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Serbia: migrants face wintery conditions en route to the EU

Migrants and refugees are facing deteriorating weather conditions as they make their way to the EU via the Balkans. Despite cold and snow, almost

Europe News

Hopes of 'concrete solutions' to migrant crisis, as Netherlands starts EU presidency

Members of the European Commission are visiting Amsterdam to officially mark the start of the Dutch presidency of the EU Council. Prime Minister Mark

Europe News

Hungary's 'populist model is taking hold across the whole of Europe,' says analyst

A Brussels-based newspaper correspondent has told euronews that Hungary’s ‘populist model’ is taking hold across the whole of Europe. Jean

Europe News

Hungary's Orban has 'shown the way,' says analyst, amid concerns over EU freedoms

Sweden and Denmark’s tightening of border controls comes in the wake of drastic measures elsewhere in Europe. Hungary’s Prime Minister, Viktor

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Europe News

British PM allows ministers to campaign for 'Brexit' in EU referendum

British Prime Minister David Cameron is to allow government ministers to campaign for either side in an upcoming referendum on EU membership. They

Russia

Russia to hit Ukraine with food embargo over new free trade deal with EU

Russia says a ban on Western food products will also apply to Ukraine from the start of next year when a free trade agreement comes into force

Russia

Russia open to cooperation with Europe

President Vladimir Putin says he is ready and willing to cooperate with Europe and other countries on matters of security, economy and politics. He

Europe News

EU sanctions on Russia to be extended, visa-free travel closer for Ukraine, Georgia and Kosovo

EU envoys have agreed a six-month rollover of the bloc’s economic sanctions on Russia. They were brought in last year over the Ukraine conflict –

Economy

Eurozone 'approves' 1bn euro loan for Greece, says EU official

Unconfirmed reports say eurozone deputy finance ministers have provisionally approved a one-billion euro loan for Greece. An unnamed EU official is

Europe News

Brussels: EU summit rounds off year of 'unprecedented' challenges

A tough year for the EU is coming to an end, one that has been dominated by the migration crisis, terrorism and efforts to avoid a Brexit. The year

Europe News

'I want a fairer Europe,' British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tells euronews

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has told euronews that he wants to see a “fairer” and “more democratic” Europe, which the UK remains a part of.

Europe News

Britain's push for reform and the migrant crisis dominate final EU summit of year

EU leaders are in Brussels for their final summit of what’s been a tough year. Among the pressing issues on the agenda – the migration crisis, which

United Kingdom

Germany wants to help Britain renegotiate EU membership

British support for EU will fall if welfare payments for migrants are not curbed, says poll Germany is ready to be ‘extremely helpful’ to Cameron

Europe News

Tech firms set to face hefty fines under new EU data laws

Big tech companies are set to face hefty fines in future if they misuse personal information – up to four percent of their revenues. The EU has

World News

EU plans for a new border and coastguard agency

What is being proposed? The European Commission is proposing to establish a new border and coastguard agency that would have a wider mandate and more

Europe News

British PM set for summit showdown over EU reform demands

EU leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday and Friday for their final summit of the year – and Britain’s push for EU reform is set to be high on the

Turkey

EU opens school for Syrian refugee children in Turkey

Now in its fifth year, the conflict in Syria has become the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War, aid agencies report. According to

World News

The 'confiscated' luxury villa rented out on Airbnb.com that exposes EU weakness over criminals' assets

A luxury French villa rented by its owner eight years after being “confiscated” by the state illustrates Europe’s failure to manage efficiently

Lithuania

Lithuania welcomes its first refugees under EU relocation plan

Lithuania has received its first asylum-seekers under a European Union plan to relocate some of the hundreds of thousands of refugees who have

Economy

US models benefit as European car sales accelerate

European car sales rose by 13.7 percent in November according to industry data, with American models performing well as Volkswagen continues to pay