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Given the Hungarian leader’s success in remaining in power, 10 EU officials and diplomats, all granted anonymity to speak freely with POLITICO, outlined what they see as the worst-case scenario: Orbán securing a fourth term and derailing budget negotiations. “We are not in a rush, so if we win the elections, then we certainly don’t see the need to rush the agreement on the MFF through by the end of 2026,” said Hungarian Minister for European Affairs János Bóka. During negotiations to date, the Hungarian government has called for the links between EU payments and respect for democratic standards to…
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The Iran war is nearing its one-month mark with a mounting civilian toll that aid organisations warn is pushing the limits of international humanitarian law. More than 3,300 people have been killed inside Iran since the war began, among them at least 1,400 civilians, according to figures compiled by Human Rights Activists in Iran (HRANA), a US-based NGO. Euronews was unable to independently verify the numbers. The fighting has increasingly targeted the infrastructure underpinning daily life. Last week, Israeli strikes hit South Pars, one of Iran’s most strategically significant gas fields. Tehran responded by striking Ras Laffan, Qatar’s sprawling LNG…
By Pascale Davies with AP Published on 27/03/2026 – 9:11 GMT+1 Anthropic has won an early round in its legal battle against the Trump administration, after a federal judge awarded the artificial intelligence company an injunction against the government’s order that labelled it a “supply chain risk”. US President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly declared in February that it was cutting ties with Anthropic after it refused to allow unrestricted military use of its Claude AI model. The restrictions include the use of lethal autonomous weapons without human oversight and mass surveillance of Americans. In response, the US government labelled…
If you haven’t seen “Frozen,” it’s about a place that’s cast into a perpetual winter (Europe) and is governed by a blonde woman in a tower (European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen). Among the other characters are a love interest who turns out to be a baddie of the highest order (U.S. President Donald Trump), and an annoying sidekick who keeps getting into trouble and threatening to ruin everything (Hungarian Prime MinisterViktor Orbán). At the end, everything’s resolved and they all live happily ever after (which seems unlikely). European Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas, who is in charge of the transport…
By Friday, visitors were already spreading picnic sheets beneath pale pink canopies in Ueno Park, one of the capital’s best‑known hanami (flower viewing) spots. The announcement matters well beyond the weather: for Tokyo’s residents, sakura season marks the start of spring gatherings, family outings and one of the city’s busiest tourism periods. Officials said the bloom arrived five days earlier than the seasonal average. The cherry season in Tokyo is declared once at least five flowers open on the official sample tree, but this year observers counted 61 blossoms before making it formal. Warmer‑than‑usual temperatures since mid‑February helped accelerate the…
Dozens of popular European destinations have brought in fines, taxes and other restrictions on travellers in recent months, in an attempt to combat overtourism. However, in 2024, Copenhagen took a very different approach. The Danish capital began rewarding tourists who demonstrate responsible and conscious behaviour through the CopenPay initiative. The main aim of this scheme is to show travellers that climate actions can be much easier than they think, in an effort to promote sustainable tourism. Incentives include providing free bike rentals, boat tours and lunches for travellers who help out in communal gardens, collect litter and take public transport.…
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle told the Commons the three men who were arrested did not have passes granting them full access to the parliamentary estate. Yet Taylor’s presence will raise questions about the current access arrangements for guests of those who do hold passes. A parliamentary spokesperson said: “Parliament is a public building, and we facilitate the visits of thousands of people to the estate each week. We have robust security processes in place, with the safety and security of all those who work in and visit Parliament our top priority. Members in both Houses can sponsor events on behalf of external…
Published on 27/03/2026 – 7:51 GMT+1 On today’s show: Top story: G7 Summit debrief with Méabh Mc Mahon and Maia de la Baume. Explainer by Jakub Janas: What’s the point of the G7 meeting? Iran war update with Méabh Mc Mahon and Babak Kamiar. Interview with Ghassan Salamé, Lebanese Culture Minister. Interview with Valérie Hayer, Member of the European Parliament (Renew Europe, France). When and where to watch Europe Today? You can join Euronews’ chief anchor Méabh Mc Mahon and our EU editor Maria Tadeo live on TV and Euronews’ website and digital platforms every weekday. Our new format brings…
In a matter of weeks, the Iran conflict has rewritten Europe’s energy calculus. The benchmark Dutch TTF natural gas price has jumped from €38 per megawatt-hour to €54 month-to-date — a 70% increase that puts March 2026 on course to be the strongest monthly increase for European gas prices since September 2021. It is a number that carries weight far beyond energy markets. Europe’s gas vulnerability is not evenly distributed Europe entered this crisis already in a fragile position. Underground gas storage stood at just 28.4%, or 325 terawatt-hours, as of 24 March — 5 percentage points below the same…