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Trump is furious with European countries for not fully joining the war against Iran, which started Feb. 28 with U.S. and Israel conducting bombing raids across the Persian nation. European countries have also been largely unwilling to intervene militarily in the Strait of Hormuz, a key global trade chokepoint that Iran has blocked in response to the attacks. This week, EU countries and NATO members Italy and Spain even imposed restrictions on U.S. planes involved in military strikes against Iran. Later on Wednesday, Trump told Reuters that the United States may soon end the war against Iran, but might return…
Experts said on Wednesday they were stopping rescue efforts for a humpback whale struggling in shallow waters off the German coast and had given up hope for its survival. The 13.5-metre mammal has been floundering off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast for more than a week, having first been spotted stuck on a sandbank on 23 March near the city of Lübeck. The creature managed to free itself but then became stuck again several more times near the city of Wismar. Coverage of its struggle for survival has gripped much of the German public. Experts had hoped the whale’s odyssey would…
It was a huge year for train travel in 2025, marking 200 years since the birth of the modern railway. Numerous new routes were launched, but the rail renaissance shows no signs of slowing down in 2026 with many more on the way. Dutch-Belgian railway company European Sleeper is among those leading the charge, having launched its debut Brussels to Berlin night train route in 2023. On 26 March, the inaugural journey of its second permanent service – from Paris to Berlin – took place, and Euronews Travel was among the first passengers on board. ÖBB and SNCF had been…
Le gouvernement affirme que Kiev tente de déstabiliser l’économie en interrompant les livraisons de pétrole russe via l’oléoduc Droujba, tandis que l’Ukraine soutient que l’infrastructure n’est pas opérationnelle en raison des frappes de drones russes. Les autorités hongroises ont également saisi un convoi transportant de l’argent liquide et de l’or d’une banque autrichienne à une banque ukrainienne à Kiev, de hauts responsables du gouvernement hongrois suggérant que les fonds auraient pu être utilisés pour financer la campagne de l’opposition contre Viktor Orbán. L’Ukraine maintient que la saisie effectuée par les autorités hongroises est illégale et que l’argent liquide fait partie…
Published on 01/04/2026 – 19:08 GMT+2 The Swiss government is considering dropping the agreed purchase of the Patriot air-defence system from the United States amid severe delivery delays, Defence Minister Martin Pfister said on Wednesday. “Cancellation is always an option in the event of a delay,” he told the ATS-Keystone news agency. Earlier on Wednesday, the defence ministry announced it would continue suspending payments for the system “until the United States has firmly announced new delivery dates and payment deadlines.” Switzerland, which is not in NATO, had ordered five Patriot systems in 2022, with delivery scheduled to begin this year…
ATHENS — European prosecutors asked the Greek parliament on Wednesday to lift the immunity of the country’s agriculture minister and 10 other active MPs in an investigation into the spiraling farm fraud scandal. “The investigation concerns alleged felonies and misdemeanors against the financial interests of the EU, namely instigation of breach of trust, computer fraud and false attestation with the intent to obtain for another an unlawful benefit,” the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Athens said in a statement. Among the names involved, all from the ruling, center-right New Democracy party, are Konstantinos Tsiaras, the current agriculture minister, and Civil…
Published on 01/04/2026 – 18:04 GMT+2 Hungary’s opposition Tisza Party has increased its lead over the ruling Fidesz party ahead of the 12 April parliamentary elections, according to a set of polls. A survey by the 21 Research Institute, published Wednesday commissioned by the news portal 24.hu, shows Tisza has 56% support among Hungarians who have already decided their vote, compared to 37% for Fidesz — a gap of 19 percentage points. Across the general population, the Tisza Party leads with 40 %, compared to 28 % for Fidesz. In relation to surveys conducted in early March and in January…
The Paris Catacombs are due to reopen after five months of work, with officials saying the site has been upgraded to protect both visitors and the remains beneath the city. Isabelle Knafou, director of the Paris Catacombs, says the human bones on display are a key part of the capital’s history, many dating from deaths between the 10th and 18th centuries. Twenty metres underground, the renovation has been both structural and visual, according to architect Camille Guérémy. The project has upgraded technical systems and refreshed the visitor route, as the site prepares to welcome the public again in spring 2026.
Published on 01/04/2026 – 16:37 GMT+2 The Dutch capital has been celebrating the 25th anniversary of staging the world’s first same-sex marriages in a pioneering move copied by nearly 40 other countries. Early on Wednesday, three gay couples tied the knot at City Hall in Amsterdam in a ceremony conducted by Mayor Femke Halsema just after midnight. In 2001, one of her predecessors, Job Cohen, married four couples in a landmark moment for LGBTQ+ rights. Same-sex weddings are now commonplace in the Netherlands, with more than 36,000 couples recording their nuptials, according to the Dutch statistics office. Prime Minister Rob…
Starmer’s message was in stark contrast to European Energy Commissioner, Dan Jørgensen, who warned on Tuesday that Europe faced “a very serious situation” with no return to normal in the “foreseeable future.” He urged EU citizens to follow advice issued last month by the International Energy Agency, which included working from home where possible, reducing driving speeds, car sharing and more use of public transport. Meanwhile, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday used a rare address to the nation, urging those who can to use public transport rather than driving to work. Albanese warned that “the months ahead may…