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Published on 27/02/2026 – 7:40 GMT+1•Updated 11:53 On today’s show: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Our EU Editor Maria Tadeo looks at the latest on the damaged Druzhba pipeline and why Hungary has proposed a fact-finding mission to assess the damage. Exclusive interviews with Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal, Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė, and Austrian Minister for Women, Science and Research Eva-Maria Holzleitner. Our Jakub Janas explains what a European Citizens’ Initiative is, following yesterday’s response by the European Commission to a petition on safe and accessible abortion rights across the EU. When and where to watch Europe Today? You can join…
Published on 27/02/2026 – 11:40 GMT+1•Updated 11:52 Commission President Ursula von der Leyen decided Friday to move ahead with the provisional application of the Mercosur trade agreement, brushing aside a judicial review launched by MEPs that has suspended the ratification process. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “The Commission will continue to work closely with all EU institutions to ensure a smooth and transparency process,” she told reporters. “This is one of the most consequential agreements of the first half of this century.” The deal has split member states for years. While Germany has championed the agreement as bolstering access to global markets, France…
Estonian PM Kristen Michal told Euronews’ flagship morning show Europe Today that Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot afford to end Moscow’s war in Ukraine, comparing his grip on power to “riding a bike”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT While Michal said he does not claim to understand Putin, he believes the logic of dictatorship explains Moscow’s continued aggression, even as negotiations take place. “Right now Putin has more men under arms than at the start of the war,” Michal said. “If he stopped killing in Ukraine, what would he do with them?” “In Russia they glorify the hero. If he stops, he falls,”…
Published on 27/02/2026 – 9:35 GMT+1 Lithuania’s Prime Minister Olga Ruginienė has rejected Hungarian Premier Viktor Orbán’s claims that Ukraine is deliberately blocking Russian oil from reaching Hungary via the damaged Druzhba pipeline, calling the accusation “nonsense”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “When you’re fighting for security, not just for Lithuania, but for whole Europe, to hear such words and decisions, it’s nonsense,” Ruginienė told Euronews’ Europe Today show. Hungary is blocking the EU’s 20th sanctions package against Russia and preventing Brussels from delivering a €90 billion loan to Ukraine, demanding Kyiv restore oil flows through the pipeline. Kyiv claims that a section…
Good morning. I’m Mared Gwyn with the last newsletter of the week. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT As the behind-the-scenes flurry to defuse the ongoing dispute over the transit of Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia continues, two Baltic heads of government have told Europe Today of their dismay at Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s back-to-back vetoes on measures of support for Kyiv. Orbán continues to block fresh sanctions on Russia and a €90 billion loan to Ukraine, after blaming Kyiv for the disrupted supply of Russian oil through the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline, which was damaged in a Russian attack on Ukraine in…
By Méabh Mc Mahon & Alice Carnevali Published on 26/02/2026 – 9:00 GMT+1 There are moments in life that are hard to forget and remain etched in the collective memory of those who witnessed them: a natural disaster affecting our hometown, a terrorist attack in our country or the outbreak of a full-scale war. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “You can ask every Ukrainian— no matter where they were, in Ukraine or abroad —and they will remember moment by moment where they were and what they were doing the moment Russia started its full-scale invasion,” Euronews’ correspondent Sasha Vakulina told Brussels, My Love?. Together with Marta…
Italy’s Industry minister Adolfo Urso urged the European Union to suspend its carbon market until the bloc presents a revised proposal due this summer, citing the hardship faced by European businesses because of high power and carbon costs. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Emissions Trading System (ETS) is the bloc’s mechanism for making companies pay for their pollution, with the dual aim of reducing emissions and encouraging industry to invest in more sustainable alternatives. In Europe, the ETS currently covers heavy industries, power plants as well as airlines and shipping. Additional sectors such as international aviation, landfills and incinerators will be included…
The possession, manufacture and trafficking of illicit firearms could soon carry prison sentences ranging from two to eight years across the entire European Union, under a new proposal unveiled by the European Commission on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The draft directive presented by the EU executive in Brussels plans to harmonise how firearms-related offences are defined and punished across the 27 member states. It argues that the divergent national rules have created loopholes that criminal networks exploit when operating across borders. The creation, acquisition, possession or dissemination of 3D-printed firearm blueprints would for instance carry a maximum prison sentence of at…
Published on 26/02/2026 – 14:04 GMT+1 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has proposed that a “fact-finding mission” be deployed to the Ukrainian section of the Druzhba pipeline to assess the damage caused last month by a Russian attack, which precipitated a halt in oil deliveries. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “It is in the interest of Hungary to restore the transfer as soon as possible. Hungary is ready to constructively engage in all efforts that contribute to this objective,” Orbán says in a new letter sent on Thursday to António Costa, the president of the European Council, and seen by Euronews. “In this…
Published on 26/02/2026 – 7:44 GMT+1•Updated 10:48 On today’s show: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Our Babak Kamiar reports on the new round of US-Iran nuclear talks taking place in Geneva, Switzerland. Our Sasha Vakulina fills us in on the latest developments in the peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. An interview with German Member of the European Parliament Bernd Lange, from the S&D Group. We travel to Berlin, where Diana Resnik breaks down Chancellor Merz’s visit to China. Our Jakub Janas takes a look at why Iceland is planning to fast-track a referendum on EU membership. When and where to…