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One dead, several injured after train hits truck and derails in Poland
Published on 09/09/2026 – 16:17 GMT+2 A rescue operation is underway after a passenger train collided with a truck at a level crossing and derailed in Sokolniki Suche, near Warsaw, in Poland. There were 120 passengers on board the train. Twenty people were…
Hungary’s continued veto slows Ukraine’s EU accession process
Published on 09/09/2026 – 11:02 GMT+2•Updated 16:23 EU member states have once again failed to advance Ukraine’s accession process amid continued resistance from Hungary. At a meeting of the Council’s Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating…
EU’s plan to gain independence from Russian energy falters
Four years after the European Union launched a plan to break its dependence on Russian oil and gas and accelerate the clean energy transition, an audit presented by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) on Wednesday said the bloc’s plan is falling well short…
‘Sickenig’ racist remarks: French police under investigation
Six hours of footage and a torrent of racist, misogynistic and conspiratorial remarks. The local newspaper Midi Libre has published video from a night-time patrol by Carcassonne’s municipal police, recorded on 6 November 2025. Captured inadvertently by one…
Ceuta migration crisis tests European solidarity – MEPs in The Ring
Published on 09/09/2026 – 20:30 GMT+2 The same week that Ceuta’s president, Juan Jesús Vivas, travelled to Brussels in a cry for help, we are joined by Czech centre-right MEP Tomáš Svetechovský and German Socialist MEP Birgit Sippel for their points of view…
Zelenskyy’s plane ‘almost hit’ by drone en route to Oslo
Published on 09/09/2026 – 20:52 GMT+2 A plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from Moldova to Oslo was nearly hit by a drone, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said on Wednesday. “His flight was almost hit by a drone when it was…
European Commission proposes an EU preference in public contracts
Published on 09/09/2026 – 19:07 GMT+2•Updated 19:09 The European Commission unveiled on Wednesday a legislative proposal allowing EU public authorities to favour European companies in public procurement for key public services such as energy, water, railways…
EU Parliament will debate Ceuta crisis amid backlash
Published on 09/09/2026 – 18:33 GMT+2 The European Parliament will debate the situation in Ceuta next Tuesday in Strasbourg, in what is expected to be a heated political confrontation, following a decision by the Parliament’s political group leaders in…
Ceuta crisis: EU grants Spain €114 million in show of ‘solidarity’
Published on 09/09/2026 – 17:31 GMT+2 The European Commission has granted the Spanish government 114.7 million euros from its emergency aid fund to deal with the migration crisis that Ceuta has been facing since the end of July, in what the institution…
EU moves to curb Airbnb-style rentals to boost long-term housing
Published on 09/09/2026 – 16:48 GMT+2 The EU has announced an affordable housing plan aimed at encouraging long-term rentals and making housing more accessible for Europeans. Unveiled on Wednesday, the plan aims to create clarity and predictability in how…