The German economy recorded a GDP growth of 0.4% in the first quarter of 2025; however, future forecasts remain pessimistic.

European countries, aiming for deeper economic sanctions to push Russia into a ceasefire in Ukraine, struggle with US ...

Oil and gas exports are a major source of income for the Kremlin, providing the federal budget with billions of pounds.

The Shangri-La Dialogue has historically been the setting for top-level encounters between the US and China – an arena for ...

What European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen calls the “era of rearmament” means an era of social dismantling for Europe’s working class. More money for tanks means less for pensions; more ...

The chances of a banking crisis in Russia have increased amid high interest rates, a Kremlin-linked think tank has warned.

After Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russian air bases, the two sides talked for about an hour in Istanbul, and a halt to the ...

Russian strategic bombers,” he says in his recognisable growl, “all burning delightfully.” The strike is one of the heaviest ...

“Russia has one of the lowest projected long-term growth rates and one of the highest levels of country risk in the world,” says Heli Simola, senior economist at the Bank of Finland in a blog post.

Ukraine's security service has hit the Kerch Bridge linking Russia to Crimea with underwater explosives after what it said was "months of planning" - and released a video of the strike.

Russia and Ukraine agree to prisoner swap but ... with smuggled drones in major operation Ukraine says it struck 41 war planes deep inside Russian territory in a major operation using smuggled ...