The Institute for Economics and Peace has released their annual report on the world's most peaceful countries, with Iceland topping the list. Every year, the Institute for Economies and Peace (IEP) releases an annual report known as the Global Peace Index, or GPI. This index takes 23 different qualitative and quantitative indicators into account, which are divided into three groups: Societal Safety and Security, Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict, and Militarization.

The European Union has confirmed that the nation of Montenegro is set to officially join the bloc in 2028– the group's first expansion into the Western Balkans. Currently, the European Union covers 27 member states across Europe, spanning much of the western, central, and northern parts of the continent. With the exceptions of the United Kingdom, which pulled out in 2020, and Switzerland, which has always maintained a relatively neutral stance on such matters, all of Western

The US News and World Report has released their annual list of the world's top 20 countries, taking various factors into account. Here are the highlights. The study, conducted in partnership with the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, studied 100 countries using eight categories: governance, culture and tourism, civic health, economic development, health, infrastructure, opportunity, and the natural environment. European countries, as usual, swept t