Europe

Journalists at Italian state broadcaster RAI have called a one-day byline strike for Friday, escalating a standoff with management over a gaffe-strewn commentary at the opening of the Winter Olympics. ...

Most of the 15 Afghan migrants who were killed off the Greek island of Chios last week when their dinghy collided with a coast guard vessel died of head injuries, not ...

The Council of Europe, the continent’s leading human rights watchdog, said on Wednesday it has agreed to lift the diplomatic immunity of its former Norwegian secretary general, allowing police ...

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday she would propose a list of concessions that Europe should demand from Russia as part of a settlement to end ...

The Cypriot EU Council Presidency’s latest attempt to advance the EU’s tobacco tax reform was put to the test on Wednesday 21 January, when officials convened in the Council’...

Europe should brace for more moments of U.S. hostility, French President Emmanuel Macron has warned, and should treat what he called the “Greenland moment” as a wake‑up call ...

Portugal’s socialist president-elect Antonio Jose Seguro won three quarters of votes cast by Portuguese nationals in Cyprus at the weekend’s presidential election. In total, Seguro won 12 votes, with ...

Survivors of a shipwreck that killed 15 Afghan migrants off Greece last week said that the dinghy they were in did not change course or ram a coastguard vessel, contradicting the ...

Thousands of people took to the streets of Milan on Saturday in a protest over housing costs and environmental concerns on the first full day of the Milano Cortina Winter ...

By Asbel Bohigues As governments around the world tighten migration controls, Spain has taken a strikingly different path. In January 2026, the Spanish cabinet approved a decree opening a pathway to ...

Authorities in southern Spain have evacuated residential areas out of fear a major river could overflow and warned of landslides caused by bursting aquifers on Friday after Storm Leonardo swept ...

An elderly man died in flood waters in Portugal and a woman was swept away by a swollen river in Spain after trying to rescue her dog, as Storm Leonardo ...

Ukraine and Russia concluded a second day of US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi on Thursday to end Europe’s most destructive conflict since World War II, agreeing to a major ...

The European Union is mulling a new strategy in its diplomatic efforts on climate change after a bruising U.N. summit last year where it struggled to rally support for ...

The European Union’s new agency formed to fight dirty money said on Wednesday it was on track to be fully operational in 2028, as it set out its plan to ...

On 21 January, a highly-anticipated vote in the European Parliament (EP) pushed the newly signed EU–Mercosur trade agreement into uncertainty. By a narrow margin, MEPs opted to refer the deal ...

Fifteen migrants died in the Aegean Sea off Greece after their boat collided with a coast guard vessel off the island of Chios, the coast guard said. A coastguard official ...

The son of Norway’s crown princess pleaded not guilty to rape and domestic violence but admitted to some lesser charges on the first day of his trial on Tuesday, ...

Spain and Greece on Tuesday proposed bans on social media use by teenagers, marking a hardening of attitudes by European nations against technology platforms they say are designed to be ...

Greece’s prime minister proposed on Monday reviewing ministers’ legal immunity and guaranteed “jobs for life” for state-sector workers in a bid to restore voters’ trust after a graft scandal ...

Commuters across Germany faced freezing temperatures and empty platforms on Monday as tens of thousands of public transport workers walked off the job in a strike called by trade union ...

By Lili Bayer and John Irish BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers on Thursday agreed to include the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the bloc’s list of terrorist ...

Turkey’s defence ministry said on Thursday that Ankara has issued a maritime notice pushing Greece to coordinate with Ankara on all research activities in parts of the Aegean Sea ...

NBG Securities remained positive on Greek equities in 2026, citing scope for further gains as it raised its target prices by an average of around 13 per cent for the stocks under ...