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Published on 30/08/2025 – 7:00 GMT+2 •Updated 01/09/2025 – 10:05 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Summer of 2025 has brought the worst wildfire season in decades for the EU. More than one million hectares have burned since January — with Spain and Portugal alone accounting for over two-thirds of the devastation. Yet the…
ADVERTISEMENT France is bracing for potential disruptions on 10 September — two days after a planned no-confidence vote in the government — after calls for a nationwide shutdown by fringe online groups gained the backing of mainstream political parties. The viral push for mass demonstrations and an all-out boycott of…
By Euronews Published on 01/09/2025 – 10:59 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT A new report claims that disinformation websites in the Czech Republic publish around 120 articles a day, outpacing the country’s main reliable news outlets. Czech news outlet Voxpot teamed up with an IT association called Druit to analyse 360,000 publications across 16…
Published on 01/09/2025 – 16:10 GMT+2 •Updated 02/09/2025 – 10:46 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT French MEP Rima Hassan has told Euronews she’s “honoured” by the controversial decision of students at Brussels Free University (ULB) faculty of law to name their graduating class after her. The decision by the students to name their class…
Published on 02/09/2025 – 6:38 GMT+2 •Updated 9:03 ADVERTISEMENT Belgium will recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session, set to open on 9 September, according to Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot. “Palestine will be recognized by Belgium during the UN session! And firm sanctions are being…
Published on 02/09/2025 – 10:00 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Sanctions against Russia, North Korea, and Iran will continue to fail unless the global maritime flagging system is structurally reformed, according to a new report from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a London-based think tank. The study highlights the increasing reliance of…
ADVERTISEMENT Online disinformation aimed at discrediting Moldova’s pro-European government is ramping up ahead of crunch parliamentary elections on 28 September. Moldovan President Maia Sandu and her Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) are hoping to cling onto power and keep Moldova — which is flanked by Romania to the west…
Published on 03/09/2025 – 12:28 GMT+2 •Updated 12:57 ADVERTISEMENT Estonia is “not much worried” that the reassurance force allies could send to Ukraine as a security guarantee will weaken NATO’s eastern flank but is discussing the issue with the military alliance, the country’s president said on Wednesday. The small Baltic…
Published on 03/09/2025 – 14:49 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT A 2023 data transfer agreement between the EU and the US remains valid, the EU General Court has found, dismissing a French MEP’s complaint that it allows for disproportionate data collection, lacks transparency and adequate safeguards for Europeans’ personal information, and offers insufficient…
ADVERTISEMENT The European Commission continues to fiercely defend its trade deal with the United States amid increasingly loud criticism from members of the European Parliament and fresh tariff threats from Donald Trump casting doubt over the agreement’s viability. “Tell me, who got a better deal than the European Union? Just…