Defense

Progressive Slovakia, led by Michal Šimečka, has 23.5 percent of the vote, ahead of former PM Robert Fico’s Smer with 21.9 percent, according to exit poll.

Ukrainian anti-corruption agency says move seeks to lift Budapest’s block of €500M in EU military assistance.

White House calls Serbian military deployment ‘very destabilizing.’

Draft text for Spain summit says bloc’s enlargement is also seen as ‘investment in peace.’

Front-runner Robert Fico’s pro-Russia rhetoric has set alarm bells ringing. It may be much ado about nothing.

But there’s still plenty of opposition to the deal in both parties.

The incoming chair must now balance a war-weary Europe and flagging interest in the U.S.

Ukrainian reconnaissance and wiretaps expose the front-line return of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s old guard, colonel tells POLITICO.

Brussels put itself front and center in an ill-fated campaign to be a regional peacemaker — but now doesn’t dare upset gas-rich Azerbaijan.

Calls grow for Paris to rethink its relationship with African nations, including a military reduction in the restive region.

King crossed the heavily armed border into repressive North Korea in July while he was part of a tour group.

Azerbaijan confirms it has detained controversial Russian-Armenian billionaire Ruben Vardanyan.

The Commission sowed weakness in the spring, and is reaping the consequences in the autumn.

Dutch defense minister says she estimates pilot training will take six to eight months.

Rishi Sunak has fundamentally changed the nature of the post-Brexit relationship.

The move follows mounting calls to step down for embarrassing Canada.

Football body says ‘children should not be punished for actions whose responsibility lies exclusively with adults.’

US ambassador warns of further escalation after shootout.

Applause for 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka was ‘deeply embarrassing’ for Canada, says PM Justin Trudeau.

The war in Ukraine has changed Germany’s thinking after it previously opposed the idea.

Naval commander Viktor Sokolov pops up in Kremlin meeting video.

British home secretary will tell a Washington think tank that 1951 UN Refugee Convention must be reformed.