Regions/Cohesion

Moscow said its forces were “strictly observing” the ceasefire and accused Ukraine of violating the pause in fighting.

U.S. president will say “you’re fools, you’re horrible people” and walk away if Moscow or Kyiv don’t play ball.

Losing €4 million a day and without a government, Belgium’s capital is in desperate need of leadership.

Europe’s flawed oversight of pesticides may be fueling a silent epidemic, warns Dutch neurologist Bas Bloem. His fight for reform pits him against industry, regulators — and time.

“This is a wake-up call on trade agreements,” French Trade Minister Laurent Saint-Martin tells POLITICO.

Some insiders think it’s time for Britain to dial back the sharing of intelligence with the U.S., long one of the most critical elements of the special relationship.

France and Germany want a tougher response to Washington’s trade war.

Germany’s leaders still hold out hope that a free-trade agreement could follow Trump’s tariff “mania.”

Tariff threats prompt provinces to tout “east-west” corridors, rather than “south” to the U.S.

Ukraine warned the Kremlin is preparing for a massive new military offensive.

Friedrich Merz’s incoming coalition wants to press the EU to look at withholding funds and suspending voting rights from Hungary, according to a document seen by POLITICO.

Key security fund — whose schemes range from stopping ISIS recruitment to clearing deadly mines in Sri Lanka — faces uncertain future after cut to aid spending.

In seeking a historic peace accord between Russia and Ukraine, President Donald Trump has presented himself as an agnostic arbiter focused only on bringing the three-year war …

The vote to unleash borrowing for the military and Ukraine is a “first major step towards a new European defense community,” says incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Voice of America and Radio Free Europe among outlets forced to make cuts as U.S. seeks to curtail funding.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said ahead of negotiations that Kyiv will have to give up land to Russia in order to achieve a peace deal

EU steelmakers, facing steep decline, want Brussels to intervene to give them more access to scrap metal. Recyclers aren’t happy.

A flurry of crucial policy reviews on areas that could define the U.K. prime minister’s government are coming due. POLITICO has you covered.

Moscow supported Milorad Dodik after he banned the judiciary and security forces in Serb-majority regions following his conviction, sparking sharp condemnation from the U.S. and the EU.

Kyiv is trying to hang on to the territory it holds inside Russia despite fierce counterattacks by Moscow’s military.