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Good Monday morning from Brussels. I’m Mared Gwyn with the news and analysis from Europe to start your week. Just in: Ignacy Niemczycki, Poland’s Minister of State for EU Affairs, has told Euronews’ morning show Europe Today that Russia is not negotiating in good will and shows no interest in ending the war, ahead of planned trilateral talks with the US and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. “We’re really hoping that the US will be able to convince Russia to be more creative in those discussions,” minister Niemczycki told Europe Today. “Russia is not negotiating with good will right…
Iran has declared the armies of European countries “terrorist groups,” after the EU last Thursday agreed to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation. During a session in Tehran, lawmakers wore IRGC uniforms and chanted slogans including “Death to America’ and “Shame on you, Europe.” Meanwhile, calls are growing inside Iran for an inquiry into the number of people killed during recent protests, which were met with a violent crackdown. We are joined by Ignacy Niemczycki, the State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland responsible for EU affairs. Ignacy Niemczycki oversees Polish interests in…
Published on 23/01/2026 – 15:00 GMT+1 MiCa can seat 8 people and reach up to 25 km/h. It’s been designed to operate autonomously for up to 20 hours per day. “When the vehicle understands what’s around it, then it’s able to see where the road is, where objects are possibly moving, where the pedestrian crossing is, where the intersection is, and based on that and the next bus stop it’s going to, it’s able to plan a path for its route,” explains Kristjan Vilipõld, Product Manager, at AuVe Tech OÜ. The company behind the prototypes was founded in 2018 in…
By Alessio Dell’Anna & Damaso Jaivenois Published on 30/01/2026 – 11:30 GMT+1•Updated 11:54 Some good news for air travellers. Many European airports are finally ditching the controversial 100 millilitre limit on cabin bag liquids, marking the end of an era of minuscule, overpriced creams and shampoos. It follows the rollout of new CT security scanners, which provide high-resolution 3D visuals detecting both solid and liquid explosives. Last July, the EU Commission said that a move to scrap the rule across the whole bloc is also in the pipeline. The 100ml limit was introduced in Europe and beyond in 2006, after UK police had…
By Méabh Mc Mahon & Alice Carnevali Published on 30/01/2026 – 10:30 GMT+1 On Tuesday, 27 January, the European Union (EU) and India announced the signing of a landmark trade agreement, which Ursula von der Leyen described as the “mother of all deals.” What does this pact mean for both countries? And why did the president of the European Commission’s outfit go viral? To answer these and more questions, Euronews’ weekly podcast Brussels, My Love?talked to EU-India expert expert Stefania Benaglia, correspondent Teresa Küchler, and EU-India media commentator Rahul Venkit. The free trade agreement The Brussels–Delhi trade deal talks came to an end…
Published on 30/01/2026 – 9:21 GMT+1•Updated 9:39 NATO chief Mark Rutte should stop being an “American agent” and unite the fraught military alliance in the face of the United States’ “hostile rhetoric” and “intimidation”, former European Council chief Charles Michel has told Euronews. “I want to be clear, Mark Rutte is disappointing and I’m losing confidence,” Michel, who helmed the Council for five years up until 2024, told Euronews’ morning show Europe Today on Friday. “I’m not expecting Mark Rutte to be an American agent. I’m expecting Mark to work for unity within NATO,” Michel added. Rutte, who famously called…
Published on 30/01/2026 – 7:39 GMT+1•Updated 8:01 With Russia and Ukraine set to resume peace talks in Abu Dhabi over the weekend, the EU’s foreign policy chief says Moscow is not taking negotiations seriously. After yesterday’s meeting of EU foreign ministers, Kaja Kallas also accused the Kremlin of “weaponising winter” by pounding Ukraine’s energy network, and said the EU could consider an entry ban on Russian soldiers who fought in Ukraine. Joining me to debrief on these developments is our EU editor Maria Tadeo. Then we are joined in our studio by former European Council President Charles Michel. He served…
Despite Donald Trump describing clean energy as the “green new scam” in his remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, countries across the globe are investing more and more in the renewable energy industry, creating a multitude of job opportunities in the process. According to a new report, Europe had 2.04 million renewable energy jobs in 2024, of which just under 1.8 million were in the European Union. The 2025 study by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) found that, in the year before, the EU’s 27 member states together made up the…
Published on 29/01/2026 – 10:42 GMT+1 There is backlash, but NATO chief Mark Rutte does not care. Why? Because he is the only European who speaks the language of US President Donald Trump. Meet “Teflon Mark.” He was the longest-serving Dutch prime minister because absolutely nothing sticks to him. Rutte went from riding a bicycle in The Hague during his premiership to flying constantly across the Atlantic to put out NATO fires. Also, meet the pianist. Rutte gave up his dream of being a musician because he claimed he was not “good enough”. Yet he mastered a different instrument called…
Published on 29/01/2026 – 18:32 GMT+1 The European Union has begun considering a new proposal to ban the entry of Russian soldiers who have fought in the war in Ukraine, fearing security risks. The plan, which is still in under development, was put up for discussion by Estonia during a meeting of foreign affairs ministers on Thursday. “We have close to one million combatants in Russia. They’re mainly criminals. They are very dangerous people,” Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said upon arrival. “I’m sure, and we have information, that most of them will come to Europe after the war. And…