Europe

Dozens of young partygoers injured in a New Year’s Eve bar fire in Switzerland were transferred to specialist burn units across Europe as they fought for their lives on ...

Bulgaria became the 21st member of the euro zone on Thursday despite opposition from half its electorate, leaving only a handful of countries in the 27-member European Union yet to ...

Around 50 people were killed and around 100 injured, most of them seriously, after fire tore through a crowded bar during a New Year’s Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski ...

Russia’s claim that Ukraine recently attacked key governmental sites in Russia is a “deliberate distraction”, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday. “Moscow aims to derail ...

Train companies said services between Britain and continental Europe would resume on Wednesday but warned of further disruption after technical failures suspended travel the day before and left some passengers ...

Bulgarian banks, businesses and shoppers were preparing this week to say goodbye to the lev currency ahead of a move to adopt the euro on January 1, a long-awaited milestone met ...

Train services through the Channel Tunnel linking Britain and continental Europe were suspended for much of Tuesday after a power supply failure, bringing chaos topeak winter holiday travel. The disruption, ...

A woman was found dead and three people remain missing after a migrant boat sank off the Greek island of Samos early on Monday, the coast guard said. The boat ...

Switzerland cannot defend itself against a full-scale attack and must boost military spending given rising risks from Russia, the head of its armed forces said. The country is prepared for ...

The European Union remains a significant net importer of toys from the rest of the world, according to Eurostat figures for 2024, reflecting a reliance on international manufacturing to meet the ...

The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed visa bans on a former European Union commissioner and anti-disinformation campaigners it says were involved in censoring U.S. social media platforms, in the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump named Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry on Sunday as his special envoy to Greenland, reigniting Danish and Greenlandic alarm over Washington’s plans for the vast, ...

President Emmanuel Macron confirmed on Sunday plans to build a new, larger and more modern aircraft carrier to replace the ageing Charles de Gaulle carrier and boost France’s capacity ...

Sweden’s customs service said on Sunday that authorities had boarded a Russian freighter that anchored in Swedish waters on Friday after developing engine problems, and was conducting an inspection ...

Fatalities resulting from railway accidents across the European Union dropped by 10.8 per cent in 2024 compared with the previous year, falling to 750 from 841 deaths, according to new data released by Eurostat ...

Greece’s Coast Guard rescued about 545 migrants from a fishing boat off Europe’s southernmost island of Gavdos on Friday, one of the biggest groups to reach the country in ...

European Union leaders decided on Friday to borrow cash to fund Ukraine’s defence against Russia for the next two years rather than use frozen Russian assets, sidesteppingdivisions over an ...

The European Central Bank kept its policy rates steady on Thursday and took a more positive view on a euro zone economy that has shown resilience to global trade shocks. ...

European Union leaders were trying to overcome differences on whether to use frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s war effort at a fraught summit on Thursday seen as a ...

Sarajevo authorities issued an air quality warning and imposed a ban on some cars and trucks after it was ranked as the world’s most polluted city on Monday and ...

Europe launched an International Claims Commission for Ukraine on Tuesday in an effort to ensure Kyiv is compensated for hundreds of billions of dollars in damage from Russian attacks and ...

Greece has paid off ahead of schedule debt worth 5.3 billion euros ($6.22 billion) that had been due after 2031, two government officials said. Monday’s payment would allow Greece to save 1.6 billion ...

Prosecutors in Berlin have filed charges against the far-right Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) Matthias Moosdorf for allegedly greeting another party member with the banned Nazi salute during a parliamentary ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy resumed talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys in Berlin on Monday, after the U.S. side said a “lot of progress” had been ...