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Turkey is struggling with high inflation: consumer prices have risen by 19.25 percent in the past year and food prices by as much as 29 percent. President Erdoğan has accused five major supermarket chains of causing the extreme increase in prices and declared war on them. Commentators say his risky financial policy is to blame.

The Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) has won a surprise victory in local elections in Graz. Its candidate Elke Kahr could now lead a communist-social democrat-green coalition (red-red-green) coalition as mayor of Austria's second largest city. The conservative mayor Siegfried Nagl (ÖVP), who held his post for many years, resigned on the eve of the election. The KPÖ's success is above all due to its citizen-oriented policies, commentators believe.

The European Commission has proposed a coherent strategic approach and strong policy framework to meet the targets of the EU Climate Law. However, technical details for biofuels risk undermining the overall goal of a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions....

The top Democrat and Republican on the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee have urged President Joe Biden to “ensure full accountability” over a World Bank data-rigging controversy that has embroiled International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva. The panel’s chairman, Senator...

The EU should ensure that our continent’s craft heritage is protected and easily identifiable internationally, writes Sebastiano Costalonga.

Following the chaotic evacuation of international embassy staff from Kabul in August, the European External Action Service is now “working on a possible presence on the ground”, according to an EU official during an off-the-record briefing on Monday (27 September).

Britain put the army on standby to deliver fuel from Tuesday after an acute shortage of truckers triggered panic buying that left fuel pumps dry across the land and raised fears that hospitals would be left without doctors and nurses.

European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde told EU lawmakers on Monday that the recent uptick in inflation was likely to be a temporary phenomenon.

British airline easyJet said it had received acceptances from shareholders for 93% of the new shares it sold as part of a 1.2 billion pound ($1.64 billion) rights issue aimed at funding its recovery from the pandemic.

Analysis: after Germany’s climate election, UN summit delegates will be watching to see what is agreed on coal phase-out

Three Polish regions on Monday (27 September) revoked their self-proclaimed status as "LGBT-ideology free zones" after the European Union launched legal action and threatened to withhold funding.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about the reactions of several Capitals to the German election results, the UK Labour party being more divided than ever, and so much more.

Electric car maker Polestar, controlled by Sweden's Volvo Cars and its Chinese owner Geely, said on Monday (27 September) it plans to go public in a stock market debut that could value it at around $20 billion (€17 billion).