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In Norse mythology, Freyja is known as the goddess of war, love and beauty. “A strange combination, until you look at Ukraine today, where all three coexist,” writes Iryna Terekh, CEO of Ukrainian defence company Fire Point, on X. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT She continues, saying that those “shared values run across this continent, from the Baltic to the Black Sea”, referencing the Joint Declaration on the Establishment of the Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition, which names Freyja as its flagship programme, signed by the Coalition of the Willing in Paris on Monday last week. The idea is to create a lower-cost, modular…
Published on 22/07/2026 – 8:00 GMT+2 On today’s show: Jorge Liboreiro breaks down today’s EU ambassadors meeting to discuss the EU’s 21st sanctions package against Russia as Greece holds it up over a ban on liquefied natural gas (LNG) that is due to come fully into force in 2027. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Aadel Haleem brings the latest from the Middle East as tensions between the US and Iran continue to rise. Maria Tadeo reports on the EU–US trade deal one year after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Donald Trump struck the agreement in Turnberry, Scotland, as…
By Euronews with AFP Published on 22/07/2026 – 6:25 GMT+2 Two firefighters died on Tuesday while tackling a fire that broke out near France’s Bordeaux international airport, officials said on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to reports by French media, the blaze broke out from a brush fire near one of the airport’s parking lots, before spreading to a building. Around a hundred firefighters, some twenty ground vehicles, and several Dash aircraft and helicopters were deployed from the airport to fight the flames. Several access routes to the airport were closed to facilitate the emergency services’ intervention. The airport said in a statement that…
Montenegro is expected to set a precedent for how the expansion of the EU will be financed in the near future, introducing yet another complication to the complex discussion of the bloc’s next long-term budget. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Last month, the European Commission presented the financial package for Montenegro’s accession, the most advanced process of all the current candidate countries for EU membership. The economic cost of the Western Balkan country, which has a population of around 626,000, was estimated at €3.2 billion – less than €1 per EU taxpayer, or, as Commission officials put it, less than the price of…
Published on 21/07/2026 – 20:12 GMT+2 Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister, Yolanda Díaz, has been sued before the Supreme Court by singer Julio Iglesias, who accuses her of “unlawful interference with his right to honour and privacy” after two former employees came forward in January with allegations of sexual abuse. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Iglesias has asked the judge to order the Sumar leader to pay him €50,000 in compensation over remarks she made on her Bluesky account and on RTVE’s programme ‘La Hora de la 1’ at the start of the year, which he argues amounted to “unlawful interference with his right…
By Greta Ruffino with AP Published on 21/07/2026 – 20:23 GMT+2 A federal appeals court has rejected former US President Joe Biden’s bid to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of interviews he gave to a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected president. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a 2-1 ruling issued late Monday, the panel found there is a “substantial” public interest in disclosing the material Biden wants to keep under wraps, adding that redactions to the recordings would help protect his privacy. “We conclude that any remaining incursion on personal privacy from disclosure of the now-redacted materials likely does not outweigh…
By Euronews Published on 21/07/2026 – 19:53 GMT+2 French MPs and senators are voting a final compromise text on the bill on banning social media for under-15s on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT French MP and rapporteur for the bill Laure Miller says French policy-makers would want to impose much stricter constraints on digital platforms, but she claims EU law restricts their room for manoeuvre. “Really, under European Union law as it stands today, all we’re allowed to do—there’s just this tiny door that opened last summer with the guidelines—is to set a minimum age in national law”, Miller says. The compromise text…
Greece is holding up the latest round of European Union sanctions against Russia over a ban on liquefied natural gas (LNG) that is scheduled to come into full force in 2027. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The ban, as agreed last year, will prohibit the “purchase, import or transfer, directly or indirectly,” of LNG that “originates in Russia or is exported from Russia”. But Greece, which hosts the world’s largest merchant fleet, wants the legal text revised to allow the transport of Russian LNG to continue past the cut-off date. The main beneficiary would be Dynagas, a company specialised in shipping in sub-zero…
Nearly twenty years after the project was launched, Normandy is on the verge of seeing its bid for UNESCO World Heritage status come to fruition. The United Nations body is due to announce its decision between 24 and 27 July, at the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee, being held in Busan, South Korea. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT If the application is approved, the D-Day landing beaches will join the list of 54 French sites already inscribed, alongside Mont-Saint-Michel, the Palace of Versailles and Chartres Cathedral. The designation is reserved for places deemed to possess an ‘outstanding universal value’ and commits…
Published on 21/07/2026 – 16:04 GMT+2•Updated 16:08 The European Commission is expected to announce the first fine for search engine company Google as part of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), German financial newspaper Handelsblatt reports. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Citing two anonymous, high-ranking EU officials, the paper said the potential one billion euro fine will be announced on Thursday, and relates to two main proceedings concerning the abuse of market power. The first case reportedly concerns whether Google favours its own services in online searches, while the second case reportedly centres on Google allegedly preventing app developers from advertising downloading options outside…