“Health, I think, is still the biggest challenge in front of us for Europe, but also for the part of the world we are living in,” European Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi said at the Euronews Health Summit in Brussels on Tuesday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING A rising number of non-communicable diseases, shortages of healthcare workers, and a growing […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 17/03/2026 – 13:33 GMT+1 Ukraine will agree to an external inspection of the damaged Druzhba pipeline funded by the European Union, Brussels said Tuesday, just days before European leaders gather in Brussels for a summit hoping to unlock a loan for Ukraine vetoed by Hungary. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “The EU has offered Ukraine technical […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 17/03/2026 – 13:16 GMT+1•Updated 13:17 Italians vote Sunday and Monday on a constitutional reform that would split the country’s judiciary into separate career paths for judges and prosecutors and create a new disciplinary court. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Italy currently operates a unified judiciary where judges and prosecutors belong to the same professional body. They […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 17/03/2026 – 11:50 GMT+1 Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said NATO is not obliged to respond positively to demands by Donald Trump that the alliance help reopen the Strait of Hormuz arguing that NATO’s raison d’être is the defense of Europe and the North Atlantic. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Valtonen also stressed that NATO is […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 17/03/2026 – 8:52 GMT+1•Updated 9:20 European Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica has responded to criticism of her presence at the first meeting of US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in February – just days before the US and Israel triggered the war with Iran – saying that the EU has “not […]
Continue ReadingGood morning from Brussels. In the Mared Gwyn. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING European nations have resisted pressure from US President Donald Trump to join an international naval mission to force the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz – as they seek to distance themselves from the war that continues to rage in the Middle East. The EU’s […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 16/03/2026 – 19:34 GMT+1 Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, said on Monday there was “no appetite” to extend the mandate of the EU’s naval mission Aspides into the Strait of Hormuz despite growing calls for Europe to help secure the waterway and prevent major disruptions to global oil supplies. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING […]
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump has called on allies to send ships to secure the Strait of Hormuz, effectively closed since the war in Iran started last month, and responsible for one-fifth of global oil traffic. If allies do not respond to the US or react negatively, Trump has threatened a “bad future” for NATO. ADVERTISING […]
Continue ReadingKaja Kallas, the EU’s chief diplomat, said on Monday that she would propose changing the mandate of the bloc’s naval mission, as pressure on Europe grows to help secure access to the Strait of Hormuz and prevent major disruptions to global oil supplies. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “We will discuss with the member states whether it is […]
Continue ReadingFrance held the first round of its 2026 municipal elections on Sunday, with nearly 48.7 million voters called to the polls across around 35,000 villages, towns and city boroughs. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The vote was also marked by a high retention rate. Analysts point to several possible reasons, including growing distrust in politics and broader democratic […]
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