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
Italy Italy set to hold a referendum on decriminalising cannabis Italy will soon decide whether or not to decriminalise cannabis in a referendum next year, as campaign groups gathered 500,000 signatures, the threshold required by law to trigger a nationwide vote. 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
Germany Young Greens in Germany mobilise for "climate elections" Meet the two young green politicians, Katharina Sparrer and David Schiepek, who believe that Germany's federal elections are all about the climate. 23/09/2021
Germany German election: Who's who in the race to replace Angela Merkel? Exactly one month before the vote on September 26, polls suggest none of the main would-be successors to Germany's long-standing leader enjoys strong public appeal. 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
Spain La Palma volcano still rumbling as locals warned to avoid lava flows More than 6,000 people have been evacuated to safety as a new volcanic vent blew open, spewing thousands of tonnes of molten rock, volcanic ash and toxic gases into the air. 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
Croatia Croatian police identify mysterious woman found in remote island area Croatian police say they have identified a mysterious woman found on a remote part of an island as a 57-year-old Slovakian citizen. 22/09/2021
Russia Six people killed after plane crashes in Russia's Far East The aircraft went missing near the city of Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East on Wednesday, authorities said. 22/09/2021
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