Europe News EU 'cannot afford complacency', Commissioner says on COVID anniversary The EU "cannot afford complacency" and must ensure it is ready to face new health crises, the bloc's Crisis Preparedness Commissioner told Euronews to mark the fifth anniversary of COVID being declared a pandemic. 11/03/2025
Europe News EU Commission stops short on solutions to progress on women´s rights The EU Commission has just unveiled its long-term political vision to maintain its commitment to gender equality, but some argue it lacks detailed solutions to long-standing challenges. 11/03/2025
Europe News Could Europe conscript 300,000 troops to deter Russia without the US? As armed forces across Europe remain stretched and defence budgets constrained, could European nations reinstate compulsory military service? NATO allies are considering conscription. 11/03/2025
Tech News Facebook tops content removal complaints at Irish dispute body Appeals Centre Europe says Meta started implementing its non-binding decisions. 11/03/2025
Tech News Who's met EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen in her first 100 days? An overview of which industries were represented and which topics were the highest on the agenda. 10/03/2025
Europe News Six takeaways as Ursula von der Leyen marks 100 days in office President Donald Trump's withdrawal of support for Ukraine has up-ended EU relations with the US in her first 100 days, and prompted pledges to ramp up defence spending. 09/03/2025
Health news EU states seek use of defence funds for critical medicines A group of 11 health ministers has proposed expanding the scope of new EU defence funds to include critical medicines in an op-ed published on Euronews. 09/03/2025
Europe News World 'more gender equal than ever', but progress is fragile, UN warns Despite progress for women's and girls' rights around the world, these gains are fragile. In 2024, one in four countries in the world reported a setback in women's rights, according to a new report by UN Women. 08/03/2025
Europe News Atlanticism's last stand: Meloni’s bid to keep EU engaged with US As some EU leaders consider the consequences of an apparent US disengagement from Europe’s security, Italy’s premier remains one of the strongest advocates for keeping the continent under American protection. 07/03/2025
Europe News Commission defends EU digital markets rules in the face of US attacks In a letter seen by Euronews and sent to the US Congress, Vice-presidents Teresa Ribera and Henna Virkkunen defend EU digital legislation, which they claim applies to companies regardless of where they are located. It comes a day after MEPs also wrote to US authorities justifying DMA’s enforcement. 07/03/2025
No Comment Bridge collapse in Belgium kills one, injures two A bridge under demolition collapsed in La Louvière, Belgium, killing one worker and injuring two, as part of the structure fell onto a barge on Thursday. 07/03/2025
Belgium Poland's Duda: NATO members must increase defence spending to 3% The Polish President visited NATO's headquarters on Thursday at the invitation of Secretary General Mark Rutte. 06/03/2025
Europe News EU's workforce challenge: Commission unveils plan to bridge skills gap The Union of Skills focuses on strengthening education, upskilling, internal labour mobility and attracting foreign talent. 06/03/2025
Tech News Women largely underrepresented in European tech, index finds Women are underrepresented in the entire EU tech ecosystem from the classroom to the C-suite, a new gender and diversity index found. 06/03/2025
Europe News EU leaders' summit ends with Orbán vetoing conclusions on Ukraine While all EU leaders backed conclusions on bolstering European defence, the Hungarian prime minister opted out of the statements on the bloc's ongoing support to Kyiv. 06/03/2025
Tech News Zalando’s legal case to spark EU Commission online platform headache So far the EU Commission hasn't published an explanation on how exactly it calculates a platform’s user numbers under the Digital Services Act. 06/03/2025
Europe News Trump claims US food safety superiority, promises tough times for EU No agricultural product from outside the US will be able to compete with locally produced goods, according to Donald Trump, who anticipates a new tariff regime for food imports starting in April. 06/03/2025
Health news Commission playing catch up with US, China in life science sector Gene therapies, multi-country clinical trials, and AI-driven personalised medicine are some of the priorities the EU executive is working on for the upcoming Life science strategy, according to details shared with member states. 05/03/2025
Tech News Poland leads EU call for more civilian, military cooperation on cyber The call comes as EU leaders are set to discuss a plan aimed at mobilising €800 billion on defence and security. 05/03/2025
Europe News How can the EU unlock up to €800bn for its ‘rearmament plan’? The EU Commission has unveiled plans to borrow €150 billion to fund a major rearmament push. This joint borrowing proposal comes in the form of loans rather than grants—an idea largely rejected by so-called 'frugal' countries such as Germany and the Netherlands. 05/03/2025
Europe News Late to meets leads to drama: Trump, Zelenskyy, and tick-tock politics "Better late than never" is a phrase that could save you at the office or on a date, but in politics, a leader’s tardiness can spark anything from mild irritation to full-blown diplomatic tensions - and might have played a role in the latest White House show. 05/03/2025
Euronews Tech Talks Space debris: Does orbit need a clean-up? | Podcast What is space debris? How do we manage it? Is it dangerous? Euronews Tech Talks investigates these questions with ESA expert Quentin Verspieren. 05/03/2025
Europe News Commission touts action plan for steel industry faced with US tariffs The Commission has pledged an action plan for the steel industry to be launched in mid-March, days after US President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs against the sector are slated to come into force, beckoning the onset of a trade war. 04/03/2025
Europe News Commission to respond to US Congress’ digital questioning by 10 March Under pressure from the US House of Representatives, Commission Vice-President Teresa Ribera told Euronews that she would respond to Republican Congressmen's questioning on digital enforcement by 10 March. 04/03/2025
Tech News EU to launch 'Digital Diplomacy' initiative amid US tensions The European Commission engages on technology with other regions, but the US remains a question mark 04/03/2025
Tech News EU Commission looking to speed up 5G defence from foreign interference 5G security approach should also apply to other technologies, EU Tech Commissioner Henna Virkkunen said. 03/03/2025