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More than 1 million undocumented migrants in Spain have sought legal status under a scheme that has defied a wider European crackdown on irregular immigration, the government said on Tuesday, the final day for submissions. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The vast scheme was predicted to benefit around 500,000 people, mostly from Latin America, when the left-wing government launched it in April. “The more than one million applications submitted…show how necessary this recognition of rights and responsibilities was,” Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said at an event in Madrid. Sánchez has become a standard bearer of more open immigration policies as his European…
Published on 30/06/2026 – 21:47 GMT+2 The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) said on Tuesday they were conducting raids in four countries to probe alleged misappropriation of EU funds by the former far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group in the European parliament. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The EPPO said the searches were “part of an ongoing investigation into the use of EU funds by a former political group of the European Parliament between 2019 and 2024.” The ID group was formally disbanded after elections in 2024 and was succeeded by a new grouping Patriots for Europe. It contained MEPs from a range…
Published on 30/06/2026 – 14:06 GMT+2 Sinkevičius, a long-serving municipal politician from the central Lithuanian town of Jonava, is the third Social Democrat to serve as prime minister since the party won the 2024 parliamentary election. He replaces Inga Ruginienė, who resigned last week after the ruling coalition was reshuffled. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “I will strive to be a Prime Minister who unites rather than divides, who listens and is not afraid to make decisions,” Sinkevičius told parliamentarians. The 42-year-old politician now has 15 days to form a cabinet and prepare the government’s programme, both of which must be coordinated with…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has at last presented his government’s Defence Investment Plan, a spending programme that aims to ensure Britain’s military future by raising defence investments to £80 billion (€92.8 billion) a year by 2029. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Building and buying stealth fighter jets, submarines and warheads are all on the menu, with £5 billion (€5.8 million) allocated solely for the development of drones, a move Starmer hailed as “the largest ever UK investment in this technology”. “We will build an army that is ten times more lethal, with attack drones flying alongside our Apache helicopters, a new fleet…
Published on 30/06/2026 – 17:21 GMT+2 Nine people linked to a pornography business will stand trial in the Czech Republic on human trafficking charges after prosecutors accused them of promising young women false modelling opportunities before coercing them into appearing in pornographic films. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The defendants face up to 12 years in prison if convicted, according to Prague city prosecutors. “The accused include people organising the Czech Casting project, as well as people ensuring finances, casting production and agreements,” prosecutor’s office spokesman Aleš Cimbala said. He added that photographers, camera operators and actors were also among those charged. The…
A planned “MiGs for drones” deal between Poland and Ukraine has collapsed, with Warsaw’s Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz accusing Kyiv of backing out of a promise to share drone technology in exchange for Polish fighter jets. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to Kosiniak-Kamysz, Warsaw offered Kyiv a “very fair, partnership-based approach: MiGs in exchange for drones.” “The Ukrainians initially accepted it but did not follow through, so there are no MiGs for Ukraine because there are no drones or drone capabilities for Poland,” he added. Polish defence minister admitted that Ukraine possesses both advanced military drone capabilities and extensive operational expertise to…
After a brutal heatwave that claimed around 1,300 lives in Europe and with a second one approaching at the beginning of July, climate politics are becoming more polarised than ever. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Unveiled in 2019, the European Green Deal is built on the premise of consuming less energy, burning fewer fossil fuels and making Europe’s homes more efficient in an effort to prevent future warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Yet Brussels’ vision was shaped largely by winter, prioritising how to keep Europeans warm while cutting reliance on imported gas. Then came the heat. As Europeans struggled through scorching…
At least four people have been trapped after a four-storey block of flats collapsed in central Athens on Tuesday, the Greek fire brigade said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Emergency services have been deployed to the scene to help with the search and rescue operation and footage shown on local media showed workers walking in the rubble looking for signs of life. It is not immediately clear why the block in the Petralona neighbourhood, which housed seven apartments, collapsed. Construction work was reportedly under way in the building next door, local media reported. This is a developing story and our journalists are working…
By Dr. Sergey Lagodinsky, Member of the European Parliament, Vice Chair of the Greens/EFA Group Published on 30/06/2026 – 14:51 GMT+2 The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. Artificial intelligence started as an invention, continued as a business model, and ended up this spring as a weapon of mass destruction. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Since Anthropic – a leading developer of AI platforms and competitor of ChatGPT or Gemini-producers introduced its most powerful model Mythos – the world has become unsafer. Mythos is capable of hacking sensitive…
Published on 30/06/2026 – 12:27 GMT+2 The EU has allocated import quotas for steel to its trading partners on Tuesday in an attempt to fight growing overcapacity from foreign producers. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The measure comes amid rising tensions between the EU and china China, where most of the global steel surplus originates. Seeking to shield its market from global overcapacity, EU legislators agreed last April to increase existing tariff-free steel quotas to 18.3 million tonnes per year while doubling tariffs beyond those quotas to 50 percent The EU’s closest allies, such as the UK, Switzerland and Ukraine, are concerned that…