Europe

A gunman shot dead five people and wounded more than 10 on Saturday in the main square of the southern Polish city of Krakow, police said, before they shot and arrested ...

Moody’s has identified four key risks that could test the resilience of Greek banks over the coming months, warning that a renewed increase in bad loans, capital quality concerns, ...

The Kremlin accused Europe on Friday of struggling to decide who would represent it in any future talks about ensuring the continent’s security as part of a potential Ukraine ...

Newsrooms in Ireland and Bulgaria received emailed bomb threats on Friday from a purported “Mikhail Andropov”, claiming responsibility for a widening wave of hoax threats disrupting passenger flights across Europe. ...

A wave of bomb threats were issued to passenger flights around Europe on Friday for the third time this week, as Spain’s foreign minister said the continent appeared to ...

Danish police said on Friday they are investigating threats directed at air traffic in Copenhagen airport but said their immediate assessment was there had not been any danger to passengers. ...

At least two people were killed and 16 injured in a bus crash on Friday morning in eastern France near the Swiss border, local authorities said. French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu ...

Belgium’s parliament early on Friday approved a controversial law allowing police to enter the homes of suspected undocumented migrants who have ignored orders to leave the country. The measure ...

Hoax bomb threats disrupted dozens of passenger flights across Europe on Thursday, forcing unplanned landings by some planes and prompting fighter jets to escort or intercept others, in a dramatic ...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) stocks held by EU investors outside the bloc fell by 2.3 per cent in 2025, while investment held by non-EU residents within the EU declined by 2.8 per cent, ...

A series of hoax bomb threats hit European airlines from Ireland to Bulgaria on Thursday morning for the second time this week, with some of at least 25 affected flights making ...

Europe’s far-right politicians have begun to distance themselves from Donald Trump following the Democrats’ victory in the US midterm elections – but have mostly avoided directly criticising the president himself. ...

French riot police fired tear gas and charged a group of protesters in the French city of Lyon on Thursday as demonstrations took place across the country in a renewed ...

Flag-waving protesters marched through French cities and public workers went on strike on Thursday, in a renewed challenge to President Emmanuel Macron after weeks of unrest that have rattled his ...

Hundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to march through French cities and public workers to strike on Thursday, in a fresh test for President Emmanuel Macron after weeks of ...

Serbian authorities detained nine active police officers and one former officer on Wednesday for allegedly using excessive force against detainees during anti-corruption protests last year in Belgrade, the country’s ...

The death toll from a Russian bombing of an aid distribution point in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region on Monday has risen to 37, with dozens missing, officials said, in one ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday his deputy, Carlos Cuerpo, would provisionally run the Transport Ministry after Oscar Puente’s resignation over two deadly high-speed train crashes this ...

The European Commission’s proposed overhaul of EU direct taxation rules could reduce compliance costs and related financial burdens by €6.6 billion annually, while simplifying cross-border business operations and encouraging investment, ...

After seven strikes on cargo ships near NATO members Romania and Bulgaria last month, the US-led military alliance said it would deploy maritime patrol aircraft, radars and drones to bolster ...

Europe’s businesses are expecting to sell more in 2027, both at home and abroad. That should be good news. The trouble is, they are far less convinced about what comes ...

A hacking attack on European supermarkets spread across the continent on Monday, hitting fridges and freezers from Sweden to Belgium and forcing stores to throw away food in an incident ...

At least seven flights in Europe received bomb threats on Tuesday, causing disruption at airports although no devices were discovered. At least two flights to Warsaw, two to Sofia, two ...

Czech public television and radio workers launched a one-day strike on Tuesday against a government plan to cut financing and move funding to the state budget, which they call an ...