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Published on 08/07/2026 – 21:54 GMT+2 More than 6,500 people gathered at dawn in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday to set off on a march in memory of the victims of the Srebrenica genocide. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT They came from around the country as well as from abroad to pay tribute not only to the victims but also to those who walked for days to save their lives in July 1995. Ibis Husejnovic is here “to feel the pain, to feel the silence,” he explained. Raifa Duzic said she joined the march to “feel a small part of what those who…
For two years, farmers’ anger has been spilling over into protests across Europe, amid frustration over high operational costs, stringent green rules, and new European Union trade deals that farmers say put their livelihoods at risk. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Now, the challenges they face seem to be multiplying. In this episode of The Ring, Euronews’ weekly debate show, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) Ciaran Mulloly of the Renew Europe group and Pekka Toveri of the European People’s Party (EPP) go head-to-head on how the EU can continue to protect farmers in a more complex geopolitical climate. For Ciaran Mulloly, the…
US President Donald Trump offered NATO allies an unexpected warm embrace as they wrapped up a key summit on Wednesday after earlier lashing out at them over their response to his war on Iran. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT It was an abrupt swing from antagonism to affection within the space of a few short hours, illustrating the wide range of emotions exhibited by the mercurial US leader. “It was amazing, actually. The unity in that room was incredible, really a love, it was sort of pretty wild,” Trump told reporters after the closed-door meeting of 32 leaders at the NATO summit in…
Barcelona registered a maximum temperature of 40.5C on Wednesday, its highest figure in 112 years of records, weather agencies said as another heatwave struck Spain. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The provisional reading at the Fabra Observatory on Barcelona’s western outskirts broke the previous record of 40C set on July 30, 2024, regional weather monitor Meteocat said on X. At Barcelona’s El Prat airport, which is almost at sea level and sits next to the Mediterranean, the thermometer hit 37.7C, the highest reading in records going back to 1924, national weather agency AEMET said. “Barcelona has recorded the hottest day,” confirmed AEMET spokesman…
By Jeroen Lenaers MEP (EPP, NL) is a member of the European Parliament’s committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs. Published on 08/07/2026 – 17:53 GMT+2•Updated 17:59 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. The EU has just raised the bar globally for child sexual abuse legislation that centers the experiences of survivors and safeguards access to justice. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT After two years of intense negotiations, the European Council and the European Parliament just made history in the fight against child sexual abuse in…
Marine Le Pen’s run for the French presidency is not good news for opponents of the National Rally. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to several centrist and left-wing members of the European Parliament contacted by Euronews, the veteran French far-right leader will have more appeal to voters than Jordan Bardella, the young MEP whom many expected to replace her as RN’s candidate should she have been deemed ineligible to run. After Le Pen announced her intention to run in France’s 2027 presidential election despite her fraud conviction, with Bardella positioned as a candidate for the prime minister’s office, many in France have…
Published on 08/07/2026 – 15:41 GMT+2 Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in Britain, will receive a conditional pardon in recognition of a “profound injustice,” Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy announced in parliament on Wednesday, after a decades-long campaign by her family. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Ellis, a 28-year-old nightclub hostess, was hanged in July 1955 for shooting dead her racing driver lover David Blakely as he came out of the Magdala pub in London. The case gripped Britain and was turned into the 1985 film “Dance with a Stranger” starring Miranda Richardson and Rupert Everett. A mother of two…
The European Union will need significantly higher imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) this summer to replenish depleted gas storage before the winter, according to the latest assessment by the bloc’s agency for the cooperation of energy regulators (ACER). ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT While the bloc is still reeling from gas markets volatility due to the conflict in the Middle East and the on-off closure of the critical Strait of Hormuz, ACER’s summer supply outlook warns that EU gas storage was only 28 percent full at the start of the summer injection season on 1 April, its lowest level in four years.…
Published on 08/07/2026 – 13:27 GMT+2 The European Parliament on Wednesday approved an amendment that criticised Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to rename an elite Ukrainian military unit after the World War II-era Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), a move that has sparked a diplomatic dispute with Poland. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A large majority of MEPs voted in favor of the amendment, which expressed regret over the “recent unnecessary and unprovoked escalation” by the Ukrainian president, while recalling Poland’s steadfast support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion. It was tabled by a Polish MEP from the European People’s Party, Andrzej Halicki, together…
Published on 08/07/2026 – 12:29 GMT+2 Apple lost its legal challenge against European Union competition rules on Wednesday after the bloc’s second-highest court upheld requirements forcing the company to open its App Store and iPhone operating system to its rivals. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The General Court of the European Union dismissed Apple’s challenge to its designation as a “gatekeeper” under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), meaning the US company must continue to comply with legislation designed to give other app developers and digital services greater access to iPhone users. Apple challenged the European Commission’s 2023 decision to designate its App Store…