Norway’s Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide has told Europe Today that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has driven Israel into a “very dangerous place”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Describing it as “the most far-right government in Israel’s history”, Eide said he hoped that, regardless of the outcome of Israel’s October elections, the country would…

Published on 11/09/2026 – 8:55 GMT+2 Brazil’s ambassador to the European Union has warned that the EU’s ban on imports of Brazilian meat risks undoing key aspects of the EU-Mercosur trade deal, fuelling a “reversal of expectations” in Brazil and mounting frustration among the country’s producers. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The European…

Published on 11/09/2026 – 7:45 GMT+2 Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, says Europe is finally beginning to recognise what Kyiv has long warned about: Russian aggression is increasingly manifesting itself through hybrid warfare, and it goes well beyond the Baltics. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Central European…

Europe’s housing crisis has escalated to an “emergency”, as young people in many member states find it impossible to buy or even rent a home, European Commissioner for Housing Dan Jørgensen has told Euronews, adding that Brussels is taking the situation “extremely seriously”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Housing rental and purchase costs…

Published on 10/09/2026 – 10:26 GMT+2 Singapore’s ministers, already among the world’s highest-paid, are getting a raise for the first time in 15 years, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said, explaining that the government cannot attract top talent into politics if salaries remain unchanged. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Wong told Parliament on Tuesday…

Alicia García-Herrero, an economist at the Bruegel think tank, says new EU legislation to limit the subsidies foreign companies investing in Europe can receive is “fair”, despite facing criticism. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The European Parliament is proposing to close the EU market to Chinese investment in sectors where Beijing is dominant,…

Published on 10/09/2026 – 11:05 GMT+2 British police said Wednesday that they have opened a criminal investigation into allegations that anti-immigration party Reform UK broke rules barring foreign donations. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The allegations emerged from an undercover investigation aired by Channel 4 News. Under UK law, political parties cannot accept…

As the European Parliament plenary prepares to discuss the EU Democracy Shield — an initiative designed to protect democratic processes and institutions across the bloc — misleading claims about it have emerged online, alleging it will be used to “cancel” results unwelcome in Brussels, potentially even subverting France’s 2027 presidential…

Published on 10/09/2026 – 11:45 GMT+2 More than 100 MEPs have called on European Union leaders to reopen talks on using Russia’s frozen assets to support Ukraine, as Kyiv flags a €23 billion shortfall in defence funding and EU countries remain reluctant to commit more money from their national budgets.…

Published on 10/09/2026 – 16:50 GMT+2 Russian military bloggers have acknowledged that Ukrainian forces have gone on the counterattack around Lyman in eastern Ukraine, with some claiming that Russian troops have been forced to withdraw from forward positions as the situation for Moscow deteriorates. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT One Russian military blogger…