Europe

Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk has warned that all-out war is a strong possibility in the near future, and Russia must not defeat Ukraine. Otherwise, it could destabilize the whole of Europe. The Polish Prime Minister said war was...

The war in Ukraine has brought the military balance in Europe between Russia and NATO back to the forefront of geostrategic thinking. After the end of the Cold War and the demise of the USSR, Eastern Europe's geostrategic importance as...

The European Parliament recently adopted the world's first comprehensive regulation, known as the AI Act, on artificial intelligence. According to EU officials, this landmark and historic piece of legislation aims to ensure that AI systems that are developed, sold, or...

Archaeologists in Southern Germany have uncovered ancient burial sites that hold the remains of over a thousand people. These burial pits could be the largest mass grave ever found in Europe. The discovery was made during excavations prior to...

The European Parliament said on Wednesday it found traces of spyware on the phones of elected politicians and staff on its defense subcommittee. Members and staff in the chamber's subcommittee on security and defense (SEDE) have had their phones hit...

Greece and Turkey on Thursday will formally join the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI), a German-led missile defense project, according to Minister of Defense Nikos Dendias. ESSI is a project to build a ground-based integrated European air defense system that...

A recent study shows just how the genetic traits of Europeans came about, with most of our attributes coming from the movement of peoples over the last 10,000 years. It was at that time that local European hunter-gatherers intermixed with...

The 10,000-year-old burial of a female infant, the earliest such burial known in Europe, shows that society even in Mesolithic times honored its youngest members and that females were treated the same as males in this regard. Archaeologists at the...

The Derveni Papyrus found in northern Greece is of immense importance, registered by UNESCO in 2015 as the oldest handwritten "book" in Europe

Europe is on edge over possible volcanic eruptions at Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy, and at the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. Italy’s Mount Etna shot lava into the sky on Sunday, 12 November, spewing ash high over the Mediterranean island...

Rice was not always a part of everyday European cuisines. It was Alexander the Great and globalization that allowed this staple to cross borders. In fact, rice might even be seen as "Alexander's greatest gift to Western civilization." Due to lack...

A group of orcas attacked and sank the Grazie Mamma, a mid-size sailing yacht owned by Polish cruise company Morskie Mile. The attack, which lasted about forty-five minutes, took place in southwest Europe off the coast of Morocco in...

The island of Crete in Greece has been chosen as the location for the opening of the first European Aquatic Animal Protection Center. The decision was announced after discussions between Greek Agriculture Minister Lefteris Avgenakis and EU Commissioner for Health...

In the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, Europe braces for a fresh wave of terror attacks after a firebomb assault on a Berlin synagogue and killings in Belgium and France by suspected Islamist extremists. “We have to address multiple impacts...

An ancient lakeside settlement that was discovered recently in southern Albania has been described as the oldest found in Europe. The settlement of stilt houses was submerged 8,000 years under Lake Ohrid. Radiocarbon dating from the site puts it at...