A day after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition limped out of a bruising weekend-long meeting with a gas-tax cut for consumers, his conservative economy minister was greeted like a champion a...

The next time Donald Trump tries to push America’s traditional allies into line, the German government intends to be better prepared.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s effort to reboot Germany’s economy ran into a fresh challenge after his Social Democratic coalition partners suffered a stinging election defeat in a party stronghold.

Friedrich Merz will have another chance to secure a regional election victory on Sunday after the German chancellor’s conservative party suffered a bruising defeat in a wealthy southwestern state two ...

Laura Poitras talks about the BAFTA-nominated documentary that took her decades to make, Snowden’s secrets, and life on a US terror watchlist.

Slovak leader Robert Fico, whose allegiance with Donald Trump and running battles with European Union institutions have defined his premiership, is offering an olive branch to EU partners.

The number of Russian soldiers killed in action in the war on Ukraine has jumped in recent weeks, a dynamic that — if sustained — could make it hard for the Kremlin to replace troops without some form...

The Czech Republic’s new government will seek to transform the defense industry into an engine of the nation’s export economy as the flagship auto sector faces stiffening competition, a senior cabinet...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban spent the past 16 years perfecting what he called an “illiberal laboratory” in the European Union member state, holding it up as an election-proof model for natio...

The deal that persuaded President Donald Trump to defuse an escalating crisis over Greenland paves the way for NATO to beef up security in the Arctic region and fend off any threat from Russia or Chin...

European officials are growing concerned that an emerging US-brokered peace deal in Ukraine could be exploited by Russia, paving the way for a re-invasion of territory in the war-battered nation’s eas...

Vilnius is the only European capital that allows hot-air balloons to float over the city center, making them a signature of the skyline in the summer months.

Trailing in the polls, the EU’s longest-serving leader and nationalist firebrand is considering how to stick around.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said negotiators discussing a US-brokered peace initiative remain divided over territory as President Donald Trump expressed disappointment in Kyiv’s handling o...

US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukra...

Belarus’s leader released additional political prisoners and said he’ll seek a fresh round of talks with US officials in the latest signal that his Russian-aligned regime is making overtures to the We...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy implored European Union allies to overcome their divisions on the use of frozen Russian assets, saying fresh funding is critical for his war-battered economy to...

Billionaire Andrej Babis set about forging a new Czech government hours after scoring his best-ever election victory, with his return to power poised to bolster the ascendant ranks of populist leaders...

Andrej Babis heads into this weekend’s election with promises to grow the economy more quickly and reverse some austerity.

In 2021, there were sometimes four flights a week from Baghdad to Minsk. In Daugavpils, in southeastern Latvia, authorities knew the schedule. “We know the time it takes to drive,” Lt. Col. Vadims Gri...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is broadening his effort to destabilize the West, forcing European leaders to reassess the scale of the threat and rush in new defenses.

European diplomats warned the Kremlin this week that NATO is ready to respond to further violations of its airspace with full force, including by shooting down Russian planes, according to officials f...

Russian forces struggling to gain ground in Ukraine are sending troops and supplies through empty gas pipelines in order to evade deadly drone strikes.

Russia led a mobilization of some 200,000 troops four years ago as part of wargames with its ally Belarus. Months later, President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine.

Slovenia’s top diplomat warned the European Union risked projecting a double standard if it failed to take Israel to task for the bloodshed in the Gaza Strip even as it moves ahead with additional san...

Taps running dry are part of life in Bulgaria — and a cautionary tale for the rest of Europe grappling with climate change.

The Czech Republic must drop its penchant for “fiscal self-flagellation” in favor of investing in economic growth, according to a senior official from an opposition party poised to sweep to victory in...

US and European officials started work on bolstering Ukraine’s military, part of a package of security guarantees that will open a path to a landmark meeting between presidents Vladimir Putin and Volo...

Washington and Moscow are aiming to reach a deal to halt the war in Ukraine that would lock in Russia’s occupation of territory seized during its military invasion, according to people familiar with t...

The revival of Nazi-era symbolism is dominating the summer tourist season, and some politicians are embracing it.

Ukraine’s anti-corruption officials fear that pressure will remain from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s administration even after he backed down over a measure to strip anti-graft agencies of their in...

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s abrupt decision to hobble anti-corruption authorities in Kyiv blindsided Ukraine’s allies and may have inflicted lasting damage to its ambition to join the European Uni...

Ukrainian lawmakers approved legislation that would strip the nation’s anti-corruption agencies of their independence and potentially cripple efforts to tackle high-level graft.

At Moscow’s central Taganskaya metro station, commuters stream past a newly-restored monument to a former ruler whose reputation is undergoing a dramatic revision in Russia: Joseph Stalin.

Ukraine’s new prime minister said she’s likely to seek more financing from the International Monetary Fund as she sets out to shore up the nation’s fiscal needs with no end in sight to Russia’s war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s cabinet overhaul this week was part of an effort to move into position presidential loyalists who can potentially win favor with Donald Trump.

Donald Trump’s plan to allow the European Union pay for arms supplied to Ukraine is piling pressure on EU officials negotiating how to finance the bloc’s defense-spending ambitions.

North Korea is now supplying as much as 40% of Russia’s ammunition for the war in Ukraine as the partnership between Pyongyang and Moscow deepens, according to the head of Ukrainian military intellige...

Donald Tusk’s premiership is reeling from a presidential election debacle that’s left the Polish leader diminished in the face of a resurgent nationalist opposition.

NATO is asking European member states to expand ground-based air-defense capabilities fivefold as the alliance races to fill a key gap in response to the threat of Russian aggression, people familiar ...

A nationalist candidate backed by Donald Trump was on course to win Poland’s presidential election, defeating the centrist mayor of Warsaw in a blow to the country’s pro-European Union government.

Germany agreed to provide Ukraine with €5 billion ($5.7 billion) in military aid as part of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s pledge to help Kyiv build long-range weapons to hit targets on Russian territory...

The ballot numbers added up for Romania’s Nicusor Dan, the one-time math prodigy who defeated a formidable far-right challenger to win the Black Sea nation’s presidency this month.

Russian forces in Ukraine have made only small territorial gains this year amid steady resistance from Kyiv’s military, undercutting President Vladimir Putin’s assertions that his army has gained the ...

Romania’s track record as a reliable supporter of the European project will be put to the test Sunday as an ultranationalist Donald Trump disciple contends for the presidency against a one-time math p...

Romania’s presidential runoff is shaping up to be a tight contest between a far-right party leader who stands to upend the Black Sea nation’s pro-European path and a contender promising a more centris...

The world’s longest-serving central bank governor is confronting Romania’s biggest market selloff since the global financial crisis after a surge in far-right support in a presidential ballot Sunday s...

Romanians will have another go at a presidential election on Sunday after the shock victory of a far-right fringe candidate last year prompted accusations of Kremlin interference and the cancellation ...