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School aid: These are the least and most generous countries in the EU

As education costs continue to rise, the amount of public money invested by EU countries appears to be on the decline. The share of GDP spent by EU countries between pre-primary and higher school is now 4.66% of GDP on average – the lowest since 2013, according to Eurostat data.…

Von der Leyen previews new sanctions on Russia, new loan for Ukraine

A great many topics populated Ursula von der Leyen’s 73-minute-long State of the European Union speech on Wednesday morning, from irregular migration and natural disasters to online disinformation and green mobility. But it was Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine that set the scene. “Europe is in a fight,” the president…

Ursula von der Leyen reaches out to the centre and the left

By&nbspVincenzo Genovese&nbsp&&nbspGrégoire Lory Published on 10/09/2025 – 18:44 GMT+2 The annual State of the EU address is a political balancing act. This annual event is an opportunity for the Presidency of the European Commission to set its course for the coming months, but also to get as many MEPs on…

Antisemitism watchdog slams UK government response to 70k rally against Jew-hatred

The left-leaning government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing growing criticism for failing to take seriously a march attended by an estimated 70,000 people Sunday to protest growing antisemitism and violence against Jews.The main surge in British antisemitism has its origins in pro-Palestinian activism that bleeds at times into support…

Austria’s push to scrap nuclear from taxonomy snubbed by EU court

Published on 10/09/2025 – 17:36 GMT+2 Austria’s attempt to prevent the EU categorising nuclear power and natural gas as “sustainable” for the purposes of EU investment schemes was dismissed by the EU court on Wednesday.  Including the two sources of power within the EU taxonomy as sustainable was a “gradual”…

Russia fires drones into Poland days after Trump meeting with NATO ally

Just one week after President Trump met with Polish President Karol Nawrocki at the White House, Russia fired some two dozen drones into the NATO nation on Wednesday.  The assault prompted NATO allies to militarily respond to the apparent Russian attack, and for the first time brought Poland to the closest…

Qatar threatens to ‘retaliate’ against Israel for Doha strike on Hamas

Qatar threatened to “retaliate” against Israel in the wake of an airstrike in Doha that targeted the leaders of Hamas, as the country’s prime minister called the situation a “decisive moment” for the Middle East. “The State of Qatar is committed to act in a decisive way with anything that would…

Did Sánchez ‘regret’ not having a nuclear bomb to stop the Gaza war?

Published on 10/09/2025 – 11:06 GMT+2 •Updated 12:00 A handful of Spanish media reported on Monday that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez had expressed “regret” that his country did not have “nuclear bombs” to stop Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. An article by newspaper La Gaceta was headlined: “Pedro Sánchez…

Watch this: What EU countries use online advertising the most?

By&nbspJulián López, Damaso Jaivenois & Euronews Published on 10/09/2025 – 11:30 GMT+2 Malta leads the European Union in online advertising adoption with over 60% of businesses using digital marketing, while Romania, Poland and Portugal lag behind with fewer than a quarter of companies embracing online ads, according to new Eurostat…