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By Roselyne Min & Malek Fouda & Ioannis Karagiorgas Published on 13/09/2026 – 8:30 GMT+2•Updated 14/09/2026 – 1:57 GMT+2 Sweden’s centre-left opposition bloc, which backs Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson for prime minister, was leading Sunday’s parliamentary election, with the Social Democrats on 28% of the vote in preliminary results from the Swedish Election Authority. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The Sweden Democrats were in third place in the preliminary count, behind Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s Moderates, with 17.6% of the vote compared with 19.9% for the Moderates. Based on early results, the Swedish Election Authority’s preliminary seat distribution gave the centre-left bloc 175 seats, just one more…
Published on 13/09/2026 – 17:49 GMT+2•Updated 18:33 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is exploring closer ties with the European Union, including becoming an “associate member” of the bloc, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The status does not currently exist, but the EU could be open to creating special membership arrangements, the newspaper said, citing unnamed EU and Canadian officials. The European Commission did not respond to a request for comment. The report comes ahead of a speech by Carney to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday, where he is expected to set out his vision…
By Euronews/Horváth Ferenc Published on 13/09/2026 – 19:06 GMT+2 The Hungarian government has published a 220-page, comprehensive child-protection report which concluded that the child adoption system is on the verge of collapse. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The document will serve as the basis for rewriting adoption rules, a move that has triggered fierce political reactions among opposition parties. Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced that the government will change the regulations governing adoption by single persons and same-sex couples, arguing that the current system is unsustainable. He stated that deciding who may adopt a child should not be a political decision but one taken…
US President Donald Trump has called on Ukraine to stop attacking diesel refineries as part of its military’s counteroffensive operations against Russia, accusing the attacks of contributing to diesel shortages around the world. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Zelenskyy has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia,” Trump told reporters. “Let him go after targets, but not diesel, because he’s causing a shortage of diesel.” Trump was speaking in Ireland where he’s on a 48-hour trip primarily to attend the Irish Open Golf Tournament held at his private golf links hotel in Doonbeg, County Clare. He…
Since the start of the 2026/27 school year on 1 September, female pupils in Austria under the age of 14 have been prohibited from wearing any headscarf at school that “covers the head in line with Islamic traditions.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Teachers’ representatives say the new rule has generally been implemented calmly and respectfully. At the same time, some schools have reported conflicts and, in some cases, aggressive reactions. The new law was already controversial before it came into force, with critics questioning whether it was compatible with freedom of religion and the principle of equality. In 2020, Austria’s Constitutional Court…
Next Saturday, when Munich Mayor Dominik Krause taps the first beer barrel on the city’s Theresienwiese, the famous cry of “O’zapft is” will ring out once again as Oktoberfest 2026 kicks off. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT From Saturday, 19 September to Sunday, 4 October, more than six million visitors are expected at Oktoberfest, Germany’s world-renowned folk and beer festival. But attendees will have to keep some important rules in mind. Cannabis Munich’s Oktoberfest is a cannabis-free zone. Back in July 2024, the Bavarian state parliament passed the “Bayerische Cannabisfolgenbegrenzungsgesetz,” banning the consumption of cannabis in certain places. Anyone caught smoking cannabis on…
By Tomasz Lezon & Euronews Published on 13/09/2026 – 13:16 GMT+2•Updated 13:51 A Russian drone struck the locomotive of a passenger train two kilometres from the Polish border on Sunday, Ukraine’s state-owned rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) said. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The attack reportedly took place in Ukraine’s Volyn region. There are not believed to have been any casualties from the incident. “For the second day in a row, the enemy has been attacking the railways. Today in the Volyn region, two km from the border with Poland, the enemy struck the locomotive of a passenger train,” Ukrzaliznytsia said on Telegram. A tragedy was…
In her stronghold in northern France, Marine Le Pen will deliver her first campaign speech this Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The far-right candidate for 2027 is relaunching her campaign in Hénin-Beaumont, after a gathering of her party’s MPs in Le Touquet (Pas-de-Calais) on Saturday. Leading the polls, she is credited with 34% of first-round voting intentions in every scenario, according to a survey carried out on 8 and 9 September by OpinionWay for Les Échos. Yet the past few weeks have been marked by a series of mishaps, against a backdrop of alleged friction with the party’s president, Jordan Bardella, including…
Published on 13/09/2026 – 12:20 GMT+2•Updated 12:26 A sea of EU flags seemingly outnumbered Union Jacks during sections of the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms show on Saturday night, as the UK’s relationship with Brussels once again finds itself in the spotlight. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Footage of the event, which is part of a classical music festival held each summer in London, shows a swathe of swirling blue and gold flags across the crowd at the city’s Royal Albert Hall. The 12 gold stars of the European banner appeared particularly prominent during renditions of songs such as “Land of Hope…
Published on 13/09/2026 – 11:53 GMT+2 Russia launched over 450 drones across Ukraine in overnight attacks, according to Ukraine’s Armed Forces, while Kyiv struck oil refineries in Russia’s Tatarstan, according to Russian authorities. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Russia launched 453 drones of various types across Ukraine, 409 of which were neutralised by Ukraine’s Armed Forces. However, 13 locations were struck. Multiple attacks on the city of Stryi, in the Lviv region, which borders Poland, left a multi-storey residential building, an outbuilding near a school and buildings near a railway station damaged after being struck by Russian drones. In the city of Izyum,…