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Published on 29/09/2026 – 18:31 GMT+2 Frustration within the European People’s Party is growing over Aleksandar Vučić’s Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), with senior lawmakers urging the party presidency to consider suspending or expelling it from the EPP. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Gathered in Toulouse for their political assembly on Tuesday, EPP senior members expressed deep concern over events at the funeral of Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladić, known as the Butcher of Bosnia, who died in late August aged 84 in a UN detention facility in The Hague. They concluded that state honours and the participation of senior Serbian officials at the…
Published on 29/09/2026 – 18:42 GMT+2•Updated 19:40 European Union Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen said the EU is not facing an imminent energy-supply crisis, but warned that high prices could have a similar impact on households unable to afford heating or travel to work. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Danish Commissioner said nearly 50 million Europeans were already unable to adequately heat their homes in a normal winter, underscoring the social risks of another price shock. “We are looking into all ideas of how we can make rules more flexible, be more efficient in our implementation, do what we can, both on the…
Ukraine has urged the European Union to tap into the immobilised Russian assets to help plug the country’s financial and military shortfall next year, which could hit a staggering $78 billion (€68.77 billion) if allies fail to step up their contributions. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Sergii Marchenko, Ukraine’s finance minister, made the push on Tuesday as he met with representatives from international donors and financial institutions in Brussels. During the gathering, Marchenko argued that using the pool of Russian assets would be both a practical and fair solution to meet Ukraine’s extraordinary wartime costs, protect its debt sustainability and ensure accountability for…
Published on 29/09/2026 – 17:46 GMT+2•Updated 17:50 British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he will set out “different options” for the UK’s future relations with the European Union ahead of a planned UK-EU summit later this year. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking at the Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool on Tuesday, Burnham told the audience that Brexit had “done more harm than good” and that the UK needed a clear strategy on its long-term relationship with the EU. The country’s divisive 2016 vote to leave the EU has once again been thrust under the spotlight this year amid mounting calls…
An 87-year-old Madrid pensioner who was evicted from her home last week will be able to return following an agreement with the property owner. Maricarmen Abascal had lived in the apartment for 71 years, and her eviction sparked protests over Spain’s housing crisis. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to Spanish media, the new eight-year rental contract will cap her rent at 30% of her net income. Maricarmen has accepted the agreement and is expected to return home after being discharged from hospital.
Climate change is increasingly linked to the rising cost of travel, according to Eduardo Santander, CEO of the European Travel Commission. Speaking at the Euronews Travel & Tourism Summit in Brussels, Santander said higher costs are affecting how people perceive and experience travel. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT He also highlighted labour shortages in the tourism sector, with some European countries relying on workers from outside the continent. Santander said Europe remains heavily reliant on intra-European travel, while the US continues to be an important long-haul market.
Euronews’ Sasha Vakulina was on the ground in central Kyiv when a Russian drone strike attempted to hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences for a second time. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Run for cover: After Monday afternoon’s attack, which killed one and injured six, Sasha and her crew were filming the scene when emergency workers ran for shelter. Air defences intercepted a second incoming attack, and the crew captured the dramatic moment on camera. Kyiv’s State Emergency Service told her the initial strike was a direct hit by a jet-powered drone on the three-storey National Academy of Sciences building. Euronews footage appears…
Published on 29/09/2026 – 8:04 GMT+2•Updated 8:22 On today’s show: Sasha Vakulina reports from Kyiv after Russia launched more than 120 drones at Ukraine on Monday, with President Zelenskyy saying almost 90 of them were faster, jet-powered models. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Mared Gwyn interviews Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Taras Vysotskyi as Russia targets Ukraine’s agricultural economy, including export routes in the Black Sea. Interview with MEP Tobias Cremer (S&D, Germany), who discusses how the EU is trying to balance solidarity with Ukraine against the rising costs and risks at home. Austen Ivereigh, a fellow in Contemporary Church History at Oxford University, analyzes…
By Alessio Dell’Anna & video by Maud Zaba Published on 28/09/2026 – 17:17 GMT+2 A new EU proposal, the KIDS Act, could ban children under 13 from using social media and limit features for those aged 13 to 15. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The goal is to crack down on phone addiction and doomscrolling, but also to protect children from harmful content — or contacts — as well as mental and physical risks. Child rights organisations have welcomed the move, though some are warning that restricting social media access to teenagers might push them towards even more dangerous online communities. The vast majority of EU…
By Jean-Philippe Liabot & euronews Published on 28/09/2026 – 20:12 GMT+2•Updated 20:39 Jordan Bardella is at the centre of a new controversy in France after an article published by Mediapart on Monday alleged that the president of the hard-right National Rally (RN) party had made antisemitic remarks early in his political career. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In the report, Mediapart alleged Bardella had made a number of antisemitic and conspiratorial comments in private conversations between 2013 and 2015. Bardella celebrated his 18th birthday on 13 September 2013 and would go on to become the National Front’s departmental secretary in Seine-Saint-Denis a year later. The investigative…