Europe

Published: 25 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Spain will arrive at Wembley as world and European champions, but Luis de la Fuente's team has little interest in treating its extraordinary recent success as a reason to slow down. When Spain face England on Saturday, the occasion will carry the atmosphere of a celebration. It will be the Spanish team's first match in England since lifting...

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Elif Eralp’s rapid rise from a Berlin state parliamentarian to a potential governing mayor has become one of the most closely watched developments in German politics after Die Linke emerged as the strongest party in the capital’s latest state election. For Eralp, a 45-year-old lawyer born to political migrants from Turkey, the result has transformed a campaign built...

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Greece’s long-running campaign to secure the return of the Parthenon marbles from Britain has entered another important phase, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis saying an agreement could still be reached if there is sufficient political will and courage on both sides. However, Athens has made clear that it would not accept an arrangement requiring Greece to recognise the...

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A Paris court has sentenced Roberto Hamidovic, described by investigators as the leader of a long-running family network that exploited children to carry out pickpocketing operations, to eight years in prison for human trafficking and related offences. The case has exposed a complex criminal structure in which children were allegedly sent into some of Paris’s busiest tourist locations...

Published: 21 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have announced plans to strengthen cooperation between France and Canada, as both countries confront a changing international environment and Ottawa seeks closer economic, political and security relations with Europe. The two leaders met on Sunday in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, a French territory in the North Atlantic off Canada’s...

Published: 19 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The United States, Denmark and Greenland have reached an agreement aimed at strengthening security in the strategically important Arctic territory, marking a significant development after months of tension over President Donald Trump's repeated demands for greater American control over Greenland. Trump announced the agreement on Friday, describing it as a major arrangement that would give the United States...

Published: 19 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Europe is confronting a growing climate challenge after a summer marked by record-breaking heat, devastating wildfires, shrinking rivers and reservoirs, extreme rainfall and major damage to infrastructure and agriculture. The scale of the disruption has intensified questions about whether governments are moving quickly enough to address climate change and prepare communities for increasingly severe weather. European Commission President...

Published: 19 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Europe’s long-established reputation for strong public education is facing renewed scrutiny after the latest Programme for International Student Assessment, or Pisa, results showed significant declines across several major education systems. France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland all recorded weaker performances, while Sweden also experienced substantial falls. The United Kingdom, by contrast, recorded comparatively stronger results in the latest...

Published: 12 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Germany’s political establishment is facing renewed pressure after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) made a major breakthrough in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, raising fresh questions about the future of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government and the country’s long-standing strategy of keeping the far right outside mainstream political power. The AfD secured nearly 44% of the vote in...

Published: 12 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Sweden is heading into one of its closest elections in recent history, with the outcome potentially reshaping the country’s political direction and determining whether the far-right Sweden Democrats enter government for the first time. The parliamentary election, taking place on Sunday, comes amid an exceptionally tight contest between the country’s left-leaning and right-leaning political blocs, with the latest...