Ukraine should become an “associate member” of the European Union before becoming a fully fledged member state, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said in a proposal aimed at breaking the two-year deadlock in the country’s bid to join the bloc. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “It is obvious that we will not be able to complete the accession […]
Continue ReadingByEuronews Published on 05/21/2026 – 9:29 GMT+2 An earthquake tremor was recorded on Thursday morning in the Campi Flegrei area of Naples. The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) reports that the epicenter of the 4.4-magnitude quake was located off the Gulf of Pozzuoli at a depth of 3 kilometers. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The quake […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 20/05/2026 – 18:55 GMT+2 A former British pirate radio station apologized on Wednesday “for any distress caused” after accidentally announcing the death of King Charles III. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The erroneous announcement was made on Tuesday afternoon due to a computer error at its main studio in Maldon in eastern Essex, Radio Caroline said […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 20/05/2026 – 11:13 GMT+2 The US is due to announce major cuts to the number of troops available to Europe in the event of an invasion or war. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The decision comes as part of pre-planned changes to the US force posture in Europe and was initially signaled at the start of […]
Continue ReadingAn F-16 fighter jet deployed with NATO air policing forces in the Baltics shot down what is believed to have been a stray Ukrainian drone over southern Estonia on Tuesday ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said that, given the drone’s trajectory, “we decided that we needed to take it down”. “Most probably, today […]
Continue ReadingThe European Union is increasingly accepting the idea of speaking directly with Russia to bring the full-scale invasion of Ukraine to an end. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The internal reassessment intensified after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, frustrated by the White House’s all-consuming focus on the Middle East, publicly urged Europeans to appoint a designated envoy for the […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 19/05/2026 – 11:55 GMT+2•Updated 11:56 Malaysia is seeking more than $251 million (€216 million) in compensation from a Norwegian company over a scrapped deal to supply a missile system for new warships, the defense minister said on Tuesday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the government had sent a notice to Kongsberg Defense […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 19/05/2026 – 7:50 GMT+2 Also on today’s show: ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Interview with Željana ZovkoMember of the European Parliament (European People’s Party), and Sean ClancyChair of the EU Military Committee. Explainer by Jakub Janas: What’s happening with the EU-US trade deal? Euronews’ Vincenzo Genovese reports live from Strasbourg on the European Order of Merit. […]
Continue ReadingPoland’s ambitious push to build a hydrogen-powered public transport system is faltering, with several buses halted by soaring fuel costs and fragile infrastructure, according to a new report by the NGO Central and Eastern Europe Bankwatch Network. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Polish municipalities embraced hydrogen buses largely because subsidy schemes covered up to 100% of vehicle purchase […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 18/05/2026 – 9:08 GMT+2 Around 10 “new” suspected victims have come forward as part of a French probe into the network of late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a prosecutor said on Sunday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING France opened a human trafficking investigation after the US Justice Department released the latest cache of files from […]
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