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Ursula von der Leyen's new €2 trillion EU budget: Six key takeaways

From support to Ukraine to the merger of agriculture and cohesion funds, here are the six takeaways from von der Leyen's €2 trillion EU budget.

17/07/2025

Earth News

Seawater temperatures in Portugal's Algarve reach record highs

Temperatures in the Algarve between June and July were on average 25.1°C, according to the Portuguese Maritime Authority.

17/07/2025

Ukraine

Russia strikes shopping centre in eastern Ukraine with 500-kg bomb

At least four people were killed and 27 were injured in the Russian attack on the town of Dobropillia in Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, after Moscow forces struck a shopping centre here with a half-a-tonne aerial bomb.

17/07/2025

Earth News

'Dirty fuel': Greenpeace protests fossil gas investment in Greece

Greenpeace said it wanted to highlight the country's unnecessary and wasteful investments in fossil gas.

17/07/2025

Europe News

Scottish man's body found in council toilet six days after death

48-year-old Julie Stephen said she believed her husband Sean's body had been lying in the toilet at Edinburgh City Chambers for almost a week.

17/07/2025

Europe News

UK to lower voting age to 16 in England and Northern Ireland

If passed, the proposed changes would bring the voting age to 16 across the whole of the UK and in line with Scotland and Wales, where 16-year-olds can already vote.

17/07/2025

Culture news

Festival fans arrive as Tomorrowland seeks solutions after stage fire

Tomorrowland festival organisers in Belgium say cancelling the event is "the last thing they want to do" and they expect to announce a solution on Thursday.

17/07/2025

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Swiss dairy cooperative marks 10th anniversary with emoji-faced cheese

Milchmanufaktur in Einsiedeln celebrates its 10th anniversary with Emutschli, an emoji-adorned cheese, merging digital culture and traditional cheesemaking.

17/07/2025

Health news

Healthy babies born in UK using DNA from three people

The births mark a milestone in reproductive science - and a potential lifeline for families with a history of mitochondrial disorders.

17/07/2025

Tech News

Commission nearly doubles research, innovation fund in next budget

Lobby groups say the money freed up for technology under the budget proposal isn't enough.

17/07/2025

Health news

Brussels targets tobacco products with a new set of eurotaxes

In two separate announcements on the same day, the European Commission introduced a renewed push to curb tobacco use through higher taxation, a move expected to raise the price of cigarettes and other tobacco products across the EU.

17/07/2025

Europe News

EU Commission shrinks agriculture share in record budget

Europe’s agricultural spending will face cuts compared to the current programming period under the new EU long-term budget proposal, while the European Commission insists farmers will still receive the same amount “in their pockets”.

17/07/2025

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Giant mural in France critiques Trump's immigration policies

A mural in the northern French town of Roubaix shows the Statue of Liberty covering her eyes, sparking reactions and millions of views online.

17/07/2025

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WATCH: Fire destroys main stage at Belgium’s Tomorrowland festival

A major fire broke out on Wednesday at the Tomorrowland festival site in Boom, Belgium, just days before its official opening. Footage shared online shows towering flames engulfing the iconic stage.

17/07/2025

Denmark

Danish universities reject foreign researchers amid espionage fears

Danish universities are rejecting foreign researchers, especially from Russia, Iran and China, over high espionage threats. Aarhus University has already rejected 24 applicants this year.

17/07/2025

Travel News

Europe’s best and worst airports ranked for 2025

Norway leads Europe’s best airports list while France and the UK fall behind again.

17/07/2025

EuroVerify

Fact check: Has Italy just passed an anti-LGBT surrogacy law?

Italy extended its ban on surrogacy late last year, but posts are claiming that it happened recently.

17/07/2025

Tech News

Estonian President Alar Karis has a plan to bring AI to schools

“The whole school system is probably going to be upside down in the coming years,” Karis tells Euronews Next.

17/07/2025

Tech News

Tech giants can easily check age of child users, says Danish minister

Online platforms are facing increasing pressure to implement the tools to protect children from harmful content online.

17/07/2025

Economy

Retaliatory tariffs: Which EU countries could be impacted the most?

Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands are three of the most exposed countries should the EU decide to impose countermeasures on US imports — following Washington’s threat to charge 30% on EU goods.

17/07/2025

Health news

Why some countries’ healthcare spending is more wasteful than others

After a certain level, national health care spending has diminishing returns for people’s wellbeing, a new study says.

17/07/2025

Culture news

Fire completely destroys main stage at Belgium's Tomorrowland festival

Organisers say posts on social media from festival-goers claiming to have received emails saying Tomorrowland had been cancelled were "Fake news".

16/07/2025

Space

Photos: Planets born around a baby sun outside our solar system

In a cosmic first, scientists identified signs of early planet formation by looking deep into the gas disk around a baby star far outside our solar system.

16/07/2025

Europe News

Israel welcomes EU no response to Gaza, Palestinians are 'shocked'

The EU’s 27 foreign ministers decided at a meeting in Brussels earlier this week not to “punish” Israel for its actions in Gaza and to “keep a close watch” on the country’s implementation of a recent agreement to improve the flow of aid in the strip.

16/07/2025

Europe News

Palestinian minister says future state will be place for women and law

Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Shahin said any future Palestinian state will be pluralistic, with respect for any deal on a two-state solution for Israel and adherence to international law. She said the Palestinian Authority is on a path to root out corruption, which she admitted "takes time".

16/07/2025

Culture news

Emma Watson and Harry Potter co-star receive driving bans for speeding

Emma Watson and her Harry Potter co-star Zoe Wanamaker have both been fined and banned for six-months from driving by the same UK court after separate speeding incidents.

16/07/2025