Filed from the Brussels desk — including multi-city pieces that also ran elsewhere.
Business · 21 October 2026
American investors are swooping on Germany's traditional family‑run industrial firms as owners scramble for successors, turning the famed Mittelstand into a transatlantic shopping spree.
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World · 20 October 2026
Nighttime curfews were imposed in parts of Paris, Bordeaux, Nice and Lyon to curb rioting and looting. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the measures kept the peace overnight and warned additional curfews could be…
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World · 20 October 2026
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced partial curfews in selected urban areas after 2,400 arrests, targeting hotspots of looting while leaving most of the country free to enjoy the night.
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Environment · 19 October 2026
France’s interior minister Laurent Nunez said police lost control during weekend protests that saw more than 2,000 shops damaged, costing hundreds of millions of euros, and blamed a lack of anticipation for the chaos.
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World · 19 October 2026
A tent camp in Lisbon has become the flashpoint of a Europe‑wide cost‑of‑living protest, with 50 people detained in Milan and clashes reported in Turin and Bologna.
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Environment · 18 October 2026
Saturday’s cost‑of‑living demonstrations in France erupted into clashes with riot police, resulting in dozens of detentions and drawing attention as a key indicator of the political climate ahead of the elections t…
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Environment · 16 October 2026
The heaviest rainfall in eight decades has turned Istanbul’s streets into rivers, killing three and leaving five missing. While emergency crews work to clear wreckage, Brussels’ climate office is drafting a “Wet‑…
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Politics · 16 October 2026
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control warns that this is the worst West Nile virus season on record, with cases now reported in the Netherlands and Belgium – the most northern occurrences yet in the EU…
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Business · 15 October 2026
Chinese brands are sprinting ahead of their Western rivals in everything from EVs to robot vacuums, while EU regulators scramble over privacy and security worries.
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