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Published on 10/09/2026 – 10:31 GMT+2•Updated 14:13 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plane was preparing to leave Chișinău for Oslo on Tuesday afternoon when Moldova’s military detected an unmanned aerial vehicle in the country’s airspace. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT What initially appeared to be another Russian drone incursion took on greater significance the following day, when Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre revealed that Zelenskyy’s plane had almost been hit by a drone. “His flight was almost hit by a drone when it was taking off from Moldova. That is the reality he lives in,” Støre told Norwegian public broadcaster NRK. The timeline…
Published on 10/09/2026 – 16:36 GMT+2 A 31-year-old man from Swindon, in the south of England, has appeared in a London court accused of passing information about drone factories to people linked to Russian military intelligence. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Joshua Cammidge was charged this week with two offences under Britain’s National Security Act: helping a foreign intelligence service, and preparing to commit sabotage. In plain terms, prosecutors say he shared screenshots from Google Maps pinpointing one drone factory and four other drone-manufacturing sites in his hometown, and that he offered to carry out an act of sabotage himself. He is also…
Spain’s parliament backed a law on Thursday granting citizenship to tens of thousands of Western Saharans who were born when Spain ran the disputed territory, which is now largely controlled by Morocco. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The text grants Spanish nationality to Sahrawis born before 29 September 1977 and to their children through a certificate of naturalisation, considering that date the effective end of decolonisation. This also applies to those who do not legally reside in Spain. Although the exact number of beneficiaries is unknown, around 80,000 Sahrawis are believed to be eligible, with some estimates reaching almost 200,000 including the descendants.…
By Simon Ormiston & Euronews Published on 10/09/2026 – 20:53 GMT+2•Updated 22:32 A tour coach has overturned on a mountain road in the eastern Swiss canton of Graubünden, leaving several people dead and a number of others injured, authorities have confirmed. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The crash took place on Thursday on the stretch of road linking the villages of Susch and Zernez, deep in the Engadine valley. Local police confirmed the fatalities via a post on X, though they have not yet released the number of victims, their nationalities, or any explanation for what caused the vehicle to leave the road. The Dutch Federation…
Published on 10/09/2026 – 22:12 GMT+2 NATO allies have caught Russian submarines training to carry out undersea cable sabotage using a secret weapon that leaves no trace, Reuters has reported citing two Western officials. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This clandestine Russian operation was carried out by the highly secret GUGI, the Russian undersea warfare directorate, in Arctic waters near Norway’s Svalbard territories. Britain said it had tracked and deterred three Russian submarines on an alleged month-long “covert operation” near vital undersea cables and pipelines connecting the Norwegian archipelago. Following Euronews reporting on the operation that was announced in April, the discovery of…
The European Commission is preparing a new legislative proposal to close enforcement gaps that allow illegal products sold through e-commerce platforms to reach EU consumers, according to a leaked draft seen by Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The bill does not explicitly cite China, but it comes as Brussels steps up efforts to tackle the surge of low-value e-commerce imports, particularly from Chinese platforms such as Temu and Shein. In recent months, senior EU officials have sounded the alarm over the growing trade deficit with Beijing, which they consider unsustainable, having reached a striking €1bn a day in 2025. “Significant weaknesses remain…
The picture of student performance in Europe is “really concerning”, with a recent report showing young people are losing essential skills that are “particularly important for the times we live in”, Andreas Schleicher, the founder of the OECD’s renowned PISA tests, has told Euronews. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The results of the 2025 standardised test, taken by 15-year-olds across 91 countries, were released this week, and found that performance in reading and mathematics had reached record lows across OECD countries. The assessment measures students’ ability to apply reading, mathematics and science skills to real-world problems. “We see that young people not only…
By Euronews with AFP Published on 10/09/2026 – 19:08 GMT+2 Asylum applications in Europe reached a five-year low in the first half of the year, according to new data from the European Union Agency for Asylum. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT EU member states plus Switzerland and Norway received about 332,000 applications for international protection in the first six months of 2026. It represents a 17% decline compared to the same period last year, following a downward trend since 2024. The bloc’s asylum agency said this decline is due to the ongoing political transition in Syria as well as the EU’s cooperation with countries of origin…
Published on 10/09/2026 – 17:27 GMT+2 The European Union has implemented 26 per cent of the recommendations outlined by Mario Draghi two years ago, according to a report published on Wednesday by the Joint European Disruptive Initiative (JEDI Draghi Tracker). ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Progress is real, but it is not in sync with the pace of the world,” the authors wrote in a press statement, criticising the bloc for moving too slow on legislation. In September 2024, Draghi presented in Brussels a long-awaited report which included recommendations on how to make Europe more competitive and strategically independent from big global powers,…
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 said Ukrainian forces had been counterattacking in the area for months, while accusing Russia’s military command of presenting an overly optimistic picture of the frontline. According to the Washington-based think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Russian bloggers criticised what Russian military commentators call “beautiful reports,” referring to…