Author: staff
Spain is a member of the European Union, a 27-country bloc that operates a common trade policy, so any attempt to single out Madrid would create friction with other member states, like Germany, France and Italy. 20 HRS ago 5 mins read
United States President Donald Trump’s decision to strike Iran, pursue regime change and reshape the balance of power in the Middle East has revived a formidable ghost that the European Union thought it had managed to banish for good: energy crisis. The spiralling war has sent gas prices soaring, prompting panic among investors and anxiety among governments. On Tuesday, gas prices at the Title Transfer Facility (TTF), Europe’s benchmark trade hub, closed at €54.3 per megawatt-hour (MWh), a striking rise from €31.9 MWh on Friday, the day before Trump gave the go-ahead for the first strikes on Iran. The sudden…
“Tout le monde comprend que, pour nous, il s’agit de notre vie — les armes appropriées”, a déclaré le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky à la presse lundi. “Si les hostilités s’étendent sur le long terme au Moyen-Orient, cela affectera certainement l’approvisionnement. J’en suis sûr.” Donald Trump a annoncé lundi que la guerre menée par les Etats-Unis et Israël contre l’Iran pourrait durer quatre à cinq semaines, mais qu’il était prêt à ce qu’elle dure plus longtemps. Certains analystes ont mis en garde contre le risque de voir cette guerre se transformer en un conflit plus large dont les Etats-Unis pourraient…
Published on 04/03/2026 – 13:58 GMT+1•Updated 14:32 The European Commission said on Wednesday it would make sure the European Union’s interests are fully safeguarded after the the White House threatened to cut off trade relations with Spain. The Commission offered its support after United States President Donald Trump lashed out at Madrid for its refusal to allow the US military to use its bases to support its operations in and around Iran. Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, Trump called the Spanish government “terrible”. “We’re going to cut off all trade. We don’t want anything to do with Spain,”…
By Sandor Zsiros & FT Published on 04/03/2026 – 14:27 GMT+1 Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has visted Moscow to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and secure guarantees on energy imports. Hungary is one of the last EU member states, along with Slovakia, still importing large volumes of Russian oil and natural gas through pipelines, and the question of energy prices is a hot topic in the Hungarian electoral campaign, where the opposition Tisza party leads opinion polls ahead of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz. Hungary is locked in a dispute with Ukraine over the Druzhba pipeline, which was damaged in…
Published on 04/03/2026 – 14:31 GMT+1 Portugal’s drone exports to Ukraine have risen sharply since the start of the full-scale invasion of the country by Russia. Portugal is now selling more drones to Ukraine than it ever sold to Russia — and the gap is widening fast. According to Jornal Económico, revenues from drone sales to Ukraine totalled €4 million in 2022, the year the conflict broke out, rising to €23 million in 2023 and €33 million in 2024. Growth accelerated sharply in 2025, with revenues reaching €87.3 million. The largest Portuguese drone exporter to Ukraine is Tekever, a company…
We all have a friend – or are that friend – who is obsessed with the stars. The one who knows their stars from their planets in the night sky, when to see an eclipse, or who can point out constellations. But spotting spy satellites is a rarer skill. It requires both technical knowledge and patience. Marco Langbroek is one of the leading experts in his field. A lecturer of space situational awareness at TU Delft in the Netherlands, he observes some of the most mysterious developments in space from his home in Leiden, the Netherlands. He joined Euronews Tech…
LUXEMBOURG — The European Commission didn’t want to reveal which staffers worked on Covid vaccine contract negotiations with pharma companies to avoid them being targeted by “conspiracy theorists,” its lawyers said Wednesday. A “lack of trust” about the contracts meant officials could have been subjected to “physical or psychological” harassment, said Antonios Bouchagiar, a Commission lawyer. “It’s a real risk in this case,” he added in a courtroom in Luxembourg. The Commission is fighting a 2024 ruling from the EU’s General Court (the bloc’s lower court) that said it should have provided more details about the lucrative contracts — and…
Semiconductor giant Qualcomm has set an ambitious 2029 date for 6G commercialisation and says the next generation of wireless is a “revolution, not an evolution,” that Europe should lead. The tech company aims for 6G pre-commercial deployments beginning as early as 2028, which will be key to artificial intelligence, connectivity, and high-performance computing taking off. “6G is not an evolution, it’s a revolution, and Europe should be completely a leading continent on 6G,” said Wassim Chourbaji, Qualcomm’s president for the Middle East and Africa and senior vice president for government affairs for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Speaking to…
But in a statement Wednesday, Van Bossuyt argued that Belgian law makes it possible to continue with the policy, saying: “We will, of course, make use of these legal options. This is important in order to further reduce the influx and avoid overburdening the reception system.” Van Bossuyt, a member of the Flemish nationalist N-VA party of Prime Minister Bart De Wever, insisted the measure is already in line with EU law — and that it will be on an even stronger footing when the bloc’s new migration and asylum pact, which will change how the continent processes and relocates…