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Published on 05/06/2026 – 10:47 GMT+2•Updated 13:04 A naval drone exploded in the Romanian port city of Constanta on Friday morning. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a statement, the Romanian Ministry of National Defence said the drone detonated at around 10:30 a.m. local time and that it was thought to be “of the type used in the war in Ukraine”. “The area had already been secured and cordoned off by forces from the Romanian Intelligence Service, the Coast Guard, and the Ministry of National Defense; at that time, the object was undergoing assessment and being secured,” the ministry said. It also confirmed…
Published on 05/06/2026 – 12:39 GMT+2 An aviation industry alliance has urged the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to back down from plans to expand the European Union’s carbon market to international flights, citing likely trade disruptions. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In an open letter made public on Friday, European aviation leaders argue that a revision of the bloc’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) is slated for mid-July could trigger an aggressive trade war and cripple continental airlines. The plea is signed by top executives from Airlines for Europe, the Airports Council International Europe, the Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association…
A wave of misinformation has erupted online following the sentencing of 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa, who was jailed for life on 1 June for killing 18-year-old university student Henry Nowak. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Nowak’s killing, which happened in the southern English coastal city of Southampton in December 2025, has sparked an intense public debate about policing and knife laws in the United Kingdom. It has also been seized by politicians across Europe, with one Polish far-right politician claiming that the case symbolises “Europe condemning itself to death”. The case has opened the door to a dangerous wave of misinformation with real-life human…
Published on 05/06/2026 – 10:26 GMT+2 French fighter jets intercepted 11 Russian aircraft over the past week as part of a NATO Air Policing mission along the alliance’s eastern flank, a spokesperson for France’s armed forces said on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In an update on French military operations, Colonel Guillaume Vernet said French Rafale jets had been scrambled from Lithuania on multiple occasions to intercept Russian planes “operating without flight plans or radio contact”. The intercepted Russian aircraft included transport planes such as the Ilyushin Il-18 and Antonov An-12, as well as fighter jets and reconnaissance aircraft like the Sukhoi…
Good morning, Brussels. Angela Skujins hereon newsletter duty, helping you ride out the last day of the week. EU enlargement is on the minds of everyone in the Belgian capital — as well as the tiny Montenegrin town of Tivat. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Western Balkans bundle. EU institutional figureheads and up to 30 European heads of state will today meet six Western Balkan leaders for a bi-annual summit aimed at accelerating the countries’ bid to join the 27-member club. Euronews’ Europe Editor Maria Tadeo sat down exclusively with the European Council President António Costa on Montenegro’s sun-soaked coast to speak about…
European Council President António Costa endorsed a simplification of the EU’s rules on accepting new members, saying the bloc needs to “accelerate” its enlargement to show Western Balkan partners it is “serious” about turning their EU ambitions into a reality. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking exclusively to Euronews from Tivat, Montenegro – where EU and Western Balkan leaders will huddle for talks Friday – Costa floated ways to simplify the current methodology, which has been described as burdensome and contributing to frustration in a region where some countries have been stuck in limbo for almost two decades. “We currently need to vote…
The government has already responded to Wednesday’s general strike, downplaying its overall impact. Despite this, the late afternoon was marked by disturbances outside the Assembly of the Republic, where one of several demonstrations against the labour law was taking place on this day of general strike. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT There are records of six people being detained by the Public Security Police (PSP) following clashes between the two sides. Several rubbish bins were also set on fire, and the authorities ordered the demonstrators to leave the area, an order that was not obeyed. For his part, the prime minister, Luís Montenegro,…
Good morning from Brussels. I’m Mared Gwyn. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT We start with a major development in Ukraine’s bid to join the European Union. Hungary last night lifted its two-year-long veto on Kyiv’s accession talks after Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced a deal on the rights of the Hungarian-speaking minority in Ukraine’s Transcarpathia region – an issue at the heart of the previous Orbán-led government’s staunch opposition to the talks. “We have reached a comprehensive agreement with Ukraine on the expansion of the linguistic, educational, cultural and political rights of the 100,000-strong Hungarian minority,” Magyar said on Wednesday in a Facebook…
Ambassadors in Brussels had been in the room for almost 12 hours straight. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The list of topics seemed endless – competitiveness, defence, migration, climate action, the conflict in the Middle East and even a tobacco taxation directive – and diplomats were beginning to feel the strain. Then, just as the meeting was drawing to a close, a new item was added to the agenda. Cyprus, the country that currently holds the EU Council’s rotating presidency, had received the signal it had spent days anxiously waiting for: Hungary was ready to lift its controversial veto on Ukraine’s accession. This…
Solar systems generate 13.4 percent of EU electricity and are a cornerstone of the European energy grid. Solar inverters are the brains behind these systems, converting the direct current generated by panels into the alternating current used by homes and businesses. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Although 61 percent of solar inverters imported into the EU come directly from China, the European Commission is now banning financial institutions such as the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from financing projects that use Chinese components. The measure applies only to projects in development and future installations, and stems…