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Socialists and Democrats MEP Chloé Ridel said US President Donald Trump’s attacks on the International Criminal Court (ICC) are “unacceptable”, accusing him of seeking to “erase the court” because it is “out of his control”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Ridel called on the European Commission to “act now” after a year of attacks against the Hague-based institution. She said the European Union has “the means to protect the court” through a blocking statute that could “block the effects of the American sanctions against the court”.

Montenegro’s ambitious goal of becoming the EU’s 28th member by 2028 could be jeopardised unless it resolves its outstanding bilateral disputes with Croatia soon. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Brussels was forced to postpone a pencilled-in intergovernmental conference with the bloc’s “frontrunner” candidate on Tuesday, after Croatia reiterated its opposition to closing several negotiating chapters over the ongoing disputes. Podgorica has already closed 18 negotiating chapters and aims to complete its homework on the remaining 15 by the end of the month, which would then leave it up to member states to sign off on them. But the long-running disputes with Croatia risk…

Published on 23/09/2026 – 20:30 GMT+2 Observing the events of last July in Ceuta, Spain, many in Athens were reminded of what happened in 2015, when hundreds of boats carrying refugees and migrants arrived on Lesvos and other islands each day. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The mass attempt by thousands of people to enter European territory ‘evoked memories’ of the 2020 events at Evros, when thousands also tried to cross from Turkey into Greece. The political debate has heated up, and the migration issue returned to the top of the agenda. Against this backdrop, MPs Dimitris Kairidis and Milena Apostolaki face off…

Just days before the arrival of Pope Leo XIV, who’s in France from 25 to 28 September, the decision to hold a “compulsory” school day devoted to the pontiff in Catholic schools is raising questions and has sparked a debate over secularism. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In an internal memo dated 10 September, and revealed by the left leaning daily Libération, the General Secretariat for Catholic Education (Sgec), headed by Guillaume Prévost, asks state-funded private schools under contract to treat Friday 25 September, the day Leo XIV arrives, as a special day and to replace regular lessons with activities focused on the…

Published on 23/09/2026 – 22:55 GMT+2 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used his speech at the UN General Assembly to call for continued pressure on Russia, arguing that Moscow’s revenues should remain a target and that continued trade with Russia helps prolong the war. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Zelenskyy accused the Russian army of recruiting fighters from 47 countries in its war against his country, saying people from countries including Ghana, Nepal and India, were fighting in the conflict. “Putin is always looking for someone who can help him kill more, kill more people for every kilometre of land, take more territory and…

María del Carmen Abascal, known to everyone as Maricarmen, is no longer a resident of Retiro in central Madrid. On Wednesday, at 87 years old, she was evicted from the flat at 46 Alcalde Sainz de Baranda Street, where she had lived since 1956. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This was the fourth attempt to evict her and, this time, court officials went through with it after several postponements. Police cleared hundreds of people who had gathered in an attempt to stop the eviction. Maricarmen’s eviction carried out at the fourth attempt From the early hours of Wednesday morning, dozens of people had…

Polish fighter jets were scrambled on Wednesday morning after a Russian Mi-8 military helicopter entered Polish airspace near Braniewo in the Warmian-Masurian region. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to the Operational Command of the Armed Forces, the aircraft approached from Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast at 11:08 local time. The helicopter remained in Polish airspace for around 42 seconds, entering Poland by approximately 300 metres. The Russian aircraft’s flight was continuously tracked by Polish radar systems. Polish fighter jets scrambled The armed forces reacted immediately to the violation of Polish airspace. Fighter jets were scrambled and ground units remained on standby. The Operational Command…

Published on 23/09/2026 – 14:12 GMT+2 Russia hammered Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with drones in daylight attacks on Wednesday, hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due to address world leaders at the UN General Assembly. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Two people were killed and 23 were wounded in Kyiv, and palls of black smoke floated above the city following the latest in what have been daily Russian attacks that torment Ukrainian civilians. The drones set off fires and damaged buildings in Kyiv and elsewhere in Ukraine overnight, authorities said. Ukrainian Railways chief Oleksandr Pertsovsky said Kyiv’s rail network was “under fire” and…

Published on 23/09/2026 – 12:46 GMT+2•Updated 12:51 A prominent former Norwegian diplomat, one of the architects of the Oslo Accords, will apologise for his dealings with late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a documentary to be broadcast on Wednesday evening. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Terje Rod-Larsen and his wife, fellow diplomat Mona Juul, are currently under investigation in Norway. Juul for “aggravated corruption” and Rod-Larsen for “complicity in aggravated corruption.” They are both known for having played key roles in the secret Israeli-Palestinian negotiations that led to the Oslo Accords of the early 1990s. In particular, police are investigating a loan…

Published on 23/09/2026 – 7:00 GMT+2 The European Commission will not extend its November 1 deadline for phasing out Chinese-made power inverters from EU-funded energy projects, despite calls from investors and the renewable energy industry for more time. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Industry groups and institutional investors had hoped Brussels would delay the deadline amid concerns over the availability and cost of alternatives. But EU officials told Euronews the Commission intends to stick to its timetable. From November 1, projects connected or due to be connected to the EU electricity grid will have to exclude high-risk suppliers or progressively switch to inverters…