Gianni Infantino was supposed to be the man to detoxify the FIFA brand when he took over from his disgraced predecessor Sepp Blatter in 2016. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Swiss-born administrator and former lawyer came with directives to stamp out corruption at the heart of football’s governing body and give the…

Published on 31/07/2026 – 15:00 GMT+2 Already a member of NATO, the European Economic Area (EEA), the single market and the Schengen Area, for decades Iceland has debated whether or not it should become a full member of the European Union. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Fears for the fishing and farming sectors…

The European Commission says it is prepared to convene an emergency meeting of its Electricity Coordination Group over the shutdown of Hungary’s Paks nuclear plant, as the country’s prime minister warned of a looming energy crisis. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Although the operator has emergency measures in place to guarantee nuclear safety,…

The European Parliament is set to call FIFA President Gianni Infantino for a hearing over his controversial plan to allow private investment in its competitions, which has met with furious backlash in the football world and led European football associations to threaten a boycott of the next World Cup. ADVERTISEMENT…

Published on 31/07/2026 – 10:03 GMT+2 The European Commission is running short on capacity to manage several accession processes at the same time — and the worst may be yet to come. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The EU executive’s Directorate-General for Enlargement and the Eastern Neighbourhood (DG ENEST) is facing a mounting…

Brussels and Beijing are heading toward a trade confrontation in the coming months, but the concessions Europe can actually extract from China will depend on several factors – chief among them how much economic pain the EU is willing to endure. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The EU-China trade deficit has grown exponentially…

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) announced on Thursday that it would boycott future men’s and women’s World Cups in response to FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s plan to allow private investment in its competitions. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a statement issued after an emergency meeting of its 55 member associations,…

“We as Europeans, we as Italians, we want to be strong partners of the United States in this race,” astronaut Luca Parmitano told Euronews, talking about the current frontier in space exploration: returning to the Moon. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Parmitano, an Italian astronaut from the European Space Agency (ESA), was selected…

Published on 30/07/2026 – 19:51 GMT+2 Authorities have called off a search for a British surfer who disappeared off the coast of Portugal earlier this week after failing to locate the missing man. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Arran Strong, who had competed in the World Surf League since 2016, went missing off…

By&nbspJesús Maturana&nbsp&&nbspEuronews Published on 30/07/2026 – 19:24 GMT+2 Spain and Morocco have reached an agreement for the urgent return of migrants who crossed the border into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Thousands of migrants entered Ceuta from Morocco on Thursday, swimming or using inflatable devices to…