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The far-right National Rally Party’s Jordan Bardella is set to host a joint press conference with Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage on Friday afternoon, as the party’s annual conference kicks off in Birmingham. Speaking to Euronews, a National Rally spokesperson said the pair are set to discuss illegal migration, as well as joint cooperation between the UK and France targeting small boat crossings, a day after British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed how to “scale up” efforts to tackle illegal crossings and strengthen the UK’s relationship with Europe. The 30-year old firebrand was once…
That being said, it’s impossible now to bring back the Russian teams. Because of the way they are used, the national teams, it’s so hard to separate from the propaganda. But that is a failure, I’m not happy to say that it’s impossible; it’s sadly so, even though we are in 100 percent solidarity with Ukraine. It’s never good to make kids never play with each other. That is the aim, that they could play with each other and not be affected by the war. But that’s not possible now, football would stop and Ukraine would not play. So then…
Senior EU officials have issued a warning to the Serbian government over the funeral of war criminal Ratko Mladić, with the bloc’s enlargement chief saying that it “will be a very important test” in Belgrade’s bid to join the European Union and its future path. “Ratko Mladić was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The return of his remains to Belgrade reminds Europe of the darkest pages in our recent history,” European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos wrote on X. “The glorification surrounding his death is incompatible with the values on which the EU path is built,”…
Senior EU officials are downplaying the fallout from Iceland’s referendum defeat, as Brussels tries to keep the momentum for enlargement alive at a high-level meeting on Friday. European affairs ministers from EU member states and candidate countries are meeting in Dublin for the first informal gathering hosted by Ireland’s EU Council presidency, to discuss the enlargement process in the wake of Iceland’s vote. On Saturday, Icelandic voters rejected reopening accession talks with Brussels, frozen since 2013, by a narrow margin, 52.8% to 47.2%, a significant blow to the EU’s enlargement ambitions, particularly towards its wealthier neighbours. Asked whether the result…
Published on 04/09/2026 – 13:26 GMT+2•Updated 13:29 Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two women off the coast of northern Cyprus, bringing the death toll from last week’s ferry accident to 12, officials said. A FiloJet ferry was sailing from Kyrenia in Cyprus to Taşucu in Turkey on 30 August when it began taking on water around 6 km off the Cypriot coast before capsizing. The vessel had 259 passengers and eight crew members on board when it went down, sparking a large-scale search and rescue operation. In a post on X on Friday, Ünal Üstel, the prime minister of…
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will ask Europeans to repay the American aid provided to Ukraine under the administration of his predecessor Joe Biden. Trump has long demanded that Europeans shoulder more of the cost of Western support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, which began more than four years ago. “Hundreds of Billions of Dollars was given to Ukraine and NATO, free of charge, that Europe would have paid for – If they were only asked, but we will be asking for that money, though somewhat belatedly!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. The…
In a ruling from Washington’s own attempt to break up Google, Judge Leonie Brinkema, of the Federal District of Eastern Virginia, rejected the DoJ’s request for a forced divestiture of parts of its business. That decision leaves the EU alone, at a time of transatlantic discord, in advocating that the online advertising giant break itself up. “It’s obvious that the European Commission has been holding out for a decision in the parallel U.S. case, even if it has the authority to act independently and should have done so long ago,” Max von Thun, Europe director at the Open Markets Institute…
Spain is pushing the European Commission to treat climate adaptation as a core economic and security priority, arguing that Europe can no longer rely on reactive measures as extreme weather becomes more frequent and costly, according to two documents seen by Euronews. Madrid’s plea comes as Brussels is preparing a climate resilience strategy, due by the end of the year, which Spain argues should have more teeth, after a dramatic summer marked by heatwaves, wildfires and drought. At the same time, Spain is hoping to influence the ongoing negotiations on the next EU multi-annual budget covering 2028-2034, and is proposing…
“At the bars it was obviously the central topic of conversation, but I don’t think anyone predicted that this morning Orr and Jukes would resign,” the second business dinner attendee said. “The assumption was they would try and brush off and basically fight back, say it’s a hoax etc.” By breakfast there was clarity. Ed Sumner, now indisputably Farage’s most senior communications adviser, spent his birthday morning confirming Jukes and Orr had “stepped down” pending an internal investigation. “The party believes it is important that the investigation is allowed to proceed independently and without prejudice. No further comment will be…
Published on 04/09/2026 – 14:51 GMT+2•Updated 16:51 Brazil’s EU ambassador, Pedro Miguel da Costa e Silva, told Euronews on Friday that an inspection of Brazilian meat was unnecessary, and signalled that “all options are on the table” for Brazil to respond if the EU ban remains in place. The European Commission’s decision came into force this week, after Brazil was removed from a list of countries complying with EU food safety rules over its use of antibiotics to stimulate animal growth. The EU ban prompted anger from the Brazilian government on Thursday, which threatened to adopt countermeasures. “There wasn’t a…