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Published on 16/10/2026 – 13:14 GMT+2 Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called on the European Commission to scrutinise Spain’s plan to legalise the status of 600,000 irregular migrants, directly challenging Madrid’s migration policy during the EU leaders’ summit. “I have asked the European Commission to examine what happens when a country does almost the exact opposite of what the rest of us are doing,” Frederiksen said on Friday at the start of the summit’s second day. Her comments put her at odds with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, despite both leaders belonging to the same broad Socialist political family, which…
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The EPPO did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “The EESC was informed by OLAF yesterday that this case has been transmitted to the EPPO,” an EESC spokesperson told POLITICO. “Under these circumstances, the EESC cannot comment further except to re-confirm that when these matters first arose, the EESC president immediately and proactively referred the allegations to OLAF. The EESC will continue to respect fully the independence of this process.” Séamus Boland of Ireland was elected president in October 2025. “The EESC and its senior leadership take this matter very seriously and remain fully committed to integrity, transparency…
Published on 16/10/2026 – 16:41 GMT+2 Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital at noon on Friday after medical tests confirmed that his condition continues to improve following lung cancer surgery, according to the Vatican. “His post-operative recovery allows him to carry out his normal daily activities completely on his own,” said a medical update signed by Leo’s personal physician Dr. Luigi Carbone and the head of thoracic surgery at Gemelli hospital, Dr. Stefano Margaritora. The service was attended by off-duty medical and nursing staff, as well as members of the Vatican City State’s Gendarmerie Corps. During his…
When it rains, Abdullah Siyam moves his family’s bedding to the one corner of his house in Al-Mughraqa, in central Gaza, where water does not seep through the roof. Bombardment that struck neighbouring homes left cracks in the ceiling, and the family has no alternative. “We move our mattresses there and sleep. That is the solution,” he told Euronews. More than 4,000 damaged buildings in Gaza need to be fully or partially demolished, including more than 2,300 still inhabited by nearly 44,000 people, according to preliminary estimates cited in this month’s report by the UN’s Office for the Coordination of…
Uzbekistan has signed six energy agreements worth $4.7bn (€4.19bn) and announced plans for two more nuclear power plants, as President Shavkat Mirziyoyev seeks to attract foreign investment and meet rising demand from industry and data centres. The agreements, signed during talks in Tashkent on Friday, cover 3,000 megawatts (MW) of new generating capacity and 400 MW of energy storage, according to the presidency. Companies named in a project list obtained by Euronews include Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and Saudi Tabreed, the UAE’s AMEA Power, Japan’s Toyota Tsusho and Sojitz, France’s EDF, Qatar’s Nebras Power, StorEn and CRE International. A new…
The bloc’s 27 leaders were due to discuss migration during a special session on Thursday requested by Meloni and Frederiksen following a tense back-and-forth with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in June. Tensions have risen further after Spain’s Ceuta exclave was overwhelmed by migrants during the summer and as far-right parties have made gains around the bloc. The draft also “calls the Commission to explore [a] possible consultation mechanism to encourage coordination on national measures potentially affecting other Member States while respecting national competencies.” While the last phrase does not name any one country, Sánchez has clashed with Meloni over…
Published on 16/10/2026 – 15:38 GMT+2 A Norwegian teenager has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of travelling to the UK to carry out an assassination. Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, is said to have agreed to undertake a contract killing in exchange for €25,000. He was arrested at a hotel in northern England in March 2025 after having arrived at Manchester airport two days earlier, with officers discovering a bag containing a semi-automatic pistol, a revolver, and 19 bullets under his bed. Analysis of his phone and communications showed he had been instructed on how…
The Vatican has released the first photographs of Pope Leo XIV since he underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his right lung. The images, published on Friday, show the pontiff celebrating Mass at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he is recovering following the operation. The Vatican said the Pope’s condition was continuing to improve, with his post-operative recovery allowing him to carry out daily activities independently and remain in good spirits.
Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO and co-founder of SpaceX, recreated a “Knight Rider” moment, showing off his companies’ engineering capabilities with a supercar equipped with cold-gas thrusters developed using SpaceX technology. Tesla’s share price increased on Friday, largely due to the hype, but while the demonstration impressed, analysts see limited commercial value in the new model. Mamta Valechha, consumer discretionary analyst at Quilter Cheviot, described it as a “headline-grabbing engineering moment” designed “to generate excitement around the brand”. Rico Luman, senior sector economist, transport and logistics, at ING, called the presentation “a publicity stunt which emphasises Tesla’s image as an innovative…