Europe

Residents and emergency workers raced to secure river banks in the historic Polish city of Wroclaw on Tuesday, as they prepared for flood waters that have wreaked havoc and killed ...

Dominique Pelicot, the Frenchman accused of drugging his wife and recruiting dozens of strangers to rape her over nearly a decade, on Tuesday admitted the various charges he faces and ...

Cyprus’ Costas Kadis was named as European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans on Tuesday by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Von der Leyen announced the roles of her 26 ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is set to assign jobs in the EU’s executive body on Tuesday, confirming which countries’ representatives will win powerful roles on trade, ...

Residents of several areas of Poland and the Czech Republic rushed to evacuate on Monday as others in central Europe began cleaning up after the worst flooding in over two ...

Greece expects its revenues from tourism to hit 22 billion euros ($24.48 billion) this year, reaching another record high, the country’s tourism minister said on Monday. Greece reported record tourism revenues ...

Germany reintroduced temporary border checks including at its frontiers with France and the Netherlands on Monday as part of efforts to combat irregular migration and cross-border crime. The coalition government ...

German police and prosecutors are investigating an explosion that occurred in central Cologne early Monday, a police spokesperson said, adding that there was no indication of a terrorist motive for ...

More rivers in central Europe spilled their banks on Monday in flooding that has killed at least 10 people from Poland to Romania and left many towns submerged or hit by ...

Thierry Breton of France stepped down as a member of the European Commission on Monday and will no longer be his country’s candidate for the next EU executive body, ...

One person drowned in southwestern Poland, a rescue worker was killed in Austria and thousands were evacuated in the Czech Republic after heavy rain continued to batter central Europe on ...

Hundreds of people, mostly women, gathered in cities across France on Saturday in support of Gisele Pelicot whose husband is on trial, accused of drugging her and recruiting dozens of ...

At least four people died and thousands of homes were damaged by flooding in eastern Romania on Saturday, officials said, as surging river levels put authorities on alert in much ...

Greece’s prime minister has asked the EU to urgently respond to soaring power prices in central and eastern Europe, which Athens said are being exacerbated by Russian attacks on ...

Prague was putting up flood defences in the city’s historic centre on Friday after Czech forecasters expanded a warning for extreme rainfall to areas of the country including the ...

An inexorable decline in the number of working age Europeans will put a huge strain on welfare systems and public finances in coming decades, according to a report that will ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday that increased migration flows cannot be addressed by unilaterally scrapping the Schengen zone. Germany this week announced plans to impose tighter checks ...

Germany’s foreign ministry mocked U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s false assertion about immigrants eating pets in a post on the social platform X on Wednesday while ...

Germany’s government announced plans to impose tighter controls at all of the country’s land borders in what it called an attempt to tackle irregular migration and protect the ...

Greece plans to impose a €20 levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season, in a bid to avert overtourism, Prime Minister ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised to increase pensions, cut taxes and social security contributions, and increase the minimum wage in 2025, as thousands rallied to protest a high cost of ...

On a sweltering summer morning in Serbia’s capital Belgrade, Vadim Morus, a professional ice skater from Russia, glides across an outdoor rink. Morus is 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from his native ...

Drone sightings prompted Sweden to temporarily halt air traffic at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport overnight, police said on Monday. Police have launched an investigation into possible airport sabotage, they said ...

France has asked the European Commission to extend beyond September 20 a deadline for submitting a plan to reduce its public deficit to align with Paris’ 2025 draft budget, La Tribune du ...