Jeanna Smialek

Countries are learning that the finer things in life sometimes have a serendipitous side benefit.

President Trump said he would send 5,000 troops to Poland, part of a back-and-forth that has left European leaders reeling.

Europeans are considering appointing an envoy to Ukraine peace talks with Russia. First, many warn, they need to decide what to ask.

Wolder, near the Belgian border, is waiting to see if the skeleton it dug up in a church is Count d’Artagnan, from Alexandre Dumas’s tale.

Israel criticized the European Union’s announcement that it will apply sanctions to Israeli settlers over violence against Palestinians.

President Trump said that the European Union was not upholding its part of a trade agreement and that he would increase tariffs next week.

European Union nations have a little-known obligation to protect one another. Experts caution it is no replacement for NATO.

After months of impasse because of objections from Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, ambassadors were meeting to discuss a key step on the way to disbursing the much-needed money.

Viktor Orban, Hungary’s newly ousted prime minister, helped to finance a Brussels think tank that pushes his populist vision. It will outlast him, at least for a while.

The Dutch king and queen are set to stay at the White House on Monday night. At a time of trans-Atlantic tension, the Netherlands isn’t sure how it feels about that.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban has stymied the European Union for years, and particularly in recent months. Peter Magyar’s election could change that, if only so much.

The European Union and national capitals are trying to make social media and algorithms less addictive and safer, especially for children.

The Trump administration had options for offloading contraceptives once destined for Africa, a newly obtained memo shows. Instead, it has let them collect dust and go bad.

In a report obtained by The New York Times, a panel of judges found that evidence of sexual misconduct by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court left room for “reasonable doubt.”

The European Union and Australia have shaken hands on a trade deal that would improve access to aluminum, lithium and other critical minerals for the 27-nation bloc.

European leaders are pushing Prime Minister Viktor Orban to stop blocking a €90 billion loan to Ukraine. But the issue is a rallying cry in remarkably close elections in Hungary set for April 12.

A decade ago, a surge in migration to Europe spurred the far-right’s rise. European leaders now fear the Iran war could set off another crisis, and they have taken tentative steps to prepare.

President Vladimir V. Putin threatened to cut off remaining gas supplies to Europe as the Iran war drives a surge in energy costs.

Negotiators agree that joining the bloc is critical to Kyiv’s future. But obstacles abound, and compromises might forever change how the union works.