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07.09 / 21:49

European Union Baltic states reach agreement to severely restrict entry to Russian citizens

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are to restrict entry to Russian citizens over the invasion of Ukraine.

07.09 / 20:27

European Union Europe's energy crisis: Ursula von der Leyen unveils five proposals to curb soaring prices

Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled a series of long-awaited proposals to tackle the EU's worsening energy crisis and curb the soaring bills that are putting European households and companies under financial stress.

01.09 / 14:53

European Union Ukraine war: Russian shelling forced Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor to shut down, says Energoatom

Russia and Ukraine accused each other of waging attacks on Thursday near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, causing one of its reactors to shut down just as a team of UN inspectors were heading in for a visit.

01.09 / 10:45

European Union ‘He died a disillusioned man’: How Gorbachev’s dream of liberal, European Russia failed

The death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and final president of the Soviet Union, has sparked as much debate and divisions as his actions did during his lifetime.

01.09 / 02:09

European Union UN report slams China for 'torture and sexual violence' in Xinjiang

A new United Nations human rights report has slammed China for serious human rights abuses in its western Xinjiang region, targeting native Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups.

31.08 / 23:37

European Union rights committee Spain violated political rights of former Catalan leaders, says UN committee

Spain violated the political rights of former Catalan leaders in connection with the 2017 secession attempt, an independent UN rights committee has found.

31.08 / 23:37

European Union Ukraine war: Kherson offensive, nuclear inspectors and Russian army

Here are some of the Ukraine and Russia stories we covered earlier on Wednesday:

31.08 / 17:03

business Europe European Union Energy Eurozone hits record inflation of 9.1% amid gas and energy crisis

August marks the ninth consecutive month of rising inflation for the Eurozone at 9.1%. In July, the official inflation numbers landed at 8.9%. The Eurozone consists of 19 countries, including Germany, France and Belgium.

31.08 / 10:51

Climate change European Union Nazi Europe's worst drought in centuries reveals WWII Nazi wrecks in Serbia

The worst drought in Europe in decades in Serbia has not only affected agriculture. It has also revealed almost forgotten relics of World War II in the shape of German battleships emerging from the Danube.

31.08 / 10:51

Climate change European Union European Commission Mikhail Gorbachev: How has Europe reacted to the death of the Soviet Union's last leader?

Tributes have been paid from across Europe to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91.

31.08 / 00:03

European Union Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91, Russian media report

The former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died, aged 91.

30.08 / 22:01

Climate change European Union Pope Francis clearly denounced Russia's war in Ukraine, says Vatican

After allegations claiming that Pope Francis was not critical of Russia for invading Ukraine in late February, the Holy Seat defended the pontiff, stating he has clearly viewed the war as "senseless, repugnant and sacrilegious".

30.08 / 19:15

European Union dutch Energy crisis: How a Dutch market sets gas prices for the whole of Europe

As gas prices continue to break all-time records across Europe, all eyes turn to the TTF, the continent's leading benchmark.

30.08 / 18:25

Climate change European Union Ukraine war: Kherson counter-offensive, Kharkiv shelled again, and visa ban proves divisive

Ukrainian forces claimed to have 'broken through' Russian defences on Monday amid a new counter-offensive in the Kherson region.

30.08 / 13:47

European Union Food Mack Rutherford: Record-breaking round-the-world pilot, 17, listened to sister's advice

Belgian-British teen Mack Rutherford is still trying to find the words after becoming the youngest person to fly solo around the world.

29.08 / 23:37

European Union Food Bitcoin Russia to hold war games with China amid tensions over Ukraine invasion

Russia said it would launch sweeping military drills in the country’s east together with forces from China — a show of increasingly close defence ties between Moscow and Beijing amid tensions with the West.

29.08 / 20:51

European Union Food Bitcoin Energy crisis: Ursula von der Leyen calls for 'emergency intervention' in electricity market

The worsening energy crisis besieging Europe has laid bare the "limitations" of the electricity market and requires an "emergency intervention" to bring down soaring prices, Ursula von der Leyen has said.

26.08 / 10:37

European Union Football Friend 'The jury's out': Liz Truss slammed over reply to 'Macron, friend or foe?' question

"Emmanuel Macron, friend or foe?"

26.08 / 10:37

European Union Football UK consumers face 80% rise in energy bills from October as regulator raises price cap

The cost of energy for British consumers will rise by 80% from October, the UK's regulator said on Friday. Ofgem's move will see average annual household bills soar to £3,549 (€4,204).

26.08 / 09:27

European Union Football Macron announces France-Algeria historians commission to study 'painful' colonial past

Emmanuel Macron has said he wants to open "a new page" in bilateral ties with Algeria, on the first day of his visit to the country which is designed to relaunch relations following longstanding tensions with France's former colony.

26.08 / 08:15

European Union Disaster Power Zaporizhzhia: 'Radiation disaster' narrowly averted as nuclear plant loses power, says Zelenskyy

The world narrowly avoided a radiation disaster as electricity to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was cut for hours due to Russian shelling on Thursday, Ukraine's president has claimed.

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