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By Maria Tadeo & Euronews Published on 22/01/2026 – 8:43 GMT+1 •Updated 10:21 Speaking to Euronews on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday evening, the EU’s enlargement chief Marta Kos hailed progress on the work between the EU, the US and Ukraine on a framework for Ukraine’s post-war recovery and prosperity. “I’m happy that we have been able to come to an agreement on the so-called prosperity paper, a framework defining how to develop Ukraine after peace,” Kos said. “This is really a plan.” Kos, who will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a number of investment…
Germany’s military is preparing to launch a test operation which will see it drop information leaflets using helium balloons to practice “tactical direct communication procedures” in the event of an emergency. The leaflets issued by the Bundeswehr from 25 January to 4 February are intended to pass information to people living in an affected area who would otherwise be difficult to reach. According to the Saxony State Command, the 5th Operations Company with around 100 soldiers will be deployed to the state for the operation. Its aim is a “stand-off product distribution,” the distribution of material from the air or…
An increasingly concentrated group of fossil fuel giants is dominating global emissions and “actively sabotaging” climate action to weaken government ambition. New analysis from Carbon Majors’ dataset found that just 32 companies were responsible for 50 per cent of the world’s CO2 emissions in 2024, down from 36 a year earlier. 2024 was the hottest year on record, and the first to exceed 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels. Copernicus recently confirmed that 2025 was the third-hottest year globally and in Europe, with climate change pushing temperatures over 1.5℃ for the first time in a three-year period. Experts are now calling for…
By Euronews Culture with AP Published on 22/01/2026 – 8:58 GMT+1 •Updated 9:06 Scientists have discovered what may be the world’s oldest cave art. Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia are believed to date back to at least 67,800 years ago. The tan-colored prints analysed by Indonesian and Australian researchers on the island of Sulawesi were made by blowing pigment over hands placed against the cave walls, leaving an outline. Some of the fingertips were also tweaked to look more pointed. It’s not yet clear whose hands made the prints. They could be from an ancient human group…
European leaders descend on Brussels this evening for a crunch summit with the transatlantic relationship top of their agenda. U.S. President Donald Trump backed down Wednesday from his most belligerent threats about seizing Greenland from Denmark, but that hasn’t assuaged European concerns about America’s posture toward Europe. It’s another busy day in Davos too, with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaking and Trump potentially set to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. And if that wasn’t enough, Trump’s everything envoy Steve Witkoff is headed to the Kremlin for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Whew. Strap in.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will be the first European leader to take the Davos stage as the World Economic Forum enters its third day. Other high-profile addresses are expected from Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Meanwhile, the leaders of the EU’s 27 member states are set to gather in Brussels later today for an informal emergency meeting, prompted by US President Donald Trump’s decision earlier this week to threaten tariffs on eight countries that refuse to back his bid to acquire Greenland. However, the talks are expected to be less confrontational than initially anticipated, after…
Published on 22/01/2026 – 9:23 GMT+1 The risk of drones drifting into Finland as a result of the ongoing war in Ukraine is rising, the head of the country’s military intelligence service told the AFP news agency. Major General Pekka Turunen, chief of Finnish Defence Intelligence (FDI), was speaking ahead of the release of a Finnish military intelligence report on Thursday that updates the security situation in the country that shares a 1,340-kilometre border with Russia. One concern highlighted in the report was the risk of long-range drones drifting into Finland. “The risk of a drone drifting into Finnish airspace…
Limited relief Trump’s speech at Davos, during which he called Denmark’s self-governing island “our territory,” did nothing to dial down the temperature 24 hours before the leaders’ hastily arranged gathering in the Belgian capital to discuss their next response to the disintegrating postwar order. While Trump ruled out the use of military force to seize Greenland, EU governments didn’t regard this as a climbdown because of the harshness of his language about Europe in general and clear confirmation of his intentions, according to two EU diplomats. Trump did eventually walk back his threat of issuing tariffs on the eight European…
Published on 22/01/2026 – 7:50 GMT+1 •Updated 7:58 US President Donald Trump will no longer proceed with a plan to impose tariffs on eight European countries. The decision comes after a rollercoaster day in Davos and talks with NATO secretary general Mark Rutte. Europeans are relieved for now but also aware that underlying issues remain. Euronews EU editor Maria Tadeo was in the packed room listening to President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum and joins us from the Swiss town. With her is Marta Kos, the EU Commission for enlargement, who joins for an exclusive interview as President…
When tensions rise in various conflicts across the globe, it’s a running joke that netizens swiftly log on to ‘monitor the situation’. That typically involves loading up X, your favourite news website’s live blog, and, of course, Flightradar24. As an airspace closes, flights swiftly leave the area, and we end up with a stream of aircraft all following the same route seemingly impossibly close to each other. But what those tightly packed yellow planes on the screen can’t convey is the amount of work that goes into keeping flights running smoothly, and safely. How do airlines decide which route to…