https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/en-ieRTÉ 2026-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:11:27 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/1002/1593744-eu-meeting-diesel-prices/EU energy officials will meet today amid a growing standoff between Europe and the United States over diesel prices.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:42:27 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/1002/1593744-eu-meeting-diesel-prices/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1001/1593576-france-students-protest/Pupils protest over timetables, class sizes and a shortage of teachers with the government accusing hard-left politicians of encouraging the unrest.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:44:21 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1001/1593576-france-students-protest/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1001/1593580-swiss-glaciers/Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost nearly 20% of their mass in five years, experts have said, with 2026 registering the second-biggest melt on record.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:47:32 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1001/1593580-swiss-glaciers/Climate Changehttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/1001/1593723-diesel-talks/EU energy officials will meet tomorrow amid a growing standoff between Europe and the United States over diesel prices.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:13:41 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/1001/1593723-diesel-talks/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593475-russia-issues-nato-nuclear-warning-amid-baltic-tensions/Russia has warned NATO it would be ready to resort to nuclear ⁠weapons if the Western alliance attempted to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that borders the Baltic Sea.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:03:22 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593475-russia-issues-nato-nuclear-warning-amid-baltic-tensions/NATOhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593429-ceuta-crisis/European countries should have shown more solidarity and offered more support to Spain after the mass arrival in Ceuta of tens of thousands of migrants, Spanish King Felipe VI said during a gala dinner to mark a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:12:47 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593429-ceuta-crisis/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0929/1593302-madrid-pensioner-evicted/Spain's coalition government has said it had agreed proposals including banning evictions until 2030 to address the country's housing crisis.Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:53:58 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0929/1593302-madrid-pensioner-evicted/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593468-russia-ukraine/Russia has unleashed a widely anticipated ⁠air campaign against Ukraine's energy grid, hitting power facilities and infrastructure around Kyiv and other regions.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:06:29 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593468-russia-ukraine/Ukrainehttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0928/1593141-politics-europe-ukraine/The Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee has said the issue of several hundred billion euro in frozen Russian assets should be "kept on the table" as the EU looks for ways to meet Ukraine's defence needs as winter approaches.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:24:34 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0928/1593141-politics-europe-ukraine/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593445-burnham-brexit/French President Emmanuel Macron has reacted to UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham floating the idea of Britain rejoining the European Union by saying in English: "Welcome back."Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:43:04 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0930/1593445-burnham-brexit/UKhttps://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0927/1593129-irish-lourdes/A 14-year-old Irish teenager has brought her cousin to Lourdes to receive a special blessing from Pope Leo.Sun, 27 Sep 2026 20:36:41 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0927/1593129-irish-lourdes/Irelandhttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0928/1593142-pope-france-europe/Pope Leo has said ⁠that negotiators seeking to end war in Europe must be willing to sacrifice some positions to achieve peace, as efforts to end Russia's bloody war in Ukraine continue to fail.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:26:02 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0928/1593142-pope-france-europe/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0928/1593177-madrid-housing-protests/Protesters have begun a third day camped outside the administration of the Madrid region to object to the eviction of an octogenarian and demand stronger protection for tenants in the face of ⁠a lack of housing and soaring rents.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:03:53 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0928/1593177-madrid-housing-protests/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0926/1593059-pope-leo-france/Crowds stretched the length of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, as Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to find happiness in faith, not material things, at the biggest event of his visit to France, an outdoor Mass with an estimated 800,000 people.Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:22:05 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0926/1593059-pope-leo-france/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/technology/2026/0925/1592973-eu-x-platform-fine/The European Union has said that it was "ready to defend" its €120 million fine against Elon Musk's X platform after the United States asked a top court to let it intervene on Mr Musk's side.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:42:32 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/technology/2026/0925/1592973-eu-x-platform-fine/technologyhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0924/1592739-ukraine-russia/A barrage of Russian drone and missile strikes have hit Ukraine, killing six agricultural workers in the east and two people in the capital, Kyiv, in the latest in an intensifying exchange of attacks.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:05:07 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0924/1592739-ukraine-russia/Ukrainehttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0924/1592811-poland-abbey-attack/A knife attack on the grounds of a Benedictine abbey ⁠in southern Poland left a priest dead and at least four injured, local media reported.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:17:58 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2026/0924/1592811-poland-abbey-attack/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0924/1592845-nato-chief-says-alliance-ready-for-russia-hybrid-attack/NATO is "ready" for Russian cyberattacks and other forms of hybrid warfare, the alliance's secretary general has said, urging increased support for Ukraine in response to Moscow's actions.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:58:07 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0924/1592845-nato-chief-says-alliance-ready-for-russia-hybrid-attack/NATOhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0923/1592704-madrid-eviction/Police evicted the woman from her home of more than 70 years despite hundreds protesting and the government criticising the order.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:25:31 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0923/1592704-madrid-eviction/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0923/1592617-colosseum-death/The Colosseum in Rome, a top tourist destination, closed today due to the death of a worker inside overnight, the Italian culture ministry has said in a statement.Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:12:13 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0923/1592617-colosseum-death/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1001/1593599-greece-lake/Before drought took hold, Koroneia Lake in northern Greece was a protected wetland, a ⁠refuge for thousands of migratory and water birds including flamingos, and a magnet for tourists as well as local fishermen and farmers.Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:59:23 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1001/1593599-greece-lake/Climate Changehttps://www.rte.ie/news/us/2026/0922/1592537-greenland-united-nations/The leaders of the US, Denmark and Greenland have signed an agreement that will allow a larger US military presence on Greenland and could end a standoff over the strategically located and mineral-rich island.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:32:52 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2026/0922/1592537-greenland-united-nations/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0922/1592520-nazi-sympahtiser-poland/Poland's intelligence services have arrested a 17-year-old Nazi sympathiser suspected of plotting an attack against a school and a mosque, anti-terror prosecutors in the eastern European country said.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:19:19 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2026/0922/1592520-nazi-sympahtiser-poland/Europehttps://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0922/1592584-greenland-us-denmark-security/The United States, Denmark and Greenland have signed a security agreement aimed at ending months of tension over the Danish self-governing territory after US President Donald Trump's ⁠repeated threats to take control of the vast Arctic island.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:19:34 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0922/1592584-greenland-us-denmark-security/Greenland