Belgian Government faces collapse as budget talks break down
A five-party coalition has failed to agree how to find the savings needed to meet EU deficit rules, sending the Prime Minister to the King to offer his resignation.
Canary island of La Palma loses all power again
More than 50,000 customers have been left in the dark after the island's ageing power station disconnected from its grid, 17 months after a similar collapse.
Rioters ‘predominantly from migrant background’ injure scores of police in Frankfurt
Most of those arrested held German nationality, Hesse's interior minister said, as the youth unrest that has shaken France spilled over into Germany.
Brussels sides with Polish Government in constitutional court stand-off
The Commission has backed parliament's choice of judges but stayed silent on the suspension of the tribunal's president by one of them.
Polish presidency to report government-backed judges to prosecutors over court scuffle
Ministers have countered that the head of state himself may have broken the law by entering the constitutional court at night.
Bulgaria elects Iotova as its first woman president
The incumbent, who opposes military aid to Ukraine and favours dialogue with Moscow, has beaten pro-Western challenger Andrey Gyurov in a run-off marked by another very low…
French protests lose momentum as prosecutors probe Molotov attack on gendarmes
School pupils have rejected the government's plan to replace the university admissions platform and are joining unions in a nationwide strike on November 5.
Brussels freezes national social media bans for children
Austria's plan is the first to be halted as the EC tells member states to wait for its own 'Kids Act' to clear negotiations.
Le Pen pledges to bring back oil exploration in France
The National Rally candidate has said she would scrap a 2017 ban on new oil and gas permits as fuel prices across the EU remain high.
Italian Government brands release of alleged Milan riot organiser ‘shameful’
A Milan judge found no serious evidence that Youssef Siher incited violence, reopening the clash between Rome and the judiciary.
EU military helicopter crash in Bosnia kills Italian personnel
A Chinook flying for the European Union's peacekeeping mission came down near Brčko with 15 people on board.
Greek precedent piles pressure on Spanish Government after second deadly rail crash
Greece's transport minister resigned within a day of the Tempi disaster in 2023, while Spain's has refused to go after two high-speed crashes in nine months.
ECB holds rates despite inflation alarm as Lagarde prepares early exit
The pause came hours after Christine Lagarde announced she would leave the bank in February, three months after vowing to stay at the helm through the storm.
Lagarde announces early ECB exit as succession race opens
The former IMF chief is to leave the European Central Bank on February 7, 2027, nearly nine months before her eight-year term was due to end.
Airbus open to joining British-Italian-Japanese fighter jet programme
The European plane maker, which represented Germany and Spain in the collapsed Franco-German project, says a tie-up with GCAP is one of several options on the table.
Bolsonaro draws a blank in more than a hundred Brazilian ballot boxes
An analysis of the official count shows the defeated candidate took no votes at all in 106 polling sections where Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gathered almost 15,000, most of…
Zelensky expects three-way talks with Russia and US in early November
Ukraine's President has said Washington should fix a date for the next round of negotiations once the US midterm elections are over, though the venue could move away from…
Flávio Bolsonaro flees to US alleging Brazil election was stolen
The candidate says he left for Brazil, not from it, and has vowed to lead an opposition in exile against what he calls a dictatorial regime under Lula.
Former Spanish employment minister dies in high-speed rail disaster
The architect of Spain's 2012 labour reform was travelling in the rear carriage of the Iryo service struck from behind near Urda, in Toledo province.
Spanish Government insists railways are ‘safe’ as Toledo crash toll climbs
Ministers have defended the network hours after a high-speed train ran into the back of a stopped service near Urda, the second mass-casualty crash on the Madrid-Seville line…
European leaders rally behind Spain after Toledo rail disaster
Messages of condolence arrived from capitals across the European Union as the death toll climbed at Urda, nine months after a similar disaster on the same corridor.
Israeli Left pushes for an Arab-backed government
Democrats chairman Yair Golan has urged the opposition to govern with Israel's Arab parties, arguing that the anti-Netanyahu camp holds 65 of the Knesset's 120 seats.
Israel heads for coalition deadlock as both blocs claim victory
Partial counts put Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing camp ahead of Gadi Eisenkot's opposition, though neither is within reach of the 61 seats needed to govern.
Chinese brands drop Mbappé over Mao joke as state television pulls La Liga
Three sponsors have cut ties with the Real Madrid forward and Beijing's state broadcaster has suspended coverage of Spanish league matches featuring him.
Audi chief defends Trump rally appearance as German unions round on him
The $4 billion Georgia plant announced on stage with the US president still needs the backing of a Volkswagen board where labour holds half the seats.
Trump calls Brazil run-off ‘rigged’
The Brazilian Government dismissed the claim as baseless while EU institutions welcomed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's fourth term.
Brazilian court bars Flávio Bolsonaro from leaving and demands his Italian passport too
The judge has given the defeated candidate 24 hours to surrender every travel document he holds, including the one issued to him by an EU member state.
Brazilian markets sell off as Lula win removes threat to EU-Mercosur deal
Investors unwound bets on a right-wing victory as Brussels welcomed the re-election of the president who delivered its South American trade agreement.
EU bureaucrats congratulate Lula
Brussels moved within hours to salute a victory the losing candidate says he will contest, with the EU's Mercosur deal still unratified in Europe.
Lula wins Brazilian run-off after court extends voting by two hours
The Supreme Court judge who ordered polling stations to stay open had been Lula's defence lawyer before the President appointed him to the bench.