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Explainer-Austria's far-right Freedom Party wins election, but will it govern?
VIENNA - The far-right Freedom Party (FPO) led by Herbert Kickl won Austria's parliamentary election on Sunday, initial projections...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
Explainer-What government will emerge in Austria after the election?
VIENNA - Austria's parliamentary election on Sunday is a tight race between the ruling conservative Austrian People's Party (OVP) and the...
Sep 28, 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
Analysis-UK Labour Party struggles at first conference in power
LIVERPOOL, England - A bumpy start, or just rather flat? Regardless, few at Labour's annual conference in the northern English city of...
Sep 24, 20244 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
Firefighters quell most of Portugal's worst wildfires, fight still on
VIZEU DISTRICT, Portugal - Firefighters tackling deadly wildfires in central and northern Portugal had doused the flames in the Aveiro...
Sep 20, 20242 min read
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