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Published on 01/10/2026 – 20:15 GMT+2 Both when it comes to defence capabilities and industry capacities, Europe is in a very difficult position, Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken told Euronews. He pointed to the bloc’s decades-long prioritising of soft power as one reason for this. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT His comments come as the European NATO members are ramping up defence spending and Brussels is rolling out policies to bolster the defence industry. While Francken sees progress being made, he warned Europe does not have all the capabilities it needs. “Europe has been very good at investing in soft power, in social…
French media outlet Mediapart has published new material in the case of the antisemitic messages attributed to Jordan Bardella. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The investigative outlet on Thursday published screenshots of Facebook Messenger conversations involving him from 2013 and 2014, whose authenticity it says was established through a data extraction supplied by Meta and certified by a court bailiff, as Edwy Plenel, the outlet’s co-founder, explained on Twitter. The investigation, conducted over several months, draws on dozens of written conversations and interviews with 18 people. The exchanges from 2013 and 2014 were passed on to Mediapart by two separate sources, both from…
Russia’s intensifying aerial attacks on Ukraine are aimed at exhausting and intimidating the civilian population, Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, told Euronews in an exclusive interview. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Civilians are being killed – women, children, elderly people, veterans of the Second World War,” Budanov said. “It is all truly terrible, especially when children are killed.” Budanov described Russia’s approach as “classic terrorism”, saying its purpose was not only to inflict damage but to frighten the population. Asked whether Moscow believed sustained attacks could exhaust Ukrainians and ultimately increase pressure on the government to make…
By Andreas Rogal with AFP Published on 01/10/2026 – 23:01 GMT+2 The Danish Armed Forces have admitted to have made errors in their initial report on suspected drones of unknown origins that flew over the country in the autumn of 2025. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In the run-up to a EU summit in Copenhagen at the beginning of October, drones had been sighted both above civilian and military air bases, causing heightened security measures, temporary airport shutdowns and a private drone ban. The sites affected included Skrydstrup air base — where Ukrainian pilots are trained on F-16 fighter jets. Following some scepticism about the official…
Published on 01/10/2026 – 14:18 GMT+2 Finnish authorities said on Thursday they were investigating a slew of suspected break-ins at the homes of members of parliament, which President Alexander Stubb said would be “an attack on democracy” if confirmed. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Following media reports of the break-ins, speaker of parliament Jussi Halla-aho confirmed that parliament had been made aware of a “significant” number of break-ins and signs of attempted intrusions at the homes of several politicians. “I cannot comment precisely on the number of suspected cases known to us, but in any event, it is significant,” Halla-aho said at a…
“Let’s go to war!” shouted six-year-old Giorgos at his older cousin, Minas, as the two chased each other with claw-like geranium stalks around the schoolyard on the tiny Greek island of Thymaina. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The two boys are the last primary school children on the far-flung eastern Aegean island, 40 kilometres from the Turkish coast. “When I was a boy, the school had nearly 70 children,” 77-year-old Manolis Mitikas, owner of Thymaina’s portside cantina, mused over a game of backgammon. Like the rest of Greece, the former pirate hideout is facing the effects of an ageing population. The education ministry…
Nuclear tensions: In an interview with Euronews, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has told Russia to stop issuing nuclear threats, after Moscow sent a letter to the alliance saying it is prepared to deploy its nuclear arsenal if its territory – including the enclave of Kaliningrad – comes under attack. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT ‘Stop’: “We are a defensive alliance. Stop the nuclear threats. This is absolutely not called for and not helpful,” Rutte exclusively told the Euronews Defence and Space Summit on Wednesday, at a moment of heightened tension between Russia and the West. Rutte, however, dismissed the immediate threat to the…
French security forces detained more than 600 people while dozens of police and gendarmes were wounded as protests that have seen blockades of high schools and violent clashes escalated, the interior minister said on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The movement in the lycées, attended by students aged 15 to 18 for their final three years of secondary education in France, has angered the government. Since last week, students have staged protests outside schools over grievances ranging from timetables, class sizes and a shortage of teachers to overheated classrooms during this year’s heatwaves. The protests started in the Île-de-France region around Paris…
The United States has urged European countries to release more emergency oil reserves to curb soaring energy prices, as Washington announced it would put another 40 million barrels onto the market. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “While the United States and Japan are delivering on their commitments, several European member countries have released only a fraction of the crude oil and petroleum products they pledged,” US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on September 29. “We urge every member country to fulfil its commitments.” The appeal comes as the Trump administration considers a 90-day diesel export ban in an effort to contain domestic fuel…
Published on 30/09/2026 – 16:13 GMT+2•Updated 16:44 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has told Euronews there is no immediate threat to the alliance’s territory, adding that he does not take Russia’s nuclear threats seriously because Moscow could never win a confrontation with NATO. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We have prepared for this, we have planned for this, and this is true for the whole of NATO,” Rutte said at the Euronews Defence & Space Summit in Brussels on Wednesday. “We will defend every inch of NATO territory. That threat is not there, and if anything happens, we are ready to counter it.”…