Published on 29/09/2026 – 12:11 GMT+2•Updated 12:22 A school attack by a pupil in northwestern Slovakia on Tuesday left one 61-year-old woman dead and another woman and a child wounded, rescue workers told the AFP news agency. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The two injured, including a 44-year-old “with a stab wound to…

The Spanish government on Tuesday approved two new decrees aimed at tackling the country’s housing crisis. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Measures included in the decrees range from stronger protection against evictions and limits on speculative purchases to tax incentives, as well as new rules for renting and zero-interest financing to help people…

Published on 29/09/2026 – 17:46 GMT+2•Updated 18:03 British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he will set out “different options” for the UK’s future relations with the European Union around a planned UK-EU summit later this year. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Speaking at the Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool on Tuesday,…

Hungarian prosecutors on Monday detained two former ministers over corruption and abuse-of-office allegations after parliament lifted their immunity. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The detention of Miklós Seszták and Balázs Hankó is a significant development in Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s efforts to hold officials from his predecessor Viktor Orbán’s era to account. The…

Published on 29/09/2026 – 18:31 GMT+2 Frustration within the European People’s Party is growing over Aleksandar Vučić’s Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), with senior lawmakers urging the party presidency to consider suspending or expelling it from the EPP. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Gathered in Toulouse for their political assembly on Tuesday, EPP senior…

Published on 29/09/2026 – 18:42 GMT+2•Updated 19:40 European Union Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen said the EU is not facing an imminent energy-supply crisis, but warned that high prices could have a similar impact on households unable to afford heating or travel to work. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Danish Commissioner said nearly…

Ukraine has urged the European Union to tap into the immobilised Russian assets to help plug the country’s financial and military shortfall next year, which could hit a staggering $78 billion (€68.77 billion) if allies fail to step up their contributions. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Sergii Marchenko, Ukraine’s finance minister, made the…

An 87-year-old Madrid pensioner who was evicted from her home last week will be able to return following an agreement with the property owner. Maricarmen Abascal had lived in the apartment for 71 years, and her eviction sparked protests over Spain’s housing crisis. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to Spanish media, the…

Austen Ivereigh, a fellow in Contemporary Church History at Oxford University, thinks one of the biggest themes of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate will be “to build a new world order”, as he sees the old one “has crumbled”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Pontiff, the expert says, will focus more on Europe…

Published on 29/09/2026 – 14:15 GMT+2 A digital levy proposed by the European Parliament to help fund the EU’s next long-term budget could raise up to €25bn a year, according to leading MEP Danuše Nerudová. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The new estimates put the yield of the Parliament’s proposed EU-level taxes far…