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Analysis-Moldova’s government works to secure pro-EU path after big election win

3 Oct 2025

By Dan Peleschuk CHISINAU (Reuters) -New power lines and wind farms; swift prosecutions of alleged Russian-backed saboteurs; winning hearts and minds. Moldova’s government is focusing on its next battles to secure a future in Europe and break out of Russia’s grasp. After the ruling pro-EU party’s triumph in a high-stakes parliamentary election on Sunday, current …

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Sweden plans to boost coast guard surveillance in Baltic Sea

3 Oct 2025

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Sweden is proposing legislation to increase security in the Baltic Sea by expanding its coast guard’s ability to conduct maritime surveillance, the Nordic country’s defence ministry said on Friday. The Baltic Sea region is on heightened alert following a string of undersea cable and gas pipeline outages in the years following Russia’s 2022 …

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Suspected ‘shadow fleet’ tanker sets sail from western France

3 Oct 2025

By Nerijus Adomaitis (Reuters) -The Boracay, a tanker under Western sanctions on suspicion of being part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” and also facing a separate investigation by French authorities, has set sail from where it was anchored off western France, according to MarineTraffic data. It was unclear why the vessel, which was heading southwest down the …

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Trump casts shadow over Nobels as prize-awarding body warns academic freedom at risk

3 Oct 2025

By Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -As scientists ready for next week’s Nobel Prize announcements, one awarding body is warning academic freedom is under threat in the U.S. and elsewhere, with political interference risking long-lasting negative effects. U.S. President Donald Trump has introduced or proposed a swathe of measures in his second term that critics argue …

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Swiss Army ramps up drone defence systems after sightings

3 Oct 2025

(Reuters) -Switzerland said on Friday it is beefing up its anti-drone defence systems to safeguard military infrastructure following a recent increase in drone sightings in Europe. The Swiss Army has tasked the federal office for defence procurement, armasuisse, with acquiring the systems following successful field trials this summer, the government said. “Based on these findings …

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Sweden urges EU to simplify drone procurement standards

3 Oct 2025

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson called on the European Union to simplify procurement standards for drones while maintaining that responsibility for strengthening anti-drone capabilities should lie with individual member states rather than the bloc as a whole. European leaders met in Copenhagen this week amid growing concerns over drone incursions, …

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Dutch Supreme Court orders government to review jet parts export licence to Israel

3 Oct 2025

By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ordered the Dutch government on Friday to review its policies on weapons exports to Israel. The court did not uphold a ban on the export of parts for F-35 fighter jets ordered by a lower court last year, but it said …

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Spain seeks to make abortion a constitutional right, 40 years after legalising it

3 Oct 2025

By David Latona MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s leftist government plans to enshrine the right to abortion in the constitution amid what it views as a global onslaught on reproductive freedom, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday. If passed, the Mediterranean nation would become the second country in the world to make abortion rights constitutional after …

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Anglican grouping GAFCON objects to female Archbishop of Canterbury

3 Oct 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -GAFCON, a grouping of conservative Anglican churches across Africa and Asia, said the Church of England’s appointment of its first female Archbishop of Canterbury showed that the English arm of the church had “relinquished its authority to lead”. “Today’s appointment makes it clearer than ever before that Canterbury has relinquished its authority to …

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Texas woman sentenced to five years for attempted drowning of Muslim child

3 Oct 2025

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Texas woman was sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to drown a 3-year-old Palestinian-American Muslim girl in a May 2024 incident that local police said was motivated by racial bias. Court records and proceedings cited by CBS News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram showed Judge Andy Porter …

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