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Europe’s €100 billion winter problem: how the energy crisis is pushing up costs for households and businesses
The European Commission foresees no supply shortages, but Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen warned of a difficult season, with Brussels weighing measures to curb transport fuel costs as energy poverty threatens to spread across the bloc
Ozone pollution: More than a third of the world’s population exposed to dangerous levels in 2026
Copernicus says heatwaves and wildfires drove the exposure, with 53% of Asia's population affected in the first eight months of the year, while the European Environment Agency links air pollution to 180,000 premature deaths annually
Israeli Prime Minister orders ICC case drawn up against Turkish President over Kurds and Hamas
The move follows Ankara's request for an Interpol red notice against Netanyahu, though sources say the legal file may never be submitted and is chiefly intended to deter Turkish escalation, the Israeli broadcaster i24NEWS reported
Greek Prime Minister meets Canadian counterpart at UN General Assembly in New York
Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Mark Carney discussed closer Canada-EU cooperation on artificial intelligence, space and energy, and Greece's presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2027, its first since 2014
BBC: How the AfD’s win shifts the balance: A blow to Merz, parallels with MAGA, Russia’s interests, and the warning bell for Europe
The BBC examines the fallout from the first win with a genuine prospect of power for a hard-right nationalist party since the fall of the Third Reich in 1945
Greece will not accept instructions on defence from anyone, prime minister says
During talks in Athens, Kyriakos Mitsotakis briefed European Council President António Costa on Turkey's recent escalation of provocations in the Aegean Sea, insisting Ankara's European path must be matched by genuine good-neighbourly relations with Greece
