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EU leaders are calling on the European Commission to revise electricity prices for households and industrial sites and to urgently present concrete proposals to bring down power costs in the short term, according to an internal document seen by Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The move reflects growing political pressure across the bloc to tackle persistently high electricity prices, with oil prices surpassing $114 (around €98) per barrel for the first time since 2022 on Monday amid heightened tensions over the Iran war, which has put both production and shipping in the Middle East under extreme threat. Even before the United States…

The European Commission is endorsing nuclear energy as a viable option to the bloc’s ambition to reach climate neutrality by 2050, ensuring grid stability when wind and solar can’t cover demand, EU officials said on Tuesday, bringing back a dormant scenario in which risk and environmental concerns may haunt European countries. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The EU plan to roll out small nuclear reactors (SMRs) by the early 2030s is designed to provide low-carbon electricity and heat while also decarbonising and lowering energy costs for heavy industries such as steel and chemicals. But many environmentalists argue that the technology is unproven, expensive…

After a long series of advances and setbacks, the controversial EU-US trade deal could soon be approved by the European Parliament. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Negotiators from the Parliament’s political groups met on Tuesday with Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič to discuss the recent developments, and according to sources, they are set to strike an agreement in the next meeting on March 17. If so, the deal would be voted on two days later in the Committee on International Trade, eventually get the final green light by the Parliament’s Plenary on March 26. Commissioner Šefčovič urged lawmakers on Tuesday to move ahead even…

Published on 10/03/2026 – 16:15 GMT+1 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said he reached agreement with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the need to restore the Druzhba oil pipeline, following a meeting on the sidelines of the World Nuclear Forum. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The pipeline, which carries Russian oil through Ukraine to Slovakia and Hungary, was struck in a Russian drone attack in late January and has yet to be repaired. Bratislava and Budapest maintain that it remains operational, and accuse Kyiv of using the matter for political blackmail. “We discussed the need to resume the transit…

As the war in the Middle East sends oil prices soaring, Russia is once again driving a wedge between the European Union and the United States. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT President Donald Trump, whose endgame in Iran is not clear to Western allies, has suggestedsuspending US sanctions on foreign oil in an attempt to bring down global prices, reassure panicked investors and contain the fallout from the war he launched. “We have sanctions on some countries. We’re going to take those sanctions off till this straightens out,” Trump said on Monday. “Then, who knows? Maybe we won’t have to put them on…

Published on 10/03/2026 – 14:23 GMT+1 Someone clever once said that history is not about recording dates but about connecting the dots. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT For Europe, this signals a cold winter of diplomacy. The newly appointed Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is a shadow operator with deep ties to the elite Revolutionary Guards military corps, and his rise suggests that Tehran has no interest in negotiations. And Europe must now prepare for three shocks. First, the war will not end quickly. Mojtaba Khamenei is a hardline choice for a hardline moment. Second, oil prices are already surging past $100, threatening a new…

Doctored videos impersonating Euronews and other major media outlets have been used to spread false claims about the war in the Middle East, shared across social media and relayed by the pro-Kremlin Pravda network. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to researchers from the Antibot4Navalny collective, the campaign is tied to the Russia-linked “Matryoshka” operation, which carries out mass, coordinated disinformation campaigns across social media and online, targeting Ukraine and the West. Researchers say the campaign is not directly focused on the Middle East war, but that the crisis has been used to push unrelated narratives to tarnish the West. This includes presenting…

Good morning from Brussels. I’m Maïa de La Baume. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT While you were asleep, US President Donald Trump said the war with Iran could end “very soon,” but warned that fighting could escalate if global oil supplies are disrupted. “If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far.,” wrote Trump hours later in a post on Truth Social. Reminder : Oil prices briefly surged to their highest level since 2022, a day after…

Published on 10/03/2026 – 7:54 GMT+1•Updated 8:31 On today’s show: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Euronews correspondent Aadel Haleem reports from Doha on the latest developments in the US-Israeli Iran war, entering its 11th day today. Our EU Editor Maria Tadeo fills us in on yesterday’s discussions between Eurozone ministers on a potential energy crisis resulting from the conflict in the Middle East. Interviews with Hannah Neumann, German Member of the European Parliament (Greens/EFA), and Pascal Confavreux, spokesperson for the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. Euronews correspondent Sophia Khatsenkova reports from Paris on a defensive mission France and its allies are…

There have been more than 39,000 cases of human trafficking recorded in Europe in the past two decades, according to the latest data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Between 2002 and 2022, 85% of victims were adults, especially between the ages of 30 and 38, while 15% were children. Globally, the number of victims of trafficking increased to more than 125,000 adults and 30,000 children. IOM experts believe the true number is much higher due to underreporting and gaps in detection. In Europe, the victims were mainly from nine different countries, with more than 19,000 victims…