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For now, suspending the right to asylum in the European Union is still only under consideration. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But the prospect is already setting off alarm bells among some left-wing politicians and those on the front lines of Europe’s asylum system, who fear that suspending a fundamental right of the…
Brussels is dialling up the pressure on Kyiv to speed up the reforms indispensable for unlocking roughly €20 billion in financial assistance, which the country badly needs as the budget deficit swells and Russia escalates the war. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “It is essential that Ukraine continues to deliver on the reforms…
Chinese President Xi Jinping will today wind-up a three-day summit with US President Donald Trump on American soil — the first in 11 years for Xi. Europeans are watching closely for any decisions that could directly affect their economic interests. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Not so heated rivalry: The world’s most powerful…
Five people including three tourists are missing on Friday after an explosion in a building in Athens’ historic Plaka district, the Greek fire service said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The early morning blast on a small street in the vicinity of the Acropolis shook the area, which is normally busy with hundreds…
How “green” is electricity in the European Union? Recent data from Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, shows that 54.1% of the electricity generated in the bloc came from renewable energy sources in the second quarter of this year. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This means that renewables (including biofuels) continue to outperform other…
Ian O. Lesser, distinguished fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, believes the summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping was largely about “symbolism” and finding ways to “manage rivalry” between the two leaders. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The visit, the first by a Chinese…
By Euronews Published on 25/09/2026 – 9:42 GMT+2 A video of a large crowd in the Greek city of Thessaloniki has been shared online alongside claims that protests have brought the country to a standstill. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Greece is paralysed”, several posts say, claiming that airports, ports, factories and trains have…
A United States ban on diesel exports would not necessarily leave Europe’s fuel stations empty overnight, but it could push up prices, forcing European governments into another round of emergency intervention just as households, farmers and hauliers are feeling the effects of the wider energy crisis. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The prospect…
Pope Leo XIV warned against the dangers of artificial intelligence on Friday, stating that new technologies must “remain at the service of the human person”, rather than becoming “yet another instrument of domination and injustice.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris as part of his four-day trip to…
Published on 25/09/2026 – 14:53 GMT+2•Updated 15:19 European Union countries have agreed to release a €6.6 billion programme of military aid for Ukraine that had stalled since spring 2023, when Hungary imposed a controversial veto that paralysed the initiative. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The agreement at the political level was reached on…
