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Published on 20/01/2026 – 14:01 GMT+1 •Updated 14:06 The steel and cement industries are set to play a key role in boosting the European Union’s economy, with the European Commission predicting that they will contribute at least 20% to the bloc’s total economic output by 2030, according to a document seen by Euronews. The EU executive wants to revive manufacturing capacity across the bloc, reversing a long decline that has seen the bloc’s share of global industrial output decline from 20.8% in 2000 to 14.3% in 2020. While the overall reindustrialisation process may drive prices up, the EU is prioritising…
The nationwide protests that have rocked Iran in recent weeks have also sent shockwaves through the Iranian diaspora around the world. Alongside growing economic hardship in the Islamic Republic, widespread anger over corruption within the regime has fuelled the unrest, which started in late December. Authorities have responded with brutal force and a “digital blackout,” shutting down internet access in an effort to suppress dissent. In an interview with Euronews, German-Iranian artist and doctor Maryam said that “you first have to grasp what is happening in Iran and how the protests have grown exponentially”, adding that their scale was not…
Grâce à l’alinéa 3 de l’article 49 – le fameux outil constitutionnel qu’il avait promis de ne pas utiliser – l’exécutif aura la liberté de choisir ou d’écarter les amendements de son choix, quel qu’ait été leur sort dans l’hémicycle. Dans un cadre toutefois contraint, Sébastien Lecornu s’étant à nouveau engagé à ce que l’objectif de 5% de déficit soit tenu à la fin. “Les tableaux vont être dévoilés au fur et à mesure dans la semaine”, a indiqué le Premier ministre. Un exercice compliqué, réalisé par une palanquée de hauts fonctionnaires chargés de rendre, en quelques heures, de nombreux…
In an interview with Euronews at Davos on Tuesday, Belgium’s Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot strongly criticised US President Donald Trump’s plans to take “complete and total control” of Greenland, the self-governing territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. “Frankly speaking, the attitude of the US is incomprehensible and unnecessarily hostile,” Prévot said on Euronews’ interview programme 12 Minutes With. Trump has stepped up his threats to seize Greenland in recent days and has not ruled out taking it by force. Asked about Washington’s disregard for European leaders’ response, he said there is “no rational explanation”. “But being blackmailed and threatening allies…
An overnight Russian bombardment left thousands of residential buildings in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv without heating and water on Tuesday as temperatures dropped to -14C The barrage of hundreds of drones and missiles, which targeted energy facilities across Ukraine, killed at least one 50-year-old man near Kyiv. The Ukrainian capital is already scrambling to restore vital utilities destroyed in earlier strikes. Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga lashed out at Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying: “War criminal Putin continues to wage a genocidal war against women, children and elderly.” He said Russian forces had targeted energy infrastructure overnight in at least seven regions,…
Germany’s economic confidence has surged to its strongest level since mid-2021, shrugging off renewed tariff threats from the US and signalling growing optimism that 2026 could mark a turning point for Europe’s largest economy. The ZEW Economic Sentiment Index jumped to 59.6 points in January, up from 45.8 in December and well above market expectations of 50. This marks its highest reading since July 2021. The gauge of current conditions, while still deeply negative, also improved to -72.7 points, from -81 the previous month. “The ZEW Index is rising strongly. 2026 could mark a turning point,” ZEW President Achim Wambach…
Beijing purchased the site, which will accommodate what is expected to be the biggest embassy in Europe, in 2018. A raft of security concerns have been raised in the planning process, including over the proposed embassy’s proximity to cables carrying communications to the vital City of London financial district. There has also been disquiet over Beijing’s refusal to present full internal layout plans to the British authorities. The original Sept. 9, 2025 deadline for a decision to be made was missed after ministers took control of the application from Tower Hamlets Council. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian warned last October…
People in northern Germany flocked to the Elbe river Monday to marvel at giant Arctic-style ice floes that have clogged up a stretch of the waterway, creating a headache for shipping but delighting visitors. The ice formed upstream in recent weeks during a cold snap that saw temperatures plummet to minus 15 degrees Celsius. Icebreakers have since smashed through the ice, sending the floes downstream where they accumulated at a barrage at Geesthacht, near the river-port of Hamburg, said Tilman Treber from the federal navigation authority.
Published on 20/01/2026 – 11:01 GMT+1 Calls for a meat tax continue to intensify, as evidence mounts on how our carbon-intensive diets are baking the planet. Food and agriculture contribute one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to burning fossil fuels. A 2023 study published in the journal Nature found that greenhouse gas emissions from the way humans produce and consume food could add nearly 1℃ of warming to the Earth’s atmosphere by 2100. Meat, particularly beef and lamb, is often identified by scientists as one of the biggest culprits of environmental damage. According to CO2 Everything, one 100g…
France’s political extremes do not have enough lawmakers to bring down the government without the assistance of more centrist members of the opposition. Lecornu announced Monday he would expose his government to the possible no-confidence votes by invoking a constitutional backdoor to finalize France’s fiscal plans after months of deadlock. France entered the new year without a proper budget after lawmakers failed to adopt one in December but avoided a U.S.-style shutdown by rolling over last year’s budget into 2026. The maneuver Lecornu is using to enact a proper budget — Article 49.3 of the French constitution — allows the…