As Germany tries to come to terms with the latest terror attack to hit Europe, Angela Merkel must ready for the populist hard-right declarations, writes Josh Lowe

Almost all chief executives here say they are planning to expand their businesses in 2017, despite the threat of Brexit, and over half have a strategy worked out to deal with the UK fallout, according to Deloitte survey.

Brexit offers the UK the opportunity to “intensify” its relationships with European allies, Theresa May has insisted. Britain’s new prime minister said she wanted the European Union to be “strong and successful” once the UK had left the bloc.

The new British Prime Minister is continuing her whirlwind diplomacy tour of Europe with a visit to Italy.

Slawomir Sierakowski observes the rise in ‘illiberal’ democracy, namely in Central and Eastern Europe and advocates integration to stave off future crises and protect liberal norms

A report by Ukraine’s parliament has revealed that more than 300 soldiers were killed during a weeks-long battle that marked a crushing setback in the military campaign to root out pro-Russian separatist forces in the east.

A leftist party led by one of the few leading politicians in Slovakia to escape voter anger over a major corruption scandal has been propelled back into power in an early parliamentary election, according to final results today.

Slovakia’s main political parties have reached a deal to approve changes to an EU bailout fund, the main opposition leader said today, just one day after parliament rejected the proposal, causing the government to fall.

Slovakia’s president is cutting short a trip to Asia to return home to help solve a political crisis after parliament refused to endorse more powers for an EU bailout fund and the government collapsed.

Slovakia’s governing coalition has failed to strike a deal to prevent the collapse of a plan to rescue heavily indebted European nations.

Nine bodies have been recovered from a Slovak coal mine following a fire and explosion, and 11 other people are also believed to have died, authorities said today.

Seven bodies have been recovered from a Slovak coal mine following a fire and explosion, and 13 other people are missing, feared dead, authorities said today.

To the sound of midnight fireworks and pealing church bells, Slovakia joined the eurozone, putting it under the shared currency’s protective umbrella amid a world financial downpour – and

European leaders celebrate the end of border controls along a line stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic today as many of the European Union’s newest members join the EU’s passport-free zone.

Slovakia has protested to the European Commission over a 25% cut in the country’s permitted carbon dioxide limits, the country’s justice minister said.

At least eight people were killed by a pair of car bombs that tore through shoppers in central Baghdad today, while a Slovak and Polish soldier were reported killed overnight by a roadside bomb south of the capital.

General elections have boosted Slovak hopes of joining Nato and the European Union by leaving an authoritarian former prime minister with his worst showing ever.