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Russia bombarded at least four Ukrainian regions overnight with missiles and drones, killing four people, officials said on Tuesday, and Ukraine’s forces damaged another Russian oil refinery in their latest long-range strike. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The ongoing exchange of daily aerial attacks, while positions on the battlefield’s front line barely change, provided a backdrop to the visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United States. Zelenskyy was due to meet other world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, at the UN General Assembly in New York. Zelenskyy is hoping to recruit their help to end Russia’s more than four-year full-scale…

The EU has to “find the adequate resources” to fund “innovative” solutions to the bloc’s migration challenges, such as offshore migrant return hubs, Greece’s deputy foreign minister Tasos Chatzivasileiou has told Europe Today. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “If we decide to implement any innovative ideas (for migration), that means that Europe has to find the adequate resources,” Chatzivasileiou said, adding that the EU’s next long-term budget, currently under negotiation, could “provide a solution to the problem”. His call comes as Greece and four other EU countries – Austria, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands – look to speed up plans to set up…

Vsevolod Chentsov, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, said Russia must take “real, concrete” steps towards peace before the European Union considers “any easing of sanctions”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “We expect the EU to maintain unity,” Chentsov insisted after France pushed for Uzbek-Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov to be removed from the sanctions list as part of efforts to secure the release of two French nationals imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Ahead of US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Chentsov said he was “optimistic” about the…

Published on 22/09/2026 – 8:41 GMT+2•Updated 8:45 Latvia has opposed the removal of Uzbek-Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov from the European Union’s sanctions list, blocking a compromise deal favoured by France. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “As long as Russia continues the war, Europe’s pressure must become stronger, not more convenient for the Kremlin,” Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs saidin a video published on Monday just before midnight. France has linked Usmanov’s removal to the release of two French nationals currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan, angering other member states. Uzbekistan, the country where Usmanov was born, is said to have facilitated the arrangement. Slovakia has…

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A confrontation between two elderly men over a sunbed on an Athenian Riviera beach on Sunday morning ended in tragedy with the death of one of the men involved. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT According to initial information from Greek authorities, shortly before 10 am at the popular Akti Vouliagmenis beach, a 76-year-old man, who was accompanied by a 21-year-old woman, first had a heated argument with an 82-year-old over a spot on the beach which led to a fight. During the scuffle, the 82-year-old collapsed and it was found that he had suffered a cardiac arrest. A nurse on duty at the…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faced growing pressure on Monday after bruising regional election defeats to far-right and far-left parties, with the AfD even predicting he will be out of power within months. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) came first in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on Sunday where Merz’s CDU sank to 4.9%, below the threshold to stay in parliament and its worst result since the party was formed in 1945. In Berlin the far-left Die Linke came first, beating the CDU into second place. Its candidate is now on course to become mayor in the…

EU ambassadors are nearing a deal to break the deadlock over France’s request to delist Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov from the sanctions list as part of a package that could see two French nationals released from prison in Azerbaijan. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Irish presidency, which runs the EU Council for six months under the bloc’s rotating presidency system, proposed a compromise to delist Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman, another Russian businessman, in exchange for an unprecedented 36-month renewal of the sanctions regime to avoid a similar impasse in future, diplomats told Euronews. Ambassadors met on Monday morning but failed to strike…

The far right’s victory in a German regional election this weekend has offered an early warning of how Europe’s energy crisis could reshape politics ahead of major elections in France and Italy next year. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Alternative for Germany (AfD) emerged as the strongest party in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on Sunday, extending a run of electoral gains that has shaken Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s governing coalition. Its success comes as nationalist and far-right parties across Europe seek to turn soaring fuel and energy costs into an electoral weapon. The immediate political threat is now spreading beyond Germany. France, Italy, Spain and…

Thirteen member states are calling on Brussels to systematically design new EU legislation as pro-innovation and assess whether the current laws are still fit for purpose, as part of a broader push to cut red tape and make the bloc more business-friendly. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Austria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia and Slovakia signed a non-paper calling for “an exercise in legislative deep-cleaning” to determine, sector by sector, whether existing rules are still needed, need updating, or impose burdens without added value. “EU legislation cannot be an end in itself. Therefore, regulatory restraint to avoid…