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Analysis-Mark Rutte's NATO mission: rally West, reassure East, help Ukraine
BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM - - NATO's next boss, Mark Rutte, will need all the coalition-building skills he honed as Dutch prime minister to hold...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
Analysis-France's new government is fragile but don't write it off just yet
PARIS - It's a mess, but it might just hold. Despite looking like the most unstable French administration in recent history, despised by...
Sep 28, 20243 min read
Regional victory brings Germany's Scholz brief respite from growing pressure within party
BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) staved off the far-right in a regional election on Sunday, likely...
Sep 23, 20243 min read
Scholz's Social Democrats fend off far-right in German state vote, early results suggest
BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) looked set to fend off the far-right in a state election in Brandenburg...
Sep 23, 20243 min read
Factbox-Austrian political parties' plans for the economy
VIENNA - Austria holds a general election on Sunday with the next government facing an economy poised to contract for a second year...
Sep 23, 20243 min read
Ukraine joins NATO drill to test anti-drone systems
VREDEPEEL, Netherlands - NATO concluded a major anti-drone exercise this week, with Ukraine taking part for the first time as the Western...
Sep 21, 20242 min read
EU's von der Leyen announces 35 billion euro loan in Kyiv visit
KYIV - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a loan of up to 35 billion euros ($39 billion) for Ukraine during a...
Sep 21, 20243 min read
Flood-hit central Europe will get billions in EU aid, von der Leyen promises
WROCLAW, Poland - The European Union will make billions of euros available to help central Europe recover from severe floods, European...
Sep 20, 20243 min read
France nears new government as Barnier proposes cabinet to Macron
PARIS - France edged closer to having a new government, more than two months after a hung election, as new Prime Minister Michel...
Sep 20, 20242 min read
As wildfires wipe out forests, Greeks debate: to replant, or not?
ATHENS - When a wildfire tore down a hillside towards Athens last month, its southernmost flank halted in a treeless area burned by fire...
Sep 20, 20244 min read
EU to send 160 million euros from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine
BRUSSELS - The sum of 160 million euros from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets will be allocated to meet Ukraine's urgent...
Sep 20, 20241 min read
Central Europe flood deaths rise as citizens race to build defences
WROCLAW, Poland - Volunteers and emergency personnel raced to secure river banks and buildings in Poland and Hungary on Tuesday as flood...
Sep 19, 20243 min read
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