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Published on 17/02/2026 – 16:38 GMT+1•Updated 4:45 p.m The United States’ ambassador to Belgium has met with the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has taken place in Brussels after the ambassador was summoned by the Belgian government, Euronews has learned. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The meeting was arranged after Ambassador Bill White said in a post on […]

Published on 17/02/2026 – 15:57 GMT+1•Updated 15:57 France said on Tuesday that it had released an oil tanker suspected of belonging to Russia’s sanctioned “shadow fleet” after its owner paid a fine worth millions of euros. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The vessel — named the Grinch — was seized by French forces in the Mediterranean Sea on […]

The European Union will not “shy away” from adopting a full ban on maritime services for Russian oil tankers if G7 allies fail to reach a deal, Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commissioner for the Economy, has said as negotiations continue between member states on a fresh round of economic sanctions against the Kremlin. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING […]

Published on 17/02/2026 – 11:23 GMT+1 Austrian prosecutors have filed terrorism-related charges against a 21-year-old defendant who they say planned to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Vienna public prosecutors said in a statement on Monday that the unnamed defendant had declared allegiance to the so-called Islamic State (IS) group, […]

Published on 17/02/2026 – 10:55 GMT+1 The national defense investment plans of eight more European member states worth about half of the Commission’s defense loan scheme were approved by finance ministers on Tuesday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The plans by Estonia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Finland are collectively worth €74 billion, half of the […]

ByKieran Guilbert&AP Published on 17/02/2026 – 10:19 GMT+1•Updated 10:25 Greece has announced its intention to obtain photos that appear to show the final moments of 200 Greeks executed by a Nazi firing squad in Athens during World War II, after the previously unknown pictures surfaced on eBay. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The images reportedly show the men […]

Published on 17/02/2026 – 9:49 GMT+1 Before you pack your bags for Brussels in search of a top-tier EU job, here is your survival guide to Europe’s most elite exam. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING About 50,000 people are expected to apply by the 10 March deadline, so get in line. There are only 1,400 spots, meaning the […]

India is ready to swiftly sign and implement the “mother of all trade deals” struck with the European Union in January, the country’s ambassador to the European Union, Saurabh Kumar, told Euronews’ flagship morning show Europe Today. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “As soon as the EU is able to complete its internal processes, we will be in […]

Good Morning. In the Mared Gwyn with your Tuesday morning newsletter. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The European Commission is sending a representative to attend the first meeting of Trump’s Board of Peace in Washington on Thursday – but is not becoming a member due to persistent concerns about the Board’s scope, governance, and overlap with the United […]

EU countries need to “urgently coordinate” to anticipate and mitigate the effects of climate change, such as flooding, severe storms, and heatwaves, a report from the EU’s advisory board on climate change warned on Tuesday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The scientific report from the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC) urges the EU27 to strengthen […]