The European Commission is redirecting internal resources to Moldova’s enlargement process, after Chișinău’s reform pace outstripped the department’s capacity to keep up with it, EU officials told Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Moldovan government has pushed through required reforms so quickly that the Commission is now playing catch-up, reallocating existing resources…

Published on 10/09/2026 – 6:00 GMT+2 August was the hottest month on record, tied with July 2023, according to data published on Thursday by the European climate observatory Copernicus. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Last month, the global average air temperature reached 16.96°C, which is 1.65°C higher than the pre-industrial reference period of…

An urgent memo from the National Intelligence Centre (CNI), declassified on Wednesday and dated 29 July, confirms that the agency was aware, at least 24 hours in advance, of the possibility of a migrant crossing linked to Morocco’s Throne Day celebrations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The memo, declassified by the Spanish Prime…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 16:01 GMT+2•Updated 16:04 The Hungarian government has formally notified the European Commission of the reforms it has passed to address the EU’s rule of law concerns, in a move that could unlock €4.2 billion in cohesion funding and restore access to EU programmes. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “The…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 16:06 GMT+2 European cities will have greater powers to restrict short-term rentals such as Airbnb under EU plans unveiled on Wednesday aimed at tackling rising housing costs in popular tourist destinations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The European Commission set out conditions under which local authorities will be able…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 16:17 GMT+2 A rescue operation is underway after a passenger train collided with a truck at a level crossing and derailed in Sokolniki Suche, near Warsaw, in Poland. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT There were 120 passengers on board the train. Twenty people were injured, four of them seriously.…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 16:48 GMT+2 The EU has announced an affordable housing plan aimed at encouraging long-term rentals and making housing more accessible for Europeans. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Unveiled on Wednesday, the plan aims to create clarity and predictability in how rules are applied by local authorities, particularly in neighbourhoods…

Four years after the European Union launched a plan to break its dependence on Russian oil and gas and accelerate the clean energy transition, an audit presented by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) on Wednesday said the bloc’s plan is falling well short of its ambitions. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Russian…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 20:30 GMT+2 The same week that Ceuta’s president, Juan Jesús Vivas, travelled to Brussels in a cry for help, we are joined by Czech centre-right MEP Tomáš Svetechovský and German Socialist MEP Birgit Sippel for their points of view. One month on from the arrival of…

Six hours of footage and a torrent of racist, misogynistic and conspiratorial remarks. The local newspaper Midi Libre has published video from a night-time patrol by Carcassonne’s municipal police, recorded on 6 November 2025. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Captured inadvertently by one officer’s body camera, which they thought was switched off, it…