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The European Commission is preparing a new legislative proposal to close enforcement gaps that allow illegal products sold through e-commerce platforms to reach EU consumers, according to a leaked draft seen by Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The bill does not explicitly cite China, but it comes as Brussels steps up efforts to tackle the surge of low-value e-commerce imports, particularly from Chinese platforms such as Temu and Shein. In recent months, senior EU officials have sounded the alarm over the growing trade deficit with Beijing, which they consider unsustainable, having reached a striking €1bn a day in 2025. “Significant weaknesses remain…
The picture of student performance in Europe is “really concerning”, with a recent report showing young people are losing essential skills that are “particularly important for the times we live in”, Andreas Schleicher, the founder of the OECD’s renowned PISA tests, has told Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The results of the 2025 standardised test, taken by 15-year-olds across 91 countries, were released this week, and found that performance in reading and mathematics had reached record lows across OECD countries. The assessment measures students’ ability to apply reading, mathematics and science skills to real-world problems. “We see that young people not only…
By Euronews with AFP Published on 10/09/2026 – 19:08 GMT+2 Asylum applications in Europe reached a five-year low in the first half of the year, according to new data from the European Union Agency for Asylum. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT EU member states plus Switzerland and Norway received about 332,000 applications for international protection in the first six months of 2026. It represents a 17% decline compared to the same period last year, following a downward trend since 2024. The bloc’s asylum agency said this decline is due to the ongoing political transition in Syria as well as the EU’s cooperation with countries of origin…
Published on 10/09/2026 – 17:27 GMT+2 The European Union has implemented 26 per cent of the recommendations outlined by Mario Draghi two years ago, according to a report published on Wednesday by the Joint European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI Draghi Tracker). ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Progress is real, but it is not in sync with the pace of the world,” the authors wrote in a press statement, criticising the bloc for moving too slow on legislation. In September 2024, Draghi presented in Brussels a long-awaited report which included recommendations on how to make Europe more competitive and strategically independent from big global powers,…
Published on 10/09/2026 – 16:50 GMT+2 Russian military bloggers have acknowledged that Ukrainian forces have gone on the counterattack around Lyman in eastern Ukraine, with some claiming that Russian troops have been forced to withdraw from forward positions as the situation for Moscow deteriorates. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT One Russian military blogger said Ukrainian forces had been counterattacking in the area for months, while accusing Russia’s military command of presenting an overly optimistic picture of the frontline. According to the Washington-based think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Russian bloggers criticised what Russian military commentators call “beautiful reports,” referring to…
The European Commission is preparing to reshape the European Union’s renewable-energy rulebook after 2030, signaling a major shift from less regulation to greater focus on investment, grids and storage, according to a draft impact assessment seen by Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The internal document states that the existing renewable energy law is no longer enough to deliver the EU’s 2040 climate ambition to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 90% compared to 1990 levels, which EU lawmakers agreed last November. A new EU proposal to revamp the bloc’s renewable energy framework is due by the end of the year to ensure…
In the aftermath of the shock, many questions remain unanswered. The investigation into the sudden death of Giorgos Mazonakis, one of the most popular Greek singers of the past three decades, is at the centre of public debate in Greece and Cyprus. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The death of the 54-year-old artist remains the leading story in the news in both countries, where Mazonakis enjoyed huge popularity, while media outlets across the Balkans are also following the case. Attention has now shifted to the circumstances that preceded his death. Giorgos Mazonakis had gone to a private medical practice in central Athens for…
In 2024, there were 23.2 million primary school students in the European Union, a figure virtually unchanged from the previous year, but the underlying trend has shifted over the past decade: today there are fewer students per teacher than in 2014. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The latest Eurostat data, released to coincide with International Literacy Day, confirm this and not only set out enrolment numbers but also detail how many teachers are in Europe’s classrooms, who they are, and what types of schools they work in. France remains by far the country with the most primary school children: 4.1 million in 2024.…
By Frances Lopez & Video by Loredana Dumitru Published on 10/09/2026 – 12:18 GMT+2 Homeownership is becoming harder to achieve across Europe, with renting no longer just a temporary phase but a permanent reality for many households, according to a new study. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Forever Renter Global Index examined housing data across 39 OECD countries tracking where permanent renting is most common. European nations make up 28 of the 39 countries in the study, meaning 71.8% of the dataset. This concentration puts European housing under a microscope, tracking critical metrics like renter shares, homeownership rates, rent costs, crowding, and how fast property…
Published on 10/09/2026 – 11:45 GMT+2 More than 100 MEPs have called on European Union leaders to reopen talks on using Russia’s frozen assets to support Ukraine, as Kyiv flags a €23 billion shortfall in defence funding and EU countries remain reluctant to commit more money from their national budgets. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A letter sent on Wednesday and seen by Euronews argues that Moscow should pay for the damage caused by its war, backing a renewed push started by four EU countries at the end of August to unlock the immobilised assets. The EU holds more than €200 billion in…