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ADVERTISEMENTSummer has arrived in Brussels with a new trend: the doves are out, the hawks are in. After weeks of telegraphing signs towards a diplomatic rapprochement with China, or at least a thaw, Ursula von der Leyen made an abrupt volte face at the G7 summit with a broadside attack…
ADVERTISEMENTIsrael’s actions in the Gaza Strip indicate a breach of the human rights provisions contained in its Association Agreement with the European Union, a highly anticipated review from the bloc’s diplomatic service has found, citing a collection of findings by independent international organisations. The breach stems from Israel’s war on…
Published on 20/06/2025 – 13:53 GMT+2•Updated 15:18ADVERTISEMENTDespite recent efforts to boost European defence production, the bloc remains “highly vulnerable” and heavily reliant on the United States—particularly for major, high-end defence equipment—according to a new analysis by the Brussels-based economic think tank Bruegel. Trade statistics show that the value of weapons imported…
By Euronews with AP Published on 20/06/2025 – 15:05 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTMore countries are evacuating their citizens from the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran rages on, despite international efforts to find a diplomatic solution.Days of attacks and reprisals by the adversaries have shuttered airspace across the region, severely disrupting commercial flights.…
Published on 20/06/2025 – 14:17 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTPolice in the United Kingdom are searching for suspects and the military is reviewing its security procedures after pro-Palestinian activists broke into a Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire and damaged two planes with red paint, officials said on Friday.The group Palestine Action said two…
ADVERTISEMENTEurope hopes to use diplomacy to avoid the threat of all-out war in the Middle East, amid fears that the conflict between Israel and Iran could engulf the wider region. On Friday, the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom, together with the EU foreign policy chief Kaja…
By Gavin Blackburn with AP Published on 19/06/2025 – 21:31 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTA Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv was a sign that more pressure must be put on Moscow to agree to a ceasefire, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday, as Moscow intensifies attacks in the war.The drone…
By Sasha Vakulina & Méabh Mc Mahon Published on 19/06/2025 – 13:18 GMT+2•Updated 18:04ADVERTISEMENTIn an attempt to motivate people to come back home, Ukraine is allowing multiple citizenship for the first time ever in the country’s history, the parliament in Kyiv, Verhovna Rada, decided in a bill passed on Wednesday.The president must now…
Published on 19/06/2025 – 17:15 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTUS tech giants Apple and Meta will not face sanctions immediately for failure to meet obligations under the EU’s digital rulebook, an EU spokesperson told Euronews.In April, the Commission fined Apple €500 million and Meta €200 million for non-compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA)…
By Euronews with AP Published on 19/06/2025 – 15:14 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTRussian President Vladimir Putin has said that he is open to meeting with Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but only during a “final stage” of negotiations. “I am even ready to meet him [Zelenskyy] but only if it is some kind of final stage, o…
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