EU industry ministers still split over where ‘Made in Europe’ ends
France wants public money kept for factories inside the bloc while Germany, Italy and Spain would let trusted partners such as Britain and Canada in.
Mitsotakis rules out British Museum ‘loan’ as Parthenon Marbles talks stall
Athens has refused any deal that would recognise the London museum’s ownership of the sculptures after reports that five years of negotiations had broken down.
Starbucks orders second wave of North American closures in barely a year
The US coffee chain is to shut some 250 outlets in the US and Canada as its chief executive presses on with a costly overhaul of the business.
German NGO asks European Parliament to seek probe of Greens over anti-Semitism
A citizens' dossier of 41 cases from Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands accuses the European Green Party of failing to act against anti-Jewish rhetoric in its ranks.
Trump rolls out red carpet for Xi as US and China extend trade truce
A senior Republican senator has criticised the "lavish welcome" given to the Chinese leader, who is on his first state visit to the US since 2015.
Swiss voters set to reject bid to lock strict neutrality into constitution
Final polls show a clear majority against a right-wing initiative that would stop Bern from imposing sanctions without a UN mandate, including those on Russia.
Croatia’s wartime grievances threaten Montenegro’s EU accession timetable
Zagreb has kept blocking key negotiating chapters as Podgorica races to wrap up membership talks with Brussels by the end of the year.
Kallas presses Tehran for toll-free passage through Hormuz
The EU's foreign policy chief has met Iran's Foreign Minister in New York as Iranian lawmakers advance a bill to penalise ships crossing the strait without permission.
Italy misses early exit from EU deficit procedure by a decimal point
Rome remains under Brussels' fiscal supervision after its 2025 budget shortfall was confirmed just above the European Union's ceiling, narrowing Giorgia Meloni's room for…
Zelensky calls oligarch delistings ‘suicidal’ as von der Leyen promises more defence aid
The Ukrainian President has urged Brussels to tighten sanctions on Moscow on the day member states agreed to drop two Russian billionaires from the EU blacklist.
Trump claims ‘permanent control’ over Greenland security after signing Arctic pact
Copenhagen and Nuuk have insisted the agreement, signed on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, leaves Danish sovereignty and the islanders' right to self-determination…
EU and Philippines close in on free trade deal after decade of stop-start talks
Brussels and Manila have agreed the bulk of a pact that would scrap tariffs on almost all trade, though public procurement remains unresolved and signing is not expected before…
German Europe minister says Costa has lost touch with reality on EU budget
Berlin's Europe minister has rejected the European Council President's push for new EU taxes as net contributors demand deep cuts to the European Commission's near-€2 trillion…
Kallas calls for tougher action on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ as sanctions renewal stalls
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Macron and Trump eye diplomatic fixes for Hormuz without ‘global deal’
The French President has also pressed Washington to speed up interceptor deliveries to Kyiv and has backed an energy truce between Ukraine and Russia.
US asks Poland to postpone defence minister’s Pentagon visit
Warsaw is sending two deputy ministers to Washington in his place, days after Donald Trump hailed progress towards a permanent US Army base in Poland.
White House launches Trump TV as networks boycott pool coverage over press ban
The round-the-clock stream went live hours after the main US television networks stopped supplying shared footage of the President in protest at the exclusion of CNN.
CDU crisis: Party leadership closes ranks behind Merz after state election rout
Senior Christian Democrats have backed the Chancellor at a crisis meeting in Berlin while conceding the party must change as Alternative for Germany surges in the east.
French debt heads for highest level in nearly half a century
The finance ministry has forecast public debt close to 120 per cent of GDP this year as Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu struggles to get an austerity budget through parliament.
Median-priced homes slip further out of reach for typical US households
A buyer in the United States would need an income 44 per cent above the national median to own the typical home without breaching the standard affordability threshold.
Brussels holds firm on Arctic drilling moratorium despite Norwegian pressure
The European Union's opposition to new oil and gas projects in the Arctic is set to survive a revision of its strategy for the region, despite lobbying from Oslo and the International…
Putin’s United Russia sweeps Duma vote
A Just Russia was on course to drop out of parliament after falling below the 5 per cent threshold, according to partial results.
Merz refuses to change course after CDU is wiped out in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
The Christian Democrats have failed to win seats in a German State parliament for the first time in their history.
Die Linke wins Berlin election as CDU vote collapses
The far-left party has doubled its support in the German capital and could lead a new city government with the Greens and the Social Democrats.
AfD wins Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as Merz’s CDU crashes out of parliament
The right-wing party has topped the poll in the northeastern German state for the first time, ending almost three decades of Social Democrat dominance.
US strikes deal with Denmark and Greenland on Arctic island’s security
Washington claims the agreement grants it "permanent control" over Greenland's defence, while Copenhagen insists it recognises Danish sovereignty and the Greenlandic people's…
Drone hits cooling tower at Russian nuclear plant days after Trump’s energy truce claim
The reactor unit kept running and no fire broke out, though the head of the UN nuclear watchdog has called for maximum military restraint.
Burnham presses for deeper EU ties as Ireland’s Martin visits Manchester
The British Prime Minister has used his first meeting with the Taoiseach since taking office to look ahead to a UK-EU summit, as London lobbies for relief from the bloc's…
Brussels admits Canada’s ‘associate member’ status has yet to be defined
The Commission insists the formula proposed for Ottawa is not accession and points to next month's summit as the first real test.
European Parliament calls for front-line anti-drug police to be classed as ‘high-risk’
Parliament wants more money, vessels and legal cover for the officers confronting trafficking networks in European Union waters.