Thousands of Slovaks took to the streets to take part in regular protest pro-Russian policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico.
European defence stocks drove much of the positive market momentum on Monday, boosted by expectations of higher defence spending by several countries like Germany.
The US president says Europe’s energy bill to Russia exceeds its spending on Ukraine. Euroverify investigates.
In an evening address French President Emmanuel Macron said “Russia has become today, and for a long time, a threat to France and to Europe.”
People gathered at a pro-Ukraine rally near the Capitol building in Washington as President Trump delivered the first State of the Union address of his second term.
France and the UK have floated the idea to send troops on the ground as a guarantee after a potential peace deal. However, so far, not many countries appear to be on board.
Ukrainian soldiers say there needs to be compromises on both the US and Ukraine’s parts to bring about a possible end to the war.
Euronews asked Dutch MEP Thijs Reuten, who is the European Parliament’s shadow rapporteur on Ukraine and sits for the centre-left S&D group on the foreign affairs committee, what he thinks about potential rivalry between the US and EU over access to Ukraine’s mineral wealth.
Kyiv signed a raw materials deal with the EU just months before Russia invaded three years ago – but now the US is making access to the same mineral resources a condition for continued support to the battle-weary nation.
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), at least 129 people trying to reach Europe have already disappeared or died in the Mediterranean so far this year.