The United Arab Emirates Minister of State Lana Nusseibeh launched an appeal to the world to force Tehran to lift its stranglehold on the vital shipping waterway, the Strait of Hormuz, and hailed the support provided by the European Union since the start of the Iran war. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In…

Published on 16/03/2026 – 14:14 GMT+1 The US trade deficit in goods with the EU declined by just 7% in 2025, despite tariffs imposed by the White House to narrow the gap, according to a study released Monday by the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham), highlighting…

Kaja Kallas, the EU’s chief diplomat, said on Monday that she would propose changing the mandate of the bloc’s naval mission, as pressure on Europe grows to help secure access to the Strait of Hormuz and prevent major disruptions to global oil supplies. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We will discuss with the…

Published on 13/03/2026 – 14:57 GMT+1•Updated 16/03/2026 – 9:33 GMT+1 Despite reducing its fossil fuel imports since the invasion of Ukraine, the EU still heavily relies on foreign reserves. According to Eurostat, in 2023, the bloc’s energy dependency rate reached 58%, meaning that imports accounted for more than half of…

Good morning from Brussels. I’m Mared Gwyn. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT EU foreign ministers are expected to mull bolstering the EU’s Aspides naval mission when they gather in Brussels later today, a diplomatic source told Euronews, as US President Donald Trump ramps up pressure on allies to support the forced re-opening of…

Confusion at the end of 2025 over millions of dollars’ worth of contraceptives stockpiled in Europe — caught between conflicting narratives from the United States and the Flemish government — highlighted a deeper issue: access to modern, effective and affordable contraception remains uneven across the EU. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The 2026…

Published on 15/03/2026 – 18:55 GMT+1•Updated 19:00 Hungary’s opposition leader Péter Magyar branded Prime Minister Viktor Orbán a traitor and accused him of enlisting Russian agents to interfere in the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Magyar delivered the remarks at a rally in central Budapest marking Hungary’s national day,…

Published on 15/03/2026 – 18:00 GMT+1 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that Hungary’s upcoming parliamentary elections represent a choice between peace and war, casting his government as the guarantor of stability. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Orbán made the remarks at a rally in central Budapest marking Hungary’s national day, which commemorates…

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Kyiv is ready for the next round of trilateral peace talks to end Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but that it was up to Washington and Moscow to decide where and when to meet. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Zelenskyy said that Washington had proposed to…

Published on 15/03/2026 – 14:14 GMT+1•Updated 14:45 Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has called on Europe to reach a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, in an interview published in the Belgian newspaper L’Echo. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT De Wever argued that a negotiated settlement is also necessary…