EUROPEAN UNION

German police note rising crimes against refugees, with 73 violent attacks reported so far in 2016.

A group of eight notable British economists has pushed back on the notion that the U.K. would be harmed by leaving the EU. But they remain a minority.

The increase comes as European nations debate whether to continue their economic sanctions against Russia over the Kremlin’s actions in Ukraine.

The move was seen as a way to counter domestic criticism as Europeans have grown increasingly uneasy about immigration into the continent.

A British exit from the European Union could cost households more than $4,600 with impact felt until 2030.

The number of migrants making landfall this year is dramatically higher than the number of arrivals in the first four months of 2015.

Central and Eastern European states aren't buying Russia's talk of improving relations as more defense brigades are created.

Bitstamp has become the first bitcoin exchange to be granted a national license, letting it operate across all 28 EU member states.

President Barack Obama spoke at a news conference Sunday in German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

What has been dubbed Russian President Vladimir Putin's “personal army,” meant to fight crime and terror, could be authorized to shoot into crowds.

President Obama’s recent pro-European Union solidarity plea isn’t going down very well in the United Kingdom.

Somali migrants travel through Sudan into Libya or Egypt, from where they set off in overcrowded, rickety boats that must sail through choppy seas.

Russian government officials have admitted they expect no economic growth in 2016.

The ECB president brushed off German criticism of his ultra-loose monetary policy Thursday and vowed to use all the tools at his disposal to boost growth.

European Central Bank officials, including President Mario Draghi, will focus on defending the central bank’s policy that has recently come under severe criticism in Germany.

The City of London, the U.K.’s financial hub, warns that bankers could leave London and currency trading would be hit if Britain leaves the EU.

NATO’s general-secretary noted “persistent disagreements­” at the first meeting of the NATO-Russia Council since the start of the Ukraine conflict in 2014.

As the number of refugees traveling to Greece slows, Turkey threatens deal unless visa liberalization takes place.

Breakthroughs are not expected in the first Russia-NATO talks since the start of the Ukraine crisis following provocative Russian military maneuvers in the Baltic Sea.

Greece has been a major flashpoint of Europe’s migration crisis — with about 800,000 people having arrived in 2015 alone.

Last week, the rate of migrants arriving to Italy surged 173 percent from the week before.