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Western sanctions haven't worked. Weapons from allies are running low. Pressure may build on Kyiv to seek a settlement, even from a weakened position. Two years after Russia's invasion of [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger The concept, important for determining the legality of an act of war, is about weighing civilian harm against military objectives, not about achieving a balanced number of [...]

The concept, important for determining the legality of an act of war, is about weighing civilian harm against military objectives, not about achieving a balanced number of casualties. The international [...]

BRUSSELS — Finland’s Parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed all of the legislation necessary for joining NATO, subject only to the ratification of its bid by the Parliaments of Turkey and [...]

Leaders from around Europe expressed solidarity with Ukraine on Friday, offering messages of support and resolve on the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion. “People of Ukraine, France stands by your [...]

BRUSSELS -- Sweden has altered its terrorism laws and policies to win Turkey's approval of Stockholm's application to join NATO, but it will not violate its own constitution to satisfy [...]

BRUSSELS — Sweden has altered its terrorism laws and policies to win Turkey’s approval of Stockholm’s application to join NATO, but it will not violate its own constitution to satisfy [...]

After the pain of an energy crisis brought on by the Ukraine war, Europe is keen to reduce its strategic vulnerabilities to China, not to speak of other authoritarian governments. [...]

The West thought an artillery and tank war in Europe would never happen again and shrunk weapons stockpiles. It was wrong. BRUSSELS -- When the Soviet Union collapsed, European nations [...]

A proposed visa ban has divided many Europeans, with some arguing it would increase pressure inside Russia and others questioning whether it plays into Kremlin claims of persecution by the [...]

Envoys from both countries gathered for another effort to restore the 2015 agreement to limit Tehran's nuclear program. Expectations are low. BRUSSELS -- With Iran announcing this week that it [...]

Critics say that Belgium is giving into Iranian blackmail in order to secure the release of one of its nationals in Iran and that the treaty will put more Belgians [...]

Finnish and Swedish hopes of being accepted as applicants by next week's NATO summit meeting have been dashed by a Turkish government that says it is in no hurry. BRUSSELS [...]

But a diplomatic resolution to the war still looks remote, amid searing questions about what would constitute a ''victory'' for Kyiv. President Biden on Saturday signed a new $40 billion [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger and Benjamin Novak After years of complacency and wishful thinking, Brussels is finally trying to rein in the country's pugnacious leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orban. BRUSSELS - [...]

After years of complacency and wishful thinking, Brussels is finally trying to rein in the country's pugnacious leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orban. BRUSSELS -- After long indulging him, leaders in [...]

Europe is again at the center of the pandemic, and amid vaccine resistance and protests, nations are imposing new rules and pressuring people to get inoculated. BRUSSELS -- Austria went [...]

A confrontation at the Polish-Belarusian border, a funeral for a dead Syrian boy trapped in between and a new round of E.U. sanctions mark the struggle with Aleksandr G. Lukashenko. [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger Faced with the weaponization of migrants from Belarus, the European Union is defending Poland's hard line even as it withholds funds over rule of law violations. [Follow [...]

Britain's Brexit minister is demanding an overhaul of an agreement on trade rules for Northern Ireland. LONDON -- Britain set itself on course for a new confrontation with the European [...]

Poland argues that its courts should supersede the bloc's top court. The E.U. sharply disagrees. BRUSSELS -- Poland threw down the gauntlet to the European Union on Thursday when its [...]

Yearly reports on compliance with the rule of law in European Union member states depict problems in several of them with corruption and the independence of justice and media. BRUSSELS [...]

Hungary and Poland are fighting with Brussels over values and rule of law. So, after a fashion, is Germany. BRUSSELS -- Poland has escalated a six-year struggle with the European [...]

The proposal would impose tariffs on some imports from countries with looser environmental rules. It would also mean the end of sales in the European Union of new gas- and [...]

In a summit of European Union leaders, there were fierce, emotional arguments about Hungary's new law on sex education and about how and when to meet Russia's president. BRUSSELS -- [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger E.U. leaders say that they will do all they can to thwart a proposed new law in Hungary that would, they say, equate homosexuality with pedophilia. BRUSSELS [...]

E.U. leaders say that they will do all they can to thwart a proposed new law in Hungary that would, they say, equate homosexuality with pedophilia. BRUSSELS -- A culture [...]

The agreement, coming as President Biden met European leaders, ends a 17-year dispute over aircraft subsidies. BRUSSELS -- The United States and Europe on Tuesday agreed to put aside a [...]

In indirect talks in Vienna, the U.S. and Iran agreed to try to synchronize Washington's lifting of sanctions and Iran's limiting of uranium enrichment. BRUSSELS -- The United States and [...]

Brussels says Britain has broken its legal agreement governing trade with Northern Ireland. Britain has denied breaking the deal, saying its move is a temporary measure to relieve bottlenecks. BRUSSELS [...]

Just weeks into its official break from the bloc, Britain is refusing to grant the bloc's ambassador the same status as other top diplomats. BRUSSELS -- For all the complications [...]

The move came after Britain refused to withdraw legislation that it admits could break international law by potentially overriding commitments on Northern Ireland. LONDON -- A decision by the European [...]

The outspoken conservative envoy, Pete Hoekstra, has been criticized for hosting a fund-raiser for a Dutch populist party at the U.S. Embassy. BRUSSELS -- One of President Trump's most outspoken [...]

Phil Hogan had one of the most powerful jobs in Brussels, and leaves at a pivotal time in trade relations. The dinner he attended with politicians in Ireland has become [...]

Europe bought time after the migrant crisis of 2015. It just didn't use it very well. Now it may pay a price. BRUSSELS -- The European Union still has nightmares [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger Donald Tusk is leaving his job as European Council president, but he still faces the problem presented by his old friend, transformed by power and cynicism. BRUSSELS [...]

Donald Tusk is leaving his job as European Council president, but he still faces the problem presented by his old friend, transformed by power and cynicism. BRUSSELS -- Donald Tusk [...]

Few expect the negotiations on the country's future trade and security relationship with the bloc to be quick or easy. BRUSSELS -- European leaders on Friday welcomed the clarity of [...]

BRUSSELS -- After the recent death of the treaty covering intermediate-range missiles, a new arms race appears to be taking shape, drawing in more players, more money and more weapons [...]

BRUSSELS -- NATO repeated its support for the United States' decision to abandon the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces agreement on Friday and said it would respond in a ''measured and [...]

BRUSSELS -- Iran for the first time tied the British seizure of an Iranian oil tanker to the ailing nuclear deal on Sunday, calling it illegal and a violation of [...]

BRUSSELS -- In a decision opposed by most former Soviet-bloc countries, the parliament of the Council of Europe voted on Tuesday to end Russia's suspension, which began with the annexation [...]

BRUSSELS -- As tensions between Washington and Tehran escalate, European leaders find themselves in an uncomfortable place they have feared ever since President Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear [...]

BRUSSELS -- The European Union's impatience with the populist government of Italy and its free-spending ways ratcheted up a notch on Wednesday, with Brussels warning that it would take legal [...]

BRUSSELS -- Furious after President Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal and reimposed punitive banking sanctions last year, European leaders vowed to find a way to enable Tehran [...]

BRUSSELS -- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Tuesday that the Trump administration would begin the formal process to scrap the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty within 60 days unless [...]

Over the past few days the shape of what many in Europe and the United States call a new Cold War has begun to emerge -- with threats and nuclear [...]

BRUSSELS -- When he arrived in the Oval Office for negotiations over their growing trade war, Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, brought a small gift for President [...]

BRUSSELS -- The European Union's new agreement on migration does not obligate any country to do anything, but it appeared to be enough to save Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany [...]

BRUSSELS -- European Union leaders, after marathon talks overnight, announced early Friday that they had reached a compromise deal on the issue of migration, which has created a political crisis [...]