Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has threatened to cut financial support for more than 130,000 Ukrainian refugees as a dispute with Ukraine over Russian gas supplies escalates.
On 1 January, Kyiv shut off a pipeline that for decades was used to (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would not allow Russia to "earn additional billions on our blood" and had given the EU a year to prepare.
The European Commission said the continent's gas system was "resilient and flexible" (...)
Poland gears up to take over presidency of the European Union as the controversial Hungarian term comes to an end.
The presidency of the Council of the European Union rotates among the 27 member states once every six months.
The country in the (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (L) during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow
MOSCOW — Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has made a surprise visit to Moscow for talks with Vladimir (...)
Ukraine will no longer allow the transit of Russian gas through the country's territory after the end of this year, Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Thursday after meeting with leaders of the European Union in Brussels.
The ban, he added, will apply (...)
Georgia and Turkey on Tuesday received stinging report cards from European Union ministers over their accession process, while Ukraine and Moldova mostly got gold stars.
In enlargement conclusions released as they were meeting in Brussels, EU (...)
Romania and Bulgaria's shared journey to join the passport-free Schengen Area came to an end on Thursday morning as interior ministers from the European Union gave their final blessing to their hard-fought candidacy.
The momentous decision was made (...)
Calin Georgescu, the fringe nationalist politician leading the presidential race in Romania, has told the BBC that he would end all support for Ukraine if elected.
He is facing a second-round run-off in the elections on Sunday, where he will run (...)
The reach and credibility of international law is at its lowest in years as governments dismiss arrest warrants in some of the most high-profile cases to come before the International Criminal Court.
In the past 18 months, the Hague-based court has (...)
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday that he would ignore an arrest warrant issued by the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Hungarian leader added that not only would he (...)
A "massive" Russian missile and drone attack has targeted power infrastructure across Ukraine, the country's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
At least 10 people were killed in the strikes, which hit the capital, Kyiv, as well as multiple (...)
Thousands of protesters have gathered in Slovakia's capital on the 35th anniversary of the start of the Velvet Revolution that brought an end to decades of communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister (...)
Josep Borrell, the European Union's foreign policy chief, has proposed to formally suspend political dialogue with Israel over the country's alleged violations of human rights and international law in the Gaza Strip.
Borrell's proposal was first (...)
Donald Trump declared himself the victor of the US presidential election on Wednesday morning, right after partial results said he had won three key swing states.
"This has been the greatest political movement of all time," Trump said in his victory (...)
The European Union has urged the Georgian authorities to "swiftly, transparently and independently" investigate reported irregularities in the parliamentary elections on Saturday. The closely watched poll saw the ruling party, Georgian Dream, win a (...)
Three days before Georgians vote in an election billed as a decisive moment in their country's future, the founder of the governing Georgian Dream party has told thousands of supporters "we choose peace, not war".
After 12 years in government, (...)
The 27 leaders of the European Union gave on Thursday their most explicit endorsement yet of the contentious project of outsourcing migration policy, even if they offered scant details on how the idea would work in practice and how authorities would (...)
Viktor Orbán and Ursula von der Leyen clashed head-on during a fiery debate at the European Parliament on Wednesday that saw both leaders portray opposing visions for Europe's future and lay bare their strong dislike for each other.
Russia's war in (...)
Despite harsh criticism for his earlier mediation efforts, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán seems undeterred — and is again busy rounding up world countries to push for his peacemaking plan for Ukraine.
On the sidelines of last week's UN (...)
Austria's far-right Freedom Party has opened the door to a new era, its leader Herbert Kickl has told supporters, as they celebrated an unprecedented election victory.
Projected results gave Kickl's party 28.8% - more than two points ahead of the (...)
Israel carried out part of its device attack targeting Hezbollah by concealing explosives inside the batteries of pagers brought into Lebanon, according to two high-ranking Lebanese security officials, who said the technology was so advanced that it (...)
The Russian government has approved a list of 47 countries deemed to be imposing "destructive attitudes" that contradict "Russian spiritual and moral values."
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed the decree, which follows a presidential directive (...)
A Japanese handheld radio manufacturer has distanced itself from walkie-talkies bearing its logo that exploded in Lebanon, saying it discontinued production of the devices a decade ago.
At least 20 people were killed and 450 injured after hundreds (...)
The race to find the maker of the pagers that exploded in Lebanon has taken an unexpected turn - towards a Taiwanese company few had heard of until this morning.
At least 12 people were killed and nearly 3,000 injured in Tuesday's explosions (...)
Five people have been found dead in eastern Romania after unprecedented rainstorms caused severe flooding, leaving hundreds stranded in affected areas, emergency authorities reported on Saturday.
Rescue services worked tirelessly in the heavily (...)
