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European Union leaders on Thursday agreed on an action plan to overhaul the bloc’s economy and boost competitiveness amid pressure from US President Donald Trump, China and Russia. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the March plan would upgrade energy grids, deepen financial integration and ease merger rules.

At Thursday’s NATO meeting in Brussels, US Secretary of State Pete Hegseth was absent, highlighting concerns about America stepping back from the alliance. European allies announced Arctic Sentry, a new mission to strengthen Arctic security amid Russian and Chinese activity. While analysts see it largely as a rebranding of existing drills, NATO hopes it will […]

NATO defence ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss Ukraine’s defence amid almost four years of war with Russia and to strengthen security in Greenland and the Arctic. Dafyyd Townley, Teaching Fellow in US politics and international security at the University of Portsmouth, notes Russia’s long-term strategy aims to demoralise Ukraine through strikes on energy […]

NATO defence ministers hold a key meeting on Ukraine and Greenland this Thursday. Leaders discuss keeping weapons flowing to Ukraine while pressuring countries that haven’t contributed enough, and launch the ‘Arctic Sentry’ mission to strengthen security in Greenland and the Arctic. FRANCE 24’s Kethevane Gorjestani has the latest.

On a day when NATO has promised new help for Ukraine, while thousands more people in the country have been left without power after Russian attacks, a Ukrainian analyst has offered his hopes to FRANCE 24. Peter Zalmayev, director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative, says he is not very hopeful that the US tone has […]

The Kremlin said on Thursday said that US messenger app WhatsApp has been completely blocked in Russia for failing to comply with local law, suggesting Russians turn to a state-backed “national messenger” MAX instead. Critics say MAX is a surveillance tool, something the authorities deny. 

Jacques Moretti and his wife were questioned again over the Crans-Montana bar fire, more than a month after the tragedy in Switzerland on New Year’s Eve. Victims’ families, including the mother of two children who nearly died, sought answers about why safety doors were locked and how the fire spread so quickly. The couple faced […]

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the Winter Olympics on Thursday after refusing to back down over his banned helmet, which depicts victims of his country’s war with Russia. In a statement, the International Olympic Committee said Heraskevych had been kicked out of the Milan-Cortina Games “after refusing to adhere to the IOC […]

Home Europe Live Issued on: 12/02/2026 – 07:13Modified: 12/02/2026 – 07:17 Recruits carry ammunition during training at a firing range in the Rostov-on-Don region of southern Russia on October 4, 2022. © AP Russia said Thursday that it repelled a missile attack in the Volgograd region but that debris ignited a fire at a military facility […]

Kosovo‘s parliament elected Albin Kurti as prime minister on Wednesday, securing the leader a third term and ending a year-long political gridlock in the country. Following 12 months in a caretaker position, Kurti was confirmed as the Balkan nation’s new prime minister after his Vetevendosje (Self-determination) party topped the results in a snap election in […]