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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will on Monday evening meet NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa in Brussels. The leaders are set to meet at around 8 p.m. at Rutte’s official residence. “I won’t go into what may be discussed in detail in this meeting later today but it’s clearly to be seen against the background of the ongoing discussions on peace for Ukraine,” Commission spokesperson Paula Pinho said Monday. The topic of reparation loans will likely be raised, according to Pinho, who mentioned von der Leyen’s meeting on Friday…
European Council President António Costa rejected any attempt at “political interference” in response to a controversial US government document published last week calling on Europe to change course or face “civilisational erasure”. Speaking at a conference in Paris on Monday, Costa said Washington does not get to choose on behalf of European citizens which policies are right or who they should vote for, in the strongest rebuff to date from a sitting EU official to the Trump administration. His comment comes after the US updated its National Security Strategy, calling on Europe to revert course and praising “patriotic European parties”…
Updated: 08/12/2025 – 12:00 GMT+1 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this December 8th, 2025 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
Published on 08/12/2025 – 11:47 GMT+1 •Updated 11:48 Shares in L’Oréal slipped almost 1.5% during morning trading in Paris after the firm announced that it would double its stake in Swiss skincare firm Galderma. Galderma shares had risen almost 2% in Zurich by around 11:00 CET, dropping from a more dramatic high seen earlier in the day. L’Oréal will purchase 24 million extra shares in the Swiss firm, bringing its ownership to 20%, from a consortium led by the Swedish private equity group EQT. The purchase price is undisclosed and the deal is expected to close in the first quarter…
Published on 08/12/2025 – 11:32 GMT+1 A bold blue museum inspired by a sketch drawn by M.F. Husain in 2008 has opened in Doha, showcasing six decades of his work and inviting visitors into the mind of one of India’s most iconic artists. If you’ve ever wondered what it might feel like to step inside an artist’s imagination, Doha’s newest cultural landmark gets you pretty close. The story of Lawh Wa Qalam: M.F. Husain Museum begins, quite literally, with a sketch. The project not only honours Husain’s legacy but also aims to build cultural bridges between South Asia and West…
Last month, the Russian spy ship Yantar directed lasers at British forces deployed to monitor the vessel for the first time after it entered U.K. waters. Yantar was previously in U.K. territorial seas in January. Defence Secretary John Healey said Yantar was “designed for gathering intelligence and mapping our undersea cables.” The Ministry of Defence says Atlantic Bastion will create a hybrid naval force that can find, track, and, if required, act against adversaries. A combined £14 million has been invested by the Ministry of Defence and industry, with 26 U.K. and European firms submitting proposals to develop anti-submarine sensor…
The European Commission is to launch a near-€1.2 trillion project aimed at helping EU member states fast-track permits for grid infrastructure, renewable energy projects and storage, in a bid to modernise the bloc’s electric grid, according to a leaked document seen by Euronews. The bloc’s existing grid planning and permitting system has been criticised as fragmented and inadequate to the pace of needed expansion, a significant obstacle to renewable energy integration. Member states and industry players have been vocal in calling on the EU executive to speed up permitting, as renewable energy projects can take up to nine years to…
By Euronews Published on 08/12/2025 – 11:46 GMT+1 Bashar al-Assad is living in Moscow under tight restrictions imposed by Russia nearly a year after fleeing Syria, with his movements limited and public appearances banned, according to multiple reports. The former Syrian president, who fled Damascus on 8 December 2024 when forces led by now-interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa captured the capital, issued only one public statement eight days after his departure. In that 16 December statement, al-Assad claimed his exit “was not pre-planned” and he intended to continue fighting, but Moscow insisted on his “immediate withdrawal”. Since then, al-Assad has maintained near-total…
Center-right politician Ciprian Ciucu will be Bucharest’s new mayor after defeating a far-right candidate in Sunday elections. Ciucu, the candidate of the center-right National Liberal Party and a close ally of Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, won roughly 36 percent of the vote. Ciucu defeated Anca Alexandrescu, a TV presenter backed by Romania’s largest far-right party (AUR), who finished second with about 22 percent. The Social Democratic Party’s candidate Daniel Băluță came third, despite being projected to win in many opinion polls.Ciucu’s victory could help ease the pressure on Bolojan, who has been trying to pass unpopular austerity measures — including higher…
Published on 08/12/2025 – 10:56 GMT+1 This past weekend, there was yet another battle between the EU and Elon Musk, who claims the European Union should be “dismantled”. It sounds extreme. But if you look at the timeline, the bells have been ringing for some time already. Go back to July 2024. Musk claimed Brussels offered him a “secret illegal deal” to censor speech. Fact check: It was a standard compliance procedure offered to every platform but Musk used it to frame himself as being targeted. Then, in August 2024, the European Commission sent a formal warning letter to follow…