brussels bureau Volkswagen Dieselgate software is 'defeat device', ECJ adviser says The legal advice is the latest battle in the Dieselgate scandal, where some of VW's cars were polluting more than the accepted limit. 23/09/2021
United Kingdom Woman with Down syndrome loses UK abortion law challenge The claimants have announced that they will appeal the ruling. 23/09/2021
Italy Man arrested over disappearance of woman who refused arranged marriage Paris police have detained a man wanted in Italy over the disappearance of an 18-year-old woman, who had refused an arranged marriage in Pakistan. 23/09/2021
Norway Norway's Labour party holds coalition talks in bid to form government The leaders of the Labour, Centre and Socialist Left parties have met in Oslo for coalition talks for the first time since this month's election. 23/09/2021
Ukraine Ukraine's parliament approves new law banning anti-Semitism Hate speech directed towards Jewish citizens, buildings, and communities will be punished under the legislation. 23/09/2021
Germany Auf Wiedersehen, Angela: How Merkel has shaped Europe and Germany Credited as Europe's crisis manager, Merkel was most well known for her role in managing the financial and migration crises. Here's a look back. 23/09/2021
World UEFA has doubled prize money for women's EURO 2022 football tournament But, how does it compare to earnings for the men's tournament? 23/09/2021
brussels bureau Why Europe's energy prices are soaring and could get much worse A combination of market, geographic, and political factors have coalesced into a perfect storm, threatening to derail the economic recovery and hurt household incomes. 23/09/2021
France 'Terrifying': Policeman on being first officer at Bataclan massacre "We remain scarred for life," said the superintendent who was the first police officer to arrive at the Bataclan massacre on November 13, 2015. 23/09/2021
Germany German far-left party eager to join coalition while others steer clear Germany’s far-left party Die Linke has been eager to join a governing coalition but the leading Social Democratic Party candidate said they have to agree to several demands first. 23/09/2021
Portugal Portugal has the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate in the world "We've won a battle. I don't know if we've won the war against the virus. This is a world war," said Henrique Gouveia e Melo, the navy officer in charge of Portugal's vaccine rollout. 23/09/2021
United Kingdom 'Grow up': UK's Johnson says world must face climate change The British Prime Minister is due to host a major United Nations climate summit in Glasgow in November. 23/09/2021
Poland Polish region revokes anti-LGBT declaration over loss of EU funding The Polish region of Swietokrzyskie abandoned the idea of declaring itself an "LGBT-free zone" under pressure from Brussels. 23/09/2021
Estonia Private expedition begins diving to examine wreck of MS Estonia A privately financed team of experts from Estonia has begun investigations on the wreck of the ship, which sank in 1994. 22/09/2021
France Man convicted of sending death threats to ex-Charlie Hebdo director A young French man has been convicted of sending death threats to a former director of Charlie Hebdo on Twitter. 22/09/2021
Albania Albania's former top prosecutor jailed on corruption charges The Tirana Appeals Court confirmed that Adriatik Llalla was guilty of hiding money involved in illegally owned properties. 22/09/2021
World Over 2.7 million EU workers can’t afford heat, says trade union Nearly three million working poor people in the EU cannot afford to turn on the heating amid a rise in energy prices, a new study has found. The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) said that 15% of the EU’s working poor lacks enough money 22/09/2021
World French ambassador to return to Washington after Macron-Biden talks In what could appear as a mea culpa from Washington, Biden and Macron said in a joint statement “that the situation would have benefitted from open consultations among allies on matters of strategic interest to France and our European partners." 22/09/2021
Green News These hijacked billboards take aim at 'Europe's dirtiest bank' Brandalism’s subversive adverts try to show us how Barclays finances the fossil fuel industry. 22/09/2021
World 'Donnez moi un break' Johnson tells France amid submarine deal outcry UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told France to 'donnez moi un break' and get over its anger over the cancellation of a submarine deal between Paris and Canberra. 22/09/2021
