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By Euronews Published on 17/12/2025 – 11:18 GMT+1 Joining the EU is Kosovo’s “destiny,” President Vjosa Osmani told Euronews’ morning show Europe Today, emphasising its complete alignment with the bloc’s values. “As an identity, as a country, as a nation, we’ve been contributing to the values on which the European Union stands for centuries,” Osmani said. “While it’s a very complex process, if merit-based criteria is used, Kosovo actually would have been a frontrunner by now.” Kosovo applied for EU membership in December 2022 but holds only potential candidate status, with its path to accession complicated by non-recognition from five EU…
Published on 17/12/2025 – 6:00 GMT+1 You might have spotted some of these practices on Instagram or Tiktok. Influencers unpacking and trying on clothing from platforms such as Shein or Temu to showcase how much can be purchased with little money, others showing cheap imitations of clothing or accessories from fast-fashion brands. These marketing practices are respectively known as “hauls” or “try-on hauls” and “dupe” videos. Influencer marketing also promotes unhealthy food advertising. In Portugal, McDonald’s collaborated with a popular streamer exploring a Minecraft world. In other instances, influencers offer discount codes for fast-food brands, post taste tests and flavour…
The European Union is grappling with a momentous problem: how to meet Ukraine’s budget and military needs for 2026 and 2027. With the United States effectively out of the picture, the bloc will be compelled to increase its financial contribution to Kyiv to at least €90 billion for the next two years. But how? When leaders meet on Thursday to make a final decision, they will find two different solutions on the table. Plan A: issue a zero-interest reparations loan based on immobilised Russian assets. And Plan B: borrow the money jointly. Both plans come with considerable pros and cons,…
Published on 16/12/2025 – 16:56 GMT+1 •Updated 17:00 Leaders from member states on the EU’s eastern frontier called on Tuesday for the “prioritisation” of European Union funds towards the so-called Eastern Flank Watch flagship project, arguing they are “at the forefront” of the threat posed by Russia and therefore the bloc’s first line of defence. In a joint declaration released after a summit in Helsinki, the leaders of Sweden, Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Bulgaria said that since Russia poses the “most significant, direct and long-term threat” to European security, there should be an “immediate prioritisation of the…
Updated: 16/12/2025 – 20:29 GMT+1 Thousands of dinosaur footprints have been found in a national part in northern Italy known as the Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio Branchi. Experts say they are from enormous herbivores that lived there 210 million years ago in the Triassic period. … More
Europe can compete on the scale of the United States, provided it integrates its common market further and completes pending legislation urgently, European Union Financial Services Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque said on Euronews’ flagship interview programme The Europe Conversation. Albuquerque conceded rival jurisdictions like the US have succeeded in attracting European capital and funding that would otherwise stay in the EU if rules were easier for companies and investors. Still, she insisted that a new push to simplify regulation and integrate the single market from big finance to savers can reverse that. “There is a lot of money in the…
Ahead of the European Council summit, where EU leaders will decide on Ukraine financing, a new YouGov survey shows that major European countries tend to support using frozen Russian funds to provide financial support for the war-torn country. The majority of British, Polish, German, and Spanish respondents support using frozen Russian funds in European bank accounts to fund additional aid for Ukraine. However, Italy proves to be the exception, as Italians are closely divided on the issue, with 39% supporting and 38% opposing it. Experts claim Italy’s division reflects “a deeper fracture in its political landscape”, particularly regarding a “pro-Ukraine”…
European Union-based carmakers will need to comply with a 90% reduction in CO2 emissions from 2035, instead of the 100% previously set in EU law, the European Commission announced today, revoking a controversial wholesale ban on internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles adopted in March 2023. Manufacturers will have to compensate for the remaining 10% of emissions by using low-carbon steel produced in the EU or by using sustainable fuels such as e-fuels and biofuels. The industry will be allowed to continue producing plug-in hybrids, range extenders, mild hybrids, and ICE vehicles beyond 2035. Full electric vehicles (EVs) and hydrogen vehicles…
Discussion about the digital euro has been constantly growing since it was first announced back in 2021, with conflicting narratives and even conspiracies about the currency cropping up online as the months go by. The European Central Bank (ECB) describes it as an “answer in a world of change”, with features such as enhanced privacy, universal acceptance and free basic use, while certain consumers claim it’s a tool for the EU to control people’s money. A petition, which has gathered more than 388,000 signatures, was published online in November, calling on MEPs and national governments to reject the digital euro.…
European lawmakers and EU governments are heading for a showdown over how far to go in protecting farmers under the Mercosur trade agreement. On Tuesday, MEPs backed a safeguard clause for the deal, a measure designed to strengthen monitoring of the EU market in the event of a surge in imports from Latin America, with tariff reductions to be suspended in case of serious disruption. The package approved by lawmakers also includedan amendment requiring Mercosur products to meet EU environmental and health production standards – a move that cuts across guarantees already endorsed by member states. The agreement, which was…