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The topic sparked animated discussions in the European Parliament plenary on Tuesday evening. MEPs with center-right and far-right groups tabled competing texts to the resolution put forward by Renew’s Abir Al-Sahlani on behalf of the women’s rights and gender equality committee. Supporters of the scheme argued it would help reduce unsafe abortions and ensure women across the bloc have equal rights; those who oppose it, mostly from conservative groups, dismissed it as an ideological push and EU overreach into national policy. Abortion laws vary greatly across the EU, from near-total bans in Poland and Malta to liberal rules in the…
A video shared on X claims to show heavily armed police officers going from door to door registering young men for the German army in Berlin’s Charlottenburg district. “Military police are currently going from house to house and registering all young men between 18 and 35. I am not at war with Russia. You won’t get my grandson,” the caption reads under the video, which has been shared more than 281,000 times. But the claims in the video are false. While the footage is real, it can be geolocated to the Dutch city of Leeuwarden, not Berlin. Multiple local media…
By Euronews Published on 17/12/2025 – 12:05 GMT+1 •Updated 12:12 An MIT professor was shot and killed at his home in Massachusetts on Monday night, authorities confirmed Tuesday. Nuno Loureiro, 47, a Portuguese professor of nuclear science and engineering, was found with multiple gunshot wounds at his apartment on Gibbs Street in Brookline at about 8.30 pm and died Tuesday morning at a Boston hospital. Brookline police Deputy Superintendent Paul Campbell said officers responded to reports of shots fired. The Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office said the investigation is ongoing and no suspects are in custody. Brookline Police Chief Jennifer Paster…
An amendment to Italy’s upcoming budget law proposes to double the maximum limit for cash payments for individuals and businesses. Critics are notably concerned that the policy, which raises the cap from the current €5,000 to €10,000, could worsen Italy’s already-high level of tax evasion and facilitate money laundering. The government and its parliamentary majority insist, however, that the measure will have no such impact on tax evasion. The amendment to the 2026 Budget Law has been tabled by the Brothers of Italy party, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. It was, in fact, Meloni herself who introduced a first…
The Louvre Museum will remain closed this Wednesday as employees voted to extend a strike protesting what unions describe as increasingly “untenable” conditions at the world’s most visited museum. The action comes at a particularly sensitive moment for the Paris landmark, which is still reeling from the high-profile jewel heist on 19 October. Staff representatives cited a growing list of concerns, including chronic understaffing, deteriorating infrastructure, worsening working conditions and plans to raise ticket prices for visitors from outside the European Union. The Culture Ministry had sought to ease tensions by announcing several measures, including the cancellation of a planned…
Stressing the need for stronger European defense capabilities, she added, “Europe must be responsible for its own security. This is no longer an option. This is a must. We need to be ready.” “There is no more important act of European defense than supporting Ukraine’s defense. The next days will be a crucial step for securing this,” von der Leyen said. “So our task at this week’s summit is to show that we are focused on our own strategy and our own interests and our own priorities.” Thursday’s summit is crucial for Europe and for Ukraine, and the most pressing,…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has raised the stakes ahead of a crucial gathering of the European Union’s 27 leaders in Brussels on Thursday, framing the talks as pivotal for Europe’s security and independence. “Yesterday’s peace is gone. We have no time to indulge in nostalgia. What matters is how we confront today,” von der Leyen told the Strasbourg hemicycle on Wednesday morning. “We know the urgency. It is acute. We all feel it. We all see it.” The EU is reaching a decision point on two critical issues that could shape its global image and international standing.…
The European Union is deepening its engagement with Central Asia, with Uzbekistan emerging as a key partner in a relationship increasingly focused on transport corridors, critical raw materials, and energy cooperation. EU Ambassador to Uzbekistan Toivo Klaar said that this has become the backbone of EU-Central Asia relations over the past year. “Investment is growing, planning is becoming more coordinated, and the corridor is starting to become both faster and economically viable,” Klaar told Euronews at an event in Tashkent, referring to the Trans-Caspian transport route that links Central Asia to Europe. For the European Union, the Trans-Caspian corridor is…
The news comes only a day after labor market data from the ONS showed the unemployment rate rising to its highest level in over four years in October. The economy has struggled for growth in the second half of this year, after a sugar rush in the first quarter in which exporters rushed to get their goods to the U.S. before President Donald Trump could impose trade tariffs. The hangover from that — and the lingering uncertainty over the global economic outlook caused by Trump’s trade policy — has been severe. But at the same time, an unwelcome rise in…
By Euronews Published on 17/12/2025 – 11:18 GMT+1 Joining the EU is Kosovo’s “destiny,” President Vjosa Osmani told Euronews’ morning show Europe Today, emphasising its complete alignment with the bloc’s values. “As an identity, as a country, as a nation, we’ve been contributing to the values on which the European Union stands for centuries,” Osmani said. “While it’s a very complex process, if merit-based criteria is used, Kosovo actually would have been a frontrunner by now.” Kosovo applied for EU membership in December 2022 but holds only potential candidate status, with its path to accession complicated by non-recognition from five EU…