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MEP Rima Hassan ‘honoured’ by controversial university plaudit

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…

Belgium to recognise Palestine at the UN General Assembly

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…

Loopholes in ship flagging system undermine sanctions on Russia

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…

Disinformation intensifies ahead of Moldovan parliamentary elections

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…

Estonia ‘not worried’ sending troops to Ukraine will curb its defence

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…

EU court upholds smooth transfer of data from Europe to US

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…

Brussels defiant against persistent criticism of EU-US trade deal

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…

The false story of the WWII nurse in Normandy

By&nbspEuronews Published on 04/09/2025 – 13:00 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT An image is circulating widely on social media claiming to show an Allied forces WWII nurse taking the names of soldiers who died during the D-Day landings in Normandy in France. The picture is typically shared with captions saying that the men…

Trump assures Nawrocki of continued US military presence in Poland

ADVERTISEMENT President Donald Trump said the United States will keep a robust military presence in Poland during a meeting on Wednesday with Karol Nawrocki, the new president of the American ally in Europe. Trump had taken the unusual step of endorsing Karol Nawrocki in the presidential election earlier this year and…

Do immigrants receive more than firefighters in Portugal?

Published on 04/09/2025 – 11:15 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Portugal and other parts of Europe have been at the centre of one of the continent’s worst wildfire seasons since records began in 2006, which has also turned into a breeding ground for misinformation. A post appeared on Instagram in August, alleging that…

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