The European Commission on Friday pledged to tighten visa issuance for Russian nationals amid a political backlash against France, Italy and Spain, which continue to welcome hundreds of thousands of Russian tourists every year. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The proposal, which will arrive next year and therefore not affect the upcoming summer season, will be limited in […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 04/06/2026 – 21:42 GMT+2•Updated 9:57 p.m Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed a face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin in an open letter to the Russian leader on Thursday, saying he was ready for a “full ceasefire.” ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The letter marks one of the few times Zelenskyy has appealed directly to Putin since Russia’s […]
Continue ReadingA coalition of nine EU member states, plus Iceland and Norway, is stepping up pressure to tighten visa conditions for Russian tourists as the summer holiday season approaches. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The initiative was led by Sweden, with the support of Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Poland. All 11 countries signed a […]
Continue ReadingByLaura Fleischmann Published on 04/06/2026 – 15:19 GMT+2 The number of naturalizations in Germany has risen to a new record high, with 332,500 people acquiring German citizenship in 2025. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Compared with the previous year, that marks an increase of 14 percent, according to the Federal Statistical Office. The largest group, at 20 percent, […]
Continue ReadingCyprus and Kazakhstan signed five cooperation agreements and pledged to deepen economic ties during the first official visit by a Cypriot president to Kazakhstan, as the two countries opened embassies simultaneously in Astana and Nicosia. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev welcomed his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides in Astana, where they held bilateral talks followed […]
Continue ReadingOfficials and diplomats in Brussels are growing increasingly pessimistic about the chances of enforcing a full ban on maritime services for Russian tankers, as both internal and external factors weigh against the ambitious proposal. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “It’s not happening,” a diplomat said bluntly. The ban was approved in late April as part of the 20th […]
Continue ReadingByMeabh McMahon&Aaron Casey Published on 04/06/2026 – 10:50 GMT+2•Updated 11:26 In the wake of Israel and Lebanon’s ceasefire agreement, Lebanon’s Culture Minister Ghassane Salamé told Euronews’ flagship morning show Europe Today that he hopes it will be more “genuine” than the previous one, which he said, “was not even a truth”. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “The agreement […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 04/06/2026 – 10:20 GMT+2•Updated 10:23 A British 17-year-old’s exposé of an alleged Russian-backed crypto laundering network has made its way all the way to the Kremlin, landing him on a fresh list of sanctioned individuals. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Alexander Browder was sanctioned by Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday over what it called “defamatory speculations […]
Continue ReadingByDr. Alexander Wolf, head of the capital city office of the Hanns Seidel Foundation Published on 04/06/2026 – 9:15 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. Germany has lost the election to the UN Security Council. This is […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 04/06/2026 – 9:00 GMT+2 Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovia, North Macedonia Kosovo are at various stages of trying to join the bloc. Geographically, the region is completely surrounded by the EU. For nearly two decades, a period of relative calm kept enlargement on the backburner, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shattered that […]
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