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Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the economic fallout has forced the parties of Germany's coalition government to cross some of their long-held red lines on energy and defence, resulting in a tectonic shift in national policy.

President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that France was ready to deliver gas to Germany in exchange for electricity this coming winter should the energy crisis make such a move necessary. Macron also said that he supports the implementation of a European-wide contribution scheme to rein in speculative pricing.

Serbia's Ana Brnabic expressed willingness to compromise on Monday during her first visit to Kosovo since becoming prime minister almost five years ago, a day after Germany and France appealed to Serbia and Kosovo to resolve a flare-up in tension.

Serbia’s prime minister has visited Serb-dominated northern Kosovo following a recent flareup in tensions between the former war foes that sparked fears of instability in the Balkans amid the war in Ukraine

On Sunday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz presented the third package of its kind since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. We take a closer look at the raft of measures that will bring financial support to cash-strapped German households and the windfall tax on energy providers that's due to finance part of…

Operator Energoatom says last transmission line cut because of a fire caused by shelling; EU and Ukraine sign aid deal

Russia is ‘forcibly discharging’ ill and injured men to ‘replenish [its] losses in manpower’, Ukraine said

Zelenskiy claims progress in Ukraine’s counter-offensive; IAEA inspectors to remain at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant until at least Monday

Several EU nations announce emergency plans to combat skyrocketing energy prices in the wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine.