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IBAN discrimination still harms consumers, says EU auditors

From February 2021 to September 2023, consumers reported almost 3,500 cases of alleged IBAN discrimination on the 'Accept My IBAN platform', mostly in France and Spain, accounting for 31% and 21% of all cases respectively.

09/01/2025

Europe News

Slovakia ramps up anti-Zelenskyy rhetoric amid gas transit spat

Slovakia's prime minister claims Ukraine is jeopardising Europe's global competitiveness by refusing to allow Russia to export gas into the EU over its territory.

09/01/2025

Tech News

Gender details needn't be given to buy train tickets: EU court

A French LGBT+ rights association filed a complained after the railway company SNCF asked customers for their titles when buying a ticket online.

09/01/2025

Europe News

Poland seeks to break EU deadlock on GMO deregulation

After 18 months, governments have yet to agree on when a new class of genetically modified crops can be treated as equivalent to conventional strains, and whether producers should be granted monopoly rights through patents.

09/01/2025

Tech News

Big tech too influential over AI standards, warns report

The report argues that the AI Act has a business-friendly approach where complex and fundamental rights questions are left in the hands of standard-setting organisations.

09/01/2025

Healthcare

Europe launches medicine shortage monitoring in 2025

Among the health policy novelties of 2025, a new tool developed by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) is set to harmonise monitoring of medicine shortages across Europe.

08/01/2025

Tech News

Meta needs to analyse risks if it drops fact checkers in EU too

NGOs expressed worries about the move announced yesterday by Meta.

08/01/2025

Euronews Tech Talks

How has lithium transformed Earth and space exploration? | Podcast

From electric vehicles to satellites and spacecrafts, lithium-ion batteries have revolutionised our daily lives. Euronews Tech Talks tries to understand how.

08/01/2025

Health news

Don't eat your Christmas tree, Belgium's food agency warns

The Belgian Federal Food Agency issued the odd warning after Ghent's local authorities suggested people could reuse pine needles in recipes to avoid waste.

08/01/2025

Europe News

EU trade chief commits to WTO in Geneva following Macron doubts

Emmanuel Macron said the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is not working and that several countries are breaking away from it, but in Geneva European Trade Commissioner Maroš Sefcovic renewed the EU's commitment to multilateral world trade rules.

08/01/2025

Europe News

Commission insists EU faces no gas squeeze as winter bites

A week after Russian gas stopped flowing through Ukraine, the European Commission maintains there is no threat to security of supply despite data showing a steep drop in reserves as temperatures fall across much of the bloc.

07/01/2025

Europe News

Von der Leyen health update: Key details on her pneumonia diagnosis

Von der Leyen cancelled her engagements due to pneumonia but continues to manage her duties from Hannover. Here's what we know so far about her condition.

07/01/2025

Tech News

Lawmakers add pressure on Commission to investigate Musk's influence

Members question the attempts by the tech mogul to intervene in the German election, and the ties with the Italian government over SpaceX.

07/01/2025

Space

Will Italy’s use of Elon Musk's satellites affect a key EU project?

What would it mean for Europe's security if Italy decided to join SpaceX's satellite system? Will Giorgia Meloni's government sideline an EU-led project currently under development?

07/01/2025

Tech News

EU Commission to add Musk’s German AfD interview to ongoing probe

Former EU Internal Market Chief Thierry Breton already warned the X-owner and billionaire Elon Musk last summer about complying with the Digital Services Act.

06/01/2025

Economy

How could Trump's policies impact Europe's economy and politics?

Donald Trump's re-election, with full Congressional control, poses challenges for Europe in trade, defence, and climate policy. Experts are warning of potential economic hits, urging the EU to act decisively, boost competitiveness, and assert its geopolitical autonomy.

06/01/2025

Tech News

What’s in store for AI in 2025? Here’s what chatbots and experts say

We ask chatbots and scour 2025 AI prediction reports to bring you what could be the four most likely advancements in artificial intelligence next year.

05/01/2025

Europe News

Von der Leyen cancels appointments after 'severe pneumonia' diagnosis

EU Commission chief von der Leyen has fallen ill with 'severe pneumonia' and has cancelled all her appointments for the next two weeks, her office has announced.

03/01/2025

Tech News

Which countries fared best against disinformation in 2024?

Euronews Next looks at how successful or not the world was at protecting voters from online disinformation during the historic 2024 election year.

03/01/2025

Tech News

Nick Clegg to step down as Meta's global affairs chief

Clegg, a former UK deputy prime minister, became in charge of all of Meta's policy matters in 2022.

03/01/2025

Tech News

France’s AI summit aims to put EU on the map as 'leading AI continent'

The AI Action Summit in France comes after the UK and South Korea hosted the first events on AI, gathering heads of state, international organisation as well as businesses.

02/01/2025

Europe News

Belgium woman runs a marathon every day of the year

On top of running at least 15,444 kilometers in a single year, the 55-year-old also raised some €60,000 in funds for breast cancer research.

31/12/2024

Belgium

Europe pays tribute to former US President Jimmy Carter

Carter's passing has been met with sorrow across Europe, where leaders have paid tribute to his legacy as an ally and advocate for peace, democracy, and human rights.

30/12/2024

Tech News

Time's running out on AI standardisation process, Dutch watchdog warns

The pace needs to pick up on the process of standardisation, the watchdog warns, as the provisions of the EU’s AI Act will soon start to apply.

30/12/2024

Health news

Belgium will be first EU state to ban the sale of vapes

Belgium will ban the sale of disposable vapes as of Jan. 1 on health and environmental grounds in a ground-breaking move for the EU.

29/12/2024

Tech News

New EU rules on common USB-C chargers to come into force

Starting on Saturday, all small and medium-sized portable electronic devices sold in the EU must be compatible with USB-C ports to address waste.

27/12/2024