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Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš announced his resignation on Monday (14 August), blaming a breakdown in relations with parts of his multi-party governing government.

Former US President Donald Trump was hit with a sweeping fourth set of criminal charges on Monday (14 August) when a Georgia grand jury issued an indictment accusing him of efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe...

Romania's navy said it deployed a ship and a helicopter on Monday (14 August) to scout for stray mines on the country's Black Sea coast, after a pier in the seaside resort of Costinesti was lighly damaged in an explosion.

Thousands of people marched in Sarajevo and other Bosnian cities Monday (14 August), days after a woman was murdered by her partner who livestreamed her killing on social media before killing two men and himself.

In this series of articles, EURACTIV explores the EU policies that aim to make the green transition a “just transition” for all the people despite the disruptions that it will entail. In principle, the necessity of a rapid shift towards...

While Thierry Breton hailed chip manufacturers' recent investment pledges in Europe as a ‘culmination’ of the EU's industrial strategy and its newly-adopted Chips Act, a lot more work is needed.

Addressing climate change must be a top priority for the European defence community as it is now presenting threats to national and international security, writes Kris Peeters.

Coup leaders in Niger are open to diplomacy to resolve a standoff with West Africa's regional bloc, a group of senior Nigerian Islamic scholars said on Sunday (13 August) after meeting the junta in Niamey.

A German lawmaker said on 13 August she was detained when entering Turkey earlier this month based on social media posts she made in 2019, adding that she would still travel to Turkey and speak her mind about its government.

The death toll from the Maui wildfires reached 93 on Sunday (13 August) as relatives of the missing searched for signs their loved ones may still be alive, while survivors sought solace at church services.

A Russian warship on Sunday (13 August) fired warning shots at a cargo ship in the southwestern Black Sea, the first time Russia has fired on merchant shipping beyond Ukraine since exiting a landmark UN-brokered grain deal last month.

Argentine voters punished the country's two main political forces in a primary election on Sunday (13 August), pushing a rock-singing libertarian outsider candidate into first place in a huge shake-up in the race towards presidential elections in October.

Ukrainian forces targeted the Crimean Bridge and a number of other unspecified targets on the Crimean peninsula on Saturday (12 August) in a flurry of rocket and drone attacks, but there were no casualties or damage, Russia's Defence Ministry said.

Armenia on Saturday (12 August) urged the UN Security Council to hold a crisis meeting on Nagorno-Karabakh, citing a "deteriorating humanitarian situation" after accusing Azerbaijan of blocking supplies to the disputed region.

Finland should aim to leave the EU in the long term, but Russia's invasion of Ukraine means European unity should be the priority for now, the far-right Finns Party's Jussi Halla-aho said ahead of a party congress on 12 August.

Six people died after a migrant boat trying to cross the Channel from France to Britain capsized early on Saturday (12 August), and another two people were possibly missing, French authorities said.

Next week, Lithuania will shut two of its six border checkpoints with Belarus, as a response to escalating tensions between the neighbours, with Vilnius warning of a provocations threat by Minsk.

President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden may be headed for a criminal trial, US Special Counsel David Weiss said after assuming that role on 11 August, in a sign that court drama could play an outsized role in the 2024 election.

Thousands of Niger coup supporters took to the streets on Friday (11 August) to protest against plans by West African nations to deploy a military force to the country, as a key regional meeting on a possible intervention was scrapped.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy broadened his battle against graft on Friday (11 August), firing all the heads of Ukraine's regional army recruitment centres as the war with Russia enters a critical stage.