Europe

European Parliament lawmakers are banned from legislating tax bills. But years of lobbying are finally paying dividends. The European Commission...

Anyone who wants for a short period of time can name the airport of Helsinki in his honor. This means...

Peter Sutoris is an environmental anthropologist based at University College London and the author of the forthcoming “Educating for the...

Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has ridden out a year of street protests, international condemnation and sanctions, and now he’s got...

BERLIN — Germany is preparing for the worst as a second COVID Christmas approaches, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz calling on the...

AVDIIVKA, Ukraine — The “Ukraine Risk Assessment” from Axel Springer, POLITICO’s parent company in Berlin, was blunt: “Donetsk is rated as EXTREME,”...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to deepen economic relations in a first phone call on...

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu claimed Tuesday that U.S. mercenaries were preparing Ukrainian special forces and radical armed groups for...

LONDON — England will not face any further COVID-19 restrictions this side of Christmas, Boris Johnson announced Tuesday. “In view of...

Sweden can wave goodbye to big Christmas parties this season. The Nordic country is introducing a raft of measures in...