News from Europe

April 19th - April 25th, 2025

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Saturday/Sunday - April 19th - 20th

• French minister warns Trump: firing Powell risks destabilising US economy

• ‘A more reliable partner’: how France’s Palestine push could isolate the US

• Pope Francis greets cheering Easter crowds from popemobile as he recovers from pneumonia

• Pope Francis, a Trump critic, meets Vance on Easter morning

• Vance meets Pope Francis amid row over Trump’s migrant plans

• Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday after tangle over migration, gets chocolate eggs for kids

• Four dead in 'unimaginable' Italian cable car crash near Naples

• Belarusian leader calls journalists ‘enemies of our state’ and imprisons dozens of them

• Ukraine bans Chinese firms accused of helping Russia make missiles

• Ukraine asks Russia to halt strikes on civilian targets for 30 days

• Chinese fighters in Ukraine and the global pipeline feeding Russia’s war machine

• Ukraine wary of Putin’s Easter truce and says it will reciprocate only a genuine ceasefire

• Zelenskiy says fighting ongoing in Russian border regions despite Putin's Easter ceasefire declaration

• Zelenskyy says Russia is trying to create an ‘impression of a ceasefire’ as attacks continue

• Ukraine, Russia swap POWs, other prisoners involving more than 500 people

• Kyiv and Moscow accuse each other of countless violations of one-day Easter ceasefire

• Zelenskiy tells Ukraine on Easter: 'Evil may have its hour but God will have his day'

• Blasts reported in Russian-controlled Donetsk amid Easter ceasefire

• Ukraine asks Russia to halt strikes on civilian targets for 30 days

• Ukraine reports nearly 3,000 violations of Russia's own Easter ceasefire vow

 

Monday - April 21st

• Countries shore up their digital defenses as global tensions raise the threat of cyberwarfare

• Britain and New Zealand to step up military ties as leaders meet

• French prisons again targeted overnight, justice minister says

• Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88, on Easter Monday

• Pope Francis dead at age 88

• Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, ministered with a charming, humble style

• Francis changed church policy on the death penalty and nuclear weapons but upheld it on abortion

• Global tributes pour in to honor Pope Francis after his death

• Reactions to the death of Pope Francis

• The Papacy Is Forever Changed

• The Real Legacy of Pope Francis

• The Life of Pope Francis, in Photos

• What happens after the death of Pope Francis?

• World leaders, from King Charles to Putin and Zelensky, mourn Pope Francis’ death

• Remembering Pope Francis, who has died aged 88

• Who could succeed Pope Francis in the Vatican’s secretive conclave?

• Pope Francis reached out to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, but also drew unusual opposition

• Norway's Prime Minister to meet US President Trump on Thursday

• Zelensky says China supplying weapons to Russia

 

Tuesday - April 22nd

• Euro zone firms were seeing improved business momentum before tariffs, ECB says

• ECB survey sees inflation stabilising at 2%

• PM Starmer welcomes UK top court ruling on biological sex in equality laws

• ‘You need to sell Harry Potter’: UK’s tourism dented by ‘barriers to travel’

• Europeans outlined non-negotiable issues to US for Ukraine-Russia peace deal, French minister says

• Spain vows to meet NATO spending goal of 2% GDP in 2025

• Fireworks as thousands greet Serbian students who cycled to France seeking EU support for protests

• Spain says it will meet NATO’s defense spending goal of 2% of GDP this year

• Swiss franc's surge on tariff turmoil pressures SNB to act

• Switzerland flexes financial muscle ahead of tariff date in Washington

• Vatican releases first images of Pope’s body

• Inside Pope Francis and Pell’s relationship

• Australia-based cardinal Mykola Bychok will join the conclave to elect a new pope

• Pope Francis's death puts spotlight on Beijing view of Holy See, Vatican

• Who is Kevin Farrell, the cardinal now running the Vatican?

• Pope Francis’ funeral set for Saturday in Rome, public viewing begins Wednesday

• Catholics around the world mourn Pope Francis

• Vatican recounts Pope Francis’ final words and his ‘discreet death’

• Defending migrants was a priority for Pope Francis from the earliest days of his papacy

• Pope Francis' funeral to be held on Saturday at 0800 GMT, Vatican says

• Greece announces 1 billion euros in financial benefits after posting 1.3% budget surplus

• Poland's liberal frontrunner faces tricky balancing act in race to the presidency

• Ukraine ready to hold talks with Russia once ceasefire in place, Zelenskiy says

• Zelenskyy pushes back on ceding Ukrainian land in potential peace deal ahead of London talks

• Russian guided bombs kill woman in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia, governor says

• Moscow, Kyiv blame each other for blocking truce talks as Washington loses patience

• Ukraine presses for ceasefire as Russia reported to offer concession

 

Wednesday - April 23rd

• China invites European countries to form united front against Trump tariffs

• Hong Kong supporting European business collaboration surge in Qianhai

• European business growth stalls in April, PMIs show

• World leader claims US cancelled his visa

• Danish king will visit Greenland to meet with its new leader

• UK won't rush to reach trade deal with U.S., finance minister Reeves says

• Britain posts much bigger budget deficit for 2024/25 than expected

• ‘THE WORLD SHOULD WORRY’: Branson reveals Donald Trump fears

• Wild scenes as massive inferno rages in Paris

• U.S. could dip into recession on trade war, French central banker says

• Court overturns French decision to cut funding to biggest Muslim school

• Portugal asks EU to activate fiscal leeway for defence spending

• Pope Francis’ body carried through streets

• Pope Francis's open coffin carried in procession from Vatican to St Peter's Basilica ahead of public mourning

• Pope Francis did more to elevate women than any other pope. Will his successor cement or narrow his reforms?

• Pope Francis mourned at St Peter’s Basilica by Catholic faithful

• The world has lost a pope dedicated to the poor and the planet

• Pope Francis had a troubled course on dealing with clergy sexual abuse

• AI struggles to predict next pope as Vatican secrecy confounds tech bots

• Germany's private sector slips back into contraction in April, PMI shows

• Germany halts Afghan refugee admission flights pending new government decision

• Polish foreign minister denounces Russian aggression: ‘Don’t you have enough land?’

• Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants to be sentenced in 2 weeks

• Chechnya leader's son, 17, becomes head of Chechen security council

• Vaccine-wary Slovak PM pauses COVID-19 shot purchases pending review

• Bosnia state police fail in attempted arrest of Serb leader Dodik 

• At least eight killed, more than 60 wounded in Russian missile attack on Kyiv, emergency service says

• Ukraine says Chinese citizens working at drone production site in Russia

• Zelenskiy says Chinese citizens working at drone production site in Russia

• Ukraine is ready to negotiate but not to surrender, deputy PM says

• Ukraine is committed to working with US to achieve peace, minister says

• Russian drone strike on bus kills 9 in Ukrainian city of Marhanets, Kyiv says

• Overnight Russian attacks kill nine in Kyiv, injure 63, emergency services say

 

Thursday - April 24th

• Ireland to give 141 million euros to World Bank fund for poorest countries

• Bank of England's Bailey focuses on growth hit from tariffs

• UK PM Starmer nears EU defence pact in shadow of Trump trade talks

• The UK says at an energy summit that green power will boost security, as the US differs

• France to seek protection from Chinese steel imports after ArcelorMittal job cuts

• Daughter of French PM reveals she was abused at scandal-hit school

• One killed, several students injured in French high school stabbing attack

• Bullets purchase from Israel rattles Spain's leftist coalition

• Spain scraps purchase of Israeli bullets after internal pressure

• Surprise fortune left behind by Pope revealed

• Vatican responds as crowds take 'creepy' selfies with pope's body

• When is Pope Francis's funeral? What to know about the ceremony and burial

• Pope Francis was given a box full of 'abuse, corruption, dark dealings'

• What to know about the death of Pope Francis

• Tens of thousands file into St. Peter’s Basilica to pay final respects to Pope Francis

• Greece to deploy record number of firefighters this year amid global warming, minister says 

• Tariff risks threaten fragile improvement in German business sentiment

• German prosecutors launch homicide probe after police shoot dead Black man

• Germany sees the economy stagnating in 2025 as Trump’s trade policy weighs on it

• Holocaust survivors march in Auschwitz 80 years after camp's liberation

• The Nazis extorted Jewish families’ silver. Their descendants gathered in Munich to memorialize them.

• Polish and Israeli presidents lead March of the Living at Auschwitz

• Poland starts long-sought exhumation of WW2 victims in Ukraine

• Poland likely to apply for EU leeway on defence spending, but worried others won't

• US asset seizure not a credible threat, 'one of many risks' to monitor, Norway wealth fund says

• Romanian centrist presidency candidate wants to spend more on defence, keep backing Ukraine

• Bosnia's peace envoy halts budget allocations for Dodik's party

• Ukrainians who fled country after Russian invasion fear Putin will break a ceasefire

• Zelensky cuts South Africa trip short after deadly Russian missile strikes

• Zelenskyy says he’s cutting short a visit to South Africa after Russian attacks on Kyiv

• Crimea is a focus of discussions to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. Here’s why it’s so coveted

• Russia and Ukraine trade blame over faltering peace moves

• Ukraine fails to reach restructuring deal with GDP-linked debt holders

• What are Ukraine's GDP warrants and why are they creating problems for Kyiv?

• Ukraine's Marchenko says working to seal US minerals pact as 'fast as we can'

• Zelenskiy: Russian strike that hit residential building in Kyiv used North Korean missile

• Ukraine suspects Russia of torturing Ukrainian reporter who died in captivity

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Friday - April 25th

• UK water crisis: regulators partly to blame says budget watchdog

• After cycling to France, Serbia’s protesting students run to Brussels to stir EU attention

• Clashes at far-right protest mar Portugal's Revolution Day

• Swiss leader says Trump administration foresees ‘privileged’ talks with 15 countries on US tariffs

• Swiss National Bank warns of economic fallout from trade conflict

• Pope’s burial place reflects his ‘humble, essential’ life, Rome’s poor will pay him a final tribute

• Pope Francis bestowed a special nickname on AP’s Vatican reporter for her often-tough questions

• How Pope Francis touched a migrant's heart, saying 'we're all the same people'

• More than 100,000 pay respects to Pope Francis in final hours of lying-in-state

• Amsterdam mayor apologizes for the city’s role in the Holocaust

• Germany likely to ask for EU leeway on defence spending, finance minister says

• German, Japan carmakers embrace Chinese AI as Tesla awaits Beijing’s nod on FSD

• Polish government seeks European approval for judicial reform

• Trump’s tariffs inflict political pain on Hungary’s Orban, other European far-right leaders

• Kosovo in political stalemate as parliament fails to elect speaker

• Eurosceptic Simion hopes to ride wave of anger to victory in Romanian election

• Ukraine peace deal proposals set out by US at talks in Paris

• Full text of Ukrainian and European peace deal counterproposals

• Ukraine says it reaffirmed its positions at London talks

• Cash bonus for a year fighting Russia? Inside Ukraine's youth recruitment drive