Europe bulletin: Estonia airspace breach, UK borrowing surge, EU sanctions Russia

Morning brief: ECB to hold rates; NYC transit lost $1B to fare evasion; Ant unveils robot [https://invezz.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/image-38.webp] Friday’s European news cycle was marked by historic agreements, heightened security concerns, financial strain, and new sanctions on Russia. RUSSIA VIOLATES ESTONIAN AIRSPACE IN ‘BRAZEN’ ACT Estonia said three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets violated its airspace for 12 minutes on Friday, describing the incident as “unprecedentedly brazen.” Tallinn noted it was Russia’s fourth airspace breach this year, escalating tensions on NATO’s eastern flank. The incursion followed major Zapad 2025 military exercises by Russia and Belarus, and came a week after Russian drones entered Polish airspace. Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said Moscow’s “ever-increasing testing of borders” required stronger political and economic countermeasures from Western allies. UK AND IRELAND REACH TROUBLES LEGACY DEAL Britain and Ireland agreed on Friday to scrap the controversial Legacy Act and replace it with a new framework for addressing crimes committed during the Troubles. The agreement, fulfilling a Labour government pledge, will allow inquests halted under the 2023 law to resume. That legislation, introduced by the Conservatives, had granted conditional…