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Published on 05/09/2026 – 15:51 GMT+2 According to the latest data published by Eurostat (31 August 2026), EU member states produced 34.4 billion litres of beer in 2025. Five countries alone control more than 60% of total production. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This figure confirms that beer remains one of the most important agri-food industries on the continent, though with an interesting twist: overall production of traditional beer is edging down slightly, while alcohol-free beer continues to grow. Ranking of the largest beer-producing countries (2025) Germany remains by far the EU’s brewing powerhouse, while Spain holds on to second place and is…
Published on 05/09/2026 – 15:52 GMT+2 Spain is extending its border checks on travellers arriving from Italy by air or sea for a further 15 days, pushing the measure’s expiry from 7 September to 22 September. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The decision follows the same pattern that has defined the stand-off between Madrid and Rome since the summer. Spain introduced these checks for the first time on 8 August, through Order INT/846/2026, as a direct response to Italy’s earlier suspension of the free-movement regime for travellers arriving from Spanish territory. Italy, for its part, had already extended its own checks until 15…
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. “Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, always at the same time as an end, never merely as a means.” The sentence dates from 1785 (Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, AA IV, 429). It marks the boundary of every free state’s authority: a person may be held to account for his own actions. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But the state may not…
Published on 05/09/2026 – 12:48 GMT+2 Dozens of masked men dressed in all black descended on the Port of Dover on Saturday morning in what police have described as a “protest.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Port authorities said there was an “ongoing public order incident” happening across the town, which is a key passenger hub for ferry services between the UK and mainland Europe. “This is affecting all routes in and out the port and town,” the Port of Dover said in a statement. P&O Ferries, which operates a ferry from Dover to Calais, later said that access to the port had…
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. As Brussels enters the final stretch of negotiations over its next seven-year Multiannual Financial Framework, hidden within the budget debate is a strategic question: whether the EU is willing to invest in the partnerships and processing capacity needed to secure the critical raw materials on which its industrial future depends. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Decisions taken this autumn will help determine whether the EU remains dependent on Chinese-controlled processing technology well into the next decade or begins its diversification…
Supporters queue in lines stretching dozens of metres for a photo with him: AfD lead candidate Ulrich Siegmund. The 35-year-old is standing for the party in Sunday’s state election in Saxony-Anhalt. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The state’s Office for the Protection of the Constitution — a department of the Germany’s interior ministry — has classified the Saxony-Anhalt AfD as a confirmed far-right extremist organisation. Siegmund is the young rising star of the AfD in eastern Germany. “I finally want to make policy for our own country again,” Siegmund tells Euronews. He wants to overhaul migration policy, freeing up money he says is…
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. The state of the German economy is serious, very serious. Over the past eight years, we’ve lost approximately 15 percent of our industrial production. Month after month, Germany loses around 15,000 industrial jobs. And the industrial base that underpins our prosperity is starting to erode. Private net investment has fallen to almost zero. On balance, companies are doing nothing more than replacing what wears out. High costs are paralyzing companies’ willingness to invest. Even the special depreciation…
Published on 04/09/2026 – 10:42 GMT+2 Frontloading parts of the EU support loan would not be a ‘silver bullet’ for Ukraine’s budgetary needs, Deputy Prime Minister Vsevolod Chentsov said on the margins of a ministerial meeting on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We are talking to both the EU and other partners to cover the gap, first of all for our defence needs this year, but also looking at the 2027 financial strategy,” Ukraine’s Deputy PM for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration told reporters. The remarks come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last month that Kyiv is facing a massive €23 billion…
The Russian assets are back on the table. And with them, the same old problems. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Sweden, the Netherlands, Spain and Poland, backed by the Baltics, are leading a new push to channel the Russian Central Bank’s immobilised assets into additional financial support to Ukraine as the war-weary country faces ballooning costs. It did not take long for the campaign to collide with a familiar opponent: Belgium. The country holds the bulk of the €210 billion in Euroclear, a depository based in central Brussels, and fears any move to channel the funds to Ukraine would leave it exposed to…
Speaking on Euronews’ morning flagship show Europe Today this Friday, Spanish EPP MEP Antonio López-Istúriz said the government of Pedro Sanchez was ‘weak’ and should have reacted earlier to reports from the national police and intelligence services that had warned that thousands of irregular migrants were preparing to enter Ceuta. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT López-Istúriz also thinks Morocco could be behind the irregular crossing despite Pedro Sánchez insisting there is no evidence to support this. The MEP said the authenticity and significance of the material would have to be determined through a judicial investigation. The ongoing dispute comes against the backdrop of…