Europe

Tech News

Three months before deadline, EU countries not ready for AI oversight

A delay in appointing the oversight bodies will mean uncertainty for businesses that have to start complying with the rules.

09/05/2025

Europe in Motion

Overview of Commission meetings since the beginning of new mandate

Only 16% of all Commission meetings were with NGOs, following the EPP's political efforts to prevent NGOs from using EU grant money to influence policymaking.

09/05/2025

Europe News

Ukraine's allies endorse special tribunal to prosecute Vladimir Putin

The special tribunal will be able to impose sentences of life imprisonment when justified by the extreme severity of the crime of aggression.

09/05/2025

Turkey

Euroviews. Why the EU is essential — and why Türkiye belongs in the bloc

In an Euroviews exclusive, the leader of Türkiye's Republican People’s Party (CHP) Özgür Özel shares his call for renewed solidarity, shared values, and democratic partnership.

09/05/2025

Vatican

How St Peter's Square faithful greeted Pope Leo XIV for the first time

Euronews was in St Peter's Square along with 150,000 people who flocked to greet the first-ever pope to hail from the US.

09/05/2025

Russia

Russia holds Victory Day parade in Moscow amid its war in Ukraine

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was the lone EU leader to attend the Moscow military parade on Friday despite Brussels' warnings not to do so.

09/05/2025

Economy

Euroviews. Is this the end of US exceptionalism and start of European rebirth?

Say hello to the multipolar world in which China is rapidly becoming a pole of economic and military power. Meanwhile, the old continent is struggling to speak with one voice and remain relevant, Philippe Gijsels writes.

09/05/2025

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Russia marks 80th anniversary of Nazi defeat with military parade

Russia is marking the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat with a military parade on Red Square, attended by President Vladimir Putin and foreign leaders.

09/05/2025

Europe News

Ukraine exposes suspected Hungarian intelligence spy network

The Ukrainian Security Service announced that it had uncovered a suspected Hungarian military intelligence network aimed at obtaining confidential information on Ukraine’s defence and military capabilities.

09/05/2025

Europe News

Denmark summons US diplomat over Greenland spying allegations

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said the information in the report was “very worrying", adding that "friends" shouldn't spy on each other.

09/05/2025

Business

Commerzbank reports profit surge as it fends off UniCredit bid

The German lender reported its ‘best quarterly result since the first quarter of 2011’ as it attempts to fend off Unicredit’s takeover efforts.

09/05/2025

Partner content

A time-travelling tour of Sagunto: heritage day trips from Valencia

Partner content presented by Region of Valencia

Travel back in time on heritage day trips from Valencia. Explore the fortified coastal city of Sagunto, where Spain’s rich history and culinary traditions take centre stage.

09/05/2025

Ukraine

Has Ukraine finally convinced Washington to stand by Kyiv's side?

As Putin holds Russia’s Victory Day parade, Kyiv and Washington seem to have found common ground amid the first official agreement between the two countries. Would this be enough for Zelenskyy to finally show Trump that Kyiv does want Russia’s war to end?

09/05/2025

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Prague marks VE Day with reenactment of 1945 uprising against Nazis

Hundreds gathered in Prague’s Nusle district on Thursday to commemorate VE Day with a large-scale reenactment of the 1945 Prague Uprising, featuring period uniforms, authentic weapons, and WWII military vehicles.

09/05/2025

EuroVerify

From sanctions to solar flare: Iberian blackout still fuels fake news

With no official confirmation yet as to the cause of the unprecedented blackout, Euroverify fact-checks some of the unfounded theories that continue to run rampant online.

09/05/2025

Europe News

Russia’s Victory Day Parade and Europe’s Dilemma

Russia celebrates its Victory Day today with a parade attended by dozens of world leaders, including from EU candidate countries. Could they face retaliation for their presence?

09/05/2025

Economy

What are the highest and lowest paying jobs in the UK?

Euronews explores the top 40 highest-paying and bottom 40 lowest-paying jobs in the UK, based on the ONS’s 2024 data.

09/05/2025

Europe News

German government denies rumoured plans to declare state of emergency

A government spokesperson denied claims of Chancellor Friedrich Merz invoking a special clause in EU law to tighten border control.

09/05/2025

Europe News

80 years on, France’s last WWII veterans warn peace must be defended

The commemoration saw a parade of veterans' associations, and music performed by military bands from France, Germany, Canada, Cameroon, the US and UK.

09/05/2025

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Pope Leo XIV, first US pope, addresses crowd at St Peter's Square

Pope Leo XIV, the first US pope, addressed the faithful on St Peter's Square, emphasising peace, dialogue and unity, recalling his roots as an Augustinian priest.

08/05/2025

Ukraine

Zelenskyy addresses Ukrainians in Kyiv as Moscow airspace blocked

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy recorded a video from Kyiv city centre for the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism, calling the Friday parade in Moscow a “parade of fear.”

08/05/2025

Europe News

Who is Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, elected Pope Leo XIV?

Prevost is the first US citizen to hold the position of head of the Roman Catholic Church and in the run-up to the conclave, was not considered a frontrunner to be elected pontiff.

08/05/2025

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Crowd cheers as white smoke announces new pope at Vatican

White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel, signalling the election of the 267th pope. Crowds in St Peter’s Square cheered, as they awaited the new pope to emerge.

08/05/2025

Earth News

‘Massacre law’: Türkiye upholds ruling to cull stray dogs

Animal rights advocates have claimed that many street animals were indiscriminately killed after the passage of the law last August.

08/05/2025

Health news

Hair loss drug linked to risk of suicidal thoughts, EU regulator says

The medicine will remain on the shelves but will come with additional warnings about the side effects, which appear to be rare.

08/05/2025

Europe News

Irish PM says Gaza is 'hell on earth'

Ireland's Taoiseach Micheál Martin called the situation in Gaza ‘hell on earth’. He told The Europe Conversation that Israel is committing war crimes, and criticised the EU’s lack of response. Food and medicine have been blocked from entering the besieged area for almost 60 days.

08/05/2025