A dispute over an old sailing ship and the name of a swimming pool has thrown Montenegro’s path to EU membership into disarray. Croatia is demanding measures rooted in the war in the former Yugoslavia before it will consider admitting its neighbour.
World politicsThe EU leadership is tightening its tone regarding the funeral of war criminal Ratko Mladic in Serbia, after criticism that its language was too evasive.
World politicsEU chief Ursula von der Leyen promises that Ukraine will receive the promised 90 billion euros "one way or another." - Today we stand in Kyiv on a cruel anniversary. But the resilience of the Ukrainian people is unbroken, she said in Kyiv on the fourth anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the European countries for their support.
ConflictsCroatia won bronze in the European Handball Championship. Now the players have been welcomed home by controversial artist Marko Perković.
SportsMarko Perkovic, also known as Thompson, set a record for the audience during a concert in Croatia with 450,000 sold tickets. The singer has several times shown pronazististic sympathies and been forbidden to perform in other countries.
MusicA teenager has attacked students and teachers with a knife at a school in Zagreb, Croatia. A seven-year-old girl is dead and several people are injured, according to the authorities.
WorldMeasured calls for restraint in the climate fight and frustration over lack of will and ambition. It's a long way between the leaders at COP29. What on earth are we doing here if there's no political will to agree? wonders Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama.
Swedish politicsAcute crisis meetings await in the EU if the votes are not enough for Ursula von der Leyen. The drama is great when the German woman puts her career at stake in a single decisive vote.
WorldEU countries are still not in agreement about five more years with Ursula von der Leyen as chair of the EU Commission. The decision is delayed until at least next week since leaders at the EU's top meeting wanted more involvement – or a larger share of the cake.
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