Europe News EU should negotiate with US, China with 'gun in pocket', says Lamy The US and China pose existential challenges for the EU, former Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Pascal Lamy tells Euronews' Europe Conversation. 27/01/2025
Ukraine Russia claims to have occupied Velyka Novosilka in Ukraine's Donbas As the EU agrees to extend sanctions on Russia by another six months, the Russian Defence Ministry has said its forces have occupied the east Ukrainian town of Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region, a key defensive hub for the Ukrainian army. 27/01/2025
Europe News Hungary drops veto threat and allows renewal of EU sanctions on Russia The EU will be able to renew its sectoral sanctions against Russia after Hungary abandoned its veto threat, which it had linked to energy concerns. 27/01/2025
Europe News A new economic doctrine, Newsletter This week's key events presented by Euronews' senior trade and competition reporter Peggy Corlin. 27/01/2025
Radio Schuman Will Trump help European conservatives push back on the Green deal? The US is set to pull out of the climate fight with Donald Trump in power. The new American president announced last week that he would withdraw from the Paris agreement and launch a national energy “emergency” that could result in suspending environmental regulations. 27/01/2025
Europe News EU is about to suspend sanctions on Syria. How many are in place? Under Assad, Syria became one of the most heavily sanctioned countries in the world. After Assad, the EU wants to inject fresh dynamism. 27/01/2025
World News Euroviews. The EU’s fisheries crisis demands action now, not misplaced optimism A prosperous future for fisheries is still within reach. This is the legacy policymakers must commit to today, not tomorrow. Closing our eyes to the realities of our situation leads nowhere, Pascale Moehrle and Dr Monica Verbeek write. 25/01/2025
Europe News 'Playing with fire': Orbán's veto threat puts Brussels on edge With a key deadline set to expire next week, Viktor Orbán and his deputies have raised the spectre of vetoing EU sanctions against Russia, a move which would upend the bloc's foreign policy. 24/01/2025
Radio Schuman Don't imitate Trump on migration - ex-LIBE committee chairman Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, a Spanish socialist MEP and former chairman of the civil liberties, justice and home affairs (LIBE) commitee, told Euronews about the consequences for Europe of US president Donald Trump’s crackdown on migration. 24/01/2025
World News Migration Commissioner open to EU finance for border walls and fences The Commission will 'reassess needs' in the protection of borders for the next multi-annual budget, as European People's Party joins right wing forces in asking for financement 23/01/2025
Montenegro Montenegro: Case of jailed businessman points to political infightings Duško Knežević, an estranged ally of Montenegro's ex-President Milo Đukanović, is accused of fraud and money laundering. His lawyer claims the charges are politically motivated. 23/01/2025
Switzerland Invest in US or face tariffs, Trump tells Davos US President Trump promised lower taxes for companies bringing manufacturing to the US and threatened tariffs for those who don't in his Davos address on Thursday. 23/01/2025
Health news As the US exits the WHO, can the EU fill the gap in global health? With Donald Trump’s plans to cut ties with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the international agency stands to lose not only $1 billion but one of the most influential actors on global health. Will the EU try to fill this gap? 23/01/2025
Europe News Hungary ratchets up anti-sanctions rhetoric as renewal deadline looms The extension of EU sanctions shouldn't be automatic, the Hungarian government has said, in remarks that threaten to unravel the bloc's collective reaction to Russia's war on Ukraine 23/01/2025
Radio Schuman Trump migration crackdown could be 'new burden' for Europe - ICMPD Michael Spindelegger, the director of the intergovernmental organization International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) told Euronews how Trump’s crackdown on immigration, including at the southern border of Mexico, could have consequences for Europe. 23/01/2025
Europe News At the Poland-Belarus border, security and migration merge into one Poland has reframed the debate on migration through the lenses of national security, forcing the EU to change its tune. 23/01/2025
World News Donald Tusk’s priorities for EU attacked by both left and right MEPs from the left side of the European Parliament dislike the Polish prime minister’s attitude on migrations and the Green Deal, while Patriots and Conservatives say they don’t trust him. 22/01/2025
Europe in Motion Excess deaths decreased in Europe, despite health system challenges November 2024 recorded 22,000 fewer excess deaths in the EU than in November 2023. Malta, Romania, and Slovakia recorded negative excess mortality rates. 22/01/2025
Europe News French MPs call for rape law to include consent after Pelicot trial Dominique Pelicot was sentenced last month along with 50 other men for the repeated drugging and rape of Gisèle Pelicot in case that stunned France. 22/01/2025
Europe News EU focus on Mediterranean ignores Canary Island, claims president Fernando Clavijo met Home Affairs Commissioner Magnus Brunner in Strasbourg. “When you close one door, migrants exit from another.” 21/01/2025