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Published on 15/09/2026 – 10:24 GMT+2 Is the EU demanding that Ukraine mobilise women to bolster its forces against Russia’s invasion? ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT It’s a question that many social media users are debating after the allegations emerged on X and through Russian-language Telegram channels in recent weeks. The answer, however, is no. Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation, a working body of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, said that the claim originated from Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Agency (SVR), which claimed, without evidence, that Brussels is pressuring Kyiv to forcibly conscript women. Russia also wrongly said that the EU’s…
Most European Union capitals want to cut the money allocated to the bloc’s civil service, as part of a deal on the EU’s next long-term budget, a document seen by Euronews reveals. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Member states are currently weighing how to cut costs as part of a wider agreement, under which the European Commission, European Parliament and Council of the EU could all see their budgets shrink. EU countries are locked in intense negotiations on the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the budget for 2028-2034. On Wednesday, ambassadors will discuss potential landing zones for the total volume, originally set at…
By Her Excellency Mona Ghanem Al Marri m A, Vice Chairperson and Managing Director, Dubai Media Council; President, Dubai Press Club Published on 15/09/2026 – 11:48 GMT+2•Updated 13:46 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Twenty-five years ago, Dubai made a deliberate bet. It set aside land, built a regulatory framework, and invited the world’s media to make the city their regional home. At the time, it was a statement of confidence in the role an open and connected media environment could play in the…
Published on 15/09/2026 – 12:08 GMT+2 Rail travel across large parts of the Netherlands ground to a halt on Tuesday after authorities discovered tubes tied to tracks at roughly 20 locations, in what officials are treating as coordinated sabotage. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Rail infrastructure operator ProRail said deliberately placed objects had triggered widespread track-circuit failures. “Materials were found at multiple locations on the track that were deliberately placed there,” said ProRail in a statement. “This causes section malfunctions. Sabotage appears to be involved,” added the operator. The devices caused signalling systems to read affected sections as occupied, halting all trains through…
“Ceuta and Melilla are not just Spanish, they are quintessentially Spanish and untouchable”, said Spain’s Defence Minister Margarita Robles, speaking days after the surge of irregular migrants from Morocco who stormed the Spanish border last July. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The sovereignty of Ceuta and Melilla regularly returns to public debate, fuelled by Rabat’s claims and by renewed migratory tensions on the North African border. After the migration crisis that unfolded in Ceuta, several Moroccan politicians seized the moment to call for both Spanish autonomous cities to become part of Morocco. The narrative that both cities are “colonial remnants” is often deployed…
Lithuanian Military Police secured a site near Pratkūnai on Tuesday, where debris from a drone shot down overnight was found. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Video shows officers cordoning off the area and inspecting pieces of the drone scattered across the ground. The debris was found near the Kaunas Reservoir, around 100 kilometres west of Vilnius. Authorities are investigating the incident, while the drone’s origin and purpose have not yet been established. Drones have repeatedly loomed over the skies of Lithuania, which shares borders with Belarus, a key ally of Moscow, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
European Commission Vice-President Roxana Mînzatu hopes Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will deliver an “inspirational message” that will “speak directly to each of the 450 million Europeans” in her annual address to citizens. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Mînzatu presented new measures on Thursday to strengthen labour mobility across EU countries. The Vice-President said that under the new proposal, wherever citizens travel in the EU, “your social rights, your skills and your qualifications can travel with you”.
Published on 15/09/2026 – 21:44 GMT+2 At least five people have been killed and more than a dozen have been injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over the last 24 hours. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, said on Tuesday afternoon that at least 12 people had been injured in strikes on the Ukrainian capital since the morning, with one critically injured person dying in hospital. Kyiv police said warehouses, a business center and a fast-food restaurant were damaged in attacks on the city, with Ukrainian media reporting that the restaurant was a McDonald’s. In the southern city…
European Union Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen will join this week’s G20 energy meeting in Houston, Texas, alongside unexpected Russian and Venezuelan officials, exposing an increasingly uncomfortable rift between Brussels and Washington over what energy security actually means — and who should be responsible for delivering it. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The G20 energy ministerial meeting, hosted by the US administration from 14–16 September under the banner of “energy abundance,” reflects Washington’s push for a model centered on expanding oil and gas production, increasing electricity supply and rolling back environmental regulations viewed as obstacles to energy investment. The approach stands in sharp contrast…
Thousands of French police officers took to the streets of Paris to protest against their working conditions on Tuesday. The protest — led by the Alliance Police Nationale union — began at the Champs-Élysées and culminated at the National Assembly. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT After the march, union representatives headed to the Interior Ministry to share their grievances — they subsequently told reporters that the meeting showed positive signs authorities were taking their grievances into account. Mounting anger among police officers has been fuelled by a range of issues: including discontent around the special police duty allowance (ISSP), their “risk bonus”, which…