Bloomberg Arguments over Brexit, the rise of nationalism and how to deal with Russia are consuming Europe, but there’s one dispute that’s been edging towards a resolution — and it’s in a region where there’s much at stake for the world order. The Republic of Macedonia will hold a referendum on September 30 on changing the former Yugoslav state’s name ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said Wednesday he’d prefer to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by creating two separate states, re-aligning himself with the traditional US position on an eventual peace deal. Trump also said his administration would produce its long-awaited attempt at a new Mideast peace plan within about four months. “I like two-state solution,” Trump said at a meeting with ...

Bloomberg Angela Merkel’s first foray into politics after the fall of the Berlin Wall was as spokeswoman for an East German party called Democratic Awakening. The last act of her political career may also be marked by a drive for a new beginning—this time from within her own parliamentary bloc. The defeat of Merkel’s candidate for caucus leader, Volker Kauder, ...