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The EU’s cohesion funds, the bloc’s financial instrument for reducing territorial disparities in its poorest regions, could be deployed to mitigate the impact of soaring energy prices, European Cohesion Commissioner Raffaele Fitto said in a letter to ministers on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “It is critical to ensure these readily available EU funds are fully deployed in time to benefit the regions and communities that need them most, particularly in the context of the current energy price developments,” reads the letter, seen by Euronews. Fitto’s letter comes as several EU countries, including his own Italy, have been grappling with the economic…
For the European Union to engage in direct talks with Russia, the mandate matters more than the person, foreign ministers said as they gathered in Cyprus for an informal meeting, where the hot-button issue was top of the agenda. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Disunity, they warned, would only play into Moscow’s hands and undermine Ukraine. “I find that it is a trap that Russia wants us to walk into, that we discuss who talks to them, and they are already picking who is suitable and who is not. Let’s not walk into that trap,” High Representative Kaja Kallas said on Thursday morning.…
“Please do not underestimate this war criminal. He’s not an idiot. He’s a KGB operative,” former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yastenyuk said when asked about Russian President Vladimir Putin and a possible EU envoy at direct talks with the Kremlin. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Putin will choose someone he can recruit,” Yastenyuk said. In an interview with Euronews’ Europe Today on Wednesday, Yastenyuk shared his advice for any talks with Putin based on his own experience meeting Russia’s leader. “He always has a sense of whether you are weak or you are strong. So he makes a sniff test of each person…
Hello readers. Angela Skujins writing this newsletter from a sizzling Brussels, where, as one Belgian climate policy expert pointed out, is a city that now comes equipped with a roasting roundabout that can satisfy your culinary needs. Mared Jones will be picking up a hopefully cooler pen for you on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Much to offer in this newsletter today, from energy to Hungary to Europe’s envoy. Cooking with gas. The International Energy Agency (IEA) says the war in the Middle East has sparked the largest energy security crisis the world has ever faced. This comes as the European Union…
Published on 28/05/2026 – 7:57 GMT+2•Updated 8:02 Also on today’s show: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Interviews with Michael McGrath, European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice and Rule of Law, and Arseniy Yatsenyuk, former Prime Minister of Ukraine. Euronews’ Shona Murray reports live on NATO drills near the Russian border. Euronews’ Rafael Salido reports from Madrid on the latest developments in the corruption cases in Spain involving the PSOE government led by Pedro Sánchez. When and where to watch Europe Today? You can join Euronews’ chief anchor Méabh Mc Mahon and our EU editor Maria Tadeo live on TV and Euronews’ website and digital…
Published on 27/05/2026 – 15:12 GMT+2 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his British counterpart Keir Starmer on Wednesday inked a “major” new defence and security treaty as the embattled UK leader continues to rebuild relations with Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The pair met in London to finalise the agreement, which aims to bolster British borders, tackle organised crime, boost collective defence and further deepen cooperation with the European Union, which the UK voted to leave in 2016 following a divisive referendum campaign. In a post on X, Cezary Tomczyk, Poland’s secretary of state of the Ministry of Defence, shared a…
By Emma De Ruiter Published on 27/05/2026 – 22:22 GMT+2 Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted on Wednesday that he had “not betrayed the trust of the French people,” in his final statement before the Paris Court of Appeal, which is retrying the case into allegations that the late Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi secretly funded his successful 2007 presidential campaign. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “This case of alleged Libyan financing of my campaign began with lies and with a conspiracy; it must end in truth and transparency”, he added. “I will never be able to confess to something I did not do; that…
Hungary’s new Prime Minister Péter Magyar will meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Friday in an effort to secure a largely symbolic deal aimed at resetting Hungary’s relationship with the EU. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Magyar is also scheduled to meet Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday. The Hungarian Prime Minister announced the trip on social media. “Tomorrow I will be meeting with the NATO Secretary General and the Belgian Prime Minister, and on Friday with the President of the Commission in Brussels. Everyone is working on bringing back…
Published on 27/05/2026 – 21:01 GMT+2 In this special edition from the Imperial Fora in Rome, we are joined by Claudio Borghi, senator for the League, and Arturo Scotto, member of the Italian Parliament for the Democratic Party (PD). ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The debate focuses on the alleged shift in the foreign policy of Giorgia Meloni’s government. In recent months, tensions have grown with the United States and Israel — two of Rome’s historic allies, both led by figures politically close to the Italian prime minister. The call for European sanctions against Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, following the shocking…
Artificial intelligence is “an unstoppable force” that is being weaponised in ways that fall just short of traditional warfare, Britain’s cyberspying chief warned on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Anne Keast-Butler, director of the communications intelligence agency GCHQ, also said Britain and its allies are in “a space between peace and war” as Russia increases its “daily hybrid activity” against the West, even as Russian combat deaths in Ukraine approach 500,000. She said the West risks losing the conflict in cyberspace against Russia and other adversaries unless citizens, companies and governments treat cybersecurity with greater urgency. “I’ve spent three decades working in…