Europe

Switzerland cannot defend itself against a full-scale attack and must boost military spending given rising risks from Russia, the head of its armed forces said. The country is prepared for ...

The European Union remains a significant net importer of toys from the rest of the world, according to Eurostat figures for 2024, reflecting a reliance on international manufacturing to meet the ...

The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed visa bans on a former European Union commissioner and anti-disinformation campaigners it says were involved in censoring U.S. social media platforms, in the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump named Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry on Sunday as his special envoy to Greenland, reigniting Danish and Greenlandic alarm over Washington’s plans for the vast, ...

President Emmanuel Macron confirmed on Sunday plans to build a new, larger and more modern aircraft carrier to replace the ageing Charles de Gaulle carrier and boost France’s capacity ...

Sweden’s customs service said on Sunday that authorities had boarded a Russian freighter that anchored in Swedish waters on Friday after developing engine problems, and was conducting an inspection ...

Fatalities resulting from railway accidents across the European Union dropped by 10.8 per cent in 2024 compared with the previous year, falling to 750 from 841 deaths, according to new data released by Eurostat ...

Greece’s Coast Guard rescued about 545 migrants from a fishing boat off Europe’s southernmost island of Gavdos on Friday, one of the biggest groups to reach the country in ...

European Union leaders decided on Friday to borrow cash to fund Ukraine’s defence against Russia for the next two years rather than use frozen Russian assets, sidesteppingdivisions over an ...

The European Central Bank kept its policy rates steady on Thursday and took a more positive view on a euro zone economy that has shown resilience to global trade shocks. ...

European Union leaders were trying to overcome differences on whether to use frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s war effort at a fraught summit on Thursday seen as a ...

Sarajevo authorities issued an air quality warning and imposed a ban on some cars and trucks after it was ranked as the world’s most polluted city on Monday and ...

Europe launched an International Claims Commission for Ukraine on Tuesday in an effort to ensure Kyiv is compensated for hundreds of billions of dollars in damage from Russian attacks and ...

Greece has paid off ahead of schedule debt worth 5.3 billion euros ($6.22 billion) that had been due after 2031, two government officials said. Monday’s payment would allow Greece to save 1.6 billion ...

Prosecutors in Berlin have filed charges against the far-right Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) Matthias Moosdorf for allegedly greeting another party member with the banned Nazi salute during a parliamentary ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy resumed talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys in Berlin on Monday, after the U.S. side said a “lot of progress” had been ...

The European Commission is expected on Tuesday to reverse the EU’s effective ban on sales of new combustion-engine cars from 2035, bowing to intense pressure from Germany, Italy and European ...

The Cyprus-Greece Business Association on Friday congratulated Greece’s Minister of National Economy and Finance Kyriacos Pierrakakis, on his assumption of the Eurogroup presidency. In a statement from the association, ...

A US travel association, a top Democrat, and would-be travellers from Europe and Australia are bristling at President Donald Trump’s new plan to require Europeans and other visitors using ...

Eurobank and National Bank of Greece are positioned at the top of the European banking ranking for return on equity, according to a pan-European report from UBS, which confirmed the ...

Lithuania’s government on Tuesday declared a state of emergency over smuggler balloons originating in Belarus that have disrupted aviation,and asked parliament to allow the military to operate alongside ...

President Donald Trump called a fine imposed on Elon Musk’s social media company X by European Union tech regulators “a nasty one” and said he did not understand how ...

Norwegian police said on Monday they had arrested a suspected shooter after receiving reports of gunfire at Oslo’s largest shopping centre. Police said in a statement that no injured ...

Bucharest elected a liberal mayor in Sunday’s local election, partial results showed, giving Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan the upper hand in a fragile pro-European ruling coalition and handing a ...