Kallas’s Budget Push: A Plan to Build a More Stable and Caring Europe The European Union is no stranger to tough debates over money. But the latest proposal from Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, aims to turn budget discussions into something more than a numbers game: she wants to make funding a tool for real, visible change in people’s lives. At the heart of her initiative is a straightforward idea: increase the budgets of EU member states so that governments can invest in what matters most to citizens...

When I can finally go back to Europe, you can bet I’ll be conquering this castle once again. Even though we’re not visiting Europe right now, I believe a regular dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. I share my favorite stories from a lifetime of European travels in my book «For the Love of Europe» — and this is just one of its 100 travel tales. This is the most storybook-perfect of King Ludwig II’s castles. His lavish tastes and romantic idealism earned him the moniker "Mad King Ludwig"...