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This is Merz’s first bilateral visit to Kyiv and his second trip as chancellor, after travelling there in May 2025 visit alongside leaders from France, the U.K. and Poland. It comes just a few days after the embattled chancellor vowed to maintain his government’s strong support to Ukraine, despite the rise of the far-right, Russia-friendly Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). “If we fail to stop Moscow, sooner or later the Russian war machine will turn against us — against NATO itself,” Merz said Thursday during a speech in Münster, Germany. He also warned that, “in a few weeks, the fifth winter…
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Halloween is nearly upon us, and the festival has become so popular that it’s nearly impossible to escape it throughout the entirety of October. The month is peak spooky season, as temperatures drop across much of Europe and things start getting a bit darker and, in some cases, eerier. If you’re a big fan of Halloween, there’s no shortage of things to do across the continent, from the best cities to experience the creepy vibes to haunted hotels and events, which will be over once November comes. These are the best ways to get into the Halloween spirit, European-style this…
“It’s very, very critical,” Vysotskyi told POLITICO during his visit. The answer: Sorry, but no. Two of the countries with the most vital infrastructure for boosting shipping and storage capacity, Poland and Romania, said there is nothing more they can or will do to help. “The interest for our own farmers remains a priority,” Barna Tánczos, Romania’s agriculture minister, told POLITICO. Excess Ukrainian grain, combined with low water levels on the Danube, is already overloading his country’s ports, preventing Romanian farmers from selling their own goods. The rebuff illustrates a persistent gap between the EU’s ambitions to support Ukraine and…
Financial Services Reporter Eleanor Myers Andrew Griffith will be stepping up this party conference, having been promoted to shadow chancellor earlier this year to replace his more mild-mannered colleague Mel Stride. Griffith was a bigwig in business before he entered parliament, and as a former City minister, I’ll be watching whether he focuses his ire on the prospect of Labour raising bank taxes in the budget, which is now less than a month away. Griffith will make his big speech on how to get Britain growing again at 2 p.m. Monday. Growth was the favored buzzword of former Chancellor Rachel…
EU contemplates oil release: EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen has told Europe Today that releasing strategic oil reserves to cushion soaring prices “is a possibility”, as the US mounts pressure on EU allies to release diesel reserves or face a US export ban. The war in Iran and reduced refining capacity have squeezed supply, driving a sharp rise in prices for companies and consumers. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has urged Europe to make new stocks available “immediately” to ease costs, saying US “farmers, truckers, and businesses should not be left carrying the burden”. Painful at the pump: US diesel…
The EU’s energy chief has warned that volatility in the energy market is here to stay — and prices could get even worse. Dan Jørgensen is urging European governments to use existing flexibility to ease the pain at the pump for millions of Europeans. That comes as the Trump administration presses EU countries to release millions of barrels from their emergency oil stocks. Euronews’ chief editor Maria Tadeo spoke to the Energy Commissioner in Brussels in an exclusive interview.
Published on 02/10/2026 – 11:09 GMT+2 Traffic was gridlocked in Kyiv on Friday after the one of the city’s main bridges was closed and restrictions placed on others after another wave of Russian drone strikes. Reporters in the city saw long queues of stationary cars and buses on main roads in the Ukrainian capital as commuters sought alternative routes. Traffic built up due to the complete closure to traffic in both directions on the Southern Bridge, one of eight connecting the east and west of Kyiv over the Dnipro River. The Paton Bridge, further north, was open only one way,…
By Euronews Greek Published on 02/10/2026 – 11:32 GMT+2•Updated 13:04 Civil Protection services, the Region of Crete, local municipalities and the competent authorities in Rethymno are on heightened readiness, as Crete faces a new wave of intense rainfall from Friday afternoon. This latest deterioration in the weather comes at a particularly difficult time for the regional unit, which is still counting the serious consequences of the previous spell of severe weather. One person has lost their life, while many areas have suffered extensive damage to roads and infrastructure, landslides, disruptions to public utility networks and access problems for mountain settlements. Mylopotamos…
Published on 02/10/2026 – 12:02 GMT+2•Updated 12:56 French high school students lit fires outside schools and faced off with police on Friday as a protest movement that has forced the closure of some 400 establishments showed no sign of abating. The movement, which began last week in the Paris region and rapidly spread nationwide, has seen teenage pupils at lycées in their final years of schooling block access to buildings and clash with police. The Ministry of Education said earlier on Friday that 564 schools had “been the subject of actions or disruptions since the start of the day.” The…