Published on 16/05/2026 – 20:19 GMT+2 Several people were injured after a car ploughed into pedestrians in the city centre of Modena, in northern Italy. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Eight people were injured, four of them critically, Mayor Massimo Mezzetti told Italian TV. He said a woman pinned against a shop window…

Published on 16/05/2026 – 16:39 GMT+2•Updated 16:42 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has kicked off the European leg of his official tour with a meeting with the Dutch King and Queen in The Hague. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Modi is currently on a six-day trip across the Middle East and Europe that…

Published on 16/05/2026 – 15:08 GMT+2•Updated 15:17 A tragedy unfolded in the night between Friday and Saturday on the island of Lampedusa, where a newborn migrant baby girl just a few weeks old died of hypothermia immediately after disembarking and while being rushed to the island’s outpatient clinic. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT…

Spain’s National Police have led an international operation against the theft of high-end watches, which has culminated in the arrest of 12 people in Naples, in southern Italy. Those detained are part of criminal groups specialising in violently attacking tourists in some of Spain’s main tourist hotspots. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The…

Published on 16/05/2026 – 13:24 GMT+2•Updated 13:27 At least one person was killed in an overnight Russian attack across Ukraine, a day after the warring countries exchanged 205 prisoners of war each, and as the bodies of 528 Ukrainian soldiers were returned. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Ukraine’s Air Force said 294 drones…

Andalusia, Spain’s most populous region and one of the country’s largest economies, reaches the end of its election campaign after two weeks dominated by messages, images and controversies that have set the political tone of recent days, on the eve of Sunday’s vote. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In this final stretch, the…

Published on 16/05/2026 – 11:28 GMT+2 The meeting of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers concluded on Friday in Chisinau, Moldova. Top of European leaders’ agenda were unwavering support for Ukraine, the strengthening of democratic security, the fight against information manipulation and foreign interference, as well as the management…

While Hungarians have been cheering the new Prime Minister, Péter Magyar, politicians and stakeholders in Brussels have been debating a new set of measures aimed at changing the European Union (EU)’s landmark Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT For the latest, Euronews’ weekly podcast Brussels, My Love? talked to Teresa…

The Spanish government is seeking to contain a scandal linked to EU pandemic funds, categorically denying that it used European money to pay pensions, as member states prepare for tough budget talks amid deep divisions over how funding should be allocated. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT An official in Madrid with direct knowledge…

Published on 15/05/2026 – 18:13 GMT+2 Norway’s foreign ministry has defended a decision to revoke export licenses linked to a naval missile system for Malaysia after Kuala Lumpur warned that the move could impact confidence in European defense suppliers. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The move had blocked delivery of the Naval Strike…