Each of the four candidates for the role will make their case to their fellow MEPs in Strasbourg on Tuesday to succeed Sassoli, who died on 11 January and whose term of office ended this week.

New Zealand's military is sending much-needed drinking water and other supplies, but said the ash on the runway will delay the flight at least a day.

Austria has one of the highest rates of femicides in the EU, according to Eurostat data.

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Breivik killed 77 people in 2012 when he set off a bomb in front of the government headquarters in Oslo and opened fire on the annual summer camp of the left-wing Labour Party’s youth wing.

New Zealand and Australia sent military surveillance flights to Tonga to assess the damage a huge undersea volcanic eruption left in the Pacific island nation.

A drone attack claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels in Abu Dhabi killed three people.

A cold case team has reached what it calls the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family.

Thirty years after the EU formally recognised Slovenian independence, one of its former champions is presiding over an erosion of press freedom and civil society. Act now before it's too late, warns CIVICUS researcher Aarti Narsee.

The UK said it would freeze the BBC's licence fee while the opposition claimed the move was meant to create a distraction from the prime minister's current scandals.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Madrid to plan how to boost progressive policies in the 27-nation European Union.

A trust deficit may be driving low vaccine uptake and conspiracy theories in some European countries. It is within politicians' power to mitigate this, writes Péter Krekó of the Budapest-based Political Capital Institute

EU leaders paid tribute to the late president of the European Parliament David Sassoli at a ceremony in Strasbourg.

US officials had warned on Friday that Russia could frame Ukraine as an aggressor ahead of an invasion.

The UK confirmed its plan to use the military to limit small boat crossings from France, one of several measures seen as an effort to shore up support for the prime minister amid a series of scandals.

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Sweden's domestic security agency will investigate drones that were seen hovering over or near three nuclear power plants.

Hungarian police and counter-terrorism officials are involved in the operation.

Turkey has repeatedly refused to release Kavala despite a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.

Changes to the strict "one-child policy" since 2016 have failed to result in a hoped-for baby boom

The attack on an industrial area has been claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels.

Social Democrat leader Dimitar Kovačevski will be the country's next Prime Minister, replacing Zoran Zaev.

It comes after the debacle in Australia over Novak Djokovic's visa.

Navalny said that he had "no regrets" about his return to Moscow from Berlin, despite his incarceration.

Antonio Horta-Osorio has quit following an internal investigation, saying 'a number of my personal actions have led to difficulties for the bank'.

The fine will rise to €100 in February.

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The French presidential hopeful described unaccompanied migrant children as "thieves", "murderers" and "rapists".

Poroshenko dismisses the charges against him as "politically motivated".

The anti-poverty NGO called for governments to improve wealth distribution and to end the "shameful vaccine apartheid".

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North Korea has been ramping up tests in recent months of new, potentially nuclear-capable missiles designed to be maneuverable and fly at low altitudes.

Four people were held hostage in Colleyville, Texas, on Saturday by an armed captor identified as British national Malik Faisal Akram.

The new law requires full vaccination to go to restaurants, movie theatres, museums, and many sites throughout the country.

The ballot focuses on the changes in the election of judges and prosecutors that authorities say are aimed at boosting their independence in the country where the judiciary is widely seen as corrupt and politically controlled.

Presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon — a political firebrand with a notorious temper — also drew attention in the 2017 presidential race for holding a campaign rally via hologram.

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The statement from the ministry of digital development came a day after Microsoft said dozens of computer systems at an unspecified number of Ukrainian agencies had been infected with destructive malware disguised as ransomware.

“Without obligatory vaccination, we will always lag behind,” said Austria's health minister Wolfgang Mueckstein.

Polish border guards have detained several people accused of trafficking migrants from the Polish-Belarusian border towards western Europe.

The vote comes two years ahead of schedule as the country’s president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa called an early election after the parliament failed to pass the new budget.

Cinemas, zoos, museums, and theatres are among the places that could welcome visitors again.

Netanyahu -- who denies wrongdoing -- is on trial for fraud, breach of trust, and accepting bribes in three separate cases.

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Two years into the pandemic, Omicron's effect on medical facilities has many reevaluating the resilience of public health systems that are considered essential to providing equal care.

The four hostages were released and freed after an FBI SWAT team stormed the synagogue, where an unnamed, allegedly armed man kept them for hours on Saturday.

The tennis world No 1's hopes of defending his Australian Open title and winning a record 21st Grand Slam came to an end as Novak Djokovic left Melbourne for Belgrade via Dubai.

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Virginia Giuffre has accused the British royal of sexually abusing her at age 17. Prince Andrew denies the claims.

Sweden reinforces its military presence on the island of Gotland, which is the closest part of the country to Russia.