Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva has criticised Europe’s tentative approach to the Iran war, calling for a harder response as the conflict spreads across the Middle East. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking to Euronews on the sidelines of a crunch EU summit on 19 March, Daniel Meron said, “We…

Russia’s oil earnings have increased since the start of the war in Iran, data shows, as the ongoing conflict has halted oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and raised global energy prices. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Data from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) shows that Russia…

Published on 19/03/2026 – 11:44 GMT+1•Updated 13:29 The European Parliament’s trade committee agreed Thursday to cut EU tariffs on US goods to zero, as set out under the EU–US agreement struck in July 2025 after multiple delays over tensions with the Trump administration. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT EU Lawmakers had resisted for…

Published on 19/03/2026 – 13:10 GMT+1•Updated 13:12 Denmark and its allies reportedly deployed troops to Greenland in January because they feared a US invasion, Danish broadcaster DR said on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT DR said it had seen a military operations order dated 13 January, which served as the basis for…

Published on 19/03/2026 – 12:13 GMT+1 Especially, now that Russia’s war in Ukraine and the US-Israeli war in Iran have become deeply interlinked. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, energy and petrol costs are soaring. And because that vital waterway handles a massive share of global fertiliser…

Published on 19/03/2026 – 10:54 GMT+1 Prime Minister Donald Tusk recently warned that there’s a real threat of Poland leaving the EU, amid the rise of far-right and populist parties in the country. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a post on X, Tusk said that Russia, MAGA supporters in the US, and…

Good morning from Brussels, where the EU’s 27 leaders gather today for a crunch summit eclipsed by two raging wars – one in the Middle East and the other in Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The gathering was intended to focus on competitiveness, after EU leaders last month vowed an economic revival…

Glasses of champagne were raised at the European People’s Party’s 50th anniversary on Wednesday at a fancy venue in Brussels. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But the specter of the far-right lingered over the cocktail as the EPP mulls over its most fundamental dilemma in decades: what is the future of the European…

Published on 18/03/2026 – 20:30 GMT+1 Did you know that the price of a pill and the waiting time for a prescription vary in all EU countries? ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This week on The Ring, our weekly debating show, we zoomed in on the important topic and the growing struggles in…

A group of ten countries urged the European Commission on Wednesday to review its Emissions Trading System (ETS), calling the current framework of the law an “existential risk” for many key industrial sectors, according to a letter seen by Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The letter, signed by the leaders of Austria,…