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Zelenskyy to join summit of European leaders to rally support – live

17:42 GMT+2 Here we go again! Hello and welcome to Euronews’ live blog for the leaders’ summit that will take place in Brussels on Thursday.Our crack team of reporters will bring you the latest on the wide-ranging discussions that will cover support for Ukraine, European defence, competitiveness, the Middle East,…

Danish minister: Affordable housing vital to people with disabilities

The EU should address the growing number of persons with disabilities living in institutions in its upcoming plans for affordable housing, Denmark’s minister for social affairs and housing told Euronews. “We need to work on housing first, but in order to do that we need affordable housing, and it’s the…

Gaza reconstruction: Cyprus has a plan

Cyprus has presented a “very specific” six-point plan on Gaza’s recovery to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, ahead of a gathering of EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday. The country’s President, Nikos Christodoulides, for the first time discussed the details with Euronews. The proposal, elaborated…

MEPs call for end to EU support for all Libyan security forces

Thirty-eight European Parliament lawmakers from four political groups wrote a letter to the European Commission urging an end to funding for all Libyan security forces. The MEPs asked the Commission to condemn what they call the violent actions of the Libyan Coast Guard against humanitarian vessels in the Mediterranean, and…

Trump pick for religious freedom envoy visits Holy Land, cites strong US-Israel bond

On his visit to Israel this week, ambassador-designate for International Religious Freedom Mark Walker said meeting families of hostages and survivors of Hamas captivity left him “overwhelmed,” reaffirming what he called the “spiritual and historic bond” between the United States and Israel.Walker, a former Republican congressman and Baptist pastor from…

Journalists from Belarus and Georgia win 2025 Sakharov Prize

Two journalists, one imprisoned in Belarus and the other in Georgia, have won the European Union’s top human rights honour, the Sakharov Prize, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced on Wednesday. Andrzej Poczobut is a correspondent for the influential Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. He was convicted of “harming Belarus’ national…