Europe

More than 400 million Europeans are heading to the polls to elect the 751 members of the European Union Parliament to new five-year terms. Containing 7.3 percent of the world's population, the EU in 2017 generated a nominal gross domestic...

Greeks living in the United Kingdom who wish to vote in the EU elections will have to travel to neighboring European Union countries to do so, the Greek Embassy in London announced on Wednesday. Because the UK is set to leave the...

In today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case Sitaropoulos and Giakoumopoulos v. Greece, which is final, the European Court of Human Rights delivered the unanimous verdict that: The inability of Greeks living abroad to vote in parliamentary elections from...

The European Commission, an executive branch of the European Union, has begun legal proceedings against Poland over the latter's new "Russian influence" law. The controversial new law was adopted by the Polish parliament in late May. It calls for the...

​The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organization Memorial, and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties. ​" demonstrate the significance of...

Two Greek lawmakers were elected Vice Presidents of the European Parliament in a vote that took place on Tuesday. Eva Kaili, of the Movement for Change (KINAL) party, was elected for the first time to this prestigious post and will...

A ballot that represents the new face of Munich will vie for power in the March-15 municipal elections in the German state of Bavaria. The name of the ballot is "Zusammen in Bayern" or ZuBa, which means ''Together in Bavaria.''...

The Prime Minister of North Macedonia announced on Saturday that his country will hold snap elections, as his government resigned over the EU's decision not to begin accession talks with Skopje. PM Zaev is expected to visit the President of...

The 2019 European Parliament elections held few surprises overall, with a rise of Green parties, a moderate rise in far-right parties and traditional center parties losing considerable ground. Europe's far-right extremists, nationalists and euroskepticists did not have as strong of...

With the European elections now behind us and political parties across the Union counting their gains and losses, the issue of the salaries and benefits enjoyed by Europe's 751 MEPs, surfaces yet again, causing widespread debate. As the official website...

The European Parliament voted on Thursday in favor of a resolution recognizing Venezuela's Juan Guaidó as the country's new interim president, until "free, transparent and credible" elections are held. The resolution was brought for discussion in the Strasbourg parliament by...

See the European Election results from all EU countries in real time. With an increase in voter turnout, Europe is deciding its future in one of the most important European elections of all time. One of the largest democratic events...

After the record-high number of 360,000 candidates in the 2014 regional and municipal elections, Greece also tops the candidate number for the forthcoming euro elections, as is has about 1,300 MEP candidates for just 21 seats in the European...

  In a few days, Greece will assume the six-month rotating presidency of the EU and German media openly doubt Greece’s capability to effectively handle all the European challenges that lay ahead. Despite the fact that the Greek Prime Minister, Antonis...

From the first Greek bailout until the upcoming EU summit, there were some important touchpoints for the protracted governmental debt crisis in Europe's 17-nation euro currency bloc. We have summarized them below: February 2, 2010: Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou proposes new...