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Europe’s response to Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been a mixed bag, Latvia’s Defense Minister told Euronews, calling on the bloc to make faster decisions on sanctions and collective defense as the fourth anniversary of the invasion draws near. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Andris Spruds rejected suggestions that Europe has failed Ukraine four years into the […]

ByEuronewswithAFP Published on 17/02/2026 – 19:41 GMT+1 Investigators have arrested four suspects over the death of a French far-right activist in Lyon, the southeastern city’s public prosecutor has said. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING 23-year-old Quentin Deranque died from a severe brain injury after being attacked by at least six people last week on the sidelines of a […]

The incident has fueled tensions between the far right and hard left ahead of municipal elections in March and the presidential election next year.

Published on 17/02/2026 – 18:23 GMT+1 Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne made a special appearance at this week’s meeting of 21 ministers from the euro area, with the goal of discussing global macroeconomic imbalances. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING With relations with the United States at an all-time low, Canada is looking for new global ties, including with […]

Published on 17/02/2026 – 16:38 GMT+1•Updated 4:45 p.m The United States’ ambassador to Belgium has met with the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has taken place in Brussels after the ambassador was summoned by the Belgian government, Euronews has learned. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The meeting was arranged after Ambassador Bill White said in a post on […]

Published on 17/02/2026 – 15:57 GMT+1•Updated 15:57 France said on Tuesday that it had released an oil tanker suspected of belonging to Russia’s sanctioned “shadow fleet” after its owner paid a fine worth millions of euros. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The vessel — named the Grinch — was seized by French forces in the Mediterranean Sea on […]

The European Union will not “shy away” from adopting a full ban on maritime services for Russian oil tankers if G7 allies fail to reach a deal, Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commissioner for the Economy, has said as negotiations continue between member states on a fresh round of economic sanctions against the Kremlin. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING […]

Published on 17/02/2026 – 11:23 GMT+1 Austrian prosecutors have filed terrorism-related charges against a 21-year-old defendant who they say planned to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Vienna public prosecutors said in a statement on Monday that the unnamed defendant had declared allegiance to the so-called Islamic State (IS) group, […]

Published on 17/02/2026 – 10:55 GMT+1 The national defense investment plans of eight more European member states worth about half of the Commission’s defense loan scheme were approved by finance ministers on Tuesday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The plans by Estonia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Finland are collectively worth €74 billion, half of the […]

ByKieran Guilbert&AP Published on 17/02/2026 – 10:19 GMT+1•Updated 10:25 Greece has announced its intention to obtain photos that appear to show the final moments of 200 Greeks executed by a Nazi firing squad in Athens during World War II, after the previously unknown pictures surfaced on eBay. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The images reportedly show the men […]