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Finland has ranked the world’s happiest country for years. But Finnish happiness isn’t about joy. It’s based on unusual contentment and reassuredness.

Many Europeans feel they came out on the losing end of the new U.S.-EU trade deal. Analysts say it needs to be understood within Mr. Trump’s broader relationship with Europe.

USAID funding helped nurture new independent media outlets in Ukraine to play their part in strengthening democracy. Now there are concerns about a return to the days of media dominated by oligarchs, political parties, and the state.

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened Russia with tariffs unless a peace deal is reached within 50 days, but Russia says achieving its goals in Ukraine remains a priority.

National security in Finland is a society-wide effort that goes beyond the military. Under the shadow of Russian aggression, Europe is taking a look.

Armenia’s government is facing off against its ancient church as the former tries to sign a peace deal with the country’s long-time enemy Azerbaijan.

Germany’s railways, once an exemplar of national timeliness, are now chronically late to the point of it being a national crisis. What happened?

With Ukraine’s air defense systems overwhelmed by a surge of Russian attacks, mobile antidrone teams have emerged as an indispensable – if insufficient – defensive line against the onslaught.

Ukrainians aren’t entirely sure why Russia has been targeting Kharkiv’s dairies. But over the last three years the region, Ukraine’s third-largest producer of milk in 2021, has lost half its herd of 33,000 cows.

Many Western democracies are worried about far-right parties’ popularity. But some are finding that letting them into government actually brings them back to earth.