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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


Pope Francis tells wealthy Luxembourg to help developing countries
LUXEMBOURG - Pope Francis on Thursday called on leaders in Luxembourg - a small nation with a thriving economy and the highest density of...
Sep 27, 20242 min read


Explainer-How Germany's coalition works and could it fall apart?
BERLIN - The three parties in Germany's ruling coalition are facing increasing pressure to assert themselves following a series of...
Sep 26, 20243 min read


Sweden accuses Iran of hacking messaging service after Koran burnings
STOCKHOLM - Swedish authorities said on Tuesday that Iran hacked into a text messaging service last year and sent thousands of messages...
Sep 24, 20241 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


Residents of Polish town hit by flood hope to make homes liveable by winter
STRONIE SLASKIE, Poland - As water receded in Stronie Slaskie, one of the areas worst-hit by massive floods in south-west Poland,...
Sep 22, 20241 min read


Floods wreck Hungarian farmer's organic harvest
NAGYMAROS, Hungary - Hungarian farmer Laszlo Batki was close to harvesting his crops of organic tomatoes, peppers, radishes and lettuce...
Sep 22, 20242 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
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