Today: October 21, 2026
Today: October 21, 2026

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Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food

Hackers raised the temperature of refrigerators and freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets to as high as 50 degrees Celsius (

Economy|Europe|Finance|World

Germany's debt-to-GDP ratio expected to rise to 78.25% in 2030

Germany's debt is expected to rise to reach 78.25% of gross domestic product in 2030, the country's stability council, which coordinates federal and state finances, said on

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Ukraine says EU set to open next accession stages after Kyiv passes minority rights law

Ukraine expects the European Union to approve opening the second and third stages of its accession talks on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Monday.

Arts

Leapmotor-Stellantis JV calls EU-China import cap deal 'interesting alternative'

The Stellantis-Leapmotor joint venture sees a deal between the European Union and China to cap imports of hybrid vehicles as an "interesting alternative to tariffs", its CEO 

Business|Economy|Europe

EU eyes December trade initiatives after China car import deal

The European Commission is set to lay out potential trade defence measures in December designed to rein in its trade deficit with China and reduce its reliance on the

Europe|Political|World

EU adopts nearly 1,600 new sanctions listings targeting Russia

European Union foreign ministers have adopted nearly 1,600 new sanctions listings targeting Russia's military-industrial complex, the bloc's foreign policy chief, Kaja

Europe|Political|World

UK PM Burnham says Russia interfered in 2016 Brexit vote

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit vote, although his office later stated that Moscow failed to influence the

Economy|Environment|Europe|Science

EU eyes COP31 climate deal to accelerate CO2 cuts, document shows

The European Union will use next month's COP31 climate summit to push for agreement on a "package" of efforts to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions heating

Election|Europe|Political

UK prime minister say it is 'clear' Russia interfered in 2016 Brexit referendum

U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham says it's clear that Russia interfered with Britain’s vote to leave the European Union

Election|Europe|Political

Czech opposition outpaced the ruling party in first round of Senate election

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's political group is facing a strong challenge from the opposition in the Czech Republic’s Senate elections

Economy|Europe|Political|US|World

Germany sticks to Russia sanctions after Trump announcement on diesel

Germany said on Saturday it would maintain sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine following US President Donald Trump's announcement that his administration had

Europe|MidEast|Political|US|World

US imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court, hours after former judge wins Nobel

US President Donald Trump's administration imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court on Friday, hours after one of its

Europe|Technology

Moldova to change laws to produce arms for itself, parliament head says

Moldova's pro-European government intends to press for changes in legislation to allow for the production of weapons, but needs them for its own defence

Europe|Finance|Science|Technology

EU tech chief says bloc 'well equipped' to fend off rogue AI risk

European Union rules setting guardrails on AI use adopted by the bloc two years ago are more than capable of tackling rogue agents, EU tech chief Henna

Business|Economy

EU says it agrees with China to halve hybrid vehicle exports to EU

The European Union and China have agreed to halve Chinese exports of hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles to the EU, improve EU access to China's market and ease Chinese 

Business|Economy|Europe

Italy industrial output dives unexpectedly in August

Italian industrial output unexpectedly fell 1.3% in August from the previous month after a 0.6% rise in July, national statistics bureau ISTAT reported on Friday, a far weaker

Arts|Opinion

Rubio refuses to comment on Guilfoyle allegations

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has flatly refused to comment on a new report alleging that U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before taking up her post

Economy

Greece agrees up to $4 billion US arms deal, sources say

Greece has agreed to spend up to $4 billion upgrading more of its F-16 fighter jets and buying advanced missiles from the US, two senior sources told

Business|Economy|Finance

China defends yuan policy as Europe steps up pressure over trade surplus

China pushed back against foreign criticism of its exchange-rate policy on Thursday, saying it has never pursued competitive depreciation, as

Election|Political

UK PM Burnham's Labour Party faces challenge from Greens in Starmer's old seat

Andy Burnham needs to win over voters like tech worker Dani Arbid in a by-election on Thursday if he is to fend off a national threat to his

Business|Europe|Technology

Italy launches EU-backed probe into Microsoft-owned gaming companies

Italy's antitrust authority said on Thursday it had launched a probe into several Microsoft-owned video-game makers over their use of virtual currencies. 

Economy

EU sends envoy to Beijing as rising exports from China raise economic anxiety

The European Union is bracing for a confrontation with China as a trade deficit exceeding $1 billion a day heightens anxiety over potential job losses and pushes the bloc’s political leaders to take a more aggressive approach toward its second-largest trading partner

Economy|Europe

Italy says EU has to weigh inflation when assessing budget deviations

European Union authorities should take rising inflation into account when assessing government deviation from budget goals, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said, arguing

Economy

EU seeks to cut trade deficit with China in talks with Beijing

European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic heads to Beijing on Wednesday for key talks designed to reduce the European Union's growing trade deficit

Europe|Political|World

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says intelligence shows Russia is preparing massive attack

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that the latest intelligence suggested Russia was preparing a "massive attack" on Ukraine.

Economy|Europe

EU Commission floats safeguards against democratic backsliding by new members

The European Commission proposed measures on Tuesday to prepare the EU to take in countries such as Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine and Moldova in coming years while trying to

Economy|Election|Europe

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's main budget proposals

French presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen, of the far-right National Rally, on Tuesday presented her main budget proposals ahead of next year's election.

Business|Economy|Environment|Europe|Science|Technology

Fast-track permits turn Spain's Aragon into a $70 billion data centre magnet. At what cost?

Aragon, a sparsely populated region of northeast Spain, has become one of Europe's fastest-growing digital

Economy|Europe|World

Ukraine scrambles for money to fight war as Russian strikes batter economy

Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is struggling to survive.

Arts|Economy|Election|Europe

Latvian PM on track to lead pro-Ukraine coalition after election win

Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs was set to retain power and form a pro-Ukrainian coalition after his centrist United List secured the biggest

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Ukraine will hit Russian refineries in response to Moscow's 'new doctrine' of airstrikes, Zelenskiy says

Ukraine will double down on attacking Russian oil refineries in response to a new policy of airstrikes by Moscow designed to force people to

Europe|World

Bosnia votes as foreign powers jostle for influence

Bosnia holds national elections on Sunday which could impact its bid to join the European Union but also the influence that the United

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Russia expels Hungarian diplomats in tit-for-tat move

Russia will expel an unspecified number of Hungarian diplomats in a retaliatory move, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday, after Budapest last month expelled 10

Environment|Europe|Science

Greece's vanishing lake exposes rapid impact of climate change

Before drought took hold, Koroneia Lake in northern Greece was a protected wetland, a refuge for thousands of migratory and water birds

Election|Political

Latvia's pro-Ukraine prime minister leads in poll ahead of Saturday election

Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs' centrist United List is expected to win the largest share of seats in Saturday's parliamentary election but is

Crime|Europe

Hungarian appeals court cuts German activist's jail term to seven years

A Hungarian appeals court on Wednesday reduced the prison sentence of a German citizen convicted for assaulting suspected far-right sympathisers in Budapest in 2023 to

Arts|Business|Economy|Food|World

China adds 55% tariff to Brazil beef as imports hit quota

China will start collecting an additional 55% tariff on Brazil's beef shipments on October 1 after the South American country reached its

Business|Economy

China vows response if EU introduces moves targeting Chinese trade

China has vowed a "resolute response" to safeguard its industries if the European Union goes ahead with restrictions against Chinese companies or products, according to

Arts|Europe|MidEast|World

Ceuta mass migrant crossing handling 'responsibility of all EU,' Spanish king says

European countries should have shown more solidarity and offered more support to Spain after the mass arrival in Ceuta of tens of thousands of migrants, Spanish King Felipe

Economy

White House urges EU to draw down diesel inventories, sources say

The White House has urged the European Union to draw down emergency diesel inventories in an effort to lower global prices, as President Donald Trump and his

Europe

Slovak coalition frays with minister's removal, early election mooted

A junior party in Slovakia's leftist-nationalist coalition voted with the parliamentary opposition to dismiss a minister on Tuesday, raising the possibility that pro-Russian Prime

Business|Economy|Europe

UK's Burnham risks reopening Brexit debate with bid to find consensus on EU ties

Prime Minister Andy Burnham risked reopening the bitter division over Britain's departure from the European Union on Tuesday by vowing to seek a consensus on

Arts|Europe|Technology|World

European telcos may get more time to phase out high-risk suppliers under EU proposal

Europe's mobile telecoms ​operators could get more time to phase out equipment from suppliers deemed high risk, according to a proposal by EU governments

Europe|Political|World

Questioning Russian threat to Europe is irresponsible, Germany's top diplomat says in Slovakia

Russia's imperialism is the greatest threat to Europe and to question that is irresponsible, Germany's foreign minister said on Tuesday in Slovakia, where the prime minister has

Business|Economy|Europe|Political

'Let them be scared': Moscow sends EU message with widening corporate crackdown

Russia has singled out European firms in its latest drive to strip foreign owners of the right to manage their Russian assets, government and company sources said, with the

Europe|Science|Technology

Safety group urges EU to reject Tesla FSD over speed offset

A prominent safety group on Tuesday urged European Union member states to reject approval of US automaker Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) system, citing

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Netanyahu meets Emirati leader in a secret weekend trip to Abu Dhabi, and other Mideast developments

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has held an hourlong meeting with the leader of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, during a secret weekend visit to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi

Europe|Travel|World

What have we learned about Pope Leo during his visit to France

What have we learned about Pope Leo during his visit to France

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Pope Leo urges concessions for peace as Ukraine war drags on

Pope Leo said on Monday that negotiators seeking to end conflict in Europe must be willing to sacrifice some