Europe News EU asylum requests down by 11% in 2024, but still exceed one million Almost half of the applications filed across the EU in 2024 came from citizenships with low chances of a successful decision. 03/03/2025
The Big Question ‘The future is not supersonic, but hypersonic,’ says Booking.com CEO Booking.com CEO Glenn Fogel talks about the growing desire to travel, even as over tourism and sustainability concerns create challenges for travel companies. 03/03/2025
Europe News Meloni says division of the West would be 'fatal for everyone' Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stresses the importance of Western unity after Ukraine talks with European leaders, Canada and Turkey in London. 03/03/2025
Europe News Has Europe got anything to show for its Ukraine diplomatic flurry? Two meetings of European leaders will take place over the coming days to discuss Ukraine and possible security guarantees. 28/02/2025
Health news Big pharma urges Commission to slow down new critical medicines rules With the date of publication for a Critical Medicines Act fast approaching, the EU’s pharma industry is urging the Commission to slow down rather than keeping to a promise made by Health Commissioner Oliver Várhelyi to launch the proposal within the first 100 days of his mandate. 28/02/2025
Europe News Brussels claims good contacts with White House after Rubio snub The cancelled meeting between Kaja Kallas and Marco Rubion has exposed the diplomatic hurdles that Brussels faces in the new Trump era. 27/02/2025
Democratic Republic Of Congo Explosions rock meeting of M23 rebel leaders in DR Congo The group, which has the backing of Rwanda, has recently captured the key cities of Goma and Bukavu in the east of the country. 27/02/2025
Europe News Ex-Commission chief Juncker: Ukraine should get limited EU membership The former president of the European Commission also told Euronews he regrets not being firmer on newer member states Hungary and Slovakia, which have been found to breach the EU's rule of law, adding that Brussels needs to be "very careful" before admitting new countries to the bloc. 27/02/2025
Radio Schuman Will the EU take on three new official languages? In an interview with Euronews, president of Catalonia Salvador Illa talked about the possibility of Catalan, Galician and Basque becoming official EU languages. 27/02/2025
Europe News Europe maintains fragile democratic stability amid global drop, study Despite discrepancies between west and east, Europe's democratic health remains buoyant in the face of worldwide decline, according to a study released on Thursday by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EUI). 27/02/2025
Europe News Kallas-Rubio meeting cancelled due to scheduling issues Kallas was expected to meet Rubio during her two-day stay in Washington. 26/02/2025
Europe News Emmanuel Macron briefs EU leaders on meeting with Donald Trump The video conference was convened by António Costa, the president of the European Council, in anticipation of an emergency summit on 6 March. 26/02/2025
Radio Schuman The US' new approach to Ukraine: how to make sense of it Kirill Shamiev, an expert on civil-military relations and Russian domestic politics at the European Council on Foreign Relations, discussed how the European Union should navigate the growing rift between Washington and its allies over the war in Ukraine. 26/02/2025
Europe News Luxembourg delays adoption of EU sanctions against Rwanda Causing surprise across the bloc, Luxembourg has blocked the adoption of sanctions against Kigali. European ministers have suspended EU defence consultations with Rwanda. 25/02/2025
Israel Israel denies entry to two visiting EU lawmakers The expulsion follows a new Israeli law barring entry to individuals who support the prosecution of Israeli soldiers or deny Hamas’ 7 October attack. 25/02/2025
Health news EU’s medicine stockpiling challenged by national security concerns The European Union’s efforts to build a medical stockpile and strengthen health crisis preparedness face a major challenge: a blind spot over national reserves. Many member states are reluctant to share information due to security concerns. 25/02/2025
Radio Schuman Will Merz rekindle the Franco-German flame? The Franco-German partnership, historically central to key decisions in Brussels, has been strained over the past three years. This is due in part to domestic political crises in both France and Germany, as well as significant differences in the leadership styles of French President Emmanuel Macron. 25/02/2025
Europe News Europe says it is ready to back EU membership for Ukraine European Council President Antonio Costa says EU accession is key for Ukraine's future, while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says it could happen earlier than 2030. 24/02/2025
Europe News Zelenskyy: Kyiv to insist on special tribunal as part of peace talks A whole host of world leaders convened in Kyiv on Monday to mark the third anniversary of the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 24/02/2025
Europe News EU to review raw materials deal with Rwanda over DRC conflict - Kallas EU foreign ministers did not agree to immediately impose sanctions on Rwanda for its alleged role in the escalating conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 24/02/2025