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Published on 20/04/2026 – 17:00 GMT+2 Social media users are sharing a collection of AI-generated images, falsely claiming that they are stills from security camera footage of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In the pictures, we can see a figure resembling Zelenskyy shaking hands and talking with Epstein, with the accompanying social media posts alleging that the two were close and met each other in intimate, non-public settings on the disgraced financier’s private island. However, there’s plenty of evidence to prove that the images are fake. Firstly, The Cube, Euronews’ fact-checking team, ran…

Published on 20/04/2026 – 14:35 GMT+2 United Nations experts expressed concern on Monday over allegations of prolonged incommunicado detention and dire custody conditions in Belarus that may amount to torture. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The group of 17 independent experts said they had received information pointing to “deeply alarming detention practices that may amount to grave violations of international law” at the Novopolotsk correctional colony in northern Belarus. “We are gravely concerned that detainees in Novopolotsk Colony may be subjected to prolonged solitary confinement, disciplinary sanctions and physical punishments after suicide attempts,” they said in a statement. Mandated by the UN Human…

Bulgaria’s former President Rumen Radev, an EU critic who has called for renewing ties with Russia, hailed a “victory of hope” on Monday after his Progressive Bulgaria (PB) coalition topped the polls in Sunday’s election, the eighth such parliamentary vote in five years. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Many voters see Radev, a former fighter pilot, as the only person capable of giving the corruption-plagued Balkan nation a fresh start. The 62-year-old has presented himself as a defender of the lowest earners in the EU’s poorest country as he walks a tightrope on European issues. He has hailed the benefits Bulgaria has reaped…

Russia opened an exhibition titled “10 Centuries of Polish Russophobia” at the Katyn memorial complex on 10 April, drawing condemnation from Polish officials and victims’ families who called the timing and location “disgusting malice”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The exhibition opened on the 16th anniversary of the Smolensk air disaster, which resulted in the deaths of 96 people including Polish President Lech Kaczyński and his wife Maria on 10 April 2010, and three days before Poland’s Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Katyn Massacre on 13 April. The Russian Military-Historical Society, headed by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s adviser Vladimir Medinsky,…

Cyprus is upgrading two key military installations with US funding to reinforce its role as a humanitarian safe haven for evacuees from conflicts in the Middle East, officials said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Andreas Papandreou Air Base in Paphos will be expanded to include a new parking apron capable of accommodating dozens of heavy-lift military transport aircraft, allowing faster refuelling and maintenance during large-scale humanitarian operations. The Evangelos Florakis naval base at Mari, 229 kilometres from Lebanon’s coast, will receive a new US European Command-funded heliport capable of accommodating large Chinook transport helicopters to airlift evacuees from conflict zones. The US…

Platforms like Instagram and TikTok expose minors to cognitive risks such as anxiety, sleep disruption, and reduced attention spans. They also bring risks of cyberbullying, exposure to harmful or inappropriate content, online grooming, and data privacy violations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Greece just decided to ban access to social media for children under the age of 15, with the measure expected to take effect from 1 January 2027 following parliamentary approval. The government says the decision addresses rising concerns about children’s mental health, screen addiction, and online safety, and would require platforms to block underage users and potentially involve mandatory parental control…

Updated: 20/04/2026 – 9:09 GMT+2 The winner of the Bulgarian parliamentary elections, Rumen Radev, won’t be “openly anti-EU”, analyst Martin Vladimirov tells Europe Today. But he caveats that this is “a major win for the Kremlin and a culmination of a long strategy of Russia to solidify its influence in the country”. … More

Published on 20/04/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2 97 per cent of young people are online daily, with 65 per cent relying on social media for their main news source. Among 13 to 17-year-olds, 78 per cent check their devices hourly. 9 to 15-year-olds spend up to 3 hours on social platforms, and 25 per cent admit to smartphone addiction, according to the 2025 Parliament’s report on an EU-wide minimum age for social media. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The EU already took steps to safeguard minors online through initiatives such as the Digital Market Act, the Strategy for a Better Internet for Kids, and…

Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Angola, an oil- and mineral-rich country in south-west Africa, marked the third leg of his tour of four African nations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On Saturday, after meeting with Angolan President João Lourenço, the Pope delivered his first address to Angola’s governing authorities, repeatedly referring to the country’s turbulent history, scarred by colonial plunder and civil war. “I wish to meet you in a spirit of peace and to affirm that your people possess treasures that can neither be bought nor stolen,” the Holy Father warned. “You know well that, all too often, people have looked –…

Published on 19/04/2026 – 14:22 GMT+2 Pedro Sánchez used an election rally in the province of Huelva to deliver one of the most far-reaching foreign policy messages of recent weeks. “This Tuesday, the Government of Spain will take to Europe the proposal that the EU sever its association with Israel,” he told supporters. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The prime minister added that Spain is “a friend of Israel”, but that it does not share the actions of its government, and urged other European countries to join the initiative. The announcement did not come out of the blue. Days earlier, Sánchez had called…