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Faced with rising energy costs, geopolitical instability and mounting pressure on Europe’s power grids, the European Commission wants to make electricity taxation more favourable than natural gas in a bid to lower bills, according to a document seen by Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The measure would be a partial response to industry demands that the EU lower electricity bills while accelerating the bloc’s efforts to electrify transport, heating and industry and removing fiscal incentives that currently encourage continued reliance on fossil fuels. The draft proposal from the Commission emerges against the backdrop of a renewed energy price shock linked to conflict…

“Decisions on who has access are for the host countries to make,” European Sports Commissioner Glenn Micallef told Euronews’ flagship morning programme, Europe Today, responding to concerns over US travel restrictions affecting both fans and team officials ahead of the World Cup which has already resulted in border control incidents. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The tournament kicks off Thursday in Mexico, one of the three host nations alongside the United States and Canada, under the umbrella of FIFA, which looks expand its reach in the lucrative North American market. Its chief, Gianni Infatino, has built a close relation with US President Trump,…

While the football elite rub shoulders in Washington, the game is hitting a physical and metaphorical wall at the US border. International teams, referees and everyday fans find it difficult to see the games which start today. What’s going on there?

Europe is simultaneously in desperate need of workers and determined to keep more people out, with its Migration and Asylum Pact taking full effect on June 12. That contradiction sits at the heart of one of the continent’s most politically charged debates, and it is becoming harder to ignore. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT With unemployment at historic lows and employment rates at record highs, EU labour markets are running on empty. Structural shortages plague healthcare, construction, agriculture, transport and tech sectors. And the cause is no mystery: Europe is ageing rapidly. In 2022, roughly 22 per cent of the EU’s population was…

On Friday, June 12, the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum enters into force, two years after it was signed into law. For the first time, all 27 member states must follow a single set of rules covering border screening, asylum procedures, reception conditions, and a solidarity mechanism for relocating asylum seekers between countries. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The goal is to end a patchwork system where someone arriving in Greece faces an entirely different legal reality than someone arriving in Germany. But ambition is already running into reality. The 2026 relocation target was 21,000; member states pledged fewer than half that…

Published on 10/06/2026 – 18:11 GMT+2 The UN’s nuclear watchdog board demanded Iran fully cooperate with the agency on Wednesday, provide “complete information” about its stockpile of near weapons-grade nuclear material and grant its inspectors access to its nuclear sites. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The resolution stressed that providing information and access are “essential and urgent” in order to enable the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to verify that there is no “diversion of nuclear material.” Twenty-one countries on the IAEA’s 35-member board of governors voted for the resolution at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna, according to diplomats who spoke on condition…

Without long-term solutions to secure fertiliser supplies, the European Union will see food scarcity, the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, Christophe Hansen, has told Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT His comments come as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East has sent fertiliser prices soaring. In response, the European Commission — fearful that high fertiliser prices could reduce crop yields and lower food production — introduced the Fertiliser Action Plan, bringing support in the form of financial aid. But Hansen says that beyond short-term relief, the EU must tackle structural weaknesses in its fertiliser supply chain. “We need to do our…

Published on 10/06/2026 – 19:34 GMT+2•Updated 19:56 Bulgaria will no longer provide weapons from its army stocks to Ukraine, the country’s prime minister said on Wednesday, calling for “the pursuit of a diplomatic solution” to end the war. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT While the country’s defence industry is set to remain one of the main suppliers of ammunition destined for Kyiv, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said the government was “putting an end to the provision of weapons from the Bulgarian army to Ukraine.” “We have already given enough, while our country continues to suffer socio-economic damage from this bloody war,” he told…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Antonio Costa and with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung celebrated the signing of new a digital trade agreement at a ceremony in Brussels on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The event marked the EU and South Korea’s 11th summit, with everything from security and defence to trade on the agenda. “Korea is one of Europe’s closest partners in the Indo-Pacific region and on the global stage,” von der Leyen said. “In today’s uncertain world, stable and trusted partnerships like ours are more precious than ever.” The trio released a joint statement extolling…

President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he feared for trust in France’s institutions after a botched investigation into the main suspect in an 11-year-old girl’s likely murder triggered public outrage. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The body of the girl, named as Lyhanna, was found last week after she went missing on 29 May in the southwestern town of Fleurance. The suspect, a 41-year-old father of a school friend of the victim, had twice before been formally accused of raping a child, but investigations had been dropped or had stalled. “It is trust in our institutions that is at stake,” Macron told a…