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Milei calls Sánchez a ‘dictator’ in Madrid
The Argentine President accused the Spanish Government of encouraging the invasion of Ceuta, five weeks before a general election.
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Pensions and benefits outweigh wages in hundreds of Spanish municipalities
Tax records compiled by the national statistics office placed Asturian and León coalfield towns at the top of the dependency scale, five weeks before Spain votes.
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Vance says Ukraine is not an ally and should stay out of NATO
The US Vice-President also tied the riots in France to immigration and declined to follow Donald Trump in backing Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Trump says Paris will soon be a ‘Muslim city’ as France counts the cost of riots
The US President blamed immigration for the worst disorder France has seen in decades and said he had warned his French counterpart years ago to close the borders.
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Bardella calls Macron’s riot address ‘cowardly’ as France counts the cost
The National Rally president said the French Government had nothing left to offer voters after the worst disorder in years.
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Looters return to Paris after riots leave 1,000 police injured
Officers made 108 fresh arrests in the capital on a second night of disorder, as the French Government held crisis talks and resisted calls for a state of emergency.
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ECB policymakers lose patience with Lagarde’s silence on early exit
Frustration inside the central bank has grown as the president weighs the chairmanship of the World Economic Forum and prepares to launch her memoirs.
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Trump says Zelensky ‘not a good guy’ and rules him out of any Russia deal
The US President has turned on his Ukrainian counterpart days after agreeing to buy Russian diesel, deepening the rift between Washington and Kyiv.
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EU leaders leave Ceuta invasion out of summit migration text
A separate paragraph recognises the "special situation" of Ceuta and Melilla and thanks Brussels for its help, as a two-day European Council opens with the next seven-year…
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US proposes fees on Spanish ships and import curbs over port bans
Washington's maritime regulator has found that Spain shut American vessels out of its ports, and wants olive oil, cosmetics and ceramics restricted in response.
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Trump announces oil push in ‘our new and beautiful Greenland’
President Trump has announced plans for significant oil and mineral exploration in Greenland, citing potential reserves greater than almost anywhere else globally.
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Spanish King declares ‘Ceuta is Spain’ on first visit since the invasion
Felipe VI said those who crossed illegally in July must return home and asked the European Union to treat the city's frontier as its own.
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Spain’s King draws crowds in Ceuta on first royal visit since the invasion
Felipe VI has been met by flag-waving crowds in the Spanish city on the European Union's only land border with Africa, 10 weeks after tens of thousands of people crossed from…
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US urges Spain to ‘combat mass migration’ and spend more on defence
Washington's national day greeting to Madrid restates its demands on borders and military spending less than seven weeks before Spain's general election.
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Europe is not reproducing, it is being repopulated
Europe's population faces a historic decline as fertility rates plummet and net migration becomes the primary driver of growth, reshaping the continent's demographic landscape.
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Crowd boos Sánchez and cheers the King at Spain’s national day parade
At Spain's national day parade, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez faced boos from the crowd while King Felipe VI received enthusiastic applause, highlighting political tensions…
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Spain faces hunt for assets in US as renewables rulings mount
Thirteen American court decisions now back investors chasing compensation for Madrid's retroactive cuts to green energy subsidies, and creditors are moving from the courtroom…
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EU buys record volumes of Russian Arctic LNG in final year before import ban
Yamal cargoes reached EU terminals roughly every 1.6 days in the first nine months of 2026, at an estimated cost of €7.88 billion.
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Gas network operators warn of 15 per cent EU shortfall in a severe winter
EU storage stood at 72 per cent on October 1, against 83 per cent a year earlier.
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Britain turns to Berlin to ease its way back towards Brussels
The UK is courting Germany before a summit with the European Union that will test how far London is prepared to go.
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Guardia Civil confirms Socialist network contacted drug clan to ‘eliminate’ judge in Sánchez brother case
A Guardia Civil report filed two days before her appearance sets out testimony on surveillance, threats and contacts with a drug clan in Badajoz.
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Brussels seeks power to suspend new members’ voting rights for 15 years
Marta Kos presented a package of institutional changes designed to shrink national vetoes and the size of the College of Commissioners before the bloc admits anyone else.
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EU and Morocco deepen security cooperation while Ceuta stays off the agenda
The readout of the Brussels meeting listed the Sahel, Iran and Ukraine among the subjects covered, though it carried no reference to the mass crossing of July 30.
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Abascal warns Spaniards not to trust the polls and to vote in person
The Vox leader questioned postal ballots and set out why he expects November 29 to be closer than the surveys suggest.
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Sánchez names the date before the courts name it for him
Pedro Sánchez has called a general election for November 29, seeking a new majority to continue reforms, particularly amid housing struggles and ongoing legal cases.
Sánchez dissolves parliament and calls a November election
The Prime Minister has cut short a legislature with no budget and a run of judicial inquiries around him, blaming a parliamentary defeat his own party had spent the weekend…
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Flávio Bolsonaro outpolls Lula in Brazil’s first round as the Right gains in Congress
The October 25 run-off opened a four-week contest over who negotiates for Brazil inside a Mercosur deal the European Union began applying only in May.
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Brussels admits energy costs are ‘extremely high’ as it rules out shortages for now
The European Commission said oil, gas and diesel were trading well above their historical averages, though it insisted supply to the bloc remained secure.
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Balázs Hankó: ‘A country cannot be built on political revenge’
The “minister for everyday patriotism” gave this interview shortly before his arrest, at a point when he was already taking it for granted.
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Brussels’s real enemy is Europe’s only baby boom
Hungary experiences a notable rise in fertility and marriages, alongside a significant drop in abortions.