Europe

The International Committee of the Red Cross has been denied access to Ukrainian prisoners of war held in Russian detention for two years, it told Reuters on Friday. Thousands of ...

The speaker of Sweden’s parliament asked opposition leader and ex-premier Magdalena Andersson of the Social Democrats to form a new government after Sunday’s centre-left election victory. Prime Minister ...

finance minister John Healey will urge his counterparts in the European Union not to exclude Britain from the bloc’s “Made in Europe” industrial policy at a meeting in Dublin ...

Paris prosecutors have opened a criminal probe into suspected sexual harassment involving smart glasses, while French data protection authorities have received complaints from businesses, as countries around the world grapple ...

Ireland will not participate in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest for the second year in a row, broadcaster RTE said on Thursday, citing the ongoing loss of life in Gaza. Ireland ...

Russia battered the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities with missiles and drones overnight, injuring more than two dozen people, officials said on Thursday, hours after the US Congress approved ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday welcomed the proposal of becoming an “associate member” of the European Union, saying Europe and Canada were stronger together and should deepen ties ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday set out a sweeping plan to keep children safe from online dangers, proposing to ban under 13s from social media and ...

President Donald Trump has threatened to take action against the EU if it moves forward with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal to make Canada the bloc’...

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci was found guilty of war crimes including murder, torture and illegal detention by the Kosovo war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Wednesday. Thaci, 58, was ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday she wanted to open the door to Canada becoming the EU’s first “associate member,” in a significant policy shift ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Strasbourg on Wednesday, becoming the first foreign head of government to attend the European Commission president’s State of the Union address, ...

A Greek far-right politician convicted and jailed for co-leading a once-powerful party later declared a criminal organisation was released on Tuesday and signalled a political comeback ahead of next year’...

Turkish authorities detained at least 150 people on Tuesday after police intervened at a gathering outside Istanbul’s Caglayan courthouse, where demonstrators had planned to protest about recent detentions targeting LGBTQ+ ...

Train services were disrupted across the central and northern Netherlands during Tuesday’s morning rush hour by pipes deliberately attached torails, the infrastructure operator ProRail said. Around 20 incidences were reported. ...

A Russian frigate fired two flares towards a Danish military helicopter in international waters off the coast of Denmark, narrowly missing the aircraft on Monday, the Nordic NATO member’s ...

Germany’s under-fire Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on colleagues to look beyond debates about his political future on Monday, warning that the protection of Europe was entering a decisive phase ...

Latvia’s airBaltic voluntarily filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in New York, it said on Monday, as it seeks to restructure its debt pile ...

Sweden’s centre-left opposition on Monday looked set to form the next government as preliminary election results showed it holding a narrow three-seat lead over the right-wing ruling parties with ...

Sweden’s national election results showed a narrow lead early on Monday for the centre-left opposition over the right-wing government, which could halt the Nordic nation’s drift away from ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday reiterated his support for Northern Ireland breaking from the United Kingdom to unify with the Republic of Ireland, but said he would not ...

Lithuania said that a perceived drone sighting in its airspace earlier on Sunday that prompted authorities to close Vilnius airport and NATO to summon at least one fighter jet, turned ...

Swedes were voting in a closely fought election on Sunday that will either bring a far-right party into government for the first time or shift the country back towards the ...

At least five people were wounded in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Odessa on Sunday morning, officials said, a day after strikes on the city killed two ...