We have entered the Age of Austerity. It's already arrived in Europe and is destined for the United States. Governments throughout Europe are cutting social spending and raising taxes—or ...

Voters in France and Germany voted decisively against the EU austerity measures last week, electing a socialist in France and ending a four-decade-old two-party system in Greece. NPR reporters ...

Five-watt lightbulbs provide a dim glow and Argyros worries about the effect on their eyesight. More than 40 percent of Greeks are behind on their utility bills, higher than anywhere else in Europe.

Amid budget cutbacks and a 'diminishing appetite' for war, Europe has turned increasingly to the 'soft power' assignments like training and institution-building.

An anti-austerity protest in Athens on February 11, 2015 (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers ...

WASHINGTON -- We have entered the Age of Austerity. It's already arrived in Europe and is destined for the United States. Governments throughout Europe are cutting social spending and raising taxes ...

The fall of Roman Britain in 410 AD marked the beginning of a dark and turbulent chapter in the history of the British Isles. After nearly four centuries of Roman rule, Britain, once a province of ...

The Great Recession of 2008–2009 and the European debt crisis of 2010–2012 were the greatest interruption in economic growth since the Second World War. A debate has raged since the recession ...

In between the fall of the Roman Empire and the birth of the Italian Renaissance, Western Europe economically stagnated and culturally declined in what are commonly called the Dark Ages. This ...

That would put the Dark Ages monarchs of Europe to shame. If that is not enough to capture the Dark Ages vibe, consider what the new administration will do to education, the arts, and science.

What life in medieval Europe was really like Did people bathe? Did everyone believe the Earth was flat? What you think you know about the “Dark Ages” is probably wrong.

Germany is reopening shuttered nuclear plants to avoid perpetual blackouts. It's a return to the Dark Ages in Europe -- and the climate change lobby is loving the return to chaos and mayhem.