ADVERTISEMENTRomania’s interim president has appointed a caretaker prime minister, a day after Marcel Ciolacu stepped down following the failure of his coalition’s candidate to make the runoff in a rerun of the presidential election.Ilie Bolojan signed a decree to appoint Interior Minister Catalin Predoiu of the liberal NLP party to helm…

ADVERTISEMENTJudging by an image he posted of himself wearing a liturgical mitre and papal robes and his statements in recent days about his desire to become pontiff, US President Donald Trump seems to be taking an unusual interest in the Vatican’s role in world politics. But he’s not the only…

ADVERTISEMENTGerman legislators are scheduled to cast their votes on Tuesday regarding the potential appointment of conservative leader Friedrich Merz as the 10th chancellor of the nation since World War II.Merz aims to lead the most populous member of the 27-nation European Union following the collapse of outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s…

ADVERTISEMENTThe film sector will not fare well if it is swept onto the negotiation table in ongoing trade tussle between Brussels and Washington, a key EU film industry representative has told Euronews.“We don’t want to be part of the overall negotiation on tariffs between Europeans and Americans,” Juliette Prissard, General Delegate of…

ADVERTISEMENTFriedrich Merz is set to be sworn in as the new leader of Europe’s biggest economy on Tuesday. In the run-up to the vote in the Bundestag, we asked Euronews reporter in Berlin, Zara Riffler, what Germans are expecting from their new leader, and how his focus may be elsewhere.We…

ADVERTISEMENTAn alleged front cover from the French satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo is circulating online, mocking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the death of Pope Francis.In the picture, we can see a caricature of Zelenskyy holding up the body of the late pontiff at the Vatican bank. He’s hiding behind…

ADVERTISEMENTUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine hopes to receive some three million artillery shells from its allies this year, including 1.8 million from a Czech-led programme.During a meeting with Czech president and former NATO general Petr Pavel, Zelenskyy also said discussions were underway for a Ukrainian-Czech training school for…

ADVERTISEMENTCyprus and Israel are seeking to establish an electricity linkup via an undersea cable that would eliminate their respective energy isolation, a Cypriot official has said.Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said that Israel is particularly keen to ensure that it can rely on Cypriot energy reserves from both conventional and renewable…

ADVERTISEMENTPro-Palestine protesters have disrupted a speech by Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans during National Liberation Day celebrations in the city of Wageningen.The demonstrators interrupted the annual ceremony, chanting “Free Palestine” and other pro-Palestinian slogans.During Brekelmans speech he highlighted the role of NATO and the EU in securing peace, noting that…

Key diary datesTuesday 6 May – Commission expected to publish roadmap on its REPowerEU initiative to phase out Russian fossil fuel imports.Wednesday 7-Thursday 8 May – Informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Warsaw, Poland.Wednesday 7 May – Annual competition policy report presented in the European Parliament.In spotlightADVERTISEMENTCommemorations for the…