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Published on 13/02/2026 – 10:31 GMT+1 I prepared some numbers for you. Maybe use them as a pick-up line? ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Europeans are waiting longer to have children, and there is no sign that will change anytime soon. But here is the twist: delaying parenthood does not necessarily mean giving up on children. In fact, the EU countries where women wait the longest are also the countries with higher fertility rates. And that also might explain the explosion in fertility treatments, which allow couples to extend their window of opportunity. In 2021 alone, there were over 1 million treatment cycles…
By Ilaria Cicinelli & Euronews Published on 13/02/2026 – 12:40 GMT+1 A court in Bari convicted 12 members of Italy’s neo-fascist CasaPound group on Thursday for attempting to reorganise the banned Fascist Party in the first judicial ruling to recognise the movement’s fascist nature. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Five defendants received 18 months in prison, and seven others were sentenced to two years and six months after also being convicted of assault, according to the court. All 12 were barred from holding political office for five years. The case stems from an attack on 21 September 2018 in Bari’s Libertà neighbourhood, when CasaPound members assaulted…
Published on 13/02/2026 – 10:39 GMT+1 Péter Magyar filed a police report on Thursday concerning a video allegedly recorded without his knowledge during a sexual encounter with his ex-girlfriend, accusing the Hungarian government of orchestrating the incident to undermine his political campaign. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The opposition leader claimed his former girlfriend lured him to a Budapest flat in August 2024 following a party, where their consensual encounter was secretly recorded using what he described as “secret service means”. Magyar characterised the incident as a “honey trap” operation. “In Europe, it is unprecedented that a ruling party wants to discredit, blackmail…
There is a golden rule in the EU’s criteria for accepting new members that officials often repeat: membership is “merit-based’, meaning no candidate country can join until fully aligned with EU laws and democratic standards. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But Ukraine may prove an exception. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling for a fixed deadline for Kyiv’s EU accession in US-brokered peace talks with Russia – forcing a major scramble in the EU executive to rethink its decades-old enlargement policy. Speaking to reporters in a WhatsApp chat on Wednesday, Zelenskyy said Ukraine will “do everything to be technically ready for (EU) accession by…
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola defended the concept of allowing some member states to pursue deeper integration ahead of others, calling it “a pathway to unity” rather than an obstacle. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We have never been against member states going further,” Metsola told Euronews’ Europe Today morning show on Friday, commenting on discussions about further integration at the previous day’s EU leaders’ retreat. EU leaders met informally on Thursday at Alden Biesen castle in Belgium to discuss competitiveness, joined by former Italian Prime Ministers Mario Draghi and Enrico Letta, who have both published influential reports on European economic reform. “We…
Good morning. I’m Mared Gwyn and it’s Friday – here’s another packed newsletter to start your day. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Munich Security Conference kicks off this morning, one year after US Vice President JD Vance stunned 2025 delegates with a blistering speech criticising Europe’s institutions. For many, that speech marked the start of the unraveling of the US-Europe alliance – with ideological tensions continuing to surface, and the recent crisis over Greenland forcing Europe to recalibrate its strategic reliance on Washington. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will lead this year’s US delegation to the conference, where Ukraine is expected to…
European leaders floated a two-speed union as the fastest way to break a political impasse over economic reforms needed to reboot the European economy, as French President Emmanuel Macron set a summer deadline for a broad deal. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “What we decided today is that between now and June, we will have to finalise the agenda,” Macron said upon departing the castle. “If in June we don’t have concrete prospects and concrete progress, we will continue with enhanced cooperation.” While the EU is built on consensus at 27, frustrations about the pace of reforms prompted calls to work in smaller…
As the Winter Olympics are underway in Milan, fake videos, AI-generated content and disinformation are flooding social media about the Games. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Cube, Euronews’ fact-checking team, found examples of this video of JD Vance looking concerned as loud boos are heard in the background being shared on X and Telegram. One version of the clip reached more than 4 million views on X. However, the video is not authentic. Clip misrepresents Olympic Ceremony The viral video appears to show Vance standing in the crowd and frowning as loud boos are heard. But comparisons with verified images of the…
Published on 12/02/2026 – 18:00 GMT+1 Hungary’s opposition leader Péter Magyar has admitted he was lured into a “honey trap” by his former girlfriend, and has rejected allegations of drug use. Magyar says Viktor Orbán’s government orchestrated the operation using secret service methods. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Magyar’s Tisza Party is the main challenger to Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz in Hungary’s April elections, and is currently leading in the polls. The election campaign has lately intensified with personal attacks on activists and candidates, as well as the use of deepfake videos. On Tuesday, photos of a room with a bed began circulating online,…
US and European defence ministers seemed to be in agreement on Thursday that, to survive, NATO needs to become more European. But their rationales for this shift, however, are probably not fully aligned. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “What is needed is a ”NATO 3.0′,” US Under Secretary of War Eldridge Colby told the NATO defence ministers gathering in Brussels. “This NATO 3.0 requires much greater efforts by our allies to step up and assume primary responsibility for the conventional defence of Europe.” “It follows that Europe should field the preponderance of the forces required to deter and, if necessary, defeat conventional aggression…