Greece, facing an escalating maritime dispute with Turkey, sought to show its determination by expanding its territorial waters in another direction: in the Ionian Sea, facing Italy.
Europe
Germany is beefing up its already formidable stimulus package to prop up its economy through the Covid-19 pandemic, brushing away concerns from some economists that the state is keeping insolvent businesses afloat artificially.
China’s top diplomat began a weeklong tour of Europe seeking to counter growing wariness of Beijing’s increasingly assertive foreign policy amid the coronavirus pandemic and worsening relations between Beijing and Washington.
At least two members of an opposition-led council formed to help the transfer of power to a new government following Belarus’s presidential vote were detained, raising fears that longtime authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has no intention of ceding power.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in the Belarusian capital of Minsk to protest the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko and the fierce crackdown that followed the disputed presidential vote.
Public-health experts say Spanish authorities’ failure to set up effective testing and tracing systems, and to communicate clearly to the population how to behave, are key reasons for a recent resurgence of coronavirus infections.
European Union privacy regulators are clashing over how much—if anything—to fine Twitter for its handling of a data breach disclosed last year, delaying progress of the most advanced cross-border privacy case involving a U.S. tech company under the EU’s strict new privacy law.
Mindful of Russia’s warning against interfering in Belarus, European Union leaders have taken a nuanced approach to the unfolding crisis, preparing sanctions against officials they say are responsible for rigging this month’s presidential election and violently dispersing protesters, while emphasizing that only Belarusians can resolve the turmoil there.
Infections are surging again across much of Europe and governments are racing to prevent a full-fledged second wave—without resorting to the kind of broad lockdowns that devastated their economies in the spring.
A series of apparently deliberate crashes on a Berlin highway Tuesday night is being treated as a possible Islamist terrorist attack, German police and prosecutors said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned top European leaders against interfering in the political crisis engulfing Russia’s longtime ally, Belarus, as protests against its leader continue to swell.
Simmering cultural differences splitting Europe are flaring into an outright battle between the more conservative East and liberal West over issues of gender identity.
Alexander Lukashenko, facing growing nationwide protests, said he was ready to share power, but only on his own terms, as the main opposition leader said she was ready to lead the Eastern European country.
Protests and strikes are spreading after a disputed election in Belarus, threatening President Alexander Lukashenko’s grip on power in the former Soviet republic he has run since the fall of the Iron Curtain.
Russia risks being drawn further into the political upheaval in neighboring Belarus after President Vladimir Putin agreed with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko not to let mass protests over its scandal-plagued elections pry the two longtime allies apart.
Belarus protests are growing as a leading opposition candidate calls for a recount in last weekend’s election, but President Alexander Lukashenko says he won’t be moved.
European countries are pushing ahead with reopening schools despite an uptick in coronavirus cases and new studies suggesting children could be more susceptible to the disease than originally thought.
Rival warships from Turkey and Greece have collided in the Eastern Mediterranean, officials from both countries said, amid a naval standoff triggered by Ankara’s recent decision to begin oil exploration in contested waters.
The U.S. secretary of state urged Belarusian authorities to protect protesters and expand political freedoms, pressuring a regime that could face new European Union sanctions after its latest election was criticized as unfair.
Russia moved swiftly to congratulate Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko for his electoral win and press for stronger ties with its neighbor.
