Two dozen humanitarian workers on trial for participating in search and rescue operations on the island of Lesvos accused of smuggling migrants were acquitted by a Greek court on Thursday evening. After more than seven years of legal limbo, the Lesvos Court of Appeal cleared the defendants of charges, which included membership of a criminal […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 16/01/2026 – 9:40 GMT+1 Latvian Defense Minister Andris Sprūds on Friday sought to play down concerns about potential tensions within NATO following threats from the US it could use military force to annex Greenland, saying he’s confident “it’s not the end at all” of the alliance. Sprūds called on Euronews’ morning show Europe […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 15/01/2026 – 18:21 GMT+1 •Updated 18:22 Eight European Union member states on Thursday had their plans to use their allocation from the bloc’s new €150 billion loan for defense scheme approved by the European Commission. Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Portugal and Romania are set to benefit from the first wave of […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 15/01/2026 – 13:19 GMT+1 Amid mounting pressure in Europe and abroad, Elon Musk’s social media platform has announced that it is implementing “technological measures to prevent its AI tool, Grok, from allowing the editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis”, a restriction that will apply to all users, […]
Continue ReadingGood morning from Brussels. I’m Mared Gwyn. The European Union is sharpening its response to a deepening crisis over Greenland, a self-governing territory belonging to Denmark which the US President continues to insist he needs to acquire. In a closed-door meeting with the European Parliament’s political leaders on Wednesday, the EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 15/01/2026 – 7:36 GMT+1 •Updated 8:07 A high-level meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Denmark and Greenland ended without resolution in Washington yesterday. Donald Trump is still insisting Greenland is crucial for national security. Meanwhile, several NATO allies have announced troop deployments to Greenland for surveillance and training. For more on this, we […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 14/01/2026 – 18:06 GMT+1 •Updated 15/01/2026 – 7:31 GMT+1 While it was approved last Friday by a majority of EU member statesthe European Union’s Mercosur free trade agreement is not yet out of the woods. Several countries, led by France, remain opposed to the deal, which would create a free-trade area between the […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 14/01/2026 – 21:39 GMT+1 •Updated 9:44 p.m A meeting between the foreign ministers of Denmark and his Greenland counterpart with Trump officials produced no resolution to escalating tensions around the ownership of the territory, which Washington says must control for national security. The talks failed to persuade the Trump administration to back down […]
Continue ReadingEuropean Parliament President Roberta Metsola called on EU leaders to increase the pressure on the Iranian regime as it cracks down on protesters, saying the days of “dictators will come to an end in 2026” in an interview with Euronews. Metsola has expressed some of the harshest condemnation aimed at the Iranian regime among the […]
Continue ReadingAll the Iranian diplomats and representatives will be banned from the European Parliament’s premises as a response to Iran’s crackdown on protesters, the Parliament’s president, Roberta Metsola, announced on Monday. “This House will not aid in legitimizing this regime that has sustained itself through torture, repression, and murder,” Metsola wrote on X. The ban will […]
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