewswithAP, AFP Published on 02/20/2026 – 18:15 GMT+1 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will make his first visit to China next week, a few days after the start of the Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “May the Year of the Horse bring strength and give new impetus to German-Chinese relations,” Merz […]

Published on 02/20/2026 – 18:06 GMT+1 As the EU’s trade deficit with China keeps widening, the European Commission wants to revisit the WTO rule requiring members to extend the lowest tariff granted to one partner to all, known as the “Most Favored Nation” principle under global trade rules. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The status is important as […]

The US Supreme Court ruling calls into question the EU-US trade deal clinched last summer, from past paid tariffs to future investment pledges. The Commission says it is carefully reviewing the ruling.

The European Union’s new round of sanctions against Russia is still up in the air after ambassadors failed to reach a deal during a meeting on Friday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The clock is ticking fast: the bloc has set February 24, coinciding with the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as the deadline for […]

ByEuronews Published on 20/02/2026 – 13:49 GMT+1 A man who broke into a Milan bank vault to steal from safety deposit boxes spent nine hours trapped inside after closing time, Italian police said on Thursday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The 24-year-old Bangladeshi national entered the UniCredit branch on Viale Certosa during opening hours on Thursday evening and […]

Published on 20/02/2026 – 12:34 GMT+1•Updated 12:35 European steel shipments to the US declined 30% between June and December 2025 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to recent Eurostat data compiled by Eurofer, the Brussels-based industry group. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The decline underscores the impact of the US’s 50% tariffs on EU steel, […]

EU Commission Vice-President Dubravka Šuica is set to be grilled by member states at Monday’s Foreign Affairs Council, where she will brief ministers on her visit to the inauguration of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Šuica has been at the center of controversy and faced criticism for attending the event in Washington as […]

Frankfurt and Brussels are abuzz with speculation about the future leadership of the European Central Bank, after indications that ECB President Christine Lagarde may be weighing an early departure. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Lagarde is said to be considering an earlier-than-planned exit to ensure a successor is in place ahead of France’s next elections, where the far […]

Germany has no plans to purchase additional F-35 fighter jets, a spokesman for the German Defense Ministry confirmed to Euronews, dismissing earlier reports that Berlin might seek more US-made aircraft to offset delays in the German-French-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS) project. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING While speculation had suggested that additional F-35 acquisitions could bridge a […]