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Published on 24/05/2026 – 8:04 GMT+2•Updated 8:41 Russia launched a wave of overnight strikes on Kyiv early on Sunday, killing at least one person and leaving more than 20 injured, local authorities said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The intense assault shook buildings across the city centre including near government offices, residential buildings and schools. “Tonight Kyiv region is once again enduring a mass enemy attack with strike drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles,” said Mykola Kalashnyk, the head of the regional ministry administration. The attack continued after sunrise, with more missiles and drones expected to hit Kyiv. Damage was recorded across at…
Published on 23/05/2026 – 16:14 GMT+2 A Portuguese court in the city of Setúbal has remanded in custody the mother and stepfather of two French children that had been abandoned on a roadside earlier this week. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Considered a flight risk, the court ordered 41-year-old woman and 55-year-old man to be placed in pretrial detention for the crimes of aggravated assault, endangerment and abandonment of the boys after a two-day hearing. Marine Rousseau (41) and Marc Ballagriga (55) are suspected of having abandoned two children in a wooded area in Alcácer do Sal, in the district of Setúbal, on…
By Sonja Issel Published on 23/05/2026 – 16:21 GMT+2 Unusual find in the north of the German capital: While walking through woodland in the Pankow district, a person discovered a suspicious object. Special units from the State Office of Criminal Investigation (LKA) were soon on the scene. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT What the specialists then uncovered was something nobody had really been expecting: buried in the forest ground were 59 unfired shells of Soviet design, each with a calibre of 122 millimetres. The Second World War ammunition weighed in at around 1.5 tonnes in total. The police responded to the discovery with a…
Published on 23/05/2026 – 15:06 GMT+2 Poland has received its first delivery of F-35 fighter jets from the United States this week, as it ramps up efforts to boost defences on NATO’s eastern flank. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz welcomed the three jets as they landed at Łask air base on Friday, hailing what he called the “new guardians of Polish skies.” “These are the first 5th-generation fighters on NATO’s eastern flank capable of detecting threats before they themselves are spotted,” he wrote on X. “For Poland, this is not just new equipment, but a step into the…
Published on 23/05/2026 – 13:07 GMT+2 A key member of a terrorist cell that carried out the November 2015 Paris attacks has been allowed multiple temporary prison leaves and could be eligible for conditional release. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Mohamed Bakkali was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a French court in 2022 for his role in helping coordinate the deadly attacks that killed 130 people and injured hundreds more after gunmen stormed Paris’ Bataclan theatre and suicide bombers struck across the city. Bakkali, who was extradited to Belgium in 2018, was also sentenced to 25 years in prison in Belgium…
Published on 23/05/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 The Chinese will “not win” from a foreign trade policy that jeopardises Europe’s industry and market, the French Minister for Foreign Trade Nicolas Forissier has told Euronews, as the EU executive mulls a clampdown on a glut of cheap Chinese imports. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “The Chinese have to understand that they won’t win anything if they destroy the European industry and then the European market, which is an essential market for them,” Forissier told Euronews’ 12 Minutes With interview programme on Friday. “We must no longer be naive,” Forissier added, saying that there is a…
By Tomasz Lezon with Reuters, PAP Published on 22/05/2026 – 7:35 GMT+2•Updated 9:10 US President Donald Trump has announced he will send an additional 5,000 American troops to Poland. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “Based on the successful Election of the now President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, who I was proud to Endorse, and our relationship with him, I am pleased to announce that the United States will be sending an additional 5,000 Troops to Poland.” The announcement came just two days after US Vice President J.D. Vance told reporters that the planned deployment of American forces to…
Published on 22/05/2026 – 9:00 GMT+2 The Visegrád Four (V4) was set up in 1991 to guide these post-communist neighbours into the West. But beyond geography, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary are bound by the same massive Central European automotive and manufacturing supply chains and a shared goal to protect billions in EU cohesion funding. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Their most significant political impact came in 2015, when their coordinated resistance forced Brussels to abandon mandatory migration quotas. But this is no longer the poor relation of Western Europe. Central Europe enters this new chapter with economic strength. Look at the data:…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa signed on Friday a revamped trade deal with Mexico as part of the EU’s efforts to expand its influence in Latin America, shortly after the Mercosur pact entered into force. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The deal was signed at an EU–Mexico summit in Mexico, with von der Leyen and Costa joined by the country’s President Claudia Sheinbaum, amid rising geopolitical tensions and shifting global alliances following the return of US president to the White House. The economic partnership between the two medium-sized powers reflects efforts on both sides to…
Good morning, readers. Angela Skujins here, guiding you into the final stretch of the working week. A quick reminder: there’ll be no newsletter or Europe Today on Monday for the Whit Monday holiday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But before Brussels empties out for a sun-soaked public holiday weekend, Friday’s political menu is already sizzling. It’s stuffed with economic tensions, transatlantic ties and the question of how much Europe can still count on Washington. Let’s start with the cash crunch. European Commissioner for the Economy Valdis Dombrovskis spoke to Euronews’ Europe Editor Maria Tadeo about his economic analysis from February to April –…