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By Euronews with AFP Published on 24/01/2026 – 16:23 GMT+1 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday voiced outrage after the release of Jacques Moretti, co-owner of a Swiss bar where 40 people lost their lives and 116 others were injured during New Year’s celebrations. In a statement, Meloni and her Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said they asked Rome’s ambassador to Switzerland to contact regional public prosecutor Beatrice Pilloud and convey their “strong indignation” over the decision to free Jacques Moretti on bail. Italy has also recalled its ambassador to Switzerland to “determine what further measures to take”, the statement said. Ignazio Cassis,…
Though bruised and battered, the bond between Europe and the United States that has endured 80 uninterrupted years lives to see another day. That was the message that visibly relieved European leaders conveyed at the end of an extraordinary week that brought the two sides of the Atlantic dangerously close to an all-out, calamitous trade war over the future of Greenland. For a total of five days, Donald Trump kept the continent on tenterhooks with his shock threat to impose an additional 10% tariff on eight European countries, all NATO members, in an attempt to strong-arm the acquisition of the…
Europe must electrify “everything” in the coming years, Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said during a Euronews panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, sharing a vision of a continent powered by clean power rather than fossil fuels. “When we look at energy security in Europe, and Europe’s goals, such as reaching our climate goals, but also at the same time being affordable, I see one future for Europe,” Birol said. “Electrify everything, as much as you can, electrify everything. Transportation, industry and so on.” The IEA chief suggested a two-fold strategy to this…
Published on 23/01/2026 – 17:56 GMT+1 All seven MEPs from Hungary’s opposition Tisza party have been sanctioned by the European People’s Party (EPP) Group for not supporting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a motion of censure vote brought against her on Thursday. Tisza, led by Péter Magyar, is the leading opposition force in Hungary, and is challenging Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government at the country’s parliamentary elections on 12 April. The party is a member of the EPP Group, which supports it in its campaign to overthrow Orbán’s nationalist government. The group adopted new rules earlier this…
Published on 23/01/2026 – 15:00 GMT+1 Now a global competitor, the Russula Group has designed 130 steel factories and industrial waste water treatment plants in 35 countries worldwide. The European steel sector is their next big target. The managers estimate that the European Union is short by roughly 10 million tons of steel each year. They think Europe has now the knowhow to lead the way in the production of clean steel, in both profitable and sustainable ways. “This reindustrialization in the 21st century is absolutely sustainable because the technology we Europeans have developed in recent years is completely environmentally…
Published on 22/01/2026 – 22:10 GMT+1 •Updated 23/01/2026 – 12:37 GMT+1 This year, the world’s biggest conference revolved around one man. And he kept the world waiting. An electrical fault forced presidential Air Force One to make a U-turn mid-flight. But once he finally landed, his pull did not just change the mood; it changed the schedule. Hundreds of CEOs and leaders reshuffled their agendas, prioritising access over the official programme. US President Donald Trump is now accompanied by a record-breaking delegation: five cabinet secretaries, senior advisers and additional staff, constituting the largest American contingent in the event’s history. And…
Good morning. It’s Friday and I’m Mared Gwyn, writing in the early hours from Brussels. There was a palpable shift in the mood music when EU leaders gathered over dinner here last night for talks on the future of the transatlantic relationship. Despite relief at Trump’s sudden retreat from his tariff threats over Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, the deep scepticism now shaping ties with Washington was evident. “We believe that relationships between partners and allies should be managed in a cordial and respectful way,” António Costa, the president of the European Council, said. The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja…
By Maïa de la Baume & Méabh Mc Mahon Published on 23/01/2026 – 9:55 GMT+1 •Updated 10:36 Most of Europe can’t join Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” because it “goes way beyond” the UN Security Council mandate, Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Euronews’ flagship programme, Europe Today. “The consensus is that what has been announced by Donald Trump goes way beyond UN Security Council mandate,” Mitsotakis said, a day after taking part in an emergency Council meeting focused on transatlantic relations. “I think we have to recognize that moving forward what has been established is something in which most European countries can’t…
The year 2025 was the third‑warmest on record for Europe, with March being the warmest month on record for the continent, new Copernicus data reveals. The average temperature reached 10.41°C, which was 1.17°C above the 1991–2020 reference period. The eastern North Atlantic, the North Sea region including northern Britain and parts of Scandinavia, the southwestern Mediterranean, and westernmost Russia saw record‑warm temperatures. France, Russia, and Romania have been ranked as the top European countries that will be most severely impacted by global warming by 2100, according to recent Reinders Corporation data. The research also noted that Europe’s mild climate could…
Published on 23/01/2026 – 10:15 GMT+1 The world’s eyes are on Iran this week, where anger over the dire economic situation and decades of repression is boiling over. The Iranian government is responding with force, prompting international leaders to discuss possible measures to increase pressure on it. “I personally have never experienced this degree of blackout in Iran,” Babak Kamiar, the head of Euronews’ Persian team tells “Brussels, my love?”. “The numbers of those killed, injured and detained is horrible,” he continued, pointing out that these figures are still difficult to assess due to limited access to information. Euronews’ journalists…