Europe Today: NATO drills near Russia border as VDL warns about drone threat

Published on 05/27/2026 – 7:57 GMT+2•Updated 8:33 Also on today’s show: ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Interviews with Alain BersetSecretary General of the Council of Europe, and Benjamin HaddadFrench Minister for European Affairs. Euronews’ Rafael Salido reports live from Madrid on a corruption case in Spain involving Spanish PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Euronews’ Fay Doulgkeri reports from […]

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Baltic drone incursions test EU security, von der Leyen warns, amid escalating hybrid threats

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the spate of recent drone incursions into the airspace of European Union (EU) countries over the past few weeks are “not isolated incidents,” as Baltic leaders and EU officials caution that hybrid threats along Europe’s eastern border are intensifying. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “This is a deliberate strategy […]

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EU to favor European satellite services to prevent Musk’s Starlink expansion

The European Commission will adopt a decision this week that would privilege European satellite operators in a move designed to curb the European expansion of Starlink, the flagship service of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Starlink currently dominates the global satellite internet market with over 10,000 low-orbit satellites. Its closest competitor is Amazon’s Project Kuiper, […]

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Europe Today: Von der Leyen heads to Lithuania, condemns Russia as Baltic tensions rise

Published on 05/26/2026 – 7:57 GMT+2•Updated 8:32 Also on today’s show: ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Interviews with Sviatlana TsikhanouskayaBelarusian opposition leader, and Kata TüttőPresident of the European Committee of the Regions. Explainer by Jakub Janas: Russia attacks Ukraine with an Oreshnik ballistic missile — what is it and should Europe be scared? Euronews’ Jane Witherspoon on the […]

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Lithuania warns mass data leak was work of foreign country

ByEuronewswithAP Published on 05/25/2026 – 13:30 GMT+2 Lithuanian authorities are on high alert for cyber attacks after a massive data leak involving more than 600,000 entries from national data registers, which the government says is believed to be the work of another country. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The Lithuanian general prosecutor’s office on Friday announced the leak […]

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