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Scandinavians trust global organisations more than rest of Europe

Scandinavian countries are among those with the highest levels of trust in international institutions worldwide, and the highest in Europe, with the United Nations and the World Health Organisation ranking as the most trusted.

19/09/2025

Europe News

COP30: EU countries dodge 2035 climate targets with statement of intent

After lengthy negotiations, EU countries haven't agreed on a 2035 target to present at the United Nations next week.

19/09/2025

Europe News

EU pipeline gas imports on downward trend – report

While gas entering the bloc via pipeline is decreasing, liquefied natural gas is set to increase casting doubts on the bloc’s green undertakings.

18/09/2025

Tech News

Ireland names 15 watchdogs to check on businesses’ AI Act compliance

The European Commission hasn't yet published a list of designated authorities in all member states.

17/09/2025

Health news

EU medicine shortages at record levels, auditors report

Medicine shortages have been a recurring issue throughout the bloc for years, but the EU still lacks an effective system to deal with them, according to a new report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA).

17/09/2025

Europe News

EU's partial suspension of Israel trade: Appropriate or insignificant?

If adopted by the EU’s 27 member states, the proposal would not ban trade but suspend the EU’s preferential treatment with Israel, exposing EU imports from the country to an additional €227 million in duties over a year.

17/09/2025

Europe News

Sweden and Finland move to safeguard bioenergy production

Nordic PMs asked the European Commission to allow flexibilities under EU forest rules.

17/09/2025

Europe News

EU moves to sanction Israel over Gaza, West Bank humanitarian crisis

Commission proposes package of sanctions that were trailed by Ursula von der Leyen in her State of the Union speech in Strasbourg last week.

17/09/2025

Tech News

Media sector awaits EU Commission clarity on political ads

Some online platforms have already said that new rules applicable from October are unworkable.

17/09/2025

Europe News

EU countries wrangling over 2035 climate target ahead of COP30 - leak

EU countries have pushed back a decision on 2040 targets from a ministers' meeting this week to a leaders' summit in October, but they are also at odds over key 2035 goals which must be determined before COP30 meets in Brazil in November.

17/09/2025

Economy

Clothes imports up 14% in 2025 amid fierce competition from China

The textile industry is sounding the alarm as imports in the fast fashion sector continue to grow steadily.

16/09/2025

Europe News

Kallas calls on Germany to stop hindering EU diplomacy in Gaza

Germany leads the front of European countries opposing sanctions on the Jewish state, owing to the role it played in the Holocaust.

16/09/2025

Europe News

Draghi calls for pause to AI Act to gauge risks

The call comes after businesses have repeatedly called for a stop the clock on the EU’s AI rules.

16/09/2025

Europe News

EU Commission sued for secrecy over ditched food label plan

Two transparency groups are taking the European Commission to court for refusing to release documents on a shelved plan for an EU-wide nutrition label.

16/09/2025

Economy

MEPs call on Commission to drop energy purchase promise in EU-US deal

A letter is currently circulating within the European Parliament denouncing the European Commission’s commitment to purchase $750 billion worth of energy products from the US.

15/09/2025

Europe News

Emissions targets deferred, Newsletter

This week's key events presented by Euronews' editor in chief, EU news, Jeremy Fleming-Jones.

15/09/2025

Belgium

Commission says Ghent Festival ‘wrong’ to cancel Israeli conductor

Ghent Festival controversially dropped a concert scheduled for next week because the Israeli conductor had not clarified his position on the Israeli government.

12/09/2025

Europe News

EU decision on 2040 climate target to be delayed, diplomats say

At stake is the review of the EU’s Climate Law, which sets course for the EU to become climate neutral by 2050, but also called for a 2040 climate target to be set in stone.

12/09/2025

Europe News

How the European Parliament turned a minute's silence to political mudslinging

Under parliament rules, silence tributes are announced by the Parliament president at the opening of the plenary sessions and must be requested by political groups prior to the opening.

12/09/2025

Health news

Has US contraceptives stockpile stored in Europe been destroyed?

Conflicting information from the United States and the Flemish government has raised doubts over the fate of millions of dollars’ worth of contraceptives stored in Europe, reportedly set to be burnt. Where are they now? Have they already been destroyed?

12/09/2025

Belgium

Microsoft makes commitments on Teams to allay EU antitrust concerns

The commitments made by the US tech giant to unbundle Teams from its flagship applications will bind it for between seven and 10 years.

12/09/2025

Health news

European Parliament calls for a strategy on Alzheimer's and dementia

The European Parliament has urged the European Commission to adopt a dedicated strategy to address Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, backed by clear financing and concrete timelines.

12/09/2025

Belgium

EU car industry's top five concerns ahead of talks with von der Leyen

Friday is the third and last crisis meeting of its kind this year, part of what the European Commission has billed the "Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the Automotive Industry."

12/09/2025

Tech News

Some national regulators ill-equipped to enforce incoming EU Data Act

Business associations have called upon the European Commission to uphold the rules.

12/09/2025

Business

Car sales in Europe: Which brands are rising and falling?

Europe’s carmakers are grappling with tariffs and fierce competition amid the shift to EVs. As European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen prepares to meet industry leaders Friday to discuss the future of the auto sector, new sales and market share data reveal how the sector is reshaping.

12/09/2025

Europe News

EU court annuls Council’s Pumpyanskiy sanctions decision again

The EU Council listed the former Russian businessman on the basis of executive positions he no longer held at the time of the sanctions decision. The court says that's unjustified.

11/09/2025