Category Policy areas

ROME/PARIS — As budget talks swing into full gear in two of Europe’s most important countries, a monumental shift is taking place under the hood of the EU economy.  Italy, long viewed as a nation of tax evaders and overspenders, is now…

KYIV — When Ukrainian soldier Vitaly entered Russia’s Kursk region as part of the recent incursion, the first thing that surprised him was that some locals spoke Ukrainian. “Some of them said they have relatives in Ukraine who used to…