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Three parties to attempt to form new Romanian government
Published on 18/09/2026 – 17:46 GMT+2 Romania’s nominee for prime minister, Siegfried Muresan, has said he will attempt to form a government with a coalition involving three parties. The country’s president Nicusor Dan nominated Muresan after consultations…
Russian man swims to Lithuania seeking asylum — just to be sent back
Published on 18/09/2026 – 16:45 GMT+2 A 68-year-old Russian man, who travelled from the Russian Baltic sea enclave of Kaliningrad to Lithuania by river was met by border guards on the riverbank on Thursday afternoon and was sent back without being granted…
Burnham pledges ‘further steps’ to deepen ties with EU
Published on 18/09/2026 – 16:20 GMT+2 British Prime Minister Andy Burnham vowed to take “further steps” to deepen ties with the European Union during a meeting with Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin. The pair met in Manchester on Friday, with Martin becoming the…
EU weighs windfall taxes on energy firms amid growing economic strain
A windfall tax for firms profiting from energy price volatility is one of the ideas circulating among EU ministers meeting in Dublin on Friday and Saturday for the periodic meetings of the Eurogroup and Economic and Financial Council. With the war in the…
EU sanction deadlock deepens as Luxembourg complicates the picture
Published on 18/09/2026 – 13:38 GMT+2•Updated 13:40 Luxembourg has deepened the deadlock over the EU’s sanction list renewal, tying a French demand to delist Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov to the case of Mikhail Fridman, who is suing the Grand Duchy over…
Politicians’ AI-use on the rise as Russia shares fake Putin selfie
The Russian embassy in South Africa has shared a picture that appears to show Russian President Vladimir Putin taking a group selfie with the 10 BRICS world leaders during September’s summit. The 18th BRICS Summit took place in New Delhi, India, on 12 and 13…
Video. Child protection is everyone’s responsibility, business group says
Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General of DigitalEurope, said protecting children from social media risks is a “joint responsibility of the public and private sectors”. The association, which represents companies such as OpenAI and Meta, believes it cannot…
Are Europeans facing a ‘crisis of confidence’?
In her State of the Union address, Ursula von der Leyen warned of a “battle of narratives” seeking to weaken confidence in Europe. A new study, ‘Future Nostalgia: Europe’s Unfinished Song’, published by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and the…
Bruised by Trump, EU and Canada find solace in each other’s arms
Taunted, scorned, belittled, pushed aside, ditched – it is fair to say that the European Union and Canada each know how the other feels. For the past 20 months, the two have been relentlessly subjected to Donald Trump’s threats, demands and commands. Their…
Energy crunch looms over EU finance talks
Hello, this is Mared Gwyn holding the newsletter pen in Brussels. This morning: Eurozone finance ministers gather amid mounting economic pressures, and EU ambassadors make another push to break the Russia sanctions deadlock. Economic jitters: Finance…