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Published on 01/10/2026 – 17:06 GMT+2 Chief of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Mark Rutte, warned that the framework under which the alliance of 32 countries operates is “not sustainable”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In an interview at Euronews’ Defence and Space summit, he stressed that the United States, which under…

By&nbspJean-Philippe Liabot&nbsp&&nbspAndreas Rogal&nbspwith&nbspAFP Published on 01/10/2026 – 20:15 GMT+2 A protest movement in France’s high schools intensified on Thursday, with students setting fire to bins and erecting blockades outside schools in an increasing number of cities. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The students have been protesting overcrowded classrooms, teacher shortages and crumbling facilities.…

By&nbspAndreas Rogal&nbspwith&nbspAFP Published on 01/10/2026 – 23:01 GMT+2 The Danish Armed Forces have admitted to have made errors in their initial report on suspected drones of unknown origins that flew over the country in the autumn of 2025. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In the run-up to a EU summit in Copenhagen at…

Published on 01/10/2026 – 20:15 GMT+2 Both when it comes to defence capabilities and industry capacities, Europe is in a very difficult position, Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken told Euronews. He pointed to the bloc’s decades-long prioritising of soft power as one reason for this. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT His comments come…

French media outlet Mediapart has published new material in the case of the antisemitic messages attributed to Jordan Bardella. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The investigative outlet on Thursday published screenshots of Facebook Messenger conversations involving him from 2013 and 2014, whose authenticity it says was established through a data extraction supplied by…

Russia’s intensifying aerial attacks on Ukraine are aimed at exhausting and intimidating the civilian population, Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, told Euronews in an exclusive interview. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Civilians are being killed – women, children, elderly people, veterans of the Second World War,” Budanov…

Published on 01/10/2026 – 17:10 GMT+2•Updated 17:14 The European Union is contemplating a fresh emergency oil-reserve release, with Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen telling Euronews strategic stocks could be drawn down again to bolster supply and ease mounting price pressures. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The war in Iran and reduced refining capacity have…

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev pushed back against accusations hurled at him that he is “pro-Russian”, arguing that he is only being vilified in this way because his recommended approach to a Ukraine-Russia peace deal is “not mainstream.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Radev has, since coming to power this summer, strongly advocated…

Greek Migration and Asylum Minister Thanos Plevris on Thursday proposed suspending the right to apply for asylum in the EU in cases of a mass influx of irregular migrants. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The controversial measure would mark a major shift in the bloc’s migration policy, allowing migrants to be returned without…

Published on 01/10/2026 – 13:49 GMT+2 In this special live edition of The Ring from the Euronews Defence & Space Summit, Méabh Mc Mahon is joined by a live audience and leading European lawmakers — Belgian centre-right EPP member Wouter Beke and German social democrat Tobias Cremer. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Both…