Belgium says medicine security should be a matter of national defence
Amid growing geopolitical strain and supply chain vulnerabilities, Belgium’s health ministry has called for medicine security to be treated as a matter of national…
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Pro-Palestinian protestors target Dutch WW2 liberation commemorations
Pro-Palestinian protesters have disrupted a ceremony commemorating the Netherlands' liberation from Nazi occupation 80 years ago.
Gimme the money: Post-USAID, political grifters shift their focus to Brussels
(Editor’s note: On April 23, Politico published an article by David Koranyi, a political activist who is a Hungarian-American dual national, claiming that the…
EU aims to poach US scientific talent but faces two challenges
The European Union has an opportunity to poach talent amid a US clampdown on academic research but it continued to face two persistent obstacles: Limited funding…
Trump’s demand for US tariffs on foreign movies may put EU film industry at risk
US President Donald Trump has demanded a 100 per cent tariff on foreign films, meaning the European movie industry might be badly hit.
AfD faces calls to be banned after German State brands party ‘extremist’
The German Federal Office for Protection of the Constitution (Bfv) categorised the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as "definitely right-wing extremist", sparking…
Polish security services accused of leaking ‘dirt’ on opposition PiS candidate
The Polish opposition Conservatives (PiS) have accused the country's security services of leaking information from the files of Karol Nawrocki, the party’s presidential…
80 years after victory over the Nazis, Europe’s Russophobia stares into a new abyss
Eighty ago, the Nazi beast was slain - May 8th for the West, May 9th for Russia. Berlin lay in ruins, Europe a graveyard of dreams, and the world exhaled.
Former German vice chancellor accidentally kills dog with car
Christian Lindner, former German vice chancellor and finance minister, has accidentally run over a dog with his car.
Romania: Right-wing candidate Simion wins first round of re-run election
George Simion, leader of Romania’s right-wing nationalist AUR party, has won in the first round of the re-run presidential election, taking 41 per cent of the…
Global energy: Meetings in Riyadh between Russia and US weren’t merely about Ukraine
Could a great bargain be lurking just beneath the surface, ready to be struck in the fog of geopolitical manoeuvring?
Spain ‘must boost defence spending’, says EC as Putin ‘hopes no need for nuclear weapons’ in Ukraine war
Spain will have to raise defence spending to 3 per cent of gross domestic product, European Commissioner for Defence Industry and Space Andrius Kubilius said.
Farage’s Reform UK party wins by-election as tide seems to turn against Labour and Conservatives
The populist right-wing Reform UK party led by Nigel Farage has emerged victorious in a by-election, securing an additional seat in parliament, while also electing…
Fed up with delays: Switzerland severs two train links with Germany
The Swiss State railway company SBB has announced it was severing two train connections with Germany, effective immediately.
Italy sees sudden surge in migrant arrivals by sea
The Italian Government has found itself scrambling to explain a sudden surge in migrant sea arrivals that appeared to upend earlier claims of successful migration…
Ryanair ‘could abandon’ huge Boeing order over US tariffs, cites Chinese alternatives
Irish airline Ryanair has warned it may reconsider its multibillion-dollar aircraft deal with Boeing if proposed US tariffs significantly raised the cost of US-made…
Parts of Brussels housing market impacted by drugs issues
The Belgian capital Brussels has remained the country’s most expensive region for real estate but concerns over illegal drug activity have driven sharp local price…
Lithuania knows how to have a backbone against China, the EU should take note
It is not every day that a country stands up to the People’s Republic of China, particularly one as small as Lithuania.
TikTok fined €530 million by EU regulator over data protection
TikTok was fined 530 million euros ($600 million) by its lead EU privacy regulator on May 2 over concerns on how it protects user information and was ordered to…
Prosecutors pursue Polish football fans over banner mocking PM Tusk’s presidential candidate
Poland’s public prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into banners put up in April by Legia Warsaw football fans during a home game.
Entire AfD party is ‘definitely right-wing extremist’, says German Constitution watchdog
The German Federal Office for Protection of the Constitution (BfV) has announced it categorised the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as “definitely right-wing…
Berlin ‘anti-fascists’ chase minister from Labour Day celebrations
Karl Lauterbach, outgoing health minister in Germany’s progressive traffic-light government, was forced to flee radical Socialist Labour Day celebrations after…
‘You will win’, Trump tells Polish PiS election candidate at Oval Office
Karol Nawrocki, the Polish opposition Conservatives (PiS) candidate in the upoming presidential elections, has met US President Donald Trump in the White House,…
Swedish Government proposes to wiretap minors to tackle gang crime
Sweden’s centre-right government has proposed granting law enforcement the power to wiretap and monitor children under 15, all in the name of fighting gang violence…
Cars, planes and tariffs: EU gets a window seat on developments
The US President Donald Trump has slashed tariffs on car parts to support domestic factories while doubling down on duties in the aviation sector.
Security without deterrence
As the geometry of international relations alters under the shockwaves emanating from the White House, old assumptions about alliances begin to fray.
France-based nuclear fusion clean-energy project hits key milestone
A much-delayed nuclear fusion project based in southern France and involving more than 30 countries was said to be ready to assemble the world's most powerful magnet…
12 EU states request deficit rules leniency as euro bloc’s economy growth tops expectations
Twelve European Union countries have requested activation of the "national escape clause" from EU deficit rules in order to boost their defence spending, the European…
Critical Medicines Act: Europe’s big idea risks being ‘just another layer’
While the European Commission’s proposed Critical Medicines Act was welcomed for aiming to strengthen supply chains, member state officials and industry experts…
Spanish police detain German couple who allegedly kept their kids locked up for years
In Oviedo, the capital of Asturias autonomous region in northern Spain, police have arrested a couple who allegedly kept their three children locked inside their…