Europe

With 461 votes in favor, the European Parliament approved the new European Commission under the Presidency of Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday afternoon. The reshuffled composition of the Commission, occasioned by the disapproval of several commissioners in the European...

Members of the European Parliament narrowly backed Ursula von der Leyen as the next President of the European Commission on Tuesday, making her the first woman to hold Europe’s top job. Germany's defence minister was confirmed as the successor to...

German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen is nominated to replace Jean-Claude Juncker as head of the European Commission. Ursula von der Leyen will be the first woman to lead the European Union's executive arm. The choice came as a...

Eleven leaders of Balkan countries, including Greece,meeting in Athens expressed their "unwavering support for Ukraine's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders, based on the values of democracy and rule of law" in the face of...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader whose reforms brought about the demise of communism, died on Tuesday in Moscow. He was ninety-one. Gorbachev died after a “difficult and protracted illness,” Russian news agencies reported. Recent reports suggested he was suffering...

The nine EU leaders present at the EUMED 9 summit in Athens have signed the Athens Declaration to fight climate change. The declaration reaffirmed the nine leaders commitment to upholding the Paris Accords, an international agreement signed by the EU...

Thursday's coronavirus summit resulted in a surprisingly swift decision to issue vaccine certificates to ease travel by the Summer of 2021.

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will participate in Tuesday's interfaith ceremony and prayers with Pope Francis as part of an international Prayer for Peace initiative entitled "No One Is Saved Alone – Peace and Fraternity." Hosted by the Rome-based faith...

The leaders of the European Union decided on Tuesday to agree with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's proposal to temporarily ban all travel by non-EU citizens to the continent of Europe for thirty days. This comes as the latest...

Angela Merkel told the media on Monday that talks with Greece on re-admitting asylum-seekers from Germany's borders were well underway. In comments reported by the Associated Press, the German Chancellor said direct talks with Greek premier Alexis Tsipras were not...

The European Commission endorsed Greece's recovery plan, totaling 30.5 billion euros as President Ursula von der Leyen visits Athens.

The head of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen, was snubbed in a gaffe at talks between the EU and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, announced that vaccine certificates would be adopted across Europe on March 17.

An EU-wide vaccine passport plan will be unveiled in March, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday.

The EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development traveled to Greece to meet farmers in the areas affected by recent flood damage.