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The clock is ticking fast for the European Union to find a way to support Ukraine’s financial and military commitments before the flow of foreign assistance, severely impacted by the Trump administration’s pullback, runs out. The stakes could not be higher: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his country will need funding from the “very beginning” of next year. “I don’t know if it’s possible. Not everything depends on us,” Zelenskyy said. Last week, Belgium held up a groundbreaking plan to use the immobilised assets of the Russian Central Bank and issue a €140 billion loan to Kyiv. As the prime…
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As EU enlargement is back on the political agenda, the United States has become a silent bystander of a process that could bring more democracy and prosperity to millions of people in the Western Balkans and beyond. While past US administrations have vividly supported the attempts to bring more countries into the European Union, US President Donald Trump has remained ominously silent. There is no public policy statement specifically outlining his position on each individual EU-candidate country’s accession or on the enlargement process in general. Responding to Euronews’ request for comment, a State Department spokesperson emailed one sentence: “The United…
By Galiya Khassenkhanova Published on 31/10/2025 – 17:15 GMT+1 •Updated 19:07 Kazakhstan has intensified its fight against financial crime, closing 130 cryptocurrency exchanges linked to money laundering and confiscating digital assets valued at $16.7 million (€14.4 million), the Kazakh Agency for Financial Monitoring (AFM) reported. According to the AFM, these shadow platforms were used by criminal groups across Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Moldova to launder proceeds from drug trafficking and online fraud. The agency described the scheme as a multi-step process. Drug dealers and cybercriminals first transferred their profits, either in fiat or cryptocurrency, to exchange wallets, where the funds were…
The four men were banned from life from French soil. The tagging of 35 red hands on the memorial in May of last year, along with dozens of Parisian buildings, is the first of nine similar cases currently investigated by French authorities to go on trial. The different stunts, ranging from pig heads dropped at mosques to coffins placed near the Eiffel Tower, follow a similar pattern. They involved groups of suspects coming from other countries — including Bulgaria, Serbia or Moldova — committing acts purportedly at Russia’s behest in an apparent attempt to fuel societal tensions, thereby weakening a…
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Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica has become the world’s tallest church after builders lifted a new section of its central tower. The structure now stands at 162.91 meters, surpassing Germany’s Ulmer Münster. Architects say the final height of 172.5 meters will honor Gaudí’s wish not to exceed the city’s Montjuic mountain — “the work of man should not surpass the work of God.” The basilica’s exterior is set to be completed in 2026. Construction on the unfinished Sagrada Familia has sped up in recent decades as the basilica became a major international tourist attraction.
The Trump administration’s erratic policy shifts on Ukraine — such as abruptly halting the sharing of battlefield intelligence with Kyiv last March — and its push to politicize intelligence by appointing Trump loyalists have shaken European confidence in Washington’s reliability. Ratcliffe, a former Republican congressman from Texas, built his reputation as one of Trump’s fiercest defenders on Capitol Hill — particularly during the first impeachment proceedings, when he used his perch on the House Intelligence Committee to attack the inquiry. Officially, Ratcliffe was in town to brief the North Atlantic Council, the political decision-making body of NATO, one diplomat said.…
Published on 31/10/2025 – 18:57 GMT+1 Moldova is committed to joining the European Union but the country needs “sustained engagement” and “clarity” from the bloc to make progress towards integration, Moldovan president Maia Sandu has told Euronews. Since negotiations were formally opened with the EU in June 2024, Moldova “has shown determination and delivered on its commitments,” Sandu said in an emailed statement. “What we need now is sustained engagement and clarity from the EU to keep enlargement as a strategic priority and to maintain the momentum for those who deliver.” Sandu will lay out her expectations of the EU…
Uzbekistan has used the opening of UNESCO’s 43rd General Conference to present a reform-driven vision for global cooperation – one centred on modernising education, expanding AI ethics, strengthening media literacy, safeguarding cultural heritage and advancing women’s leadership. Addressing heads of state, ministers and delegates from 190 countries, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev unveiled a set of initiatives he hopes will guide UNESCO’s agenda in the coming years: a platform to advance inclusive education for children with special needs, a model School of Artificial Intelligence in Uzbekistan, a global AI ethics forum, an International Institute for Digital Heritage, a UNESCO Academy on Women’s…