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Speaking in Thessaloniki, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made special reference to the Parthenon Sculptures on the occasion of the exchange of historic relics between Greece and Bulgaria. “Monuments and historic artefacts cannot be treated as spoils of war, nor as victims of circumstances that arose after their creation and their inherent nature as unified works,” Mitsotakis said. “It is precisely this same principle, the principle of a monument’s integrity, that underpins our ongoing effort to reunite the Parthenon Sculptures. Because they are not lifeless objects from the past. They are evidence in a living and unbroken connection with the…

As the demonstrations took place, Sánchez remained out of sight, weighing his options. Emiliano García-Page, the Socialist president of Castilla-La Mancha, and the party’s leaders in Extremadura, the Basque Country and Castilla y León on Saturday urged Sánchez to call an early election, saying voters needed to be heard. Meanwhile, the prospect of an imminent election is prompting Spain’s fractured left to scramble to regroup. With Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz declining to run for reelection, Health Minister Mónica García and Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun are seen as frontrunners to succeed her in the leadership of the Sumar party. But…

Demonstrators are marching in several Spanish cities on Saturday, a day after parliament votes down two government decrees aimed at giving tenants stronger protection. In Madrid, according to the organisers, around 500,000 people took part in the demonstrations, while the authorities put the number at around 70,000. Activists have been camped for about a week in Puerta del Sol, one of the capital’s main tourist squares. Participants are carrying placards reading “General strike” and chanting slogans such as “Down with rentierism”. The protest remains peaceful, under a visible police presence. The president of the employers’ confederation CEOE, Antonio Garamendi, says…

Published on 03/10/2026 – 15:59 GMT+2•Updated 16:04 The International Energy Agency said Saturday that member countries had so far released 325 million barrels of oil and oil-derivative products from strategic reserves, from the 400 million barrels promised in March. The update came a day after G7 leaders, in a statement issued by French President Emmanuel Macron’s office, agreed in coordination with the IEA to immediately release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil, following US pressure on Europe to tap its reserves and ease supply concerns caused by the US-Iran war. The G7 did not say whether the 100…

The leaders of 17 European Union countries have sent a letter to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, in his capacity as current president-in-office of the Council of the European Union, calling for agriculture to be given priority ahead of the revision of the Negotiating Box, the document drawn up by the presidency to steer and progressively narrow down negotiations on the EU’s long-term budget. As negotiations on the 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) enter a decisive phase, the leaders of Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Hungary have sent…

Published on 03/10/2026 – 15:40 GMT+2 A 102-year-old woman died and 90 people had to be rescued on Friday in Madrigueras, in the province of Albacete, after flash flooding swamped the entire town. According to a statement from the regional government, the municipality recorded 142 litres of rain per square metre, a level that forced the deployment of a large emergency operation. The regional authorities also activated the Adverse Meteorological Risk Plan (METEOCAM) at operational level 1. In the house where the victim was found, the water reached a height of one metre. During the afternoon and the early part…

Estonian slackliner Jaan Roose has completed a 160‑metre tightrope walk above central Seoul, crossing between the Koreana Hotel and the Donga Media Center in Gwanghwamun on 1 October 2026. Footage shows Roose moving carefully along the line suspended about 120 metres above the ground, while residents gather below to watch and film the stunt over Cheonggye Stream. Students and passers‑by stopped to record the walk on their phones. The crossing drew steady onlookers along the stream as Roose kept his balance above the urban canyon.

Russian attacks in Ukraine killed at least eight civilians and injured 83 others in the past day, Ukrainian regional authorities said. Moldova has faced numerous airspace violations and collateral damage, as Russia’s full-scale war rages across in neighboring Ukraine and tensions flare between Chisinau’s pro-EU government and Moscow. Last Wednesday alone it faced three separate airspace violations as Russia pounded Kyiv with drones and missiles. Meanwhile, Lithuania temporarily closed its airport in Vilnius for around an hour on Saturday morning and scrambled NATO jets after a dangerous object was spotted in the skies, possibly crossing the border from Belarus. European…

Germany is marking the 36th anniversary of reunification. On 3 October 1990 the former GDR acceded to the Federal Republic, ending a division that had lasted 41 years and making Berlin once again the capital of a united Germany. In Brandenburg, Steeven Bretz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union in the state parliament, paid tribute to former Chancellor Helmut Kohl at the Glienicke Bridge in Potsdam, where the border once ran. “We owe him a great deal, above all the fact that unity succeeded,” Bretz said, according to his Instagram account. “The fact that we are able to celebrate…