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Published on 01/09/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 Brussels has built one of the world’s densest regulatory frameworks for digital technologies. For experts, it is high time to centralise enforcement under a single European agency to overcome the fragmentation now holding it back. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The EU’s digital rulebook spans more than…
Published on 31/08/2026 – 11:08 GMT+2•Updated 11:57 On 29 August, 52.8 percent of Icelanders voted “No” in a referendum on resuming membership talks to join the European Union. The EU had already opened accession negotiations in 2010, but Reykjavik dropped them in 2013 following a change of government. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT…
Russian forces relentlessly battered Kyiv and cities in the region around the Ukrainian capital for a fifth straight day on Monday, leaving some supermarket shelves bare after repeated strikes on warehouses as Ukraine reels from attacks with jet-powered drones. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Russia has intensified its aerial attacks in recent months,…
A 43-year-old Swiss man was arrested on Monday on “strong suspicion” of being behind a rare deadly gun attack at a rave in Switzerland. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Gunfire erupted in the early hours of Sunday morning as an annual rave was winding down at the racecourse in Aarau, capital of Switzerland’s…
Published on 31/08/2026 – 15:10 GMT+2 EU forces intercepted and boarded a suspected Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the Mediterranean on Sunday, according to the bloc’s top diplomat. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a post on X, Kaja Kallas said troops from the EU’s Operation Irini boarded the MV Sun tanker…
Brussels had hoped it could attract wealthier nations into its orbit by positioning itself as a pillar of defence and security in an increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Icelandic voters proved it wrong. After the Icelandic government announced a referendum on whether to resume negotiations for joining the bloc,…
Published on 31/08/2026 – 17:12 GMT+2•Updated 17:19 Germany and France have floated a joint plan to bring High Representative Kaja Kallas under the direct supervision of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as part of an overhaul of the European Union’s foreign policy. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The plan is set…
Published on 31/08/2026 – 22:22 GMT+2 Former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur has died at the age of 97, his family told the AFP news agency. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A private mass service is now planned for Balladur, who died in Paris on Monday, the family said, without giving further details.…
Published on 31/08/2026 – 22:47 GMT+2 The Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s Office announced on Monday that an individual accused of spying for a third country — a Canadian national of Chinese origin — would remain in pre-trial detention. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Belgian Indictments Chamber rejected the woman’s appeal during a closed-door…
By Etienne Paponaud & euronews Published on 31/08/2026 – 20:55 GMT+2 This week, 3,000 young people are starting France’s new national service programme, a voluntary military scheme that replaces the country’s now-scrapped Universal National Service. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The volunteers have signed up for a 10-month stint, where they will learn discipline, drill, military…
