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Senior EU officials have issued a warning to the Serbian government over the funeral of war criminal Ratko Mladić, with the bloc’s enlargement chief saying that it “will be a very important test” in Belgrade’s bid to join the European Union and its future path. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Mladić died on 27 August aged 84 in a UN detention facility in The Hague, where he was serving a lifetime sentence for crimes against humanity related to the Srebrenica massacre and the siege of Sarajevo. His body was returned to Serbia in a government plane on Thursday, with his coffin carried by…

The European Union is expected to make a last-minute decision on banning new oil and gas exploration in the Arctic during a weekly meeting of the bloc’s 27 commissioners in October, according to two EU officials who spoke to Euronews on condition of anonymity. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Earlier media reports suggested that the EU is considering dropping its ban on new drilling in the Arctic in its revision of the 2021 Arctic strategy as the bloc is enduring an energy crisis triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, where 20% of the world’s gas and oil transit. The Artic…

For much of the war, Russian drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv followed a particular rhythm; they almost always came at night. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The warnings would begin on monitoring channels on Telegram in the late evening. They announced drones moving south, missiles being launched, air defences working. Ukrainian civilians judged whether it was prudent to stay indoors or make for shelter in the metro based on the severity of the threat. Now, Russia has changed tactics with the use of fast-flying, jet-powered drones and the expectation that daylight brings a return to normal life has been…

Published on 04/09/2026 – 9:21 GMT+2•Updated 9:33 Ukraine’s finance minister has warned that the country may have to cut non-military spending unless it can secure funding from its allies, as he urged European ministers to “think outside the box” as Kyiv faces another winter of Russian escalation. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Sergii Marchenko, who has overseen the country’s finances since 2020, told Euronews Ukraine had not faced such a tight budget situation since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022. With the focus on military spending and weapons procurement, other areas of the budget could be affected and disbursements delayed unless…

Published on 04/09/2026 – 8:02 GMT+2•Updated 8:24 On today’s show: Shona Murray reports from Dublin, Ireland, on Russia’s escalating threats targeting European states with the intention of striking fear into citizens over their government’s support of Ukraine. She interviews Benjamin Haddad, French European Affairs Minister. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT We also interview Sergii Marchenko, Ukrainian Finance Minister, onrevived calls to use frozen Russian assets as Ukraine heads into another hard winter; and Antonio López-Istúriz, member of the European Parliament (Spain, EPP), who reacts to the deepening Ceuta crisis in Spain. Laura Fleischmann reports from Germany, where the far-right AfD party is leading…

Russia will shutter German cultural centres across the country, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday after Berlin blamed Moscow for an attempted attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport and announced the closure of both the Russian Consulate in Bonn and the Russian House cultural centre in the German capital. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Lavrov said that cultural centres belonging to Germany’s Goethe-Institut would be closed in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg, adding that any other response would show a lack of “self-respect” on Russia’s part. Speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Lavrov said that Germany “could not have failed to understand”…

Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Kęstutis Budrys was speaking on the sidelines of a European Ministers meeting in Ireland. EU ministers were joined by Ukrainian, British, Icelandic, Norwegian and Canadian counterparts where a deteriorating European security situation was top of the agenda. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Germany’s decision to formally hold Russia responsible for a drone attack at Leipzig airport on August 4th was also at the forefront of the discussion. EU Foreign Policy chief Kaja Kallas told reporters that “Moscow has not changed its war aims.” She also said the increasing number of more violent hybrid-war attacks by Russia against NATO and…

Published on 03/09/2026 – 11:41 GMT+2 The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on Thursday that Russia’s autocratic regime is not, on its own, enough to justify freezing the assets of a company indirectly linked to someone under EU sanctions, as any such measure must be backed by objective and solid evidence. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Brussels has currently blacklisted around 3,000 entities and individuals considered to be part of the Russian industrial-military complex that is participating in the invasion of Ukraine, pending extension on 15 September. The judgment sets clear limits on how far national authorities can go…

Published on 03/09/2026 – 15:20 GMT+2 Britain’s Foreign Office summoned Russia’s most senior diplomat in the country on Thursday to condemn what it called an “egregious and reckless attack” involving a drone at Leipzig airport last month. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Today we summoned the Russian charge d’affaires to condemn the attack in the strongest terms,” a spokesperson said in a statement, describing the incident, which involved an explosive-laden drone, as “the latest in a clear pattern of attempts by the Russian state to undermine our collective security.” The Leipzig/Halle Airport incident, on the night of 4-5 August, saw police use a…

Europe fears a devastating crisis with ripple effects could erupt as Russia’s war in Ukraine imposes a new blockade on the Black Sea, choking off a vital trade route. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The sense of alarm came to the fore on Wednesday during a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Ireland, marked by calls for an immediate ceasefire in the region. “In the Black Sea, Russian strikes on grain ships could cause another worldwide food security shock,” the EU’s High Representative Kaja Kallas said. Belgium’s Maxime Prévot urged a “coordinated solution” to avert what he described as a threefold disaster: a…