#Europa

The Hôtel de Matignon, the official residence of the French prime minister, on rue de Varenne in Paris, in 2017. The social conference called by Sébastien Lecornu is set to be held there on 9 November.

France sees between 575,000 and 1.57 million protesters over pay, and Lecornu calls a social conference for Monday

The seat of the European Central Bank and the Frankfurt skyline, in Germany, in 2015.

Eurozone inflation climbs to 4.0% in October, its highest in more than three years

A Delhaize Shop and Go store at Brussels-Schuman station in Belgium, in September 2026. The photograph is from the archive and does not show one of the affected stores.

Cyberattacks tamper with supermarket freezers in five European countries, and stores throw food away

A peaceful demonstration by the "Gen Z regelt" movement at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on the afternoon of October 31, 2026.

More than 100 police officers injured in Germany after Gen Z protests end in looting in Frankfurt

Iliana Iotova at a European Parliament debate on the Schengen area in 2016, when she was a member of the European Parliament.

Iliana Iotova wins Bulgaria's presidential runoff with about 57% and becomes the first woman elected to the office

President Iliana Yotova hands Andrey Gyurov, then deputy governor of the Bulgarian National Bank, the mandate to form a caretaker cabinet, in February 2026. The two now face each other in the presidential runoff.

Bulgaria heads to a presidential runoff on 1 November after turnout of barely 22%

A red-level heatwave alert in the Paris metro, at Châtelet station, on 13 July 2026.

Climate and health

Summer 2026 killed more than 50,000 people in European cities, and two-thirds of the deaths are blamed on global warming

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in May 2026. Demonstrators are demanding his resignation.

Albania's Education Ministry catches fire during student protest, and Tirana counts 39 arrests in two days

The seat of the European Central Bank and the Frankfurt skyline at dawn, in 2015.

Euro area inflation rises to 3.8% in September as energy costs jump 18.8% in a year

US airmen change an engine on a B-1 Lancer bomber at RAF Fairford, England, in November 2023.

UK prime minister sees "strong indications" of Iranian involvement in the Fairford air base case, but offers no evidence

Sophie Binet, general secretary of the CGT, leading a union march in Paris in March 2024.

French public workers strike over a pay freeze as 440 are detained in school blockades

Spain's Housing and Urban Agenda Minister, Isabel Rodríguez, on the steps of the Council of Ministers building in Madrid in November 2023.

Spain extends its eviction shield to 2030 and bars property purchases by vulture funds

Aleksandar Vučić at the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade, in July 2024.

Vučić resigns as Serbia's president and will run for prime minister on 25 October

Elif Eralp, Die Linke's lead candidate, at the party's closing campaign rally for the Berlin election, outside the Rotes Rathaus, on 18 September 2026.

Die Linke wins Berlin while the AfD comes first in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Magdalena Andersson and Ulf Kristersson debating in the chamber of the Riksdag in Stockholm in November 2025.

Sweden's Kristersson resigns after final count gives the opposition 176 of 349 seats

The Manifa oil field on Saudi Arabia's east coast, photographed from the International Space Station in August 2023.

Aramco tells European refiners they will get no crude in October