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Published on 13/07/2026 – 11:09 GMT+2•Updated 11:37 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for stronger protections for children online, saying the evidence presented by the Special Panel on Child Safety Online should help shape future European policy. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Von der Leyen said the evidence increasingly supported introducing a minimum age for […]

Published on 13/07/2026 – 11:08 GMT+2 The European Union was unable to secure sanctions against Patriarch Kirill, the head of Russia’s Orthodox Church, after Bulgaria vetoed the proposal during closed-door negotiations, citing religious and cultural reasons. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Bulgaria also opposed blacklisting Vagit Alekperov, a Russian billionaire with links to the Kremlin and Lukoil, a […]

Hungarian lawmakers are set to vote on changing the constitution on Monday to oust the president, as Prime Minister Péter Magyar pushes to loosen nationalist ex-leader Viktor Orbán’s grip on the country. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Magyar, who won a landslide victory in April on the promise of “regime change” from Orbán’s 16-year rule, has accused unpopular […]

Published on 13/07/2026 – 10:02 GMT+2•Updated 13:59 The European Union and the UK have announced coordinated sanctions against Russia after accusing Moscow’s FSB intelligence agency of carrying out a cyber attack in December targeting Poland’s energy grid and orchestrating a wider campaign of digital sabotage across Europe. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The joint measures focus on individuals […]

Published on 13/07/2026 – 9:38 GMT+2 Countries in Europe reported over 10,000 excess deaths during the extreme heatwaves that baked the west of the continent towards the end of June, new data shows. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The vast majority of the fatalities, in excess of 9,000, were recorded among those aged 65 and over, according to […]

Updated: 13/07/2026 – 9:12 GMT+2 Martin Heydon, Irish agriculture minister, speaks to Europe Today ahead of the EU ministers’ vote on the EU’s fertilizer plan, describing it as a “very decisive clear action to support farmers”. …More

Published on 13/07/2026 – 8:30 GMT+2•Updated 8:30 The British government has announced a £250 million (€293.5m) package to strengthen police protection for Jewish communities following a series of anti-Semitic attacks across the country. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The funding, spread over three years, will pay for more than 500 additional police officers in areas with significant Jewish […]

Capitals set to clash on settlement trade: EU Foreign Ministers are in town today with a range of issues, from Ukraine to the Middle East, on their agenda. They will also discuss the Commission’s proposal – scooped by Euronews last week – to further restrict or fully ban EU trade with Israeli settlements, which the […]

Published on 13/07/2026 – 8:01 GMT+2•Updated 8:12 On today’s show: Laila Humairah reports from Doha renewed US-Iran exchange of attacks as the war escalates. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Angela Skujins breaks down the meeting of EU foreign ministers today and the main discussion to be discussed: sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Sandor Zsiros […]

EU foreign ministers will discuss proposals on Monday to partially or fully ban trade with Israeli settlements, but the path to implementing any restrictions is fraught with difficulty, with some capitals accusing the European Commission of employing “delay tactics”. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING As first reported by Euronews, the Commission last week pitched a paper outlining three […]