The lead negotiators on forming a new government in Belgium’s Flanders region sealed a coalition agreement early Saturday after months of negotiations.

Flanders has a new government

It took them a summer of negotiations.

The West should spend less time fretting about Russian President Vladimir Putin's red lines and set its own, said veteran German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger.

West should set its own red lines, not just accept Putin’s, argues veteran diplomat

Former German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger says Western leaders should be making more threats and be willing to follow them through.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed on Friday in a series of blasts that destroyed an underground command center in southern Beirut, Israel said on Saturday.

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah killed in Lebanon strikes, Israel says

The Lebanese cleric had headed the militant group since 1992.

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COMMENTARY: Looking to be less dependent on China and Taiwan, the West is keen to have alternative suppliers and are pushing at an open door with New Delhi and Hanoi.

EU betting on India and Vietnam for chips

Looking to be less dependent on China and Taiwan, the West is keen to have alternative suppliers and are pushing at an open door with New Delhi and Hanoi.

Many EU countries want to encourage electric vehicle ownership, but charging infrastructure can vary widely around the bloc.

A trip across Europe in an electric car, one charge at a time

Many EU countries want to encourage electric vehicle ownership, but charging infrastructure can vary widely around the bloc.

Amid drought and flood disasters, inaction on restoring soil health is increasingly leaving farmland waterlogged and heat-cracked.

Europe’s soil emergency

Amid drought and flood disasters, inaction on restoring soil health is increasingly leaving farmland waterlogged and heat-cracked.

Moscow has unleashed millions in cash and an army of social media accounts in an effort to try to prevent Moldova from joining the EU, said Moldova’s national security adviser Stanislav Secrieru.

Moldova accuses Russia of trying to rig its EU referendum

The Kremlin is deploying disinformation and cash as Moldova heads to the polls, Chișinău’s national security chief tells POLITICO.

Senior MEPs will decide next week whether to start grilling the 26 nominees to become European commissioners on Oct. 14 or Nov. 4, according to two documents seen by POLITICO.

European Parliament to decide between starting commissioner hearings in October or November

MEPs are likely to opt for a Nov. 4 start date.

Ukraine’s foreign ministry has condemned a series of political adverts distributed by the ruling Georgian Dream party ahead of the October parliamentary elections that depict ravaged Ukrainian cities.

Kyiv slams Georgian electoral ads depicting bombed-out Ukraine

Georgian people “need not to be afraid of a new war as long Ukraine resists Russian aggression,” Kyiv said.