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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has appointed a former member of his Senate staff who primarily has experience as a business consultant as the U.S. State Department’s top official for Europe, according to the department’s website.

The Polish president said only “American pressure” can end the three-year war.

For three years, the European Union has tiptoed around the question of what to do with Russia’s frozen assets. The fear of economic upset or political fallout has led to a strategy of caution and delay. But we are now at the edge of a cliff, and further hesitation could send the continent tumbling into a crisis of its own making.

As Christians mark Easter around the world, in Central and Eastern Europe its celebration does not just mean filing to church, but also partaking in a series of sometimes bizarre practices handed down through the ages.

The meeting involved France, Germany and the UK with U.S. and Ukrainian officials.

Poland’s total fertility rate, the average number of children a woman has in her lifetime, fell to 1.11 last year, the lowest in the European Union and one of the lowest among developed countries, according to government estimates.

European authorities have seized over €33 million in assets during a major crackdown on an international criminal network accused of smuggling damaged U.S. vehicles into the EU, evading taxes and endangering consumers.

The Warsaw Stock Exchange opened on Monday with a massive sell-off.

Fake cosmetics, massage pillows and sex toys. Crude homemade explosives. A Russian known as “Warrior.” A code word: “Mary.”

The U.S. will not suddenly reduce its military presence in Europe, NATO’s secretary-general has said.

The average hourly wage in Poland reached €14.20 in 2024 – a substantial 19% increase compared to the previous year, making it the fastest wage growth in the entire European Union. According to new data from Eurostat, this dramatic rise far outpaced the EU-wide average increase of just 5.1%, highlighting the rapid pace at which Poland's labor market is developing.

The AP mapped attacks across Europe since the start of the war in Ukraine.

Europe cannot simply lament how unstable the world has become or dwell on the loss of the order that ensured its peace and prosperity for more than seven decades. The White Paper on European Defence – Readiness 2030, published by the European Commission on 19 March, takes an active approach to shaping Europe's onsetting emancipation in security and defense.

U.S. officials also revealed plans to conduct strikes against Houthis in Yemen.

The East Shield project, designed to shore up Poland’s border with Russia and Belarus, has been designated one of the EU’s top priorities, the Polish prime minister has said.

A Europe united on security is a “nightmare” for Putin, Poland’s prime minister has said ahead of a key EU summit in Brussels that will address security and peace in Ukraine.

Europe’s largest missile maker boosted production and deliveries by 33% in 2024 compared to the previous year, as demand from governments across the continent for air defenses and battlefield munitions lifted orders to a record high.

A “significant number” of countries are willing to provide peacekeeping troops in Ukraine in the event of a peace deal with Russia, a spokesperson for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday.

Lipavský called for a broader political discussion on the broadcaster’s future.

Representatives of around 25 countries showed they were “united in support for Ukraine” during in a virtual conference hosted by the U.K. on Saturday, Poland’s defense minister has said.