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Published on 07/05/2026 – 22:16 GMT+2•Updated 22:31 The European Union has until July 4 to fully implement its trade deal with the United States or face “much higher tariffs,” US President Donald Trump said on Thursday after a phone call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The announcement, which comes amid […]

Published on 07/05/2026 – 21:01 GMT+2•Updated 9:11 p.m The winner of Bulgaria’s parliamentary elections last month, Rumen Radev, was named the country’s new prime minister on Thursday. His landslide win in last month’s parliamentary election raises hopes for a stable government in the Balkan nation, which has seen eight elections in the space of five […]

Nine months after the EU and US struck a controversial trade deal, negotiations remain deadlocked as MEPs resist pressure to fast-track approval without safeguards against future American threats.

Published on 07/05/2026 – 17:26 GMT+2 Ukraine’s top negotiator Rustem Umerov will hold talks with US officials in Florida on Thursday on how to end the full-scale Russian invasion, Kyiv said on Thursday, amid stalled negotiations during the Iran war. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine will hold […]

Published on 07/05/2026 – 17:14 GMT+2 Sweden said on Thursday that it planned to introduce electronic bracelets to monitor children at risk of being recruited by criminal gangs, the government’s latest measure aimed at cracking down on deadly gang violence. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Authorities would be able to assign the bracelets to children and youths aged […]

Published on 07/05/2026 – 16:12 GMT+2 The European Commission has stepped up its coordination with member states to respond to the hantavirus outbreak on board MV Hondius, a Dutch luxury cruise sailing to Spain, while insisting the risks to the general population remain “low”. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING A meeting of the so-called Health Security Committee, which […]

Published on 07/05/2026 – 15:53 ​​GMT+2 One person has died and 43 were rescued when a migrant boat got into difficulties in the Aegean Sea, Turkish authorities said on Thursday, while an NGO accused the Greek coastguard of endangering the vessel. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The migrants were around 30 kilometers from the Greek island of Lesbos […]

Published on 07/05/2026 – 15:01 GMT+2•Updated 3:34 p.m Member states of the European Union and the European Parliament reached a provisional deal to simplify the bloc’s artificial intelligence (AI) rules as part of an omnibus package. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The tentative agreement includes a delay for some major obligations for AI systems to prevent legal and […]

During a keynote speech in Berlin, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul called for the EU’s inanimity principle to be scrapped. Instead, a “qualified majority” should be enough, he said at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on Wednesday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The move would effectively abolish the veto power that currently allows any one of the blocks 27 […]

The European Commission is considering suspending methane fines for oil and gas producers during gas shortages, emergency storage situations, or major oil supply shocks, according to a leaked document seen by Euronews. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The draft text, circulated to EU member states, says penalties should not jeopardize gas or oil supplies during periods of market […]