BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) – The European Investment Bank, the EU’s lending arm, will boost lending for defence projects to 4.5 billion euros ($5.28 billion) next year from 3.5 billion […]

MADRID, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Spanish authorities have detected four outbreaks of bird flu in wild birds in the central Madrid region, where forestry agents collected hundreds of dead storks

ROME, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Italian authorities said on Friday they had arrested 34 “tomb raiders” suspected of looting treasures from archaeological sites in Sicily and the neighbouring region of

NEW YORK/LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – European travelers, nearly a year into President Donald Trump’s administration, are popping up in less-heralded – and often more affordable – destinations in the

BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) – The European Commission is open to include guarantees that Belgium wants in the plan to use immobilised Russian central bank assets for a loan to

KYIV, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Ukrainian forces said they had retaken parts of the northeastern town of Kupiansk and had encircled Russian troops there as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the

VALLETTA, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Some 60 African migrants were brought to Malta on Friday after their boat capsized close to the Mediterranean island, one of the biggest groups to

BERLIN/PARIS, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Defence ministers from Germany, France and Spain have pushed discussions on a troubled European fighter jets project towards government leaders meeting next week after inconclusive

BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Belgian central securities depository Euroclear, which holds most of the Russian central bank assets frozen in Europe, can offset any seizure of its assets in

ZURICH, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Switzerland said on Friday it would reduce the number of Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighter jets it is buying from the United States so