Nuclear tensions: In an interview with Euronews, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has told Russia to stop issuing nuclear threats, after Moscow sent a letter to the alliance saying it is prepared to deploy its nuclear arsenal if its territory – including the enclave of Kaliningrad – comes under attack. ADVERTISEMENT…

With tariffs, export controls and politics turning trade into a geopolitical lever, the EU seems to be shopping for partners it can count on. Canada, a like-minded economy already tied to the bloc by a free-trade agreement, is pitching itself as one. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Ahead of the EU-Canada summit at…

French security forces detained more than 600 people while dozens of police and gendarmes were wounded as protests that have seen blockades of high schools and violent clashes escalated, the interior minister said on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The movement in the lycées, attended by students aged 15 to 18 for…

Published on 30/09/2026 – 13:07 GMT+2 Norway’s parliament began hearings on Wednesday of current and former ministers following revelations about ties between late US convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and senior Norwegian officials. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The hearings come against the background of the foreign ministry’s payment of more than 130…

The European defence industry is not ready to produce what is needed to support Ukraine and replenish EU countries’ military stocks, according to Riho Terras, a senior European People’s Party MEP and former general in the Estonian Army. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Terras argues that EU member states should buy the best…

More than two million commercial flights took place across the EU between June and August 2026, according to Eurostat, even as European jet fuel prices rose during the final month of the summer. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT August recorded 708,980 flights, 2.3% more than in August 2025 and 5.7% more than in…

Published on 30/09/2026 – 13:50 GMT+2•Updated 16:48 The European Union should engage diplomatically with Russia to bring the war in Ukraine to an end and avert a devastating nuclear attack, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev told Euronews’ Defence and Space Summit. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Russia controls the world’s largest nuclear arsenal,…

The Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez and French president Emmanuel Macron highlighted the close relationship between their two countries and urged greater European unity to confront key migratory, economic and geopolitical challenges. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The joint press conference at the Moncloa Palace was also marked by the Spanish Senate’s rejection…

Published on 30/09/2026 – 17:30 GMT+2 A Brussels debate over a European preference in defence contracts ignores a basic problem: Europe’s defence industry cannot produce enough, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told Euronews on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “The problem is not: do you buy in Europe or do you buy…

National Rally figurehead Jordan Bardella hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, after Macron called reports that Bardella had sent antisemitic messages in 2013 “extremely serious and unacceptable” and urged him to clarify his position. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Responding to Macron on X, Bardella stated: “After October 7, 2023,…