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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.The fight against Russia in Ukraine is now firmly Europe’s war.The European Union this week signed off on the equivalent of $105 billion in loans to keep Kyiv afloat through the end of next year—but officials warned that it may not be enough.With Russia determined to continue its four-year invasion until it dominates its neighbor, and President Trump pulling back from Europe and focused on the Middle East, Ukraine finds itself reliant on the traditionally gun-shy EU in its war for survival.The confirmation of the loan ahead of a summit in Cyprus on Thursday, long blocked by recently ousted Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, marked a fresh sign of resolve and unity in the bloc.“For the first time in years there are no Russians in the room,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on social media, an apparent reference to Orbán, who had warm ties with Moscow but stayed away from the EU summit after recently losing an election. “Huge relief,” Tusk added.The funding decision, which Orban cleared this week following his election defeat, comes at a critical moment for Ukraine, which needs the cash to sustain its economy and its military amid relentless Russian assaults as Moscow seeks to grab more land in its neighbor’s east.

European Union leaders are grappling with how to respond to the United States as it appears determined to start a trade war or even seize part of their territory

Two Russian money laundering networks used by drug gangs, cyber criminals and sanctioned oligarchs have been uncovered and disrupted in an international sting.

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk says his government will protect major television stations in the country, like the U.S.-owned TVN, against hostile purchases, in a move aimed at protecting from any such attempts by Russia

Around 50 European leaders will be reassessing their trans-Atlantic relations in the hope that Donald Trump's second U.S. presidency will avoid the strife and political pitfalls of his first administration

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Immigration is the most vexing political problem in Europe these days and guess what: It’s no longer a preoccupation only of the so-called far right. This weekend centrist Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk became the latest European leader to try to slam the Continent’s gates shut.

The prime ministers of Czech Republic and Poland say the European Union has to do more to tackle unauthorized migration

Poland’s electoral authority says that the former governing nationalist conservative party violated campaign funding rules in the 2023 parliamentary vote

Poland’s budget proposal for 2025 includes record defense spending of 187 billion zlotys or $48.7 billion

Modi on Thursday reiterated India's previous standing of supporting dialogue and diplomacy and said India is willing to help Ukraine and nations West Asia revolve its conflicts. While speaking at the joint press briefing with Polish PM Donald Tusk, the PM further said that India does not believe war to be a solution. «The ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia are a matter of deep concern for all of us. India firmly believes that no problem can be solved on the battlefield. The loss of innocent lives in any crisis has become the biggest challenge for the entire humanity. We support dialogue and diplomacy for the early restoration of peace and stability. For this, India is ready to provide all possible cooperation along with its friendly countries,» he said. The prime minister's comments came ahead of his first visit to war-torn Ukraine on Friday by the invite of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. PM Modi also thanked PM Tusk for playing a crucial role in facilitating the evacuation of Indian students from Ukraine during the initial months of the start of the its war with Russia in 2022.

Poland's prime minister has reacted to reports that revived speculation about who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has accused Poland’s previous government of illegally spending 100 billion Polish zlotys or $25 billion as he announced a government effort to try to recover the money

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he expects the upcoming NATO summit to provide specific steps to strengthen his country’s air defenses against Russia

Leaders across Europe have reacted with relief mixed with concern to the result of the French legislative election

Poland is investing about $2.5 billion to step up security and deterrence on its borders with Russia and its ally Belarus, the prime minister said Saturday. Donald Tusk said work on the Shield-East project which includes building proper military fortifications has already begun. Poland is on the eastern flank of NATO and of the European Union and Tusk stressed it bears additional responsibility for Europe's security. «We have taken the decision to invest into our safety and first of all, into a safe eastern border, some 10 billion zlotys ($2.5 billion),» Tusk said.

Polish farmers have marched through downtown Warsaw to protest the European Union’s climate policies and to oppose the pro-EU government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk

Twenty years after Poland joined the European Union, its finance minister says the country is still not ready to adopt the euro currency

Poland's president says the NATO member would be ready to host the nuclear weapons of the military alliances's other members in response to Russia's moving its nuclear weapons to neighbouring Belarus. President Andrzej Duda made the comments in an interview published Monday in the Fakt tabloid. Russia is «recently relocating its nuclear weapons to Belarus,» Duda said, in a reference to Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko's announcement in December. «If there were a decision by our allies to deploy nuclear weapons within the nuclear sharing also on our territory in order to strengthen the security of NATO's eastern flank, we are ready,» Duda said.

The European Union has disbursed about $6.7 billion to Poland as a part of the 27-nation bloc’s post-pandemic recovery fund, the biggest single transfer ever to the country

Ukrainian and Polish leaders say they have made progress on regulating Ukraine food imports that have led to farmer protests in Europe

Lawmakers with Poland’s ruling pro-European Union coalition have launched a rare process to bring the central bank chief before a special court on allegations of acting against the country’s financial interests