Published on 19/10/2026 – 21:20 GMT+2 “I am confident that Iran’s cause, like Russia’s, is a just cause,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday at a joint press conference in Tehran with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Lavrov accused Washington and Israel of launching what he…

Published on 19/10/2026 – 17:55 GMT+2 Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten and his partner, Argentine field hockey player Nicolás Keenan, are expecting their first child, the couple announced on Monday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Someone very special is on the way. See you in 2027, little one,” they wrote in a post…

Published on 19/10/2026 – 19:51 GMT+2 Edi Rama has accused some of those taking part in anti-government protests in Albania as having crossed a “red line” as demonstrations continued across the country on Monday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Anti-government “Flamingo” protests have been ongoing in Albania for months amid calls for Rama…

With only months left in his presidency, Emmanuel Macron faces mounting social unrest and political criticism that could ultimately shape his legacy. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT After student protests over living conditions erupted into violence last Saturday, Macron has come under fire from across the political spectrum over his handling of the…

Published on 19/10/2026 – 15:40 GMT+2•Updated 15:43 French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Monday a “massive” law enforcement operation following widespread rioting and looting across the country over the weekend. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Major cost-of-living protests turned violent on Saturday, with demonstrators clashing with police in several cities. Buildings and…

Montenegro has taken steps to resolve a series of disputes with neighbouring Croatia that threaten to derail its ambition of becoming the EU’s 28th member by 2028. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Last week, Zagreb circulated an eight-point list of grievances to other EU countries, setting out the issues it wants resolved before…

Published on 19/10/2026 – 12:16 GMT+2•Updated 13:05 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa will travel to Budapest on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising. French President Emmanuel Macron will also attend, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar,…

Published on 19/10/2026 – 13:01 GMT+2 It has been scrawled on cardboard placards outside blockaded schools, shared in parody videos tens of thousands of times and repeated by Greta Thunberg. In the space of a few weeks, “Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres” has become the unofficial slogan of France’s high school…

According to Eurostat, inflation in the eurozone reached 3.8% in September, nearly double the European Central Bank’s target. Energy prices surged 18.8% in a year. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The squeeze reaches every key sector in the bloc. A European Central Bank analysis showed that, at supermarket checkouts, 35% of EU consumers…

Greek authorities said on Monday that 12 migrants had died attempting to cross the Aegean Sea including six whose bodies were found after their boat collided with a police vessel. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A baby and four women were among six people who died off the island of Lesbos on Monday…