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Published on 18/04/2026 – 22:58 GMT+2•Updated 23:06 A coalition of EU-based chemical producers of titanium dioxide – a strategic chemical used in green energy and aerospace – has lodged a complaint with the Commission alleging unfair foreign subsidies against leading Chinese producer LB Group, which is seeking to acquire a UK plant of British competitor Venator, Euronews has learned. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The move follows the European Commission’s decision in January 2025 to impose anti-dumping duties on LB Group, a trade defence measure targeting low-priced imports into the EU. Acquiring a production plant in the UK would allow the Chinese group…
By Maria Tadeo from Barcelona Published on 18/04/2026 – 21:46 GMT+2•Updated 22:04 Pedro Sánchez rallied global leaders in Barcelona this weekend at a two-day convention billed as the “progressive CPAC”, as the Spanish Prime Minister tries to lead an anti-Trump movement abroad while grappling with legal challenges at home. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Spanish leader warned of an international “reactionary wave” fuelling hate speech, sexism, war and division, without explicitly naming US President Donald Trump. “It doesn’t matter how much they scream, or how many lies they spread,” Sánchez said in a speech on Saturday. “The time for the reactionary, ultra-right has…
Thousands of people took part in Milan on Saturday in the “Masters in Our Own Home” demonstration, organised by the League and the Patriots for Europe group. Before reaching Piazza Duomo, around two thousand people marched through the city centre, led by a tractor in support of “Made in Italy” and by League mayors wearing the tricolour sash. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On stage, League leader and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini opened his speech by recalling Giacomo Bongiorni, who was beaten to death by two young men in Massa: “As a community, we must apologise to you, because you cannot die…
Published on 18/04/2026 – 19:14 GMT+2•Updated 19:18 After visiting Cameroon, Pope Leo XIV landed in Luanda, Angola on Saturday, where he was welcomed by faithful. The Holy Father is about to become the third pontiff to visit Angola, after John Paul II (1992) and Benedict XVI (2009). ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT As soon as Pope Leo XIV landed in Luanda he was scheduled to meet with Angola’s president, João Lourenço, and deliver a speech, the latest on a trip during which he has been stepping up his rhetoric, after becoming the target of criticism from Donald Trump. On Sunday, the Holy Father…
At least five people have been killed in a shooting which occurred in the Holosiivskyi district of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, taking hostages and leaving a child injured. “Medics are transporting her to the hospital. Wounded adults are being examined and provided with assistance on site,” Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ” Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko has just reported that the attacker in Kyiv who opened fire on civilians has been eliminated”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X. ” All the circumstances are being established. At present, 5 people have been confirmed killed. My…
Published on 17/04/2026 – 9:11 GMT+2•Updated 9:23 Even if the Middle East conflict were to end today, its ripple effects risk creating the conditions for further conflicts to emerge, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Alexander De Croo has told Euronews’ morning show, Europe Today. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “The first measure [that must be taken] is to stop the war or at least come to some type of normalisation of the shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz,” the former Belgian Prime Minister said. He cautioned that, even if the war ceased today, economic interventions are needed to avoid a…
Bulgaria holds its eight parliamentary elections in five years on Sunday, with former president Rumen Radev’s new party leading polls in a vote many hope will end now-chronic political instability. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Radev, a former air force general who resigned as president in January, formed his Progressive Bulgaria coalition after the resignation of the government in December. His party leads with 33% support according to the latest polls, positioning him as a key power broker in what is expected to be another fragmented parliament. The election follows five years of near-permanent crisis in which no government has survived a full…
Published on 17/04/2026 – 19:18 GMT+2 A Vilnius court began a trial on Friday into an allegedly Russia-linked case where parcels with exploding devices were sent to several Western countries from Lithuania through delivery networks. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Five people are accused of working with Russia’s military intelligence agency GRU to prepare and send self-igniting packages via DHL and DPD that detonated in Germany, Poland and Britain in 2024. “During the hearings, data…regarding identified and wanted persons may be disclosed,” prosecutor Šarūnas Astrauskas told the court, according to the BNS agency. He said other members of the alleged terrorist group were…
When US Vice President JD Vance converted to Catholicism in 2019, he chose Saint Augustine as his patron. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On Tuesday, speaking at a Turning Point USA event, Vance invoked the tradition of the fifth-century theologian and one of the most important Church fathers to push back against Pope Leo XIV’s criticism of the war in Iran. The White House number two warned the pontiff to “be careful when he talks about matters of theology,” citing “more than a 1,000-year tradition of just war theory” in his defence. Meanwhile, the supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church was in the…
European leaders announced on Friday that they were accelerating plans for a neutral, defensive multinational mission to secure shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, even after Iran said earlier that the waterway had been fully reopened to maritime traffic for the remainder of the ceasefire due to expire on 22 April. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Co-chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the Paris meeting brought together 49 countries, mostly by video conference, to discuss a future defensive operation aimed at securing freedom of navigation once conditions allow. The United States was not part of the initiative,…