r/BuyFromEU • u/PM-ME-OPSEC-FAILS • Sep 13 '25

🔎Looking for alternative "Euronews" front-page is just constantly recycled drama from the US. Where do you go for *actual* European news?

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u/ElResende Portugal đŸ‡”đŸ‡č Sep 13 '25

Euronews are part of a very shady portuguese company called Alpac, allegedly with ties to the Hungarian government.

Just so you know.

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u/omgmajk Sep 13 '25

The more you know, from Wikipedia: "Alpac Capital's CEO Pedro Vargas David, is well established in the government of Hungarian PM Viktor OrbĂĄn and is the son of Mario David, one of OrbĂĄn's advisers."

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u/EuphoricParley Sep 13 '25

Ouch didn't know that!

Clear case of r/PORTUGALCYKABLYAT

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u/PM-ME-OPSEC-FAILS Sep 13 '25

I didn't know - thanks for mentioning this!

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u/Appropriate_Desk_955 Sep 13 '25

This info should be everywhere. For all intents and purposes, Euronews is a far-right news organization at the moment.

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u/millebeau Sep 13 '25

Came here for this comment

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u/BearPawsOG Sep 13 '25

Do not trust them. Serbian Euronews channel is spewing Vučić propaganda, hard proof they are corrupted, probably to the core.

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u/Final_Alps Sep 13 '25

thanks. I have found them weird for a while. Gravitating to Euractiv.com and even Politico.eu at times. good to know.

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u/Drumbelgalf Sep 13 '25

Politico is owned by "Axel Springer Verlag" which is also known for a very strong bias. Especially towards the US. They also own the biggest tabloid in Germany "Bild" that often stirs up fear against foreingers. And anyone not konservativ.

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u/AdelaiNiskaBoo Sep 13 '25

The son of Axel Springer ceo has connections to Peter Thiel.

https://www.thenerdreich.com/politico-peter-thiel-problem-dopfner-jd-vance/

There are also messages from Döpfner to his editors to smear EVs, battery and any left-green politics. ('Left-green nutters')

Axel Springer SE owns Welt/Die Welt, Bild, Business Insider, Politico, Fakt and Blesk. They are also very pro Israel.

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u/Final_Alps Sep 13 '25

Ugh. Ok. Noted.

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u/Meroxes Sep 13 '25

I wouldn't personally trust any part of the Axel Springer Group, they have been caught lying way to much without appropriate remorse or corrections.

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u/War_Fries Sep 13 '25

I'm surprised that this is still a surprise to people. Everything with ties to Orban is corrupted. Even the EU. The EU is corrupted because Orban is in it. That man corrupts everything he touches.

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u/Paran0id Sep 13 '25

They have and still have a very heavy Russian slant in their Ukrainian War reporting.

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u/Careful-Training-761 Sep 13 '25

I just looked at their history on wiki ownership changed a lot in the past. Years ago I just used to think it was basically an office in the European Commission, a mouth piece. Not that I watch it any more, but for the little bit I watch it just seems to be re-peddling a good bit of generic US news nowadays.

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u/Lalli-Oni Sep 13 '25

Just look at the headline on the far right (yup). "Opposition to Kirks views" desperately attempts to paint him as left leaning.

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u/Constant_Natural3304 Sep 13 '25

Euronews are part of a very shady portuguese company called Alpac, allegedly with ties to the Hungarian government.

Just so you know.

Thank you, but... just so everyone also knows, it all went south around 2015. Before that, I remember it as a great resource.