Published on 04/09/2026 – 15:00 GMT+2 Tilos, a small Greek island, used to bury its rubbish on a hillside. The landfill kept growing. Wind scattered plastic across the beaches below. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT It’s a familiar problem for small islands. Residents and tourists produce waste, but shipping it elsewhere for recycling…

Spain is pushing the European Commission to treat climate adaptation as a core economic and security priority, arguing that Europe can no longer rely on reactive measures as extreme weather becomes more frequent and costly, according to two documents seen by Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Madrid’s plea comes as Brussels is…

Published on 04/09/2026 – 13:33 GMT+2 A lorry driver ignored warnings that he should break through the barriers at a level crossing in Gdańsk, Poland, moments before his vehicle was struck by a train. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The driver’s lorry had become stuck when barriers came down while the vehicle was…

Senior EU officials have issued a warning to the Serbian government over the funeral of war criminal Ratko Mladić, with the bloc’s enlargement chief saying that it “will be a very important test” in Belgrade’s bid to join the European Union and its future path. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Mladić died on…

The European Union is expected to make a last-minute decision on banning new oil and gas exploration in the Arctic during a weekly meeting of the bloc’s 27 commissioners in October, according to two EU officials who spoke to Euronews on condition of anonymity. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Earlier media reports suggested…

The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. As Brussels enters the final stretch of negotiations over its next seven-year Multiannual Financial Framework, hidden within the budget debate is a strategic question: whether the EU…

Published on 04/09/2026 – 9:21 GMT+2•Updated 9:33 Ukraine’s finance minister has warned that the country may have to cut non-military spending unless it can secure funding from its allies, as he urged European ministers to “think outside the box” as Kyiv faces another winter of Russian escalation. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Sergii…

Published on 04/09/2026 – 8:31 GMT+2 Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party has been reported to the Metropolitan Police and the Electoral Commission over alleged illegal donations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Liberal Democrats Cabinet Office spokesperson Lisa Smart said the case involved “the acceptance and concealment of a donation from an impermissible…

Russia will shutter German cultural centres across the country, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday after Berlin blamed Moscow for an attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport and announced the closure of both the Russian Consulate in Bonn and the Russian House cultural centre in the German capital. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT…

Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Kęstutis Budrys was speaking on the sidelines of a European Ministers meeting in Ireland. EU ministers were joined by Ukrainian, British, Icelandic, Norwegian and Canadian counterparts where a deteriorating European security situation was top of the agenda. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Germany’s decision to formally hold Russia responsible…