Sweden announces new spy agency in rethink prompted by war in Ukraine
Stockholm dropped two centuries of military non-alignment and joined NATO in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Read More
NATO still in the dark over US plans to withdraw 5,000 troops
The US has not specified to NATO which operations will be impacted as part of the Pentagon’s decision to remove 5,000 soldiers from German territory. European nations have been preparing…
How Russia sells child abduction as rescue – and why some still buy it
An opinion piece for Euronews by Maksym Maksymov, who leads efforts to return Ukraine’s abducted children: He argues Russia’s so-called “rescues” are a systematic campaign to erase identity and a…
‘Europe alone cannot rebuild global order,’ Brazil’s EU Ambassador tells Euronews
Brazil’s Ambassador to the EU tells Europe Today that a “functioning and durable new order” has to be rebuilt by all parts of the world, after Canada’s Prime Minister said…
Portuguese sets its sights on global power status at the United Nations
The proposal is in the government’s plans until 2030. What does it take to make the Portuguese language official at the UN? Read More
‘A deal is a deal’: Von der Leyen hits back at Trump’s latest tariff threat
The European Union is “prepared for every scenario” if Donald Trump unilaterally hikes tariffs on EU-made cars, says Ursula von der Leyen. Read More
No, the Netherlands didn’t ‘legalise illegal migration’ — what the Senate really decided
The Dutch Senate recently rejected a hardline asylum bill, which some are interpreting as overruling the notion that irregular migrants are “illegal” in the eyes of the law. Read More
‘We should never have signed this trade deal with the US,’ leading MEP says
French MEP Aurore Lalucq argues that Donald Trump’s recent tariff threats, which she considers a violation of the EU–US trade agreement, show the EU should not have agreed to the…
Blackout blame game: Spain targets energy firms as Portugal’s EDP pushes back
The Spanish competition authority has opened eight new enquiries in its investigation into the blackout and EDP is one of the companies mentioned. The Portuguese company denies any responsibility. Read…
EU finance ministers urge caution amid Trump tariff threats and trade tensions
EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday sought to downplay US president Donald Trump’s fresh tariff threats. Some viewed his announcement as yet another post on social…