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Published on 08/06/2026 – 16:29 GMT+2 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticised an open letter that Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, labelling it rude and saying guns will do the talking. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Sergey Lavrov specifically pointed out on Monday that Moscow is unhappy that the letter was “circulated around the world”, claiming that “polite people do not behave this way”. Lavrov also claimed that for the Kremlin it “indicates that Ukraine has no interest in negotiation,” despite Kyiv’s numerous attempts to initiate talks with Moscow. Russia’s foreign minister echoed Putin’s earlier statement that…
Published on 08/06/2026 – 15:39 GMT+2 Seven EU countries have urged Brussels to resist any rollback of CO2 standards for cars and vans, arguing that weakening emissions rules would endanger Europe’s climate objectives, economic competitiveness and energy security, according to a document seen by Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The plea from Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden comes after EU leaders, last December, eased a proposed European Commission ban on the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines by 2035 in response to pressure from several governments and automakers. Instead, the EU executive proposed a 90% reduction…
Hervé Lecoq, UNIFIL’s deputy head of mission, believes a peace process between Israel and Hezbollah is “very complicated”. Yet he insists UNIFIL cannot “force an agreement”, saying any breakthrough depends on the political will of both parties.
Pope Leo XIV denounced the “scourge” of sexual violence by Catholic clergy on Monday and called for a “culture of care” in the Church ahead of an expected private meeting with victims in Spain. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Faced with this scourge, the ecclesial community is called to respond with listening, truth, justice, reparation and an ever more determined commitment to prevention and a culture of care,” the pope told a gathering of Spanish bishops. “Every wounded person must be able to find sincere listening, welcome, protection and real paths to healing,” he said. Spanish media said the pope would speak later…
Published on 08/06/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2 The two-year transition phase of the EU’s Pact on Migration and Asylum ends on June 12. National governments will soon implement new European rules on migration and asylum. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The pact establishes a unified and stricter framework for migration, asylum, border management, and integration. It aims to create a fairer, more consistent, and secure approach to managing migration across the bloc. The measures strengthen external borders, set common asylum procedures, guarantee burden-sharing among member states, and establish international partnerships to fight illegal migration. In January, the Commission presented the European Asylum and Migration…
More and more of us are using AI chatbots in our daily lives, whether it’s to ask for advice, help us with work, or conduct research. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But what happens when these chatbots start pushing disinformation and conspiracy theories? That’s what information reliability rating platform NewsGuard discovered in a recent study. It’s well-known that you should be careful when using AI chatbots because they often make factual errors, but NewsGuard found that one called “Uncensored AI” is being deliberately used by popular conservative social media accounts to spread outlandish claims and appear credible. Uncensored AI markets itself as different…
Published on 06/08/2026 – 8:40 GMT+2•Updated 08/06/2026 – 10:11 GMT+2 Your reporter is excited to watch the games, even though my own team failed to qualify and saved me from the inevitable heartbreak. I have got some fascinating numbers for you to check out, just in case your team did not qualify either. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT FIFA proudly projects a 30 billion dollar cash injection for the host nations. Yet analysts warn the impact will be practically invisible. For an economic giant like the US, it is a drop in the ocean, with most hotels reporting bookings way below forecasts. The…
In 2025, the EU saw 669,400 first-time asylum requests and 178,000 irregular border crossings. The scale is putting pressure on the five member states along the Central Mediterranean route: Spain, Italy, France, Germany and Greece received 83% of all first-time asylum applications. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Frontline countries lack the physical capacity to shelter applicants, and processing can take years, leaving hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in legal limbo. Local budgets are also unable to provide adequate long-term healthcare, education and social assistance. The EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact aims to ease this pressure by bringing non-border countries forward: states must…
Good morning, Brussels. Angela Skujins here on newsletter duties. Roughly 24-hours ago we saw two lightning rod elections – one in Kosovo and one in Armenia — with candidates bristling against Russian influence and communities weighing whether to get closer to the European Union. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This newsletter is all about the bloc’s battle of wills amid campaigns of foreign interference. Barbs at the ballot box. Near complete results from Kosovo’s snap election show the country’s incumbent Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s party on track to secure the most votes (43%). The social democratic, pro-EU party, Vetëvendosje, has not drummed up…
Armenians decided to turn the page on their tumultuous political past giving incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan a strong mandate for a balanced, pro-West future as early results on Monday show his Civil Contract party in the lead. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The vote on Sunday also signals diminishing influence in a region once dominated by Russia, despite reported threats from Moscow and claims of interference. Armenia and Russia are technically allies, but Moscow has compared the former Soviet republic’s ambitions to join the European Union to one of the reasons it triggered its 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. With more than…