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Two exit polls have given centre-left candidate António José Seguro a convincing win over far-right rival André Ventura in Sunday’s Portuguese presidential election. Seguro, 63, had won between 67% and 73% of the vote to 43-year-old Ventura’s tally of between 27% and 33% according to projections from two national television stations based on exit polls. […]

Published on 08/02/2026 – 12:41 GMT+1 Portugal began voting in the second round of its presidential election on Sunday, as the country chose between centre-left Socialist (PS) candidate António José Seguro and leader of the far-right Chega (Enough) party, André Ventura. 11 million people in Portugal and abroad are eligible to cast their ballots, with […]

Published on 08/02/2026 – 12:41 GMT+1•Updated 3:40 p.m Portugal began voting in the second round of its presidential election on Sunday, as the country chose between centre-left Socialist (PS) candidate António José Seguro and leader of the far-right Chega (Enough) party, André Ventura. 11 million people in Portugal and abroad are eligible to cast their […]

Published on 07/02/2026 – 12:02 GMT+1•Updated 12:05 European officials have called for the negotiation of a free-trade agreement between the European Union and the Gulf nations to be fast-tracked, as the bloc looks to diversify trade ties worldwide to counter the impact of US tariffs and an inundation of Chinese exports. Speaking at a panel […]

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Euronews that any regime change in Iran should come “from within” and be led by “more moderate forces” than hardline Islamic fundamentalists. Olmert, who served as Israel’s prime minister between 2006 and 2009, spoke to Euronews just weeks after protests swept across Iran in early January. According to […]

BySilviu Jugaru Published on 06/02/2026 – 17:09 GMT+1•Updated 5:10 p.m Dissatisfied with the government’s planned austerity measures in the education sector, thousands of Romanian teachers and education staff took to the streets this week in protest. The demonstration in Bucharest on Wednesday came after the coalition government led by Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan approved two […]

France opened a consulate in Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, on Friday, strengthening its diplomatic presence in the Arctic and keeping the promise made by President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to the island last June. In doing so, France becomes the first EU country to establish a consulate general in Greenland, ahead of its partners in […]

The European Commission has proposed a new round of sanctions against Russia in a fresh attempt to intensify pressure on Moscow’s high-intensity war economy and force concessions at the negotiating table. “While Ukraine continues to defend itself with extraordinary courage on the battlefield, the Kremlin is doubling down on war crimes, suddenly striking homes and […]

Published on 06/02/2026 – 14:57 GMT+1 Leaders of the socialist and liberal groups in the European Parliament raised concerns about the attendance of European Commission Vice-President Raffaele Fitto and Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius at a European People’s Party (EPP) political gathering in Slovenia on Thursday. Iratxe García Pérez and Valérie Hayer, the leaders of the […]

Published on 06/02/2026 – 13:53 GMT+1•Updated 13:53 Several US lawmakers have called on the European Union to uphold its methane rules and avoid exempting American energy operators if US domestic standards lack sufficient accuracy or enforcement, according to a letter obtained by Euronews. The 24 signatories argue that the EU’s regulation to reduce methane emissions […]