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Published on 08/09/2026 – 13:55 GMT+2 Italy has proposed introducing an exemption for digital euro transactions under €10 in a move that would favour small businesses, according to sources consulted and documents seen by Euronews The move is viewed favourably by the central banking community, in particular by the European Central Bank (ECB), a source from the banking sector told Euronews. The digital euro is a digital form of payment, expected to complement cash, with the ECB aiming to be ready for a potential first issuance in 2029, assuming the necessary regulation is adopted this year. As Europe mainly relies…
After more than 10 years, international high-speed rail has returned to Belgium’s largest airport. At around 8:30 am on 7 September, a Deutsche Bahn high-speed train arrived at Brussels Airport for the first time. The service began at Cologne station in Germany, with stops including Aachen, Liège, Leuven and Antwerpen-Centraal being the final destination. This new service follows after a deal was inked between Brussels Airlines and Deutsche Bahn in February, opening the airport’s network of more than 180 destinations worldwide to travellers from western Germany. At the same time, travellers arriving at the airport can now connect directly with…
Macron last year said Europe must “harden” its collective position on Israel given the dire humanitarian situation in the coastal enclave, and he found some success in convincing other Western democracies to join France in recognizing a Palestinian state last year. Barrot said last week that the recent effort to sanction EU-wide trade with illegal West Bank settlements has been met resistance in Brussels. US threats Hours before the policy announcement Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee suggested the U.S. could retaliate against the U.K. over the move. Huckabee, who over the weekend condemned the government’s “Jew hate” despite…
Published on 08/09/2026 – 14:29 GMT+2•Updated 14:47 Three MEPs have agreed in a report to be published Wednesday to tighten the requirements for foreign direct investment in the EU, restricting access to the European market for Chinese investors, Euronews has learned. The report comes from the European Parliament’s rapporteurs on the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act, MEPs Christophe Grudler (Renew), Pierre Jouvet (S&D) and MEP Anna Cavazzini (The Greens). The act was presented by the European Commission last March and creates a European preference on the EU market to favour products made in Europe, in a move to protect strategic sectors…
Published on 08/09/2026 – 9:35 GMT+2 North Korea called the first road bridge across its narrow border with Russia a concrete sign of tightening bonds, state media reported on Tuesday, as Pyongyang gains advantages from its powerful neighbours Moscow and Beijing. The bridge over the Tumen river into Russia and an under-construction span to China are part of a shift that offers Western-sanctioned Pyongyang economic and strategic options it has long sought, experts said. North Korea “will simultaneously secure two major overland routes linking it with Russia and China, allowing it to encourage competition between the two countries and maximise…
By KATARINA MIĆIĆ by Euronews Serbia Published on 08/09/2026 – 14:03 GMT+2 Serbia and Uzbekistan held the first meeting of their Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation in Belgrade on Monday, hours before Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was due to arrive for a two-day official visit. The meeting brought together Serbian Minister Nenad Popović, responsible for international economic cooperation, and Uzbekistan’s Minister of Investment, Industry and Trade Laziz Kudratov. As Euronews Serbia reported, the talks focused on increasing trade and investment, connecting companies more directly and identifying sectors for joint projects. Bilateral trade reached about $41.9m (€36.1m) in 2025, a record for…
Published on 08/09/2026 – 13:51 GMT+2 Following a summer of long queues, missed flights and border chaos, the EU’s emergency flexibility measures for its Entry/Exit System (EES) came to an end on Sunday (6 September). The temporary rules allowed member states to suspend fingerprint and facial scans in exceptional circumstances to ease congestion. Now, industry bodies are calling for the measures to be extended beyond September, warning that travellers could once again face lengthy delays at Europe’s borders. The calls come following wait times rising to as long as five hours in July, according to the trade association Airports Council…
By Tokunbo Salako & Euronews Published on 08/09/2026 – 10:04 GMT+2•Updated 12:04 Two thieves are being hunted by police in southern France after they broke into a museum dedicated to French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, stealing “four works of art”, dropping one as they fled. According to the mayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer Bryan Masson, the pair were “spotted thanks to the town’s video surveillance cameras… abandoning one of the stolen paintings as they ran.” It’s estimated the haul of the stolen good is worth around €9 million euros. No details of the works snatched have been released. Authorities in the French Riveira town say…
Mladić was the commander of the Bosnian Serb Army during the 1992-95 Bosnian War and was found responsible for the Srebrenica genocide, in which more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys were killed in July 1995. The Serbian government said that it had no hand in organizing the funeral, however Mladić’s body was flown to Serbia on a government plane and his coffin was escorted by members of the Serbian Armed Forces. “The elements of official support and the presence of some senior Serbian officials at the funeral are deeply regrettable,” von der Leyen said, adding that “they demonstrate…
Published on 08/09/2026 – 13:44 GMT+2 Iceland’s government has lodged a formal protest with the United States after Donald Trump shared a social media map appearing to fold the country into US territory. According to a ministry statement, Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir called in the US ambassador to deliver a firm objection, telling the envoy the map was simply not acceptable. The image, posted Monday, showed a redrawn North America with Canada, Greenland, Mexico and Iceland all shaded in stars and stripes and captioned as a single “United States of America” — with no caption or context explaining the…