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Several European leaders and Canada‘s prime minister arrived in Kyiv on Monday to show support for Ukraine on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion. Vladimir Putin‘s decision to launch what…

24/02/2025 – 07:08 Zelensky hails ‘three years of resistance’ on Russian invasion anniversary 24/02/2025 – 06:27 EU leaders arrive in Kyiv to mark third anniversary of Russian invasion The heads…

Germany‘s conservative election winner Friedrich Merz vowed to get to work Monday on the arduous task of building a new coalition government, warning “the world isn’t waiting for us”. Merz…

German elections tend to be characterised by a plodding certainty, with polls accurately predicting frontrunners – who invariably fail to win outright parliamentary majorities, leading to coalition-building periods. Sunday’s high-stakes national…

Germany‘s election winner Friedrich Merz has vowed to rule Europe’s largest economy by returning to his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party’s conservative roots, ease restraints on business and crack down…

Germany‘s conservative CDU/CSU alliance led by Friedrich Merz won Sunday’s elections with between 28.5 and 29 percent of the vote, according to first TV exit polls. The far-right Alternative for…

Ukraine‘s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that Russia launched more than 200 drones in an overnight attack, the largest of the war, as he condemned Russia’s “aerial terror” and…

Germans began voting Sunday in a pivotal election, with the conservatives the strong favourites after a campaign rocked by a far-right surge and the dramatic return of US President Donald…

Pope Francis‘s ninth night in hospital passed peacefully after a respiratory attack that sparked alarm, the Vatican said Sunday, although the 88-year-old is still using oxygen through a tube to…

Home Europe Live Issued on: 23/02/2025 – 08:27Modified: 23/02/2025 – 09:16 1 min Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), left, and Friedrich Merz, right, leader of…