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Published on 02/07/2026 – 12:32 GMT+2 EU countries must match Europe’s defense ambitions in the upcoming budget negotiations, European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius said at a conference on Thursday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “If you want peace, prepare for war,” Kubilius said, citing an Ancient Roman proverb to argue that strength and readiness are […]

The Vatican has declared the automatic excommunication of leading figures of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius Xthe Lefebvrists, following the controversial ordination of four new bishops carried out without papal approval. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The decree, issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and signed by Prefect Víctor M. Fernández, describes the […]

Published on 02/07/2026 – 11:53 GMT+2 EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced that new sanctions targeting Russia’s military-industrial complex will be presented on Thursday, after Russian forces launched massive overnight strikes on Kyiv, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “Today, I will propose to sanction more entities supporting Russia’s military-industrial […]

Updated: 02/07/2026 – 11:46 GMT+2 Bulgaria’s Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Pekanov said the EU must “retain policies like cohesion” in its next long-term budget. While acknowledging negotiations “will take months”, he backed reaching a deal by the end of the year, saying it is “better to reach a solution fast”. …More

Published on 02/07/2026 – 11:27 GMT+2 The European Union Court of Justice on Thursday upheld Google’s record €4.1 billion fine over alleged anticompetitive practices related to the company’s Android operating system. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The European Commission hit the US tech giant with the penalty in 2018, alleging that the firm had abused its dominant market […]

The focus in Venezuela is shifting from search and rescue to providing medical assistance as a major health crisis is looming, João Almeida da Silva, one of 11 experts deployed to the disaster-struck country by the EU Emergency Response Coordination Center (ERCC), told Euronews. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “What we see is that there’s going to be […]

Published on 02/07/2026 – 10:23 GMT+2 Further cuts and lack of ambition in new revenues to the upcoming EU long-term budget would not necessarily make the EU cheaper for taxpayers, European Commissioner for Budget Piotr Serafin said on Thursday, in a message to the so-called “frugal” countries that are seeking to reduce the EU long-term […]

Enlargement dominated the start of Ireland’s six-month presidency of the EU Council, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declaring that Ukraine has done “everything” needed to open all the clusters of negotiations. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “It’s in the interest of all the countries to have Ukraine in the EU as quickly as possible,” Zelenskyy said on Wednesday at […]

EU redistributes Western Balkans funding: First this morning, a scoop from my colleague Luca Bertuzzi. The European Commission is set to redistribute funding it has allocated to Western Balkan candidate countries, with frontrunners Montenegro, Albania and North Macedonia poised to receive cash at the expense of other countries in the region, two EU officials told […]

Published on 02/07/2026 – 7:59 GMT+2•Updated 8:03 On today’s show: Euronews’ Angela Skujins reports on today’s Annual EU Budget Conference, the debate taking place there over the EU’s long-term budget, and the fight for cash between member states. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Euronews’ Meabh McMahon speaks to Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Pekanov. Euronews’ Jorge Liboreiro reports […]