Tag: Europe

Obama reassures NATO’s eastern allies as they eye Russian moves in Ukraine

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Obama reassures NATO’s eastern allies as they eye Russian moves in Ukraine

Charles Hoskinson · September 3, 2014 12:36 am

Ukrainian troops routed as Russia talks tough

Peter Leonard · September 2, 2014 8:10 pm

Alliances Are Hard Work … And Expensive

Alliances Are Hard Work … And Expensive

Geoffrey Norman · September 2, 2014 5:23 pm

President Obama heads to Europe

Lisa Ruhl · September 2, 2014 3:53 pm

Euro continues descent ahead of ECB meeting

Pan Pylas · September 2, 2014 2:21 pm

French President Francois Hollande, right, shakes hand with President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, after a meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Bank chief Mario Draghi called in a speech last month for fiscal policies to support growth, a departure from the ECB's implicit support for austerity. No immediate steps were expected but the bank has begun work on a program to buy asset-backed securities. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Austerity debate flares as Europe recovery fades

DAVID McHUGHLORI HINNANT · September 1, 2014 9:33 pm

Ukrainian army personnel carry an Ukrainian government soldier injured by tank fire to an ambulance in the rebel-held town of Starobesheve, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. Half an hour later the soldier died. Ukrainian government forces have succumbed to a sequence of military failures and seen their holdings in the conflict-ridden east shrink in recent days as Russian-backed rebels continue their fast-paced offensive. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Pro-Russia rebels confident after making gains

Peter Leonard · August 30, 2014 7:11 pm

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, center, holds the hands of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, left, and Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. European Union leaders have nominated Italy's Mogherini to become the 28-nation bloc's new foreign policy chief for the next five years. The EU leaders also elected Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to succeed European Council President Herman Van Rompuy in December as EU summit chairman and behind-the-scenes broker of compromises among national leaders. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

EU leaders pick Italian as bloc’s new top diplomat

Juergen Baetz · August 30, 2014 7:06 pm

FILE - This is a Aug. 19, 2014 file image taken from video of a sign is posted on the road next to Bardarbunga, a subglacial stratovolcano located under Iceland's largest glacier. Earthquakes are rocking Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano, adding to concerns that magma movements may trigger an eruption that could hinder air traffic. Iceland's Met Office says two earthquakes measuring over magnitude 5 shook the volcano under the vast Vatnajokull glacier on Wednesday Aug. 27 2014. Some 500 quakes have hit the area since midnight. (AP Photo/Courtesy Channel 2 Iceland, File) ICELAND OUT

Iceland raises volcano aviation alert briefly

Jenna Gottlieb · August 30, 2014 2:59 am

Poland bars Russian plane from its airspace

Poland bars Russian plane from its airspace

Washington Examiner · August 29, 2014 7:42 pm

Captured Russian paratroopers are seen in this image taken from video in Kiev on Wednesday Aug. 27. 2014. Ten Russian paratroopers were captured this week in Ukraine, adding to a growing body of evidence that Russia, despite its denials, is sending regular troops and weapons to support the separatists in their increasingly deadly fight against Ukrainian forces. (AP Photo/Channel 5) UKRAINE OUT TV OUT

Families of Russian troops in Ukraine want answers

Laura Mills · August 29, 2014 7:26 pm

Worrying eurozone inflation sags again to 0.3 pct

David McHugh · August 29, 2014 2:26 pm