Volkswagen cuts 100,000 jobs - largest restructuring in automotive history. Workers fury and disappointment. Four German plants future unclear. Shares up 10%. Competing with Chinese rivals.
Frieden and Costa push for Savings and Investment Union deal by year-end. Public money limited, private capital needed. EU budget tensions continue. Luxembourg rejects new borrowing and tobacco tax. Costa condemns Leipzig incident.
18-month-old toddler dies after being accidentally struck by father's car at campsite in Grostenquin, Moselle. Family from Stuttgart had just arrived at Capfun de la Tensch campsite. Police suggest tragic accident.
Europe bids to be robot superpower like US and China. AI-powered robots showcase at European Parliament. Europe needs more investment and political will. Vision: robotic industry size of automotive in 10 years.
Luxembourg comic book pioneer and author Pe'l Schlechter dies at 105. Designed National Lottery posters for decades. Won national book prize at 92 for De Pol muss an de Krich. Forced into Wehrmacht, hid in Netherlands.
Far-right AfD eyes huge win in east German state vote in Saxony-Anhalt. AfD polling at 40%+. Candidate Siegmund promises remigration, ban on rainbow flags, end to wind farms. BfV categorises AfD as right-wing extremist.
France recorded its hottest summer ever since measurements began in 1900. 53 days of heatwave conditions, 23-day heatwave matching 1983 record. Six times more area burned by wildfires.
US feminist icon Gloria Steinem dies at 92. Founded Ms Magazine, exposed Playboy Club sexism, Presidential Medal of Freedom 2013. Lived true to her independent spirit.