A €90 billion ($106 billion) EU loan to Ukraine received preliminary approval from the 27 EU countries on Wednesday after several months during which Hungary exercised its veto, diplomats said. The Cypriot EU presidency said the final approval is to be given by all the bloc's member states on Thursday.
Spread out below Berlin's landmark TV tower, with a glass front that gleamed orange in the sun, the hammer and sickle wreath hanging prominently in the middle: The Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik) served as an architectural calling card of communist East Germany.
A heated debate has broken out in Germany over a remark by the head of a police association who said in a TV interview that women should better "not get into a relationship with a man."
Skip next section Germany halves 2026 growth forecast amid Iran war fallout April 22, 2026 Germany halves 2026 growth forecast amid Iran war fallout The German Economy Ministry has cut its growth forecasts for 2026 and 2027 as a result of rising energy prices triggered by the Iran war.
The number of foreign-born people living in the EU reached a record high of 64.2 million in 2025, according to a report released Wednesday.
Children who do not reach the age of 18 before January 1, 2027 will never be permitted to buy cigarettes or tobacco products in the UK, once a new law that has now completely cleared parliament gets royal assent from King Charles III.
Is Bulgaria going to be governed by its very own Viktor Orban? Or will the rampant corruption in the country finally be tackled?
Dacian gold items, a 2,500-year-old helmet and wristbands, stolen from a museum in the Netherlands and then recovered by Dutch authorities, are presented during a press conference after being returned, at the National Museum of Romanian History, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
Is Bulgaria going to be governed by a second Viktor Orban? Or will the rampant corruption in the country finally be tackled?
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday ruled that Hungarian LGBTQ+ laws introduced in 2021 violated EU laws and values on multiple levels.
Skip next section Archbishop of Munich authorizes blessing of same-sex couples April 21, 2026 Archbishop of Munich authorizes blessing of same-sex couples Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich and Freising, has said that priests may bless homosexual couples in the diocese.
"HiPP is the victim of blackmail" — this is what the press release from the major German baby food manufacturer says. Over the weekend, jars of baby food contaminated with rat poison were found in Austria and two neighboring countries.