Europe

A hostage drama at a nightclub in the eastern Netherlands ended peacefully after several hours on Saturday with the arrest of a suspect – a man wearing a balaclava mask who ...

The government of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis faces a no-confidence vote on Thursday over the handling of a train crash last year that killed 57 people, after media reports emerged ...

A prosecutor at Spain’s High Court is seeking a prison sentence of 2-1/2 years for former football federation chief Luis Rubiales over his unsolicited kiss on player Jenni Hermoso, ...

Several people were killed and more injured in a coach crash on a motorway near the eastern German city of Leipzig on Wednesday, police said. “Several people were fatally injured ...

The individual circumstances of member states should be considered when working towards EU climate goals, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Monday. She was attending the European Union’s Environment ...

The deadline to enter the contest to become the leader of Ireland‘s Fine Gael party – and the country’s next prime minister – has been brought forward by one day ...

By Zafiris Tzannatos What was once a common practice in authoritarian regimes, such as those of Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and Communist Romania, is now being revived all over ...

Tourists arriving at Barcelona’s airport or gazing at its iconic Sagrada Familia basilica will this Easter holiday be met with large signs in English that read: “Drought alert. During ...

Ukraine could dismantle within days its “sponsors of war” blacklist, central to Kyiv’s campaign to expose companies doing business with Russia, after a backlash from countries including China and ...

Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday he would step down as Ireland’s prime minister in a surprise move, saying the country’s coalition government would stand a better chance of ...

Brazilian football player Dani Alves can be released from jail on a one million euro bail while he appeals his rape conviction, after serving about a quarter of his four-and-a-half-year ...

A rare and endangered pygmy hippopotamus has been born in Athens’ Attica Zoological Park for the first time in 10 years, delighting conservationists. A lack of male pygmy hippos in captivity ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will leave for Belgium on Wednesday, where he will visit the College of Europe in Bruges, participate in the European Council summit in Brussels, and hold public ...

The European Union on Monday pledged to spend an initial 7.7 billion euros ($8.39 billion) on humanitarian aid in 2024, less than last year despite soaring needs in Gaza and elsewhere. “I think ...

Lava flows from a volcano in southwest Iceland that had lit up the night sky on Saturday appeared to slow on Sunday, but authorities said they still posed a danger ...

By Maria Demertzis On security issues, the European Union does not speak collectively with one voice and member states are very far from having the same objectives on defence. Yet, ...

In recent decades, a number of factors have contributed to a containment in defence spending, including: (a) the end of the cold war which, unlike prior conflicts, was accomplished peacefully, (...

Ukraine’s backers will use windfall profits on frozen Russian assets to finance arms purchases for Kyiv, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said following a meeting with his French and Polish ...

A shop has opened in Brussels selling still-sealed unwanted Amazon parcels by the kilo, effectively a lottery ticket which could win the holder a connected watch, a smartphone – or a ...

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday after meetings in Washington that the United States should put more pressure on Israel to allow more aid into Gaza, ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday that he would not hold a general election in early May, in the strongest indication yet that the national vote would take ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday Europe should prepare for war if it wants peace, calling President Vladimir Putin’s Russia an adversary that would not stop in Ukraine ...

Dutch politician Geert Wilders said on Wednesday he was ready to forego the job of prime minister in an effort to facilitate the formation of a new right-wing government, nearly ...

European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to provide 5 billion euros for military aid for Ukraine as part of a revamp of an EU-run assistance fund, the Belgian EU presidency said. ...