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Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has dissolved parliament and called snap elections for the end of October, saying he wants to restore calm and reassert control amid ongoing unrest.
PARIS — The National Rally, the party led by Marine Le Pen, said it dismissed a volunteer security official on Wednesday after body camera footage surfaced showing the individual, a municipal police o
BRUSSELS — The EU is trying to repurpose public procurement into a major instrument of industrial policy, steering hundreds of billions of euros spent on infrastructure, schools, energy and health tow
BERLIN — Chancellor Friedrich Merz launched a fierce attack on the AfD’s so-called “remigration” plans in the Bundestag, calling them tantamount to ethnic cleansing and warning they would wreck large
The EU’s General Court has dismissed Roman Abramovich’s challenge to sanctions imposed after Russia’s 2022 actions in Ukraine, upholding asset freezes and travel restrictions against the billionaire —
U.S. Central Command said Tuesday it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in what it called a second round of retaliatory strikes in recent days — a move that looks like Washington doubling down on an a
Criminal gangs are now using artificial intelligence to pinpoint locations across Europe where they can set up illicit cigarette factories with a lower risk of detection, an EU auditor warned on Tuesd
Hungary has ordered the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats, a move its government says is meant to protect the country’s “security and sovereignty,” Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Orbán announced Tuesd
LONDON — France and Canada have sided with the U.K. in announcing new trade sanctions on Israeli settlements, a diplomatic victory for Britain as it seeks to reset its relationship with Israel and rea
BRUSSELS — France says new EU-wide taxes should generate over €60 billion toward the bloc’s next seven-year budget, according to three EU diplomats granted anonymity about closed-door talks.
A far-right party’s attempt at political parody has been dismantled by Europe’s highest court, which sided with the Swedish firm over concerns for its reputation.