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Turkish authorities launch crackdown on LGBTQ+ support groups
Justice minister Akın Gürlek said prosecutors in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Aydın and Mersin were conducting investigations against 162 suspects, nine associations…
Two women die in Brussels after knife incident
Officers found one woman seriously wounded inside the house and a second woman holding a knife. Back-up was requested.
Latvia sacks welfare minister caught driving at six times the alcohol limit
Driving with more than 1.5 per mille has been a criminal offence in Latvia since November 2022, not merely an administrative one.
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…
Zelensky asks lawmakers to support removal of prosecutor general
"Ukraine has seen all the reasons. If he considers this political pressure, let him call it that. I ask lawmakers to support this dismissal without delay".
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Meloni rules out alliance with parties opposed to Ukraine support
The move poses a major challenge to the unity of the Italian right, whose parties are increasingly divided over the issue.
Russian drone strikes Kyiv-Warsaw train during attack on Ukraine
The Ukrainian railways also confirmed that trains carrying diplomats had been present in the area.
France apologises for human rights criticism that sparked US walkout
The Geneva mission now says the July message “called into question the U.S. commitment to human rights”.
Canada seeks ‘unique alliance’ with EU, rules out membership
Speaking to reporters at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, Carney rejected the idea of full membership.
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.
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Poland’s PiS has its man chosen as leader of ECR
Adam Bielan, a close ally of Jarosław Kaczyński, replaces Mateusz Morawiecki at the head of Europe's conservative party family, keeping the post in Law and Justice…
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Irish, Scottish and Welsh leaders sign Cardiff pact demanding votes on leaving the UK
The three attended as party leaders rather than heads of government, two days after Donald Trump said he would like to see Ireland united.
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.
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Swedish deadlock lays bare a voting divide spreading across Europe
Statistics Sweden put the two blocs level among voters of Swedish background and 37 percentage points apart among voters of foreign background.
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.
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Brussels warns Swiss neutrality vote could strain ties over Russia
Brussels fears the vote could see Bern break with its stance towards Moscow and put its sanctions regime against the Kremlin into question.
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.
Irregular EU border crossings fall across all major routes, except Spain
The eastern and central Mediterranean remained the busiest routes and still accounted for nearly 60 per cent of all detections.
AfD lodges defamation complaint against Merz over ‘ethnic cleansing’ accusations
Members of the Bundestag are normally shielded from prosecution for what they say in the chamber under Article 46 of the Basic Law, Germany’s constitution.
France cuts growth forecast in half and admits deficit will overshoot 5 per cent
The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee) had already put the figure at 0.
Europe pays almost 10 times the US price for wholesale gas
The exact gap moves from day to day. Market prices in recent weeks have put it at anywhere between eight and 10 times, depending on the trading session.
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Visegrad Group vows to block EU policies that raise energy prices
The group has no formal institutional structure, relying instead on consultations among prime ministers and government ministries, with cross-border initiatives…
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.
Dutch households with a heat pump see energy bills rise the most
A large majority of households would pay €400 to €600 more a year by 2031 than they do now.
Anthropic finds its chatbot in Iranian ministries and Yemen rockets
Anthropic reveals that its chatbot, Claude, was misused by Iranian ministries and Yemen groups for cyber operations and weapons development, prompting account bans…
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.
More than 120 MEPs push to reopen frozen Russian assets debate
The letter was signed by 122 parliamentarians from six political groups, backs a late-August initiative by Poland, Sweden, the Netherlands and Spain.
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…