EU commercial flights rise despite higher jet fuel prices
The number of commercial flights across the EU increased in every summer month compared with last year, although traffic fell in several member states. Read More
US ambassador slams EU’s ‘Buy European’ weapons push as ‘self-interest’
Preference for European-made arms could disrupt the transatlantic defence industrial base and benefit Europe’s “enemies”, Ambassador Andrew Puzder warns. Read More
Chinese-run Brussels networking club raises intelligence concerns
The Global CEOs Dinner Club brings business leaders and political figures together at high-level events in Brussels and is now seeking to expand into France. Read More
Hungary cuts German activist Maja T.’s jail term over 2023 attacks at far-right rally
Last year, Maja T. staged a 40-day hunger strike to protest the “unlawful handover” and “inhumane” prison conditions, an allegation denied by Hungary’s prison service. Read More
Belgian minister Theo Francken warns Europe: ‘Everything has to go faster’ on defence
Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken told the Euronews Defence Summit in Brussels that Europe faces a “dark winter” of Russian hybrid attacks and urgently needs stronger air defences, describing Russia…
No, Macron isn’t planning to trigger a war with Russia to stay in power
Allegations are circulating online that Macron will put France at war with Russia to postpone elections and stay in power as his second consecutive term comes to an end. However,…
Deadly Russian attacks on Ukraine kill at least four and hit Kyiv power supply
Ensuring energy supply is critical as the cold winter months approach. Russian strikes on the sector last year cut light and heating as temperatures plunged to as low as -20C.…
Russia is ‘testing how far it can go’ before the EU reacts, says Tsikhanouskaya
Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya believes change in Russia could begin with change in Belarus, arguing that her country’s opposition movement is “more consolidated” than its Russian counterpart. Read More
Europe Today: NATO chief Mark Rutte joins Euronews’ Defence and Space Summit in Brussels
Euronews hosts its biggest-ever news event, the Defence & Space Summit in Brussels, with NATO chief Mark Rutte among the guests. Meanwhile, Ukraine races to build interceptor drones against Russia’s…
Underground fire: Blaze in German lignite mine cannot be extinguished
Sparked by a forest fire, hardly any flames are visible above ground, yet underground it still smoulders on a former lignite site in Thuringia and could burn for years. Read…