Europäische Union

The Council approved conclusions on the EU’s main negotiating positions ahead of the United Nations climate change (COP31) and biodiversity (COP17) summits.

President of the European Council, António Costa, delivered a speech at the opening session of the 24th edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels, on 12 October 2026.

The Council adopted restrictive measures against three individuals and four entities supporting North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction programmes and violating UN sanctions, including through Russia-DPRK cooperation.

The Council has established the EU Support Mission in Lebanon (EUSM Lebanon) to strengthen the Lebanese Armed Forces and Internal Security Forces and support stability in the country.

The Council has adopted restrictive measures against 826 Russian companies and 743 individuals active in Russia’s military-industrial complex in single largest set of listings since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.

The Council has adopted restrictive measures against 77 individuals who were involved -as either candidates or members of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation- in the illegal so-called 'elections' for the Russian State Duma, held in September 2026 in the territories of Ukraine that Russia has temporarily and illegally occupied.

Das Herrentennis hat eine neue Nummer eins – zumindest bald. Nach Carlos Alcaraz' überraschender Niederlage in Shanghai ist Alexander Zverev der Sprung an die Spitze nicht mehr zu nehmen.

Ein 30-jähriger Franzose ist am Sonntag bei einer Wanderung oberhalb von Les Plans-sur-Bex VD rund 300 Meter in die Tiefe gestürzt und gestorben. Die Waadtländer Behörden klären die Unfallursache.

Bei einem Streit in einem Mehrfamilienhaus in Effretikon ZH ist in der Nacht auf Montag ein 32-jähriger Rumäne mit einem Messer verletzt worden. Die Kantonspolizei Zürich verhaftete zwei Landsleute. Der genaue Ablauf ist noch unklar.

Lead: Bentley, Ehebett, Mammutknochen: Heino trennt sich von 1000 Stücken aus seinem Leben. Der Erlös geht an seinen Enkel Lennie.

Russland weist den von US-Präsident Donald Trump angekündigten Energie-Waffenstillstand mit der Ukraine wohl zurück. Aussenminister Sergei Lawrow sagte in Moskau, Wolodimir Selenski habe «keine Pause verdient».

South African lawyer and human rights activist Navanethem "Navi" Pillay has been announced as the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Pillay served as a judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague from 2003 to 2008 and then as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights until 2014. Just a few hours after the Nobel Prize Committee in Oslo announced its decision on Friday, the US tightened its sanctions against the ICC.

In France, MEP Raphaël Glucksmann has won the social democrats' primary to become the centre-left's presidential candidate. In a joint primary organised by his party, Place Publique, and the Socialist Party (PS), he secured around 66 percent of the vote, finishing well ahead of PS leader Olivier Faure and former minister Ségolène Royal. What does his victory mean for the left?

The press briefing will take place on Tuesday, 13 October 2026 at 14.30.

The Council has prolonged the application of the framework for restrictive measures against the proliferation and use of chemical weapons for five years, until 30 October 2031, and the validity of individual listings within that framework, for one year until 30 October 2027.