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Supermarkets across Europe have been targeted in cyberattacks once again. Three weeks after a defrosting attack in France, supermarkets in Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, Luxembourg and Sweden reported freezer malfunctions.
Italy is the European country with the largest number of journalists under police protection. There, journalism is a profession particularly susceptible to threats and intimidation, but the European Union's measures to protect press freedom are slow to be implemented. FRANCE 24's team has more.
Stores and supermarkets across Belgium, Luxembourg, Finland, Estonia and Sweden all reported early Monday abrupt temperature spikes in their fridges and freezers in an apparent cyberattack targeting refrigeration units. The incidents follow a similar attack that hit hundreds of supermarkets across France in October, triggering food loss and fires.
Apollo has launched a 10 billion euro European private credit platform backed by major global investors.
Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary told CNBC that European airlines may have "significantly higher airfares" of up to 20% next year as fuel costs rise.
Mageean, runner who competed at two Olympic Games, lost her battle with cancer a year after revealing her diagnosis.
In the latest episode of Deja Vu, we trace how new media fuelled conspiracy theories, from European witch-hunts to AI.
Ciara Mageean, who won a European title and twice represented Ireland at the Olympics, dies aged 34.
Police and protesters clashed Saturday in Germany where tens of thousands of young people took to the streets, inspired by similar movements in other European countries. Organized by the "GenZ regelt!" ("Gen Z has got this!") group, marches were held nationwide to demand more funding for education and to protest the high cost of living.
European champions PSG registered their sixth league victory and sit two points clear at top of the Ligue 1 standings.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declined to comment on Russia's participation in the G20 summit in December, telling DW that Volodymyr Zelenskyy should travel to Russia if he wanted talks with Vladimir Putin.
UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband confronted his Russian counterpart at the meeting and accused his government of killing innocent civilians in Ukraine.
From the EU's perspective, the second Trump presidency has felt even more destabilising than the first. From making the false claim that the EU was set up to "screw" the United States, to slapping tariffs on European goods, to making territorial claims on Greenland, to doing a diesel deal with Vladimir Putin and telling Ukraine to get a new president, Donald Trump has more than ruffled feathers on this side of the ocean. He has shaken the very foundations of the historical transatlantic relationship.
Two years ago in Georgia, tens of thousands of pro-European protesters rallied against the disputed results of the October 2024 parliamentary election, which was officially won by the ruling Georgian Dream party. A few weeks later, the authorities announced the suspension of the country's European Union accession process. Despite an ongoing crackdown, smaller-scale protests continue every day in the capital Tbilisi.
Christine Lagarde will leave the post in February, nine months before the end of her eight-year term.
Markets saw the decision as a hawkish pause and were last pricing in a 67% chance of a December rate hike.
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde is to resign nine months ahead of the end of her 8-year term. European Council President Antonio Costa has said the process to find a successor is underway.
Several European leaders reportedly pushed for the term to be removed from a joint draft Canada-EU statement.
The Serbian student mobilisation chose a political strategy that ensured its success where others had failed.
As winter approaches, the price of European natural gas has topped €100 per megawatt hour, its highest level since 2022. The EU says it's not worried about supplies, although its storage facilities are only 72 percent full, but warns households of a "difficult" season to come. Also in the show: the UK government tries to cushion the impact of high energy bills, and 200 passengers are stranded in Cambodia after their multi-year cruise was cancelled because of high fuel costs.
