Moldovan President Maia Sandu said her country's path toward European Union integration can only continue if her pro-EU Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) secures a parliamentary majority in the upcoming elections.

The Trump administration has been talking up provisions of its deal with the European Union that would secure hundreds of billions of dollars in investments.

Q: Is it true that if President Donald Trump hadn’t defunded the National Weather Service, the death toll in the Texas flooding would have been far lower or nonexistent?

This week, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak drills down on two major issues: Ukraine’s wobbly week and Iceland’s flirting with EU membership.

EDINBURGH, Scotland -- The United States and the European Union agreed on Sunday to a trade framework setting a 15% tariff on most goods, staving off — at least for now — far higher import duties on both sides that might have sent shock waves through economies around the globe.

The energy purchases are a key component of a trade deal struck between the European Union and the U.S. over the weekend.

The 15% tariff would be lower than previously threatened, but it would remain a high duty on America’s largest trading partner.

On 18 July 2025, the Council of the European Union adopted additional measures which have been introduced in its 18th sanctions package in response to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine (the Package). Th