Dutch police arrest alleged ShinyHunters leader suspected of plotting murders abroad
The 24-year-old was seized in Amsterdam six days before the hacking group claimed to have broken into an FBI recruitment site.
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Burnham reopens the Brexit question
The British Prime Minister has promised to put options for a new relationship with the European Union to the country at a summit delayed since July, and has not…
Rama says ‘science’, not ‘ideology’, will decide fate of Kushner project
Albania's Prime Minister used a Brussels platform to defend the Adriatic resort scheme that has brought protesters onto the streets since late May.
Mohammed VI makes El Mansouri Morocco’s first woman head of government
The PAM leader takes charge of a government Brussels relies on to police the EU's southern border, six days after an election in which fewer than four in 10 voters…
Brussels plans to bypass national vetoes in enlarged EU
Leaked drafts show Brussels intends to drop unanimity at most stages of accession and to cut nine countries out of the College of Commissioners.
Spanish Government approves housing decrees it lacks the votes to pass
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Portugal’s ruling parties move to charge non-resident foreigners for healthcare
A bill from the two parties backing Prime Minister Luís Montenegro would oblige illegal migrants and non-residents to pay for treatment, with an exception for emergencies.
Dutch prosecutors clear doctor in first child euthanasia case
The child, born at 26 weeks with severe brain damage, died at the end of 2025 in the first use of a regulation that exists nowhere else in the world.
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Magyar’s Hungary is prosecuting Orbán’s ministers without a prosecutor general
Parliament turned down the president's nominee for the vacant post hours before it stripped two former ministers of their immunity.
Fidesz writes to every MEP after two Orbán-era ministers are detained
The Hungarian opposition has asked the European Parliament to look at what it calls the building of an 'authoritarian regime' in Budapest.
Brussels asks capitals to curb gas and electricity use as storage runs low
The European Commission's energy chief wrote to national ministers before an informal council in Dublin, warning that reserves had entered the heating season far…
Orbán denounces ‘neo-communist tactics’ as Fidesz rallies behind detained ministers
Fidesz MEPs and the party's leadership have compared the cases against Balázs Hankó and Miklós Seszták to communist-era show trials and to the prosecutions of…
Sweden’s centre-left fails to form a government after Left Party breaks ranks
The Social Democrat leader told a press conference on Monday that there was “currently no possibility” for her to put a cabinet together.
Pope Leo XIV sets out Europe’s moral foundations in Schuman’s Metz
The Pontiff closed his French visit with a defence of the family, the welcome of the stranger and human life at every stage, in the city of one of the European Union's…
Hungarian prosecutors detain two Orbán-era ministers after immunity vote
Balázs Hankó and Miklós Seszták were taken into custody by a prosecution service that has had no confirmed chief since its last one resigned under pressure from…
Brussels prosecutor says regional MP asked him to free a prisoner
Under the criminal code, using an elected position to pressure a magistrate constitutes trading in influence, an offense that escalates to obstruction of justice…
French charity accused of ‘trafficking’ after children carried to Channel boats
Footage from a beach near Boulogne-sur-Mer shows volunteers in charity tabards leading migrant children towards dinghies bound for Britain.
National Rally wins ‘historic victory’ in French Senate elections
The party had three senators whose terms were not up. Nine RN names were added on Sunday, and two UDR seats in the Alpes-Maritimes.
Spanish army intelligence identifies 72 Moroccan military personnel inside Ceuta
Some are said to watch Spanish patrols. They stay in private homes, train in groups and receive money from across the border.
Nationalist protest halts first Orange Order march through Portadown in 28 years
Northern Ireland's First Minister stood among thousands of demonstrators who occupied the Garvaghy Road hours after a Belfast judge declined to quash the Parades…
MEP Alexander Sell demands APPF scrutiny of European Greens over antisemitism
In a statement issued on September 27 he said EU values “cannot be enforced selectively.”
Swiss voters reject neutrality initiative, keeping sanctions on Russia in place
The measure was rejected in all 26 cantons, failing both the popular and cantonal majorities required for a constitutional amendment.
Former Sevilla and Porto striker Luís Fabiano runs for Brazil’s Congress
The Brazilian forward will be on the ballot in São Paulo on October 4, at an election that renews the whole of a parliament Brussels now has to deal with.
US investigates whether Spain’s Indra passed Pentagon technology to China
American defence businessmen have told the US Department of Commerce that the state-backed Spanish contractor resold their technology through China, with Spain's…
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Polish prosecutors drop case against Lech Wałęsa on grounds of his lack of literacy
The former president enjoys good relations with the current ruling coalition led by Tusk and very bad relations with the opposition.
Vučić quits Serbian presidency to run for prime minister
The Serbian leader has stepped down seven months early, clearing the way for a return as head of government if his party wins the October 25 election.
US seeks to join Musk’s court challenge to EU digital fine
Washington's request lands in a case where X is already backed by Alliance Defending Freedom International, which accuses the European Commission of trying to pierce…
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Daughter of AfD-adjacent intellectual Götz Kubitschek barred from becoming teacher over links to her father
Alruna Hauser had completed her studies in German and school music in Dresden, in the eastern German state of Saxony.
Brussels insists EU gas supply is ‘stable’ despite depleted reserves
The European Commission has said households are protected even though storage sites are far emptier than usual ahead of winter.
Pope Leo XIV tells Macron right to life is foundation of all other rights
In his first speech on French soil, the Pontiff condemned surrogacy and assisted death in the palace where France's end-of-life law was signed in August.