Britain is seeking to avoid a `hard´ border between the north and the south by using Irish ports and airports for UK immigration controls. This will enhance border controls concerning illegal immigration by strengthening the external borders of the Common Travel Area (CTA). The CTA between Ireland and the UK allows for full freedom of movement between people on both islands and would still be guaranteed if Irish ports and airports would be used for immigration controls. A `hard´ border, which both governments try to avoid, would aggravate the economic cooperation between both regions and the areas along the border would suffer.

The euro zone finance ministers approved 1.1 billion euros after Greece was given a positive review concerning the outstanding reforms. Nonetheless, Greece hoped to receive 2.8 billion euros from this third aid package. The decision about the remaining 1.7 billion was postponed until the end of October, as data on arrears payments for September is still missing from Athens. These funds were part of the third bailout program, 86 billion euros, which was agreed upon with the euro zone members in 2010. In return, Greece had to carry out reforms concerning pensions, labor markets and privatizations. So far 33.5 billion euros had been approved by the EU.  

The independent Hungarian tradition newspaper "Nepszabadsag" has surprisingly stopped publication on Saturday. The owner of the Austrian-owned Mediaworks AG, justified this decision by emphasizing the losses of the newspapers and the need to aim for a more viable business model. Also the currently ruling Fidesz party has described the closure as a business decision. Many of the employees just learned about the closure of the newspaper when they were denied entry on Saturday and now the employees talked about a "coup" that was politically motivated. 

In light of the recent protests throughout Poland, the Polish lawmakers voted on Thursday to reject the recent abortion ban. In the last week, many women have protested around the country in complete rage over the proposal. The ban, proposed by an anti-abortion group, would have imposed much stricter regulations on abortions than those already in place. Among the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe, Poland's laws only allowed the procedure to be done in the case of rape or incest. The law proposed would have forced women to carry out their term.

“Britain wants to leave the European Union and not to pay for that? - it is impossible” said the President of France Francois Hollande at the Jacques Delors Institute in Paris. According to the French Leader EU has to keep its hard position towards Brexit, otherwise "the principles of EU will be questioned". He called “hard Brexit” the biggest crisis in European Union’s history.

UK Home secretary Amber Rudd announced that she will consider tightening rules for hiring foreigners and add restrictions on overseas students. Rudd, who took over the post when Theresa May became the PM, made a key speech at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham. She claimed that an excessively large number of migrants was one of the causes of Brexit and argued that although “[i]mmigration has brought to the UK many benefits”, net migration must be reduced in order to win over public opinion.