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Romania

Back in power, Romania's PSD wants to put its toxic past behind it

Under Liviu Dragnea, the Social Democrats became a byword for corruption and graft. Now a new crop of leaders says that the party has changed.

Turkey

In Istanbul, a leadership election exposes Interpol's bitter divide

'You can't buy respect,' said the Czech candidate for Interpol president, Sarka Havrankova, about her rival UAE candidate, Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi.

My Europe Series

Vukovar at 30: How 'Croatia's Stalingrad' still casts a long shadow

Vukovar, 'Croatia's Stalingrad', saw the first massacre of the Balkan wars of the 1990s. It would not be the last.

My Europe Series

Bulgaria gets ready for its third election in eight months

A new anti-establishment party, We Continue the Change, could be poised to take second place and form an opposition government.

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Lithuania

Delegate's 2,500-km land trip to COP26 didn't go well. He'll fly home

Marijus Gailius' 2,500km trip from Vilnius to Glasgow by land and sea was expensive, exhausting and didn't even help save the world.

World News

A century ago World War One was over, but Europe wasn't at peace

On November 11, 1921, the war had been over for three years - but Europe was not at peace.

My Europe Series

WWI was meant to be the war that ended all wars. It wasn't.

H.G. Wells predicted in 1914 that the First World War would usher in a new world order.

My Europe Series

Netflix ‘solved’ the Olof Palme murder. Not all Swedes are convinced

Everyone from the CIA to the PKK to apartheid South Africa has been blamed for the murder of Sweden's most popular leader. The answer may be a lot more simple.

Romania

Romania's two biggest parties will begin talks to end political crisis

A PNL-PSD coalition would end Romania's political stalemate but would be deeply controversial within both parties and among the voting public.

United Kingdom

Brexit: EU warns of 'serious consequences' if UK triggers Article 16

Brussels could impose tariffs on UK imports or even tear up the EU-UK Brexit trade deal altogether.

Slovenia

'Words are not innocent,' says Dutch MEP, after Janez Janša slur

Sophie in't Veld noted that she was singled out in a social media attack by the Slovenian prime minister on the same day a British MP was stabbed to death.

My Europe Series

After seven years, a rare trial for EU-funded Kosovo war crimes court

The court has indicted six former KLA figures for war crimes, torture and murder Hysni Gucati and Nasim Haradinaj are charged with leaking documents.

Romania

Romania's Dacian Cioloș unveils new cabinet ahead of parliament vote

Romania's prime minister designate is going to ask MPs to vote in favour of a government made entirely of members of his own USR party, which has just 80 seats in parliament.

Europe News

Janša pushes far-right conspiracy theory in Twitter attack on MEP

Slovenia's prime minister accused 13 MEPs - one of which died earlier this year - of being “Soros puppets in the EU parlement (sic)".

My Europe Series

Meet the nationalist who wants to see Moldova and Romania as one state

Many Romanians would like to see Moldova and Romania as a single country. Most Moldovans don't agree.

Romania

Why Romania's new PM-designate could face a winter of discontent

Even if Dacian Cioloș can win the support of parliament - which is doubtful - he has an unenviable task ahead, analysts say.

My Europe Series

As Montenegro turns on itself, its new government doubles down

The tiny Balkan state has been wracked by instability and division since elections last year.

World News

COVID-19 pandemic has forced 100 million into poverty, UN chief says

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said people living in conflict-affected and poor countries are suffering most of all.

Poland

Poland sees pro-EU rallies as battle lines drawn over court ruling

"I am European. I am also a Pole, but mainly a European," Robert Galemba, a protester, said.

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson lauds UK's 'fastest' COVID vaccination campaign

Johnson said that wealth creators, companies and bankers were the reason the vaccine was available so quickly, and "should be praised, not vilified'.

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