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Ukraine’s growing budget shortfall is putting the European Union under pressure as the bloc finds itself increasingly alone in shouldering the cost of supporting the country. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The issue came to the fore on Monday at a meeting of the “Coalition of the Willing” in Kyiv, held as Ukraine…
By Euronews Published on 25/08/2026 – 22:42 GMT+2 A routine check at the port of Bari turned into an investigation into a shipment of high-powered military equipment. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Italian law enforcement officers stopped a 46-year-old French citizen, named as Regis Claude Albert Normand, after he disembarked from the Superfast II…
Published on 25/08/2026 – 19:24 GMT+2•Updated 19:27 Three people have been arrested after Slovak police said they thwarted a planned arson attack on a drone manufacturer’s production facility in eastern Slovakia. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a statement posted to Facebook on Tuesday, police said two individuals were detained in Slovakia while…
The latest incident in Ceuta sent hate speech on social media soaring, with 9,590 posts detected by the Spanish Observatory on Racism and Xenophobia (OBERAXE) in just two days, coinciding with the mass arrival of migrants on 30 and 31 July, which the government put at around 80,000 people. ADVERTISEMENT…
Published on 25/08/2026 – 17:01 GMT+2•Updated 17:04 CIA Director John Ratcliffe reportedly arrived in Moscow on an unannounced trip on Tuesday, according to US media outlets. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT CBS News reported that Ratcliffe was in the Russian capital, citing sources familiar with the situation. Neither Washington nor Moscow have confirmed…
Poland has been experiencing increasing disruptions to satellite navigation systems, including GPS, this summer, according to data from a monitoring station operated by Poland’s National Institute of Telecommunications. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The data, which was provided to the Polish Press Agency, showed prolonged interruptions affecting all global navigation satellite system (GNSS)…
The Spanish government is expected to present a draft bill to reform immigration and asylum laws as it struggles to contain the political fallout of the Ceuta crisis, which saw 80,000 people cross illegally from Morocco into the Spanish city in one day in July. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Madrid said the…
Published on 25/08/2026 – 12:45 GMT+2 The Swedish armed forces said on Tuesday they had asked the government to expropriate a property owned by a Russian near a naval base in Stockholm’s archipelago. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The forces said in a statement that the property was located at one of the…
Published on 25/08/2026 – 9:22 GMT+2 The Vatican’s most senior diplomat began a visit to Russia on Monday, aimed at maintaining dialogue with Moscow against a background of particularly tense international relations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States, is the most senior Vatican official to…
Will the European Union’s 27 leaders overcome their red lines and unanimously agree a new common budget by the end of the year? ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT António Costa is keen to find out. The European Council president, who is set to steer the tempestuous negotiations on the 2028-2034 EU budget, has…
