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One option proposed in Monday’s letter is to relax state aid rules to permit national capitals to redistribute profits generated by gas-fired plants to support consumers and businesses facing rising bills, the letter says. Another potential change would allow countries to cap the price of gas.  Von der Leyen said both of these policies had been used after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and stressed that the Commission would determine on a case-by-case basis whether they would be deployed again. “The design of these emergency mechanisms should in any case avoid internal market distortions, preserve long-term investment signals for…

Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested over the weekend that he is “being forced” to repair the controversial Druzhba pipeline carrying Russian oil, suggesting that the European Union should enforce its sanctions on Moscow fully despite pressure from Hungary. “Do we sell Russian oil, or do we not?” Ukraine’s president implied the EU is pressuring Kyiv to get the pipeline operational as soon as possible at the request of Hungary and Slovakia. Both countries have accused Ukraine of sabotaging flows for political reasons and are demanding Brussels carries out an external inspection of the damaged site. The EU agrees to the inspection. “I…

Budapest says farmers need cheaper fertilizer as prices rise, challenging an EU policy meant to curb funding for Russia’s war in Ukraine. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech

Middle Eastern countries are bracing on Monday, standing in defiance to a series of Iranian warnings of further strikes on global economic hubs, US technology facilities, hotels and tourist destinations, and major seaports and airports across the region, Euronews journalists in the Gulf report. The Tehran regime’s public threats have demonstrated Iran’s move towards an economic war in the region, with widespread impacts on global economies. For the first time since the war erupted, Iran threatened a neighbouring country’s non-US assets, calling for the evacuation of three major ports in the United Arab Emirates. As Tehran continues pounding the Gulf…

While U.S. President Donald Trump is pressing EU countries to help clear the Strait of Hormuz, India has avoided taking any sides. Jaishankar maintains regular contact with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, including a phone call late last week. Another conversation is expected to take place in coming days. Asked what sort of message he was relaying to Tehran, Jaishankar cited “the need to de-escalate,” “concern at the widening of the conflict,” the “energy implications for us,” as well as concern for the roughly 10,000 Indians residing in Iran and millions living across the wider region. “Our hope is that…

Members of Iran’s women’s national football team were seen at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia as they prepared to head home following an asylum dispute involving several players. The team was seen arranging luggage and moving through the departure hall ahead of their flight. Their journey comes after several members of the squad withdrew an asylum bid that had been filed in Australia. Video shows players gathering in the terminal and heading toward the international departures area. The development follows days of uncertainty surrounding the team’s travel plans and the status of the asylum requests.

British officials have told both U.K. steel producers and downstream importers, who use steel in everything from construction to automotive manufacturing, to expect a 50 percent duty outside of new quotas in a move “likely to be similar to the EU,” said a second industry figure. Both industry figures were granted anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly. Last October, the EU announced plans to reduce its quotas on foreign steel imports by almost half and levy a 50 percent tariff on goods exceeding the cap. The move is part of an overhaul of so-called safeguard protections that…

Qatar has rejected Iranian claims that its strikes do not target civilian locations, as missile and drone attacks on the country continue despite appearing less intense in recent days, Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman Dr Majed Al-Ansari said in a briefing on Monday. “I find it very difficult to even respond to what Mr Aragchi said in light of the fact that these attacks are ongoing every day,” Al-Ansari told reporters, referring to the Iranian foreign minister’s denial that Tehran would target civilian sites. “Since the Iranian attacks have started on Qatar, the threats and the attacks on civilian targets have…

Capitals also sanctioned Chinese company Integrity Technology Group and Chinese firm Anxun Information Technology, also known as i-Soon, and its co-founders Chen Cheng and Wu Haibo, who are banned from entering the EU, the EU sanctions listing showed. According to the details of the sanctions, Anxun Information Technology targeted “critical infrastructure and critical state functions” of EU countries and sold classified information as part of so-called hack-for-hire services.  The United States Department of Justice in March 2025 indicted 12 people involved in i-Soon for cyberattacks the U.S. said it had carried out at the behest of Chinese security services. Chinese…

Residents and workers in southern Tehran cleared rubble and debris on Sunday from buildings damaged in strikes that hit the Javadieh neighbourhood two days earlier. The attack struck a police station in the area and damaged several nearby residential buildings. Iranian Red Crescent teams were seen at the site as people removed broken glass, concrete and belongings from damaged apartments. Some residents described the moment of the blast, saying windows shattered and debris flew through their homes.