Von der Leyen proposes emergency framework to speed up returns weeks after Ceuta
The Commission President has set out a plan to suspend standard return procedures in an emergency almost seven weeks after the mass crossings into the Spanish city.
EU waste export ban spares Turkey, its biggest plastic dumping ground
Shipments to Ankara hit a record in 2025, the year before Brussels closes the door on poorer countries.
French freemasons target Catholic schools before 2027 presidential race
The Grand Orient de France has said schools outside State contract have no place in the Republic, a category that takes in almost all traditional Catholic education.
Mbappé and Vinícius take off Ceuta solidarity shirts
The Real Madrid players carried the "Todos somos caballas" shirt half-folded over their shoulders and dropped it before the pre-match handshake.
Trump announces Russia-Ukraine energy truce that neither side confirms
The US president said Kyiv and Moscow had agreed to spare each other's energy sites, though Ukraine set conditions and the Kremlin would not promise reciprocal restraint.
Russian frigate fires flares at Danish military helicopter over the Baltic
Copenhagen has summoned Russia's ambassador after one of the flares passed close to the aircraft during a routine patrol off the Danish coast.
NATO jets shoot down drone over central Lithuania
Italian Eurofighters on Baltic Air Policing duty destroyed the aircraft near Kaunas in what Lithuanian officials have called the first interception of its kind over the country.
Ovechkin appears in Putin party campaign video days before Russian elections
The Washington Capitals captain was filmed among Kremlin figures placed under European Union sanctions over the war in Ukraine.
Olympic athletes turn on Sydney Sweeney over nude betting advert
A campaign for an American betting platform has reopened the argument over how women's sport is sold, two months after European broadcasters agreed rules on the same question.
Le Pen puts housing and ‘national priority’ at centre of campaign launch
The National Rally leader used her first major speech of the 2027 race to promise French citizens preferential access to social housing and a cut in energy VAT.
Saudi Arabia turns to stored oil as pipeline shutdown threatens European supplies
Riyadh has set no restart date for the East-West line, leaving deliveries to Europe and Asia dependent on how long the stoppage lasts.
Trump pledges to remove US tariff on Irish whiskey at end of Ireland visit
The US President made the promise at a golf prize-giving on a course he owns, giving no date for carving one member state's flagship export out of an EU-wide duty.
Swedish opposition takes narrow lead as Sweden Democrats lose ground
Magdalena Andersson's bloc is three seats ahead in the preliminary count, though ballots cast abroad and tallied from September 16 could still overturn it.
Trump drops US neutrality and says Irish unification will happen
Washington has kept out of the question for decades, but the president repeated his call a day after Downing Street ruled out a border poll.
Brussels lets Ukraine spend EU loan on US Patriot missiles and its own drones
The decision came as the EU-Ukraine Drone Alliance met for the first time, with defence commissioner Andrius Kubilius warning that Europe had to match Russian output.
Bulgaria’s presidential frontrunners clash over Europe and Ukraine
President Iliana Iotova has vowed to keep Sofia out of the war in Ukraine while her main rival, Andrey Gyurov, has pledged to anchor the country firmly in Europe.
Foreign nationals make up vast majority of theft suspects on Paris region transport
Official data for 2025 show nationals of Maghreb countries topped the nationality breakdown, even as recorded crime on French public transport fell to its lowest level since…
BRICS leaders converge on New Delhi as Iran and Ukraine wars loom over summit
Putin, Xi and Pezeshkian are among those expected at the two-day gathering, with divisions over the war in Iran set to test the expanded bloc.
Zucman invites Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez to Paris ‘anti-oligarchy’ summit
The French economist behind the rejected billionaire levy wants to put wealth taxes at the heart of France's 2027 presidential race.
Hungary and Czech Republic round on Spain over EU aid for Ceuta
Péter Magyar and Andrej Babiš contrasted the Commission's emergency support for Pedro Sánchez's government with the daily fine Hungary faces over its asylum rules.
ECB lifts rates for second time this year
The bank has kept its 2026 inflation forecast unchanged but revised up its projections for the following two years.
Rubio vows to hold ‘enemies of civilization’ to account on Kirk anniversary
The US Secretary of State has marked a year since the conservative activist was shot dead at a Utah university, as the man accused of his murder faces trial.
Lagarde plays down neutral rate as ECB raises borrowing costs again
The European Central Bank President said the theoretical benchmark carried little weight while the energy shock from the Iran war kept inflation above target.
French Epstein probe uncovers new victims and more suspected recruiters
Half of the alleged victims counted by Paris prosecutors had never appeared in any earlier case file, as the investigation continues after the death of model scout Daniel…
US steps up pressure on NATO allies over International Criminal Court
Every member of the alliance except the US and Turkey is party to the Hague-based court Washington has vowed to dismantle.
Spanish government ignored spy warning a day before Ceuta mass crossing
The alert reached Madrid's office in the city on July 29 and went no further, and the official in charge now refuses to resign.
UK and Belgium sign first post-Brexit police pact to target Channel smugglers
Belgian officers would be allowed to carry weapons on some Eurostar trains and join the UK-France intelligence cell in northern France under the deal.
Ceuta president asks Brussels to confront Morocco over ‘harassment’ of the city
Juan Jesús Vivas has broken with Madrid's line that Rabat remains a reliable partner on migration.
Norway lays King Harald V to rest as European royals gather in Oslo
Seven reigning houses, Volodymyr Zelensky and the largest security operation in Norwegian history have converged on a capital brought to a standstill.
Bardella presses France to shut ‘radical’ mosques as Brussels holds back
The National Rally leader wants the Muslim Brotherhood banned outright, while the European Commission has left any EU terrorist listing to member states.