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Published on 04/22/2026 – 14:27 GMT+2 A court in Moldova sentenced oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc to 19 years in prison on Wednesday in a case linked to the disappearance of $1 billion (€850 million) from the country’s banking system. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING A former businessman, lawmaker and kingpin in the Democratic Party of Moldova, Plahotniuc fled Moldova […]

Published on 04/22/2026 – 13:53 GMT+2 The European Union has formally launched the internal process to unblock the €90 billion loan for Ukraine and the 20th package of sanctions against Russia, bringing the standoff between Budapest and Kyiv closer to an end after months of intrigue. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The so-called written procedure began on Wednesday […]

Published on 04/22/2026 – 12:14 GMT+2•Updated 12:18 Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel compared the discrimination of minorities in Hungary under the Orbán government to policies of fascist regimes. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Bettel, who was also Luxembourg’s prime minister from 2013 until 2023, recalled how he put his objections directly to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during […]

ByJudith Arnal, PhD in Economics and a State Economist in Spain and Senior Research Fellow at CEPS, Elcano Royal Institute and Fedea. Published on 04/22/2026 – 10:46 GMT+2 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. The Strait of Hormuz […]

Updated: 04/22/2026 – 9:16 GMT+2 Former Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin believes Europe is “vulnerable” without Ukraine and demands the EU to build its “own” military capabilities and increase European nuclear deterrence. …More

Good morning, it’s Eleonora Vasques and Jorge Liboreiro from Brussels, ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Today is the day: the 27 ambassadors are getting ready to give their final approval to the €90 billion loan to Ukraine. The long-chased breakthrough was made possible after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Tuesday that the Druzhba pipeline, which carries cheap […]

Arctic sea ice, which has been monitored by satellites since 1978, has beenshrinking dramatically in recent decades. On 22 March, with winter already over, the period of greatest accumulation, the maximum extent for 2026 is thought to have been reached – 14.33 million square kilometres, according to the United States (US) National Snow and Ice […]

Published on 04/22/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2 EU Trade Chief Maroš Šefčovič is visiting the US on Thursday and Friday in a bid to unlock negotiations over EU steel and aluminum exports still hit by the 50% US tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump shortly after his return to power last year. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Scrapping […]

Published on 04/22/2026 – 7:52 GMT+2•Updated 8:26 On today’s show hosted by Mared Gwyn: ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Top story: Euronews’ Sandor Zsiros on the Druzhba pipeline being re-opened by Ukraine, just in time for a gathering of EU ambassadors today where Hungary could drop its veto on the EU’s 90 billion euro loan to Ukraine. Interview […]

Italy has summoned the Russian ambassador in Rome after a Russian television presenter delivered a stream of insults against Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Tuesday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING According to Italian media, presenter Vladimir Solovyov said in Italian on Russian television that Meloni was a “disgrace to the human race” a […]