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Published on 23/04/2026 – 10:18 GMT+2 Europe’s energy chief, Dan Jørgensen, laid bare the realities of the conflict and how it will impact Europeans’ wallets after presenting a highly anticipated suite of measures aimed at blunting the financial impact of the Iran war across Europe. “We are in the middle of a very bad crisis right now,” Jørgensen told Euronews on the sidelines of the presentation, announced alongside Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, Teresa Ribera. “I do have to be quite blunt and say that we are looking into some very difficult months and even years,…

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Published on 23/04/2026 – 7:55 GMT+2•Updated 9:35 On today’s show hosted by Mared Gwyn: Top story: Euronews’ Sasha Vakulina reports on the end of the Ukraine vs Hungary saga ove the Druzhba pipeline. Interview with Andris Sprūds, Latvia’s Defence Minister; Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former NATO SG and former Danish PM, and Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen. Explainer by Jakub Janas: What the jet fuel crisis means for travellers and airlines this summer. Euronews’ Angela Skujins on the European Commission’s new package to fight rising energy costs due to the Iran war. When and where to watch Europe Today? You can join…

Europe dominates global wealth rankings, but what it actually means to be a “rich country” depends heavily on how prosperity is measured and who benefits from it. “Being the richest country in the world is not just about producing a lot,” the analysis from a financial services comparison platform HelloSafe states. “It is measured by how that wealth concretely translates into the daily life of the ordinary citizen. In 2026, the answer is Norway.” The group argues that GDP per capita alone can distort comparisons, since it assumes national output is evenly shared across the population. Ireland illustrates the issue.…

But he struggled to get the Navy to increase shipbuilding numbers, one of Trump’s top priorities. Phelan had also lost key staff in recent months. Hegseth in October fired Jon Harrison, Phelan’s unusually powerful chief of staff who had sought sweeping changes to the Navy’s policy and budgeting offices and attempted to curb the role of the undersecretary before undersecretary Hung Cao was confirmed to the post. Cao, the service’s second ranking civilian, will take over Phelan’s role on an acting basis. Phelan’s management of the Navy was “out of touch” with the service, which frustrated both Feinberg and Hegseth, according to the…

Good morning from Brussels. The leaders of the European Union are meeting today in Cyprus for an informal summit that will consider, among other things, how to strengthen European defence. The meeting kicks off with a dinner in a resort, and on the menu is Article 42.7 of the EU treaties, a mutual assistance clause that could one day stand in for NATO’s Article 5, meaning that all countries have to assist one when it comes under attack. Speaking to Europe Today, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said: “I think we in Europe have to be able to…

Updated: 23/04/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this April 23rd, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More

“Of course, if you say, well, we need to reform the EU to make it faster, then the question is OK, but how?” said Gilles Pittoors, a political science lecturer at KU Leuven. “You could, for example, introduce QMV (Qualified Majority Voting) in the European Council on these foreign policy issues. But that raises a hell of a democratic issue,” he said. Creating new bodies would solve nothing, he argued. “I think the best way forward here, if you’re really serious about reforming the EU to make it more agile, to make it respond more quickly, is to basically strengthen…

Published on 23/04/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 Artificial intelligence systems can slip into abusive language when asked to respond in a heated argument, according to new research. The study, published in the Journal of Pragmatics, examined OpenAI’s ChatGPT 4.0 by feeding it the latest human message in a series of five escalating disputes and asking it to generate the most plausible response. Researchers then tracked how the model’s behaviour evolved as the conflicts intensified over time.As the conversations progressed, ChatGPT mirrored the hostility it was exposed to, eventually producing insults, profanity, and even threats. In some instances, the model generated statements…

Is the 9 to 5 rat race quietly hampering our wellbeing? The World Health Organization seems to think so with its definition of burnout as a syndrome rooted in the workplace, marked by feelings of exhaustion, detachment and a decline in personal efficacy. However, these feelings don’t just clock out at the end of the workday when the laptop closes. According to Mental Health UK, as many as nine in 10 Brits reported experiencing “high or extreme levels of pressure and stress” within the last year – a trend that has stubbornly remained constant since 2024. While it may be…