Europe

Belgium will ban the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes as of Jan. 1 on health and environmental grounds in a groundbreaking move for European Union nations.

Starting in January 2025, Americans visiting the United Kingdom will be required to apply for an electronic travel authorization.

A humanitarian rescue group says its sailboat plucked from the central Mediterranean an 11-year-old girl believed to be the only survivor of a shipwreck in stormy seas.

Economists expect the euro to hit parity with the U.S. dollar next year, partly due to tariffs that President-elect Donald Trump may impose.

Dutch police said dozens of people armed with sticks and firecrackers set a tram on fire in Amsterdam.

The Freedom Party has secured the first far-right national parliamentary election victory in post-World War II Austria.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday he would seek to improve the trade deal with the European Union as he began a two-day tour of the U.K. as part of an “immediate reset” with governments in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Far-right parties made major gains in European Union parliamentary elections, dealing stunning defeats to two of the bloc’s most important leaders: French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has been assaulted by a man on a square in the capital of Copenhagen.

Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt that has sent shockwaves across the continent.

Retiring in Europe can slash your cost of living, allowing you to retire early or boost your lifestyle, says Traveltirement founder and CFP Tommy Sikes.

Ireland is poised to get its youngest-ever premier after Simon Harris secured the leadership of the Fine Gael party on Sunday, He replaces Leo Varadkar who announced his surprise resignation last week. The 37-year-old Harris has been the coalition government’s further and higher education minister. He was the only candidate to put his name forward to succeed Varadkar who had...

The move is intended to make it unattractive as a place of pilgrimage for Nazi sympathizers and hate groups.

The NFL seeks to play in new European cities in the future while also growing its brand in Britain, where American football is more popular than ever.

Men raced through a 260-meter obstacle course with their wives slung over their shoulders.

Summer travel interest is shifting as European travelers seek cooler weather in parts of Scandinavia, Scotland, Latvia, Estonia and northern Spain.

Pope Francis is challenging Europe to retake its role as a peacemaker and bridge builder. He made the comments as he arrived Wednesday in Portugal to open World Youth Day.

The EU and U.S. this week agreed a new Data Privacy Framework, which will allow businesses to transfer data on Europeans to the U.S.

President Biden is in Europe this week, spending time in three countries vital to the support of Ukraine. His first stop is London, to meet with the new King. NBC’s Alice Barr reports.

Lene Vindenes is a social media manager in Norway and has a “clear routine” of how she prepares to go on vacations for weeks at a time.