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Updated: 27/05/2026 – 9:01 GMT+2 Heatwaves have become “much more common” and are affecting all Europe, not just the south, Carlo Buontempo, from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, says. He warns that climate change is making these events “last longer” and increasing their “intensity”. … More

Published on 27/05/2026 – 8:12 GMT+2 Artificial intelligence has made it easier to write emails, generate spreadsheets and plan holidays, as the widespread popularity of the various AI models can attest. It has also, according to a recent Google report, made it considerably easier to figure out previously unmapped or impossible-to-predict gaps in the software of our systems. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group said it had for the first time caught hackers using AI to discover and exploit a so-called zero-day vulnerability, or a security flaw the software’s developer does not yet know exists and for which no fix is available.…

INTCEN has no operational espionage capabilities of its own; instead, it analyzes intelligence shared voluntarily by EU countries and passes its assessments to senior officials in the EEAS, the Commission and the European Council. The renewed attention lends fresh weight to a unit often dismissed as toothless — and comes as officials in Brussels and national capitals have floated the question of whether the EU needs its own spy agency. The EU’s new European Security Strategy, which is being drafted by the Commission and the EEAS, should be published this summer. It is expected to use an expansive definition of…

Published on 27/05/2026 – 7:57 GMT+2 Also on today’s show: Interviews with Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and Benjamin Haddad, French Minister for European Affairs. Euronews’ Rafael Salido reports live from Madrid on a corruption case in Spain involving Spanish PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Euronews’ Fay Doulgkeri reports from Athens on Alexis Tsipras’ new political party as the former Greek prime minister eyes coming back to power. Interview with Carlo Buontempo, Director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, on heatwaves across Europe. When and where to watch Europe Today? You can join Euronews’ chief anchor…

Updated: 27/05/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 44 school teams competed over six weeks in China’s first high school humanoid robot football competition. The robots played fully autonomously, using student-written code to pass, defend and shoot without remote control. … More

When you think about craft beer in Europe, certain cities spring to mind. London, Munich, Brussels and Prague… all big hitters that have dominated the conversation for years. You probably aren’t thinking about Sofia, especially given it’s part of a region better known for its rakia. In fact, Bulgaria’s beer scene only dates back to the mid-19th century when the beverage was introduced by immigrants – but that hasn’t stopped the country climbing the ranks to become 14th in the world for beer consumption per capita, according to a Kirin Beer University Report. On a recent visit to Sofia, I…

Heute legen die Wirtschaftsweisen ihr Frühjahrsgutachten vor, das die Wachstumsprognose für Deutschland nochmals halbiert. Beim anschließenden Mittagessen mit Kanzler Friedrich Merz droht jedoch noch viel brisanterer Stoff. Gordon Repinski spielt das Gipfeltreffen durch: Wie reagiert Arbeitsministerin Bärbel Bas auf den Reformdruck und wo findet Lars Klingbeil als Finanzminister überhaupt noch Spielraum? Rustem Umjerow, als Top-Verhandler des ukrainischen Präsidenten Selenskyj, hat sich in Berlin im engsten Kreis getroffen. Hans von der Burchard ordnet ein, wie Europa nach dem vorläufigen US-Rückzug in die Ukraine-Verhandlungen stoßen will. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: CDU-Außenpolitiker Norbert Röttgen. Er fordert verlässliche Kreditlinien für die Ukraine und zieht eine klare…

Brussels is beefing up its intelligence machinery. Zoya Sheftalovich and Kathryn Carlson talk about the growing role of INTCEN — the EU’s little-known intelligence-analysis hub inside the European External Action Service — and the quiet power struggle brewing between Kaja Kallas’ diplomatic service and Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission over who gets to handle sensitive security information in Brussels. Then: the Greens in the European Parliament are facing an identity crisis, as one of their biggest national parties considers defecting to the Socialists and Democrats — and why Bas Eickhout’s dramatic departure matters far beyond one relationship scandal. And finally:…

Whether you call them French fries, chips or frites, they are more than a staple of European food culture. Across the continent, they remain the most popular potato-based dish, with up to 42 percent of consumers in countries such as France and the Netherlands naming them as their favorite according to McCain’s SPUD Report.  Recent findings from this report, based on more than 12,000 consumers across 11 countries, highlight how deeply embedded potatoes (and fries) are in daily life across Europe. Seventy-one percent of French respondents even said that fries are a must-have on a restaurant menu when eating out. But behind every fry…