Europe

A Romanian court approved a request from Britain to extradite internet personality Andrew Tate, but postponed doing so until Romanian trial proceedings finish, it said on Tuesday. The court also ...

Greta Thunberg and dozens of other environmental campaigners blocked the main entrances to Sweden’s parliament on Monday in a sit-down protest against the effects of climate change and what ...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog is attending the opening of the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam on Sunday amid pro-Palestinian protests demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. ...

Ireland looked set to reject proposals to replace constitutional references to the makeup of a family and a “mother’s duties in the home” in a significant defeat for the ...

Armenia is considering applying for European Union membership, foreign minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Friday, as it seeks to forge closer ties with the West in the face of tensions ...

Greece’s parliament narrowly passed a bill early on Saturday that will allow foreign private universities to set up branches in the country, bucking weeks of protests by students who ...

The head of the European Commission said on Friday a maritime aid corridor could start operating between Cyprus and Gaza this weekend, part of accelerating Western efforts to relieve the ...

Ukraine will receive 6 billion euros ($6.6 billion) from the European Union via its four-year Ukraine facility in the next two months, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday. The government expects ...

Sexually transmitted infections surged across Europe in 2022, with reported cases of gonorrhoea jumping by nearly a half, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said as it released its ...

Sweden joined NATO in Washington on Thursday, two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced it to rethink its national security policy and conclude that support for the alliance ...

The European Central Bank kept borrowing costs at record highs on Thursday but took a first, small step towards lowering them, saying inflation was easing faster than it anticipated only ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday won the backing of the EU’s leading political group, the centre-right European People’s Party, to head the bloc’s ...

Germany faced strikes on three fronts on Thursday, as train drivers, airport security workers and Lufthansa LHAG.DE ground staff walked off the job, spelling further headaches for millions of ...

An Albanian court jailed an elected mayor from the Greek minority for two years for election fraud, a sentence likely to raise tensions with neighbouring Greece that has warned of ...

Swiss weapons exports fell by more than a quarter last year, the government said on Tuesday, with critics blaming the country’s neutral stance which has blocked the re-export of ...

The European Central Bank meets on Thursday, with markets eyeing any nudge towards an interest rate cut as inflation weakens. The ECB, expected to hold rates at a record 4 per ...

France on Monday enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution, a world first welcomed by women’s rights groups as historic and harshly criticised by anti-abortion groups. MPs and ...

Germany accused Russia on Monday of leaking an intercepted recording of German military discussions about how to support Ukraine against the Kremlin’s invasion in an attempt to divide Europe. ...

Greece, host of the headquarters of the EU operation to shield ships from Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, hopes to play a more central role in ensuring security of ...

Switzerland voted decisively to increase pension payments for the elderly in a referendum on Sunday, as concern over living costs and support for a stronger social safety net trumped questions ...

Police have made two arrests in Berlin during their search for individuals wanted for their suspected involvement in Germany’s notorious Red Army Faction militant group, they said on Sunday. ...

Germany is investigating an audio recording published in Russian media reported to be a conference call of high-ranking German military officials talking about weapons for Ukraine, sparking concerns of espionage ...

International cooperation triggered by a spate of gangland murders in Greece has helped to dismantle a crime ring accused of more than 60 killings across Europe over the past decade, Greek ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) and the Bank of Greece (BoG) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation during a ceremony held in Nicosia. The signing ceremony took place ...