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Updated: 23/02/2026 – 18:00 GMT+1 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this February 23rd, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More

The Commission in November presented its “digital omnibus” plan as part of a bigger overhaul of data and AI laws that seeks to boost AI technology in Europe. It is one of (so far) 10 so-called omnibuses that aim to slash red tape and boost European competitiveness proposed by Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission. The new document, dated Feb. 20, was prepared by the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU, currently held by Cyprus, and serves as a basis for national governments to negotiate a joint position on the privacy reforms. The Cypriots took aim at a core…

“The environment ministry has, in recent times, been marked by a number of emotions, as if all the issues this ministry should be dealing with had been reduced to some kind of fight against green ideologies. I am convinced that we should do everything possible to return to the essence of what this ministry is for, which is environmental protection,” Pavel said after appointing Červený at Prague Castle on Monday. A first-term MP elected last October, Červený is an IT specialist and digitalization expert who serves as deputy chair of the Czech parliament’s economic committee and rejects “green demagogy.” Červený…

On Thursday, Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested by U.K. police on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He has faced multiple allegations over his links to Epstein, including claims that he passed confidential documents to Epstein while he was serving as a British trade envoy between 2001 and 2011. He has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with any offense. U.K. government minister Luke Pollard confirmed Friday that Starmer’s government is considering legislation to remove Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession, and has been working with Buckingham Palace on plans to stop the former prince from “potentially being a…

EU lawmakers on Monday moved to suspend the EU-US trade agreement after the United States Supreme Court ruled last week that some of the tariffs imposed in 2025 by Washington were illegal, prompting President Donald Trump to announce fresh 15% duties on imports. The European Parliament holds the keys to implementing the deal, which was clinched in July 2025 by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Trump after weeks of brinkmanship and tariff threats from Washington. Widely viewed as lopsided by many in Europe, the deal locks in 15% US tariffs on EU exports, while granting zero-duty access to…

Lamborghini has abandoned plans to bring its first fully electric supercar to market, pivoting instead to plug-in hybrids as it responds to weak demand from its core luxury buyers. The high-end luxury car producer confirmed that the long-trailed Lanzador electric model, unveiled as a concept in 2023, will no longer reach production based on an interview with Lamborghini chief executive Stephan Winkelmann published by The Sunday Times. Instead, it will be replaced by a plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV), cementing a strategy shift that will see the company’s line-up fully hybridised by the end of the decade. Cooling appetite for electric…

Climate-damaging foods such as red meat are being heavily propped up by EU subsidies, in what has been described as a “scandalous” use of taxpayer money. A new report by charity Foodrise found that the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) directed more subsidies to the production of high-emitting animal-sourced foods than plant foods in 2020. In fact, animal-sourced foods received around 77 per cent of total CAP subsidies, accounting for €39 billion out of the total €51 billion spent that year. Beef and lamb, which are consistently identified as the biggest culprits of climate damage, were given around 580 times…

Sunder Katwala, director of the British Future think tank, challenged Reform’s claim that migrants are undermining Christianity. “There’s an irony that it is Britain’s new migrant populations that are slowing the decline of church-going in Britain,” he said in a statement to POLITICO. Less than half (46.2 percent) of the U.K. population described themselves as Christian in the 2021 England and Wales census, down from 59.3 percent in 2011. More than a third (37.2 percent) said they had no religion, up from 25.2 percent 10 years earlier. Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson criticized Reform for failing to recognize the…

Published on 23/02/2026 – 13:59 GMT+1 Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó engaged in a heated exchange with Ukrainian journalists after his country said it would block an emergency loan at a meeting in Brussels, with the confrontation descending into personal accusations. The government of Viktor Orbán disrupted a planned sanctions package against Russia on the eve of the fourth anniversary of Ukraine’s full-scale invasion, blaming Kyiv, Brussels and the opposition for sabotaging oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline. Budapest accuses Ukraine of deliberately obstructing the transit of oil after the infrastructure around it was damaged last month and has described…

The Olympic Flame was extinguished on Sunday, marking the official end of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. A total of 116 medal events were held across 61 Olympic disciplines, with 1,146 medals awarded. As athletes head home, Euronews bureaus reflect on this year’s Winter Games, and how the competition in all its drama and glory was seen across Europe. Italy The 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics have been widely praised by officials and the public alike in their host country. Italian President Sergio Mattarella hailed “an Italy showing talent and cohesion,” while Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the Games “an extraordinary…