Tag: Europe

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrives at the European People's Party summit, hours ahead of an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. European Union leaders meet to nominate their candidates for the 28-nation bloc's two top jobs. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

EU leaders order tougher sanctions against Russia

Washington Examiner · July 16, 2014 9:58 pm

Julian Assange's lawyer Tomas Olsson, center, talks to media prior to a public court hearing in Stockholm on Wednesday July 16, 2014. The court will determine if a 4-year old arrest warrant against Julian Assange the WikiLeaks founder for alleged sexual assault should be dropped. (AP Photo/Roger Vikstrom) ** SWEDEN OUT **

Swedish court upholds detention order on Assange

Karl Ritter · July 16, 2014 6:18 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012 file photo, a person is reflected in a puddle alongside the Euro sculpture in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. International investors are recovering their appetite for euros as the shared currency recovers from a debt crisis that threatened to break it up. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Euro healing, but still distant No. 2 to US dollar

David McHugh · July 16, 2014 1:46 pm

FILE - This July 14, 2014 file photo shows black smoke billowing following a mortar attack during fighting between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian fighters in Luhansk, Ukraine. The United States is considering imposing unilateral sanctions on Russia over its threatening moves in Ukraine, a shift in strategy that reflects the Obama administration's frustration with Europe's reluctance to take tougher action against Moscow, according to U.S. and European officials. (AP Photo, Yuri Snegirev, Rossiyiskaya Gazeta, File)

Biden to Ukraine: US, Europe weighing Russia costs

Washington Examiner · July 16, 2014 1:22 am

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Beltway Confidential

World still warm toward US but sees rising power of China

Becket Adams · July 14, 2014 8:30 pm

A Donetsk People's Republic fighter stands guard during a pro-Russian meeting in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Sunday, July 13, 2014. Pro-Russian insurgents last week retreated from the strategic city of Slovyansk and holed up in Donetsk, a city of one million, and potentially the final frontier for the rebels. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Ukraine: Military plane shot down by rocket

Peter Leonard · July 14, 2014 4:21 pm

A Donetsk People's Republic fighter stands guard during the wedding ceremony of platoon commander Arsen Pavlov and Elena Kolenkina in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Friday July 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Eastern Ukrainians flee as army suffers losses

YURAS KARMANAUPETER LEONARD · July 11, 2014 6:08 pm

A currency trader reacts as he works at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 11, 2014. Asian stock markets were muted Friday, following the lead of Wall Street traders spooked by worries about the soundness of a bank in Portugal that raised the specter of more financial turmoil in Europe. South Korea's benchmark Kospi dropped 0.70 percent at 1,988.74.( AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon).

Markets steady after Portuguese bank scare

The Associated Press · July 11, 2014 4:01 pm

‘The New Old Europe’

‘The New Old Europe’

Daniel Halper · July 11, 2014 11:26 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a joint news conference with the Prime Minster of Moldova Iurie Leanca, as part of a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, July 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

National Security

Germany kicks out top US spy over espionage claims

Frank Jordans · July 10, 2014 11:24 pm

A building damaged by shelling is seen in Mikolaivka village, near the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Thursday, July 10, 2014. In the past two weeks, Ukrainian government troops have halved the amount of territory held by the rebels. Now they are vowing a blockade of Donetsk. In another sign of deteriorating morale among rebels, several dozen militia fighters in Donetsk abandoned their weapons and fatigues Thursday, telling their superiors they were returning home.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Rifts appear among Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels

Yuras Karmanau · July 10, 2014 7:46 pm

EU court rules against German language tests

EU court rules against German language tests

Washington Examiner · July 10, 2014 11:36 am