London (CNN) — Europe’s generous welfare states are coming under increasing strain as weak economic growth collides with rising demands on government budgets, particularly from aging populations.

The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) will hold its 346th plenary session in Strasbourg from 20 to 23 January 2025. This first plenary session of 2025 will focus notably on the adoption of ...

Most flights to Europe are overnight to maximize airline profits and because of perceived passenger preference. Daytime flights to Europe allow travelers to arrive in the evening, have dinner ...

Europe's "holiday from history is now over," Finnish President Alexander Stubb told Euronews on Tuesday. As Finland hosts the first NATO/Baltic Sea summit to bolster defences against hostile acts ...

The fourth edition of the European Aviation Environmental Report (EAER) demonstrates that the aviation sector is continuously taking steps to address its impacts on the environment and climate. The ...

Welcome to Wider Europe, RFE/RL's newsletter focusing on the key issues concerning the European Union, NATO, and other institutions and their relationships with the Western Balkans and Europe's ...

When Russia targets other European neighbors, though, the West resorts to its own euphemisms to avoid directly acknowledging what Putin is doing. Last month, the undersea power cable Estlink 2 ...

Donald Trump, the U.S. president-elect, has long nursed well-known grievances about the European Union. He has pointed to the large bilateral trade deficit between the United States and the EU—about ...

Air pollution is a deadly public health threat, but some parts of Europe are at much higher risk than others. Air pollution is linked to lung cancer, heart and respiratory diseases, stroke, poor ...

Mazda unveiled the 6e at the Brussels Motor Show in Belgium on Friday. The sleek electric sedan is the European version of the Mazda EZ-6, sold in China. The EZ-6 is made by Mazda’s Chinese ...

But heading to Europe could be a little different for Brits in 2025, thanks to a new visa scheme called EES. As it stands, visitors from the UK can visit the EU’s Schengen area (a borderless ...

New rules are set to come into force for Britons who are travelling to the EU, in an effort to strengthen security measures across European borders. The EU has said it wants all non-EU travellers to ...