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By Knarik Papoyan & Euronews Russian Published on 09/10/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 Russia is cutting funding for its national cancer programme nearly twelvefold in 2027, from 44.9 billion roubles (€470.5m) to 3.87 billion roubles (€40.5m), according to the draft federal budget, as defence spending reaches its highest share since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The reduction is even sharper compared to last year: the programme received 148.5 billion roubles (€1.5bn) in 2025, meaning federal spending on cancer control would have fallen roughly 38-fold in two years if the budget passes as proposed. Funding is projected to recover partially thereafter — rising to…
If countries hope to restore their reserves to 30% by the end of winter — or else face increased exposure to future cold spells — volumes equivalent to 7% of the demand will either have to be curtailed or simply withheld from consumers, ENTSO-G warns. Part of that pressure comes from a looming EU-wide ban on long-term supply contracts for Russian LNG, due to take effect in January, which will reduce European gas imports by an additional 7 billion cubic meters, according to the IEEFA report. Russian gas has been historically used to offset “swings in demand” over the winter, it said.…
Published on 08/10/2026 – 8:02 GMT+2•Updated 15:11 On today’s show: EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič has arrived in Beijing for a crucial two-day visit seeking to rebalance EU-China trade relations, which have become increasingly lopsided in the past decade. Jorge Liboreiro explains the high stakes of this trip, which comes just days before the October EU summit. Estelle Nilsson-Julien reports from Paris on the student protests in France, as they brace for another major day on the streets after trade unions joined demonstrations that drew more than 250,000 people across the country on Tuesday. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
Published on 09/10/2026 – 6:03 GMT+2 South Korea said on Thursday it will recall its ambassador to Ukraine, stepping up its protest against President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recent revelation of a supposedly secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul. The South Korean announcement came days after its President Lee Jae Myung threatened to take unspecified punitive steps if Ukraine refuses to apologise over the revelation. The Foreign Ministry in Seoul did not say when ambassador Park Ki-chang will be brought back home but acknowledged in a statement that it will continue consultations with Ukraine, adding that it…
Ein drohender Linksruck in der Hauptstadt sorgt für handfesten Ärger auf Bundesebene. Während SPD und Grüne in Berlin ernsthaft mit der Linkspartei sondieren, blickt Friedrich Merz mit Sorge auf eine mögliche Regierende Bürgermeisterin Elif Eralp. Welche radikalen Forderungen im Raum stehen und warum der Antisemitismus-Streit in der Linken die Regierungsbildung zur Zerreißprobe macht, analysiert Maximilian Heimerzheim. Beim Dauerbrenner Rentenreform verhärten sich die Fronten zwischen Union und SPD zusehends. Ein neues Sherpa-Treffen soll nun klären, ob das Rentenpaket aufgespalten wird oder langfristig gar ein Renteneintrittsalter von 70 Jahren droht. Rasmus Buchsteiner ordnet ein, welche Kompromisse der Kanzler bis Weihnachten erwartet und…
EU home affairs ministers gave their final approval to a new Return Regulation in Luxembourg on October 1. The regulation replaces the 2008 Return Directive and includes a legal framework for “return hubs” in non-EU countries. What governments say The Council of the EU presents the rules as a way to make returns work. Ireland’s Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Jim O’Callaghan, whose country holds the presidency, pointed to the gap between decisions and departures. “Around two in three people ordered to leave the EU do not actually leave. The revised return rules adopted today will help member…
Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise, is believed to be around 194 years old, making him the world’s oldest living land animal and oldest tortoise ever recorded. He is believed to have been brought to the island of St Helena in 1882 and still roams the grounds of the governor’s residence. His extraordinary lifespan has made him one of the island’s best-known residents. False reports of his death have also circulated online, but Jonathan is still very much alive.
Five years after the height of the Covid pandemic, how much better prepared is the EU for the next health crisis? Host Sarah Wheaton is joined by POLITICO health reporter Helen Collis and global health expert Michel Kazatchkine to discuss the mysterious death of a worker at a Russian anti-plague institute, and what it tells us about international health cooperation and transparency. They look at what became of Brussels’ post-Covid ambitions — from the EU’s HERA health-emergency authority to better coordination of research — and at Donald Trump’s push to bring down US drug prices by putting pressure on Europe…
Europe risks weakening its industries if the UK is shut off from European supply chains as a result of the EU’s “Made in Europe” policy, the UK’s minister for European relations, Hamish Falconer, has told Euronews. Speaking from Strasbourg on Wednesday, where he held talks with EU counterparts including Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovic, Falconer said that maintaining open supply chains was “strongly in the EU and UK’s interests”. “I think it is vital that we don’t do things to make European industry weaker,” Falconer said. “It would not be in either of our interests to see new barriers arising in…
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