The cabinet confirmed on Thursday a coalition-sponsored motion to put the border arbitration agreement with Croatia to a referendum.

Only one thing is (almost) certain about Romanian politics: There will be no victor in Sunday’s presidential vote. That, of course, just kicks the can down the road until a second round on Dec. 6. Incumbent President Traian Basescu, closely tied to the conservative Democratic Liberal Party, has retained, barely, …

Low-key Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy has been named the new full time President of the European Council, and Briton Catherine Ashton has been designated the EU’s first consolidated High Representative of Foreign and Security Policy.