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EU contemplates oil release: EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen has told Europe Today that releasing strategic oil reserves to cushion soaring prices “is a possibility”, as the US mounts pressure on EU allies to release diesel reserves or face a US export ban. The war in Iran and reduced refining capacity have squeezed supply, driving a sharp rise in prices for companies and consumers. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has urged Europe to make new stocks available “immediately” to ease costs, saying US “farmers, truckers, and businesses should not be left carrying the burden”. Painful at the pump: US diesel…
The EU’s energy chief has warned that volatility in the energy market is here to stay — and prices could get even worse. Dan Jørgensen is urging European governments to use existing flexibility to ease the pain at the pump for millions of Europeans. That comes as the Trump administration presses EU countries to release millions of barrels from their emergency oil stocks. Euronews’ chief editor Maria Tadeo spoke to the Energy Commissioner in Brussels in an exclusive interview.
Published on 02/10/2026 – 11:09 GMT+2 Traffic was gridlocked in Kyiv on Friday after the one of the city’s main bridges was closed and restrictions placed on others after another wave of Russian drone strikes. Reporters in the city saw long queues of stationary cars and buses on main roads in the Ukrainian capital as commuters sought alternative routes. Traffic built up due to the complete closure to traffic in both directions on the Southern Bridge, one of eight connecting the east and west of Kyiv over the Dnipro River. The Paton Bridge, further north, was open only one way,…
By Euronews Greek Published on 02/10/2026 – 11:32 GMT+2•Updated 13:04 Civil Protection services, the Region of Crete, local municipalities and the competent authorities in Rethymno are on heightened readiness, as Crete faces a new wave of intense rainfall from Friday afternoon. This latest deterioration in the weather comes at a particularly difficult time for the regional unit, which is still counting the serious consequences of the previous spell of severe weather. One person has lost their life, while many areas have suffered extensive damage to roads and infrastructure, landslides, disruptions to public utility networks and access problems for mountain settlements. Mylopotamos…
Published on 02/10/2026 – 12:02 GMT+2•Updated 12:56 French high school students lit fires outside schools and faced off with police on Friday as a protest movement that has forced the closure of some 400 establishments showed no sign of abating. The movement, which began last week in the Paris region and rapidly spread nationwide, has seen teenage pupils at lycées in their final years of schooling block access to buildings and clash with police. The Ministry of Education said earlier on Friday that 564 schools had “been the subject of actions or disruptions since the start of the day.” The…
Tourists in east China’s Jiangxi Province have unfurled a giant Chinese flag across a 330‑metre glass bridge in Anyuan County, ahead of the National Day holiday on 1 October. The scene echoes celebrations in Beijing, where thousands assembled before dawn at Tian’anmen Square for the grand ceremony. Escorted by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Guard of Honour, the national flag entered the square to a trumpet fanfare as spectators sang the anthem and waved smaller banners. Doves released to ‘Ode to the Motherland’ closed the ceremony as Golden Week travellers prepared for a week of festivities across China.
The EU is putting an additional €130 million into drone technology as part of a broader push to strengthen border security and counter hybrid threats. The European Commission announced the funding at a meeting of justice and home affairs ministers in Luxembourg – their first in-person talks on migration and border controls since the Ceuta crisis erupted this summer. “Another important topic today is how we work with new technologies, drones. That is important also for border protection, but also for protecting our critical infrastructure,” European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner said on Thursday. In February, the…
Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Madrid on Saturday demanding affordable housing and stronger protections for renters. Demonstrators carried banners, chanted and rattled their house keys as some called for a general strike over housing. The protest came a day after lawmakers rejected emergency measures aimed at addressing Spain’s housing affordability crisis. Public anger has intensified following the eviction of 87-year-old María del Carmen Abascal from her Madrid home last month, which sparked protests and an encampment in the capital’s Puerta del Sol.
Published on 03/10/2026 – 18:32 GMT+2 Thousands of people took to the streets of Paris to take part in Paris Pride, defending the rights of LGBTQ+ people against a backdrop of growing popularity of the far right. As the march set off, Alexandre Schon, co-president of Inter-LGBT, which organises the march, said: “We are just a few months away from the presidential election, so we are calling on LGBT+ people and allies to mobilize for a future based on solidarity.” Adding: “We must stand up against the far right.” The event, which began at Place d’Italie in the south of…
Mass drone attacks, cyberattacks, disinformation and attempts to seize a vessel were among the simulations that Azerbaijan, Turkey and Uzbekistan’s troops rehearsed for the first time together in Azerbaijan over the past few days, designating the current threats that the military forces of these countries are facing in the current geopolitical shifts. More than 3,500 troops from the three countries took part in the “Power of Unity-2026” exercise, held for the first time in the Hojavend district of Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region. Turkish Defence Minister Yaşar Güler highlighted the need for military readiness saying “we will prepare in the best possible…