Europe News
Germany’s pro-business liberals risk death blow in regional vote
- Politics
- Ferdinand Knapp
- Mar 7, 2026
The Free Democratic Party has played a key role in German politics for most of the postwar era, but a poor result in a state vote on Sunday could mean its demise.
Hungary’s election campaign is about to get even dirtier
- Politics
- Stephan Faris
- Mar 7, 2026
Now that the candidates are locked in, analysts expect smear campaigns and influence operations to intensify.
Russian athletes march at Paralympic opening ceremony
- Sports
- Mar 6, 2026
Athletes from Russia and Belarus parade behind their nations' flags at the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics as the 50th anniversary edition of the Games officially gets under w...
Ukraine offers drone know-how for Gulf cash and US air defenses
- Politics
- Veronika Melkozerova, Tim Ross, Eli Stokols
- Mar 6, 2026
Kyiv hopes that the knowledge it has gained fighting Russia will give it both money and leverage with Donald Trump.
Von der Leyen doubles down in face of energy crisis criticism
- Politics
- Gabriel Gavin, Gerardo Fortuna, Elena Giordano
- Mar 6, 2026
EU member countries have been spooked by stubbornly high prices and a new war in the Middle East.
Battle between Polish president and prime minister deepens over EU defense loans
- Politics
- Wojciech Kość
- Mar 6, 2026
Warsaw's deep political divisions risk torpedoing the country's access to €44 billion in cheap EU rearmament loans.
EU blasts Zelenskyy over veiled threat against Orbán
- Politics
- Gerardo Fortuna
- Mar 6, 2026
Brussels issues rare condemnation of Ukraine's president, as the Budapest-Kyiv feud boils over.
OPINION: To fix Europe’s food system, start with the school lunch
- Politics
- Annelies Smets, SchoolFood4Change coordinator, Rikolto Europe
- Mar 6, 2026
Treating school meals as a logistical burden is a wasted opportunity. New data shows they are a strategic lever for the EU Green Deal and European Child Guarantee.
The delicate art of hanging around like a lemon while your allies get lambasted
- Politics
- Paul Dallison
- Mar 6, 2026
Friedrich Merz said nothing as Donald Trump launched a wave of verbal attacks — he's not the only one to have sat in silence.
Can Donald Trump save Viktor Orbán?
- Politics
- Jamie Dettmer
- Mar 6, 2026
As Hungary’s prime minister trails in the polls, MAGA heavyweights mobilize to shore up their most loyal European ally.
‘The catastrophe is coming’: The battle to fix Britain’s crumbling parliament
- Politics
- Patrick Baker
- Mar 6, 2026
British MPs worry that voters will be 'furious' with a revamp of parliament — but the safety warnings keep piling up.
The EU’s plan to stop new members from becoming Hungary 2.0
- Politics
- Sebastian Starcevic
- Mar 6, 2026
Montenegro, the frontrunner for EU membership, could join under stricter conditions. Here's what that means.