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Good morning Brussels. Angela Skujins here welcoming you into the first day of the working week, where temperatures are set to soar and UV rays expected to blast. But as they say, sunlight is the best disinfectant. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT On today’s menu: a Commissioner in Israel, Starmer staves off leadership threats and another summit. First up. As Iran and the United States kickstarted a negotiating window to permanently end the war, with major progress also made aiming to end the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, a senior member of Brussels’ top brass will be in Jerusalem on Monday — but much…
The European Union’s Pay Transparency Directive, officially implemented on 7 June this year, introduces new rules requiring private and public companies to standardise and open their pay systems. Under the new law, businesses must include pay ranges in all job ads or disclose them before interviews. Recruiters cannot ask candidates about past salaries, and employees can request anonymised data on average pay levels for their role, broken down by gender. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Companies with more than 150 employees will have to publicly report internal gender pay gaps. If one has an unjustified pay gap of over 5 percent, it must…
Published on 22/06/2026 – 8:02 GMT+2 On today’s show: ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Euronews’ Laila Humairah reports from Doha on the latest developments in US-Iran talks after negotiations in Switzerland were briefly disrupted by fresh tensions and uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz. Euronews’ Mared Gwyn Jones examines the mounting political pressure on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer as Labour faces growing calls for a change in leadership. Moldova’s Foreign Minister Mihai Popșoi joins us in the studio as Brussels hosts the second EU-Moldova summit, with accession talks and European security at the top of the agenda. Euronews’ Jakub Janas explains why…
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. A decade after the 2015 Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (EPCA), the EU is today Kazakhstan’s largest trading and investment partner. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Thousands of European companies operate successfully in our country, accruing profits and benefits to Europe even as they help modernise and diversify our economy. This was and is a great achievement. But is it enough in a rapidly changing world? I think not. I return to Brussels with an open motivation and a clear…
Published on 21/06/2026 – 16:09 GMT+2 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is weighing up the current “political realities” amid reports that he is set to step down next week, the UK’s business secretary has said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking with the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday, Peter Kyle said Starmer was “taking the time to think through what the political realities are today compared to last week”. “We will find a way for this to be, whatever unfolds, a functional process,” Kyle added. The Observer reported on Saturday that Starmer is expected to announce his resignation on Monday while laying out…
Published on 21/06/2026 – 10:29 GMT+2 Petrol sales in Russian-occupied Crimea will be suspended from Sunday morning as a fuel crisis deepens on the peninsula. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Today, June 21, starting at 9:00 AM, fuel sales at Crimean gas stations will be suspended for cash, non-cash payments, and vouchers for individuals and legal entities,” Sergey Aksyonov, the Moscow-backed governor of Crimea, announced in a post on Telegram. “Fuel will be sold only to government agencies that ensure the functioning and security of the Republic of Crimea,” he added, while also asking residents to remain calm. Kyiv’s targeting of Russia’s energy…
Welcome back, this newsletter comes to you from the hall of the Justus Lipsius, as I am getting kicked out from the premises of the European Council summit after a whirlwind week of high-stakes diplomacy running between the placid shores of Lake Geneva in Évian-les-Bains and a too-hot-to handle Brussels. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Un jeune homme si brillant. Frankly, you have to give it to Emmanuel Macron. The French president orchestrated a near-perfect G7 summit, balancing a mix of flattery, self-interest, European charm and a bit of luck to land a joint declaration with a clear win for Ukraine — and…
A Spanish court has ordered the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Begoña Gómez, to stand trial by jury for corruption and banned her from leaving the country, according to a court order released Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Judge Juan Carlos Peinado ordered Gomez to hand in her passport and to appear before the court twice a month until a verdict is reached in the case, the ruling said. Peinado in April formally charged Gomez with embezzlement, influence peddling, corruption in business dealings and misappropriation of funds. The court has imposed these precautionary measures on Gómez and on Cristina Álvarez, an…
Published on 20/06/2026 – 15:22 GMT+2 US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his comments on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, saying she asked him “over and over” for a photo when the pair met at the G7 summit in France earlier this week. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Following the summit, Trump told an Italian journalist that he “felt sorry for Meloni” after she “begged me to take a picture with her”. Meloni hit back in a video posted to social media, branding Trump’s claims as “completely made up” and insisting that neither she nor Italy begs anyone for anything. The…
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has announced that he is stripping his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle, Poland’s highest state honour. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Nawrocki made the decision in response to Ukraine naming a military unit after the controversial World War Two Ukrainian Insurgent Army. In a video posted on X on Friday evening, Nawrocki stressed that the decision to withdraw the honour “is not directed against the Ukrainian nation” and “does not signify a change in the strategic direction of Poland’s security policy”. He also underlined that Poland’s support for Ukraine in its war with…