Capitals set to clash on settlement trade: EU Foreign Ministers are in town today with a range of issues, from Ukraine to the Middle East, on their agenda. They will also discuss the Commission’s proposal – scooped by Euronews last week – to further restrict or fully ban EU trade…

In the EU, surplus renewable electricity is sometimes wasted because there is not enough capacity to store it until it is needed. Fossil-fuel power plants are still required when renewable generation falls. Electricity demand is rising, from electric vehicles, heat pumps and AI-driven data centres. Expanding energy storage has become…

Published on 13/07/2026 – 10:02 GMT+2•Updated 13:59 The European Union and the UK have announced coordinated sanctions against Russia after accusing Moscow’s FSB intelligence agency of carrying out a cyber attack in December targeting Poland’s energy grid and orchestrating a wider campaign of digital sabotage across Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The…

Published on 13/07/2026 – 11:42 GMT+2 A court case involving a French teen charged for filming himself licking a straw from a vending machine in Singapore and then putting it back was postponed on Monday as prosecutors sought to clarify if he could continue his studies if convicted. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT…

For more than four years, Russia has been waging a full-scale war against Ukraine and providing aid to soldiers of the aggressor state is widely regarded as an extremely controversial and morally repugnant act. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The reports concerning Krzysztof Tołwiński – a former member of the Polish parliament in…

Parliament has adopted the 17th amendment to the constitution with 139 votes in favour and 6 against, thereby making it possible to remove the current President of the Republic, Tamás Sulyok. 54 MPs did not take part in the vote. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The constitutional amendment is primarily designed to remove…

A full ban on EU imports of goods made in Israeli settlements extracted “most support” from EU foreign ministers during a meeting on Monday, the EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said, after the European Commission last week presented a range of options to restrict settlement trade, the boldest…

Nine European countries and Ukraine announced the creation of a coalition to develop anti-ballistic capabilities in Europe to protect the continent. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We believe that the protection of Europe, requires a global solution of integrated missile defence architecture to deter and defeat future missile threats,” said a joint declaration…

Published on 13/07/2026 – 16:46 GMT+2 The European Union has sanctioned VK Company, which dominates Russia’s online sphere, for colluding with the Kremlin to identify critics of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and curtail access to independent sources of information. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT VK Company runs VKontakte, the country’s most popular…

A four-word phrase has sparked an intense political and media row in Spain and France just days before the World Cup semi-final between the two national sides. The phrase “that is, without the French”, used by former prime minister Mariano Rajoy in a column published in El Debate, has been…