France’s new €1 university meal scheme is drawing large crowds at canteens in Paris, with students queuing for meals and staff struggling to cope with the extra demand. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT At the Crous Mabillon restaurant, a storekeeper says staff went on strike over a lack of equipment and personnel, warning…

Former RT France chief Xenia Fedorova has been placed under EU sanctions over her alleged role in spreading pro-Kremlin narratives, further complicating her efforts to return to French media. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Council of the European Union added Fedorova to its sanctions list on Thursday, accusing her of being “active…

French President Emmanuel Macron has denied claims that the CIA had informed France of a possible Russian drone operation targeting southern Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a joint interview aired on broadcasters France 2 and TF1 he said “We can deny this piece of information, the CIA did not inform France…

Published on 24/09/2026 – 19:30 GMT+2•Updated 19:31 NATO is prepared to respond to sabotage and drone incidents across Europe and has plans in place to address such threats, Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Russia is doing more and more when it comes to the cyber etc.…

A Ukrainian man was arrested on Thursday after a knife attack at a Catholic abbey in southeastern Poland left one person dead and four others injured. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Police said the 31-year-old suspect attacked four men and a woman at the 17th-century abbey in Jarosław, around 30 kilometres from the…

Published on 24/09/2026 – 17:43 GMT+2 France, Germany and Spain are split over what should count as “Made in Europe”, as the EU prepares new rules designed to favour European industry amid growing competition from China. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The European Commission’s proposed Industrial Accelerator Act would give European-made products, including…

European Union governments want to weaken a proposal that would hand Brussels greater control over the bloc’s power grid, preferring to retain control of how electricity networks are paid for and managed, according to a Council document seen by Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Political talks over who will pay for the…

France’s Foreign Ministry said that Azerbaijan’s decision to release French national Martin Ryan “marks a step towards the normalisation of relations” between Azerbaijan and France, following decades of deep tensions between the two countries. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In a short statement released on Thursday through the French embassy in Baku, the…

Published on 24/09/2026 – 12:14 GMT+2 Hundreds of trade union activists gathered outside the EU institutions in Brussels on Thursday to protest against EU Inc, a planned law designed to make it easier and cheaper to set up and run businesses across Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The European Trade Union Confederation…

A fire that broke out at a Starlink satellite communications station in central Poland overnight is being called an act of “sabotage,” the country’s digital affairs minister said on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “This act of sabotage was deliberately designed to disable the station…disrupting internet access for various institutions, including the…