Category: Europe

PARIS — Ukraine’s allies gathered in the French capital on Tuesday in a high-stakes effort to transform broad political assurances into concrete security guarantees for Kyiv, as diplomacy to end the war with Russia enters a more urgent and uncertain phase, according to Reuters. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy joined more than 27 world leaders, alongside […]

ATHENS — Greece’s airspace was effectively shut down on Sunday after a major telecommunications failure crippled the country’s air traffic control systems, bringing nearly all flights to a halt and causing widespread disruption at airports nationwide. The outage affected every airport in Greece, including the country’s busiest international hubs in Athens and Thessaloniki, according to […]

A key party in Germany’s ruling coalition has proposed tightening deportation policies, calling for the return of migrants to countries including Afghanistan, Syria, and Ukraine, a move that has sparked sharp debate among migrant rights advocates, according to TOLOnews. The Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats’ coalition […]

Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, earns substantially more than the ECB publicly acknowledges, making her the highest-paid official in the European Union, according to a report by the Financial Times that has reignited debate over transparency at Europe’s most powerful financial institution. Central bank chiefs worldwide are generally well compensated, though their […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared that a potential peace agreement to end Russia’s war on Ukraine is “90 percent ready,” striking a cautious but resolute tone in a New Year address that underscored both hope and deep uncertainty after nearly four years of conflict. Speaking from Kyiv, Zelensky said the remaining 10 percent of the […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is edging closer to a possible peace agreement with Russia but warned that the final steps will determine whether the war truly ends or merely pauses before resuming, according to Anadolu Agency. In a New Year’s Eve address released late Wednesday on Telegram, Zelenskyy said negotiations are “90 percent […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his country believes it will win the war in Ukraine, nearly four years after he launched an invasion of the neighbouring nation, in comments made during his televised annual New Year’s Eve address.The Russian leader called on the country on Wednesday to “support our heroes” fighting in Ukraine, where […]

Robbers stole items worth up to $105bn from safe-deposit boxes held at a German retail bank in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia state, during the Christmas holiday, German police said on Tuesday.The German news agency dpa reported that it may rank among the biggest thefts in the country’s history.The thieves broke into a branch of Sparkasse bank […]

Starting on 1 January 2026, Bulgaria will replace the lev with the euro as its national currency.The Balkan country of 6.5 million people joined the EU in 2007 and formally began the process of joining the eurozone in 2018.Brussels and Sofia hope that joining the eurozone will boost the country’s economy and strengthen its integration […]