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News Articles: Europe

President Trump greets Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni outside the West Wing of the White House on April 17. Meloni has been called a "Trump whisperer" who could bridge the gap between the U.S. president and European leaders.

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Trump was once seen as an asset to right-wing populists abroad. No more

In some countries, including those facing national elections soon, political leaders who've advocated a homegrown style of MAGA are suddenly scrambling to distance themselves from the U.S. president.

April 23, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
In this photo from files taken on April 18, 2005, and released by the Vatican paper <em>L'Osservatore Romano</em>, Cardinals walk in procession to the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, at the beginning of the conclave.

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  • Religion

After Pope Francis' death, debates begin over his successor

In the weeks that follow the passing of a pontiff, the city of Rome, and the Vatican in particular, comes alive with discussions over which man is best suited to next lead the church.

April 22, 2025
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  • Willem Marx
Pilgrims arrive in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

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  • Europe

Public viewing for Pope Francis begins Wednesday ahead of Saturday funeral

Faithful from around the world are pouring into the Vatican, where Pope Francis' body will go on display Wednesday, ahead of a funeral Saturday.

April 22, 2025
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer
Demonstrators protest in Berlin against the possible deportation of four foreign pro-Palestinian activists from Germany on April 7. The four, including two from Ireland, one from Poland and one from the United States, face order to leave relating to their participation in a protest at Berlin's Free University last year over Israel's invasion of Gaza. City authorities have ordered the four to leave Germany or face deportation.

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  • World

Germany seeks to deport an American and 3 EU citizens after pro-Palestinian protest

The four individuals — from Ireland, Poland and the U.S. — face possible deportation but say German authorities haven't made clear what crimes they've committed. They're appealing the orders.

April 20, 2025
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By:
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
In this photo provided by Ukraine's 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, a ruined city center in Kostyantynivka, the site of heavy battles with Russian troops, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, April 19, 2025.

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  • Europe

Zelenskyy says Russia trying to create 'impression of ceasefire' as attacks continue

Zelenskyy said that Russia must fully adhere to the ceasefire conditions and reiterated Ukraine's offer to extend the truce for 30 days, starting midnight Sunday.

April 20, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Hungary's parliament building as seen from Buda Castle, where Prime Minister Viktor Orban has moved his office to.

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  • Europe

How to dismantle democracy: Lessons aspiring autocrats may take from Hungary's Orban

The dismantling of Hungary's democracy is a point of fascination for political scientists around the world — including those advising the Trump administration.

April 20, 2025
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  • Rob Schmitz
A Ukrainian soldier hugs his comrade after returning from captivity in a POW exchange in Ukraine, on Saturday.

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  • World

Ukraine wary of Putin's Easter truce and says it will reciprocate only a genuine ceasefire

Ukraine said it would reciprocate any genuine ceasefire by Moscow, but voiced skepticism after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter truce in Ukraine starting Saturday.

April 19, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
British forces charge crowds during bread riots in Manchester, England, in 1819. The event became known as the Peterloo Massacre, when troops were ordered to disperse the crowds.

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  • Europe

One city prides itself as the cradle of the working class. Here's why

As politicians worldwide scramble to appeal to working people, this city in northern England has a claim to be the birthplace of the very concept of the working class.

April 19, 2025
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  • Fatima Al-Kassab and
  • Lauren Frayer
Students, researchers and demonstrators rally during a protest against the Trump administration's funding cuts on research, health and higher education at the University of California Los Angeles on April 8.

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  • National

Nearly 300 scientists apply for French academic program amid Trump cuts in U.S.

Nearly 300 U.S.-based researchers have applied to one program that promises "scientific refugee status" for those fleeing Trump's academic funding rollbacks.

April 18, 2025
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  • Alana Wise
Zelenskyy this week <a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/18/zelenskyy-says-he-has-information-that-china-is-supplying-weapons-to-russia"target="_blank"   >claimed</a> he had intelligence that China was sending <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/14/nx-s1-5361194/ukrainian-military-officers-attempt-to-dispel-what-they-call-myths-of-russias-war"target="_blank"   >weapons</a>, including gunpowder and artillery, to Russia.

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  • World

Ukraine sanctions 3 Chinese companies as tensions between Kyiv and Beijing rise

The sanctions mean the companies will not be able to do business with Ukraine and any assets they have in the country will be frozen.

April 18, 2025
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  • Emily Feng
Secretary of State Marco Rubio before a meeting with the French foreign minister in Paris on Thursday to discuss steps toward a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.

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  • Europe

Trump may abandon Ukraine peace talks 'within days,' Rubio warns

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that the U.S. would walk away from efforts to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine if progress isn't made within days.

April 18, 2025
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  • Eleanor Beardsley
French President Emmanuel Macron (left) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio next to special envoy Steve Witkoff (center) and France's foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, before a meeting at the Élysée presidential palace in Paris on Thursday.

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  • Europe

Rubio leads a U.S. team for Paris talks as Macron seeks unity on Ukraine

France hosted top diplomats from the U.S., Germany, the U.K. and Ukraine to discuss efforts toward a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

April 17, 2025
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  • Eleanor Beardsley and
  • Joanna Kakissis
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni holds a year-end press conference in Rome in January.

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  • Europe

Italy's Meloni will test her mettle as EU-U.S. bridge when she meets with Trump

Meloni secured the meeting at a critical juncture in the trade war. As the right-wing leader of her party she has, in a sense, been "knighted" to represent the European Union in meetings with Trump.

April 17, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
The entrance of the Supreme Court in London.

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  • Europe

U.K. high court says trans women don't meet definition of women under equalities law

Justice Patrick Hodge said five judges at the court had ruled unanimously that "the terms 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex."

April 16, 2025
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  • Lauren Frayer
Hungary's parliament has passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, in Budapest, Hungary on Monday.

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  • Europe

Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ public events

The amendment bans public events held by LGBTQ+ communities and allows authorities to use facial recognition tools to identify people who attend prohibited events.

April 15, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
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