Published on 09/09/2026 – 20:52 GMT+2 A plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from Moldova to Oslo was nearly hit by a drone, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “His flight was almost hit by a drone when it was taking off from Moldova. That…

I am travelling to Latvia for a work trip centred on three d’s: drones, defence and debesmanna. Squeezing in time to the Rīga Conference and other sites relevant to the country’s upcoming EU council presidency is a must, too. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Meanwhile, my colleagues in Brussels are holding down the…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 19:07 GMT+2•Updated 19:09 The European Commission unveiled on Wednesday a legislative proposal allowing EU public authorities to favour European companies in public procurement for key public services such as energy, water, railways, ports, airports and postal services. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The move comes as European policymakers seek…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 18:33 GMT+2 The European Parliament will debate the situation in Ceuta next Tuesday in Strasbourg, in what is expected to be a heated political confrontation, following a decision by the Parliament’s political group leaders in Brussels on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP)…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 17:31 GMT+2 The European Commission has granted the Spanish government 114.7 million euros from its emergency aid fund to deal with the migration crisis that Ceuta has been facing since the end of July, in what the institution describes as an act of “solidarity” with Spain.…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 11:02 GMT+2•Updated 16:23 EU member states have once again failed to advance Ukraine’s accession process amid continued resistance from Hungary. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT At a meeting of the Council’s Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU (COELA) on Tuesday, Hungary’s representative maintained the…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 14:21 GMT+2 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz labelled the far-right AfD’s demand for mass “remigration” a form of “ethnic cleansing by skin colour and origin” in a heated parliamentary exchange on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Three days after the AfD scored a crushing election victory over his centre-right…

Norway observed a nationwide minute of silence on Wednesday at the funeral of King Harald V, a modern and unifying figure in a funeral that is being attended by European royals and foreign dignitaries. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The funeral is the culmination of 13 days of national mourning since the 89-year-old…

There has been dismay and pledges for action across Europe after it was revealed on Tuesday that maths and reading skills among pupils have declined across the world, largely due to digitalisation and a drop in recreational reading. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The OECD’s latest PISA report, based on a standardised test…

Published on 09/09/2026 – 12:33 GMT+2 Finland completed a 200-kilometre security fence along its border with Russia, strengthening NATO’s longest frontier with a country’s accused of intensified hybrid attacks on Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The project was launched after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine transformed Finland’s security environment and prompted the…