The easiest part to predict is how it will end. “Long live Europe” is the line Ursula von der Leyen has used to close all her State of the Union speeches and major addresses to the European…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 11:12 GMT+2 The French government has submitted a reworked proposal to ban social media for children, after its previous ban was struck down by the country’s top…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 16:42 GMT+2 EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič will visit Manila next week to finalise a trade agreement with the Philippines, the European Commission confirmed to…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 16:53 GMT+2 A member of the UK armed forces died in Ukraine on Saturday, the British Ministry of Defence has announced. The unnamed service member died as the result of a…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 13:40 GMT+2•Updated 17:00 The number of small parcels valued below €150 arriving in Europe has fallen by nearly 50% since 1 July following the EU’s introduction of a €3 flat…
Ursula von der Leyen is set to deliver one of the EU’s most closely watched speeches of the year, outlining her vision and priorities before the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The State of the…
Brussels is finally starting to wake up to the security threat Russia poses to the European Union, Latvia’s Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs told Euronews. His comments come days after a Russian drone…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 18:13 GMT+2 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suspended Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko on Monday, hours after it emerged that he had left the country…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 21:35 GMT+2 Former Moroccan intelligence officer Mehdi Hijaouy contacted people close to ex-Venezuelan spy chief Hugo Carvajal in the summer of 2024, offering information to…
Finland and France committed to deepening their defence partnership on Monday, with Helsinki formally joining a French initiative aimed at strengthening European security through forward nuclear…
France is pressing for Russian-Uzbek businessman Alisher Usmanov to be removed from the EU sanctions list in an effort to secure the release of an unspecified number of French nationals detained in…
A French police officer is under investigation after a video emerged showing him violently throwing a man to the ground in Carcassonne in southern France, days after a separate scandal involving…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 19:00 GMT+2•Updated 19:06 The German military is having to rely on compulsory assignments to fill positions in a German brigade stationed in Lithuania. The move is said to…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 16:18 GMT+2•Updated 17:40 The first ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have said they believe the future of their nations belong “in the European Union”. The…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 14:47 GMT+2•Updated 17:01 The European Parliament is pushing for tougher EU-wide deadlines and automatic approvals to speed up energy infrastructure, setting the stage for a…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 15:23 GMT+2•Updated 15:26 12 European nations have urged the European Union to scale up its presence in the Arctic amid threats from Moscow and US President Donald Trump…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 15:11 GMT+2 Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has announced amendments to the country’s so-called child protection law, which has faced longstanding criticism from…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 13:49 GMT+2•Updated 13:50 Greek authorities say one person is dead and 25 are missing after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Gavdos island near Crete on…
Published on 14/09/2026 – 12:41 GMT+2 Norway made history on 6 March 2024 when it settled on a new deal for peaceful coexistence between the Sámi community and one of Europe’s largest onshore wind…
Paris and Berlin have never agreed on how far the EU should go in building up its own defence industry versus keeping the market open to outside partners. Now, as Europe’s defence needs to grow more…
