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Published on 22/07/2025 – 14:48 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT A fugitive oligarch from Moldova accused of a $1 billion (€850 million) bank fraud and other illicit schemes was detained in Greece on Tuesday, Moldova’s national police said. Vladimir Plahotniuc fled Moldova in 2019, as he faced a series of corruption charges, including allegations…
By Serge Duchêne Published on 22/07/2025 – 11:25 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Ukraine’s SBU state security service launched a series of raids on the country’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) as part of an investigation into allegations that officials within the agency have been cooperating with Russia. The SBU said on Monday that it…
ADVERTISEMENT French social media users have been reacting to claims made recently on live TV by economist Jean-Claude Delgènes, who said that France has “completely fallen behind in terms of working conditions”. “In a study carried out at the end of 2021 and published in 2022 (…) France is in…
By Euronews Published on 22/07/2025 – 7:06 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez began a tour of Latin America in Chile on Monday, which included participation in an international forum on the defence of democracy and meetings related to promoting the agreement between the EU and Mercosur. Government sources say…
ADVERTISEMENT The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus are meeting at the UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday to discuss the future of the island and build upon talks in March, which marked the first step toward renewed dialogue after years of deadlock. UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the…
ADVERTISEMENT More than half of European Union citizens rate their country’s justice system positively, a recent Eurobarometer study revealed. Meanwhile, 36% express negative opinions about it. Danish citizens are the most likely to rate the independence of their courts and judges highly, followed by people from Austria and Finland. In…
ADVERTISEMENT Central European Petroleum (CEP) has announced Poland’s largest and one of Europe’s most significant conventional oil finds in a decade, located off the central European country’s Baltic Sea coast. The breakthrough was made at CEP’s Wolin East 1 (WE1) well, some 6 kilometres from the port city of Świnoujście…
By Euronews Published on 21/07/2025 – 14:24 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT A scheduled live, open-air television interview with the co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Alice Weidel, was drowned out on Sunday by boisterous protesters. The demonstrators, which positioned themselves across the River Spree from the televised set-up in Berlin’s…
Published on 21/07/2025 – 12:11 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Switzerland is seeking to revive its system of wartime bunkers, many of which have remained unused since the 1990s. Triggered by heightened security concerns following Russia’s all-out war in Ukraine, the Swiss military is reconsidering the role of an estimated 8,000 bunkers scattered…
Published on 21/07/2025 – 12:33 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz is meeting with executives from 61 companies on Monday who have collectively pledged €631 billion of investments by 2028 to restore confidence in the country’s economy. The firms — including heavy hitters such as Deutsche Bank and Siemens —…
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