Published on 08/07/2026 – 11:01 GMT+2•Updated 11:18 At least seven people were killed in fresh Russian strikes across Ukraine overnight, authorities said, just hours ahead of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky at a NATO summit in Ankara. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT One person was killed in…

Four out of five Europeans say they have been affected by extreme weather, according to new research by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and Eurofound. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT However, different regions face different hazards at varying intensities. More than 85% of people in southern and central-eastern Europe have experienced climate-related disruption,…

Published on 08/07/2026 – 9:21 GMT+2 Allies are bracing themselves for a difficult second-day after US President Donald Trump restated his usual insults against NATO countries despite a historic surge in European and Canadian defence spending. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Not long after Trump landed yesterday afternoon, he revived his claim from…

The European Environment Agency’s 2025 bathing water report assessed over 22.000 sites across the EU, Albania and Switzerland. The headline: 96 percent meet minimum safety standards, with 85 percent rated “excellent.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Quality varies by water type. Coastal sites lead with 88 percent excellent ratings, lakes follow at 78…

Lithuania’s new Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius presented his government’s policy agenda to the Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday, setting out a programme focused on defence, civil resilience and recalibration of foreign policy towards China while maintaining a hard line on Russia, as the country seeks to respond to a deteriorating security…

Published on 07/07/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 EU hopeful members that struggle to carry out necessary reforms need support, not punishment, Obrad Kesić, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Ambassador to the EU, told Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Last week, Euronews revealed that the European Commission was set to redirect funding from Western Balkan candidate…

Marine Le Pen’s political future – and potentially the course of France’s 2027 presidential election – will be decided at 13:30 on Tuesday, when the Paris Court of Appeal rules on whether to uphold her five-year ban from holding public office over allegations of embezzling EU funds. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT If…

Published on 07/07/2026 – 13:13 GMT+2•Updated 15:35 The European Parliament has entered the row over US President Donald Trump’s pressure on FIFA to reverse the red-card suspension of striker Folarin Balogun, who played in the World Cup round-of-16 match that the United States lost 4-1 to Belgium. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A…

Portugal has intensified pressure on France and the European Union to accelerate long-delayed electricity interconnections, with a top minister arguing that the Iberian Peninsula remains an “energy island” despite leading Europe in renewable energy deployment. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “From the point of view of electricity and energy in general, we are…

Published on 07/07/2026 – 15:11 GMT+2 NATO must become more European to reduce its long-standing reliance on the US security umbrella, Ursula von der Leyen and Mark Rutte said on Tuesday as leaders of the 77-year-old alliance gathered in Ankara, Turkey, for their annual summit. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We both know…