Albanian Government refuses to resign and says EU accession depends on it
Six days of student-led rioting have left the Balkan candidate country in its worst political crisis in years, with only four of 33 negotiating chapters closed.
Fire kills four Canadian soldiers at base that prepares troops for Latvia
Canada has lost four soldiers and seen 39 injured in a grass fire at its main army training centre, as Ottawa builds up the NATO brigade it leads on Europe's eastern flank.
Ben Gvir accuses Netanyahu of promising EU governments to drop him from cabinet
Israel's national security minister says European foreign ministers were given private assurances that he will not sit in the next coalition.
Rioters loot shops and attack police in Milan for a second night
More than 200 people were taken to police stations, about 80 per cent of them minors, after a night of looting and clashes around the Duomo.
Trump endorses Netanyahu and warns Israelis against the ‘wrong leader’
The US president's late intervention lands with Likud trailing Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party in most polls and neither bloc near a Knesset majority.
EU leaders say the bloc must reform itself before taking in new members
Summit conclusions set no deadlines, leave the Commission's institutional proposals untouched and task ministers with further analysis.
EU leaders back Zelensky over diesel deal but offer no new money
Leaders put their regret at Washington's sanctions waiver in writing, though Kyiv leaves Brussels without fresh funding decisions.
Costa takes over EU budget talks and looks to new Brussels taxes
Leaders spent more than five hours arguing in Brussels without moving, leaving the European Council president to redraw the 2028-2034 package himself.
Rutte meets Bulgarian and Romanian leaders as Black Sea drone attacks spread
NATO has offered more surveillance and counter-drone capability, though Sofia and Bucharest are pressing for a joint regional command and a halt to strikes on civilian shipping.
EU innovation funding rarely reaches the market
Around half of a €17 billion push for industrial leadership went to universities and research centres rather than to companies, the European Court of Auditors has said.
Minibus carrying lorry drivers hits shuttle train at Channel Tunnel terminal
All 19 people aboard the vehicle were hurt, two of them seriously, in what French officials called the first accident of its kind on a Eurotunnel loading platform.
Denmark, Sweden and Finland reject softer rules for the EU carbon market
The three prime ministers have written to EU leaders on the eve of a summit at which the review of the emissions trading system is on the table.
Bulgaria says it has no ‘solid evidence’ of Russian role in Black Sea drone attacks
Sofia has summoned Moscow's ambassador and will open a terrorism investigation once a damaged cargo ship is towed into port.
Czech parliament overrides Pavel veto on law easing dismissal of civil servants
The reform strips state officials of special severance and places them largely under ordinary labour law, a decade after Brussels made civil service protections a condition…
Romania proposes joint NATO command for Black Sea after attacks on shipping
Bucharest has offered to host the structure on its own coast from 2028 as drones, mines and sunken ships draw the Ukraine war into allied waters.
Denmark says US has no preferential rights over Greenland’s raw materials
Copenhagen and Nuuk have both pushed back after Donald Trump announced that "massive" oil, gas and mineral exploration was about to begin on the Arctic island.
Trump wishes Pope Leo XIV a quick recovery after lung cancer surgery
The US President's warm words follow months of friction with the first American pope over migration and the Middle East.
Brussels proposes delay to methane rules for gas and oil importers
The postponement lands a day before EU leaders meet to discuss soaring energy costs, and still needs the backing of the European Parliament and member states.
Albania closes its fourth EU accession chapter with 29 left to go
Tirana wants the talks wrapped up by the end of 2027, though the chapters that will decide the outcome, on the rule of law, are still open.
ECB says AI is weakening workers’ bargaining power as Europe falls behind
Philip Lane told a Dublin summit that hiring plans were muted and that Europe hosted just 5 per cent of the world's AI computing capacity.
White House forces out US ambassador to Greece over corruption claims
Kimberly Guilfoyle has gone after reports that Greek businessmen paid for her travel and that she asked a Trump donor to settle a credit card bill.
Pope Leo XIV diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery in Rome
Surgeons removed the lower lobe of the 71-year-old Pontiff's right lung, and a papal trip to Latin America planned for November is now in doubt.
Bardella says a Le Pen victory would restore France’s credibility in Europe
The National Rally leader used a Madrid appearance to set out what a government under him would do from May 2027: budget discipline, an end to Green Deal ideology and a renegotiation…
Pope Leo XIV enters Rome hospital for lung surgery
The 71-year-old pontiff is expected to spend about a week at the Gemelli, with all audiences cancelled until October 20.
Sánchez admits Moroccan warships entered Ceuta’s waters during the invasion
The Prime Minister confirmed the naval incursions 74 days after they began, though none of the intelligence reports his government declassified in September mentioned them.
Bulgaria asks EU and NATO to help identify drones that sank ship in Black Sea
Sofia has turned to Brussels and the alliance after its own investigators failed to recover any drone wreckage from the attack on two merchant vessels inside its economic…
EU agrees to widen accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova after Hungary lifts block
The decision followed a vote in Kyiv on minority-language schooling that Budapest had demanded, while Montenegro closed three more chapters and now has 12 left.
Trump says Putin wants a deal ‘more than Zelensky’ as Kyiv reports new energy strikes
The US President has played down reports that Moscow broke the "energy ceasefire" he declared a day earlier, while the EU has adopted the largest single expansion of its Russia…
Spain’s Supreme Court bars ‘grandchildren law’ citizens from the November election
Judges threw out the Spanish Government's appeal on the day the electoral roll closed, leaving hundreds of thousands of new Spaniards abroad without a ballot.
Nobel economics prize rewards the theory behind ECB rate decisions
Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford have won for work that gave central banks their models for handling energy shocks and inflation.