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This article is from a special report on the Athens Democracy Forum, which gathered experts last week in the Greek capital to discuss global issues. The summer of 2023 was a devastating one for Greece. The largest wildfire on record in the European Union ravaged its northeastern regions in August, …

When government leaders in Saxony learned that Rheinmetall, Germany’s most prominent arms manufacturer, was considering building a new munitions factory in the former East German state, they saw visions of economic boom. It was a chance, they thought, to capitalize on the city’s storied airfield — home to the Red …

Russia’s strategy to win the war in Ukraine is to outlast the West. But how does Vladimir Putin plan to do that? American officials said they are convinced that Mr. Putin intends to try to end U.S. and European support for Ukraine by using his spy agencies to push propaganda …

Russian and Ukrainian officials voiced a rare note of agreement on Monday, with both sides playing down the significance of a U.S. government spending bill that lacked new aid for Kyiv. The absence of more Ukraine funding in the stopgap bill — which passed late Saturday, allowing Washington to narrowly …

Ukraine aid is uncertain, as the U.S. avoids a shutdown The U.S. Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown on Saturday by passing a stopgap spending bill to temporarily keep the government open; however, the bill did not include any additional aid for Ukraine. The White House and leaders of both …

Key Points Slovakia’s SMER-SSD party scored almost 23 per cent of votes in Saturday’s parliamentary poll. Its pro-Russian leader Robert Fico has been given the green light to begin coalition talks. He hopes to make Slovakia the second EU nation that stops providing aid towards Ukraine. Slovakia’s pro-Russian and anti-liberal …

An election in Slovakia on Saturday represents more than just a vote in a small Central European nation with less than six million people. It could also alter the contours of what has been a mostly united front in Europe against Russia’s war in Ukraine. Slovakia, which shares its eastern …

Roman Kizyma The first months of war, we didn’t have the weekdays, so we just worked seven days, 24 hours. There are moments when I can work for three days without sleep. There are moments like when I, I cannot do anything for this day. I had a very long period …

More than a year after her mother died, Alla Kotliarova buried her for the third — and she hopes final — time. There was no priest, no tearful neighbors, no ceremonial procession to the cemetery sitting among thin pine trees at the end of town. But there was at least …

A group of Ukrainian Army soldiers pierced by Russian grenades and mortar shells arrived at a hospital recently in need of surgery. It would have been a familiar scene from the bloody war grinding on in Ukraine, except for two crucial differences: Most of the wounded soldiers were American, and …

The chief of NATO and the defense ministers of Britain and France have paid surprise visits to Kyiv, announced on Thursday, in a show of continued solidarity, even as they emphasize the goal of pumping up weapons production within Ukraine. Conscious of softening Western support for the expensive business of …

There was some question about how much stock should be placed in the videos released by Russia. Moscow has a well-established history of trying to sweep miliary embarrassments under the rug, most notably during this war when the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet was sunk. Even when its plans …

The commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, declared dead by the Ukrainian military on Monday but purportedly shown in a video released by Moscow on Tuesday, appeared in another unverified video released by a Russian state TV channel on Wednesday. The latest video, along with comments by the commander published …

The killing of an enemy admiral in a missile strike would be a coup for any military, but the celebration in Ukraine over the death of Russia’s Black Sea fleet commander may turn out to be short-lived. A day after announcing that the admiral was among 34 officers killed in …

Key Points Ukraine’s special forces said on Monday they had killed Sokolov, Moscow’s top admiral in Crimea. Sokolov was shown attending a video conference on Tuesday. arlier on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on the Ukrainian claim. One of Russia’s most senior navy officers has been shown …

The United States announced an aid package for Ukraine on Sept. 6 that for the first time included ammunition made with depleted uranium to Ukraine, raising concerns over the material’s potential health and environmental effects. The munitions — 120-millimeter anti-armor ammunition — are for use in 31 U.S.-provided M1 Abrams …