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After its failure to strike a deal to tap into the EU’s defence for loan scheme, the UK is now on a charm offensive to secure “Made in Europe” access for its industry. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT UK Business and Trade Secretary Peter Kyle is in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday to press the case for UK involvement in the European preference scheme the Commission is drafting, as speculation circulates that it will be limited to EU countries only. “We have a shared challenge on the continent of Europe about economic security,” Kyle told journalists after meeting Commission Vice President Teresa Ribera,…
Videos circulating on X and Telegram in February have used Euronews’ graphics to spread false claims about Ukrainian refugees and athletes during the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT For instance, one video, shared on X with more than 114,000 views, falsely claims that Ukrainian refugees robbed a Euronews crew at the Olympics. Another incorrectly claims that a Ukrainian interpreter escaped and fled the Ukrainian delegation, becoming the “52nd” person to do so. Some mix genuine Olympic events with fabricated allegations. For example, one video reports that Ukrainian fans committed vandalism in Milan after Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych was…
By Alessio Dell’Anna & video by Léa Becquet Published on 25/02/2026 – 13:38 GMT+1 Life isn’t a straight line, and if your job has nothing to do with your degree, you are probably in good company. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Around one in three young graduates (32%) who have at least a bachelor’s degree work outside their field of study, according to Eurostat. Arts and humanities graduates seem to venture the furthest afield from their original area of study. Almost half of them (48%) change tack, the lowest retention rate among the surveyed fields. Rates are slightly higher for graduates in journalism and the social…
US President Donald Trump beat his own record on Tuesday, delivering the longest-ever State of the Union address, clocking in at just under 1 hour and 48 minutes. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Traditionally, the speech before Congress largely focuses on domestic politics, offering a state of play on the US economy and internal affairs, and that was mostly the case in Trump’s latest speech. It came shortly after the Supreme Court struck down his signature global tariffs, with growing indications of potential new US military strikes on Iran and as Trump’s favourability ratings at the lowest point they’ve ever been in either…
The EU cannot implement its trade deal with the United States until Washington provides legal certainty on tariffs, Irish MEP Barry Andrews (Renew Europe) told Euronews’ morning show Europe Today. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “As long as there isn’t legal certainty, it’s impossible for us to do this,” Andrews said, amid discussions following the US Supreme Court’s decision to halt President Donald Trump’s tariffs, deeming them illegal. Trump has responded by invoking an emergency legal provision that allows him to impose tariffs of up to 15% worldwide, prompting questions about the validity of the EU-US trade agreement, struck well before the court’s…
Published on 25/02/2026 – 9:42 GMT+1 A month ago, an incident was reported on the Druzhba pipeline, affecting flows of cheap Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia via Ukraine. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Ukraine blamed ongoing Russian strikes for the blaze, saying the constant pounding from the air is delaying repair works. But Budapest and Bratislava accused Kyiv of lying. And last Wednesday, they retaliated by halting their own diesel exports to Ukraine until the pipeline is restored. Two days later, Hungarian Premier Viktor Orbán said it would block a crucial €90-billion EU emergency loan to Ukraine. And amid Russian attacks that…
Published on 24/02/2026 – 18:49 GMT+1 EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič urged lawmakers on Tuesday to move ahead with the EU-US trade pact even as Washington piles on new tariffs and legal uncertainty puts the agreement’s terms in doubt. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The deal was abruptly frozen Monday after a ruling by the United States Supreme Court declared most of the tariffs imposed worldwide by the White House in 2025 illegal. Shortly after the ruling, US President Donald Trump announced new 10% duties on imports from US allies, including the EU. “It is imperative we keep the process moving forward in…
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó strolled into Brussels on the defense, demanding journalists be serious as his country threatened to double veto an emergency loan for Ukraine and a fresh sanctions package against Russia over what he denounced was a coordinated sabotage from Kyiv, Brussels and the Hungarian opposition. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Inside the room, he doubled down. According to diplomats with knowledge of a contentious meeting of foreign ministers held February 23, on the eve of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s war on Ukraine, Szijjártó insisted Ukraine was playing games, disrupting transit of cheap Russian oil through a major pipeline…
Published on 24/02/2026 – 12:19 GMT+1 Four years ago today, Russian troops crossed the border, and the first missiles struck Ukrainian cities. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Russia started its full-scale invasion. An all-out war, which seemed unimaginable in 21st-century Europe. That day, millions of Ukrainians woke up to the sound of explosions. But human tragedy does not need another explanation. It needs memory. So today, here is the timeline Europeans must never forget. First missiles. First air raid syrens. First mass evacuations to the West. And almost immediately, first signs of fierce resilience. From the border guards on Snake Island refusing to…
The internet is filled with promises: from schemes that say they’ll “get users rich quick”, to dating apps that claim to match perfect partners in a few clicks, and bargain offers for idyllic holidays. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But with all of these opportunities comes the possibility of being scammed, and as deepfakes become increasingly sophisticated, the sheer amount of money being lost to online scams is piling up. According to a new studyby cybersecurity company SurfShark, deepfake-related scam and fraud schemes tricked people out of approximately $1.1 billion (€930 million) worldwide in 2025. This is three times more than the roughly…