At a meeting in Bishkek, Russia's President Vladimir Putin demanded that Prime Minister Pashinyan hold a referendum on choosing between the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union. Pashinyan rejected the demand, as reported by the BBC.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha has called on the EU to impose a full embargo on alumina and aluminum ore exports to Russia, saying these raw materials are vital for Moscow's military-industrial complex.
After the fatal shootings at a rave in the Swiss canton of Aargau, police have classified the act as a rampage. According to police, the suspect fired more than 40 shots.
Within a short period, there were two attacks on Germany's power supply. In Brandenburg, investigators are now looking into suspected terrorism. In Bergheim near Cologne, five lignite power plant blocks have gone offline.
After the drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport, investigators have apparently identified two suspects. The federal government sees Moscow as the mastermind behind the attempted attack.
The German government wants to strengthen early childhood education with mandatory language and development screenings. Family Minister Prien plans to collect data on children's development by age four at the latest.
Three members of the BSW parliamentary group in the Thuringian state parliament have left the party and group to form a new party. The coalition of CDU, BSW, and SPD loses its previous deadlock and now becomes a true minority government.
AfD candidate Ulrich Siegmund has announced plans to restructure the state's domestic intelligence agency if he wins the election. Sven Schulze has reaffirmed his opposition to the federal government's pension plans.
On September 2, Russia continued its nearly week-long series of intense drone attacks on Kyiv and the region, damaging the National University of Food Technologies.
The European Commission has given the green light for Germany to subsidize the construction of new gas-fired power plants with up to €35 billion. The federal government can now support the projects from 2031.
The German government has approved the draft of its income tax reform. The draft provides for relief of ten billion euros but faces criticism from the opposition and disagreements within the coalition.
A Russian drone strike on a residential building in central Kyiv on Wednesday injured four people, marking the seventh consecutive day of attacks on the Ukrainian capital.
Kyiv police have sealed off Yurii Shumskyi Street in the Dnipro district following reports of a shootout between the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the military intelligence service (HUR), according to Ukrainska Pravda.
More than half of Germans are concerned about a possible AfD government in Saxony-Anhalt, according to an Ipsos survey commissioned by Spiegel.
EU foreign ministers will meet informally in Wicklow, Ireland, on Wednesday to discuss Russia's drone attack on Leipzig and possible new sanctions against Moscow.
The United States has imposed new sanctions on Iran, prompting Tehran to lash out and describe the measures as 'stone age behavior,' according to the Isna news agency.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged support to Iran in its war with the United States, praising the country's resilience. According to the Kyiv Post, Putin made the pledge during a meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of a summit in Kyrgyzstan, promising to provide Tehran with necessary aid and supplies.
After the discovery of an unexploded explosive drone at Leipzig/Halle Airport, the German government imposed punitive measures against Russia. Vladimir Putin called Berlin's sanctions a 'serious mistake', as reported by ZDFheute.
The planned income tax reform is set to be approved by the cabinet today, but Minister Lars Klingbeil will be absent. According to Tagesschau, he is stuck in the US due to a defective government aircraft.