Category: EURONEWS.COM

When a drone threat alert blared out in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius urging residents to seek shelter, Rūta Gaškauskaitė hurried down to the nearest one, only to discover it was locked. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Squeezed between Russia and Kremlin-allied Belarus, Lithuania has been warning for years of the risks to Russia’s Baltic neighbors. But as Ukraine stepped […]

Published on 03/06/2026 – 18:47 GMT+2 Germany failed on Wednesday for the first time to secure a seat on the UN Security Council, with Portugal and Austria receiving more votes for the two Western European spots starting in 2027. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The UN Security Council has 15 members: five permanent – the United States, Russia, […]

Published on 03/06/2026 – 18:36 GMT+2•Updated 7:31 p.m Public support for the European Union has risen significantly across much of Europe since the UK’s decision to leave the bloc in 2016, according to a new report from the Pew Research Centre. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The survey, conducted in eight European countries, found that favorable views of […]

The General Court of the European Union annulled the European Commission’s “gatekeeper” designation for Facebook Marketplace, finding that the EU executive failed to adequately justify the designation. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The court’s ruling, issued on Wednesday in Luxembourg, annuls, in part, a September 2023 decision by the Commission designating Meta as a gatekeeper — a decision […]

Published on 03/06/2026 – 17:25 GMT+2 The European Commission confirmed to Euronews on Wednesday that EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič will meet his Chinese counterpart, trade envoy Li Chenggang, on the sidelines of an OECD ministerial meeting in Paris on Thursday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The visit comes as EU-China relations remain strained, with Brussels seeking to […]

Published on 03/06/2026 – 17:08 GMT+2 France, Italy and Spain have jointly proposed new rules aimed at easing cross-border banking operations and cutting red tape across the bloc, according to a document seen by Euronews. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The three countries submitted their proposals as an input to the European Commission, which is expected to publish […]

Authorities in Germany said on Wednesday they had seized more than eight metric tonnes of cocaine from a container that was supposed to be carrying cacao beans and two suspects were later arrested in Spain. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING German customs investigators put the street value of the cocaine seized in the North Sea port of Wilhelmshaven […]

Byeuronews Published on 03/06/2026 – 16:45 GMT+2 Police bodycam footage has sparked controversy in the UK after showing the treatment of 18-year-old Southampton student Henry Nowak following a fatal stabbing. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The footage shows Nowak being handcuffed after he was stabbed by 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa, who falsely claimed to officers that he had been […]

Published on 03/06/2026 – 16:03 GMT+2 Three members of the UK’s Royal Navy have died while taking part in a training exercise in the southwest of the country, the service announced on Wednesday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING In a statement posted to social media, the Royal Navy said the incident took place in the early hours of […]

Up to 1.3 million jobs across the EU are at risk because of the ongoing war in the Middle East, European Commissioner for jobs Roxana Mînzatu said on Wednesday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The warning came during the presentation of the 2026 Spring Semester Package, a bi-annual publication by the EU executive that provides guidance to the […]