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European leaders on Wednesday warned Donald Trump against threatening "sovereign borders" after the U.S. President-elect refused to rule out military action to take Greenland.

Germany's Olaf Scholz said Trump's comments had sparked "notable incomprehension" among EU leaders the chancellor had spoken with.

Many Bulgarians are making their way back home for the holidays, with a significant portion of them coming from Germany. According to data from the online travel agency eSky.bg, Bulgarians returning for Christmas mostly travel from Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy, with large communities also coming from the United Kingdom and Spain.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier blows a match after lighting a candle as he poses for photos during the recording of his annual Christmas speech, at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 23, 2024.

Although Greeks, like the rest of Europeans, have shortened their vacation days, they now seize every opportunity for short escapes both within and beyond the borders.

On the night of Sunday, December 15, Kyriakos Mitsotakis' government emerged stronger from the three-day debate on the 2025 state budget proposal. The prime minister dominated the parliamentary debate and was able to focus on his policy in support of citizens on middle and lower incomes. Also, the proposal was supported by more voters than those who belong to New Democracy.

Germany has been plunged into heavy mourning after the attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market on Friday, with five dead and more than 200 injured. The revelations about the highly complex profile of the attacker are shocking.

Emergency services work in a cordoned-off area near a Christmas Market, after an incident in Magdeburg, Germany, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024.

German police arrested a Saudi Arabian man after a deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market Friday in which an SUV barrelled through a crowd of revellers at high speed, leaving a trail of bloody carnage.

(FILES) Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden Ebba Busch attends the plenary session of the Summit on peace in Ukraine, at the luxury Burgenstock resort, near Lucerne, on June 15, 2024.

As one of Europe's biggest suppliers of electricity, Sweden is seeing red over Germany's energy policy, which it says ends up punishing Swedish consumers.

Italian bank UniCredit's move to increase its stake in German lender Commerzbank, which further fueled speculation of a takeover bid, was "uncoordinated and unfriendly," the German government said.

UniCredit, Italy's second-largest bank, said on Dec. 18 that it had increased its stake in Commerzbank from 21 percent to around 28 percent.