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Hundreds of thousands of Greeks are expected to take to the streets across the country and abroad today, accusing the centre-right government of covering up key details about a deadly 2023 train crash in central Greece that killed 57 people, mostly young people. 🔗https://eurac.tv/9Y18

Donald Trump's reluctance to grant any security commitments to Ukraine as a part of a deal to gain access to its mineral wealth has prompted Kyiv to contemplate pushing European countries to provide a ‘net of guarantees’, several Ukrainian officials told Euractiv. 🔗https://eurac.tv/9Y17

Independent media in Eastern Europe are concerned by the funding gaps left by the United States' recent decision to slash foreign aid, with journalists and civil society fearing it will hasten democratic backsliding. 🔗https://eurac.tv/9Y16

🎙️Concerns over the EU’s trade deal with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay have stalled negotiations for two decades. Now, the agreement is signed – but its opposition is far from sealed. Farmers worry it means unfair competition and fear cheaper, less-regulated imports could threaten their livelihoods. Economy Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič and Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen stepped in last week to ease tensions over Mercosur’s impact. Was it enough? And how is the Commission handling the pushback? 🔗https://eurac.tv/9XU7

Slovak business representatives argue that the EU needs a more assertive trade policy to combat unfair competition from third countries, warning that state interference and ongoing geopolitical conflicts could form a "lethal cocktail" that drives industry out of Europe by 2025. 🔗https://eurac.tv/9XUK

🎙️The new Chinese AI model DeepSeek R1 is making waves worldwide as the start up behind it says it runs at a fraction of the cost of all existing models on the market. That seems impressive. Or sort of. In the EU, at least eleven member states have promptly reacted to the launch, demanding the platform clarification on its privacy policy. Brussels' investigation, on the other hand, has yet to reach conclusions. What rules could the Chinese startup be in violation of? Where does the data go? 🔗https://eurac.tv/9XUY

A look around the table of the 27 European leaders shows how far the countries will need to go to agree on a common defence spending increase. Euractiv has taken a look at what member states have to say. 🔗https://eurac.tv/9XUM

The World Health Organization has proposed a plan to slash its budget in the wake of President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the organisation, dividing member countries. 🔗https://eurac.tv/9XUE

If Olaf Scholz and Keir Starmer needed a reason to justify their meeting on Sunday, Donald Trump delivered it right on cue. 🔗https://eurac.tv/9XUq

Donald Trump said on Sunday that the US will “definitely” impose tariffs on the EU to address the latter’s “atrocity” of a trade deficit with Washington. 🔗https://eurac.tv/9XUN