Azerbaijani President Aliyev announces snap election
Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, has signed a decree implementing a snap presidential election in the nation to be held in February next year.
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‘Traitorous’ Ukrainian opposition MP ‘assassinated’ in Russia
Sources within the Ukrainian Government have claimed responsibility for the assassination of Illia Kyva, a prominent pro-Russian member of the country's political…
Qatargate: Has Socialist Euro MP Marie Arena been protected?
The newly appointed investigating judge, Aurélie Dejaiffe, wants Arena, a Belgian politician, to be investigated but has got nowhere with her request, it is claimed…
Budget crisis ‘pushing German Government to edge of collapse’
Germany's Government risks collapse amid a budget crisis that has put coalition partners sharply at odds, according to political experts.
Spanish PM Sánchez wobbles as hard-left party quits governing coalition
Less than a month after his re-election as Spain’s leader, Sánchez must deal with the decision of the five MPs who make up Podemos to quit the Sumar group in…
What is the real Donald Trump doctrine in foreign affairs? At its core is a belief in American exceptionalism – but it is certainly not isolationism
With polls now regularly placing Donald Trump ahead of Joe Biden in next year’s US presidential election, the extraordinary prospect of his return to the Oval…
Albanian opposition wants to block asylum agreement with Italy in the courts
The centre-right Democratic Party (DP) in Albania is going to the country’s Constitutional Court to fight an asylum agreement between the progressive Albanian…
G7 leaders agree to ban imports of Russian diamonds from January next year
As part of efforts to limit Moscow's income from precious stones and to support Ukraine, the Group of Seven (G7) countries will ban imports of Russian diamonds from…
EU thrashing out landmark AI rules in marathon overnight talks
The two sides agreed to a provisional deal on how to regulate fast-growing generative AI systems such as ChatGPT in the early hours, overcoming one of the biggest…
Spain looking to overcome ‘doubts’ about making Catalan, Basque and Galician official EU languages
Spanish ambassadors to the other 26 European Union Member States have received a document from José Manuel Albares, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, detailing…
EC ‘aims to create single market for defence’
The European Commission wants to create a "single market for defence" to better prepare the European Union for times of crisis, according to a leaked document.
Spain’s Puigdemont locks horns with EU’s Borrell again, this time over ‘sexist speech’
Spanish Junts leader Carles Puigdemont has grilled the European Commission on "sexist speech" by Josep Borrell, the EU's top diplomat.
Let’s give Austria-Hungary a chance – Europe needs some Habsburg values
Discussion on Russian state television emerged this week which saw Russian propagandists arguing for the re-establishment of "the great Austro-Hungarian territory"…
‘Our soldiers would have to throw stones if war broke out,’ says former Belgian military top brass
Ex-Lieutenant General Marc Thys, former Belgian Vice-Chief of Defence, has claimed Belgium is not at all ready for armed conflict, saying that within hours of an…
German fairy tale forest to be felled for wind turbines
A large area of Reinhardswald, an ancient German forest featured in the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, is being partially cut down in favour of 241-metre tall…
No backbone? No protection: Octopuses left high and dry under EU law
Octopus species are not protected under animal welfare rights in European Union law, the European Commission has confirmed.
EU ‘not adequately monitoring potential Ukraine aid fraud’
The European Union has not been properly monitoring the potentially fraudulent use of cash sent to Ukraine, MEPs have said
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The kids are not alright: Most EU pupils’ educational results tumble in PISA rankings
The latest results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), one of the most prominent student-ranking organisations in the world, are causing…
UK to rejoin EU’s Horizon science programme, irritating Brexiteers
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's post-Brexit UK is to rejoin the European Union's Horizon science programme, set to become an associate country to the scheme…
EU aims to force Big Tech and others to make their products repairable
The European Union is to target so-called "planned obsolescence" in products amid the bloc's ongoing technology regulation efforts.
Berlin’s spätis show how things tend to go right when Europe keeps it simple
Can the EU political establishment learn something from the späti, the late-night convenience store that is ubiquitous in the German capital?
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President Zelenskyy will ‘pay for failures’ over Russia war, says Mayor of Kyiv
The Mayor of the Ukraine capital Kyiv Vitali Klitschko appears to have publicly turned on the country’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Putin threatens to end ‘happiness in Latvia’ over its new Russians’ residency law
Russian President Vladimir Putin is threatening Latvia with "unhappiness" after it brought in legislation the Kremlin sees as targeting Latvia’s Russian population.
Lagarde rides to the rescue of under-fire Polish central bank chief
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde has backed the head of Poland’s central bank (NBP) Adam Glapiński in a conflict with incoming Prime Minister…
Musk’s X says Irish minister McEntee’s ‘no-censorship’ claims are ‘inaccurate’
US tech billionaire Elon Musk's X social media platform has accused Ireland's justice minister Helen McEntee of making "inaccurate" statements in the Irish Parliament…
Osijek, Croatia showcases nation’s use of EU regional funds
The town of Osijek, Croatia hosted showcases of both the nation's and the region's use of European Unions funds.
Spanish Vox leader Abascal visits Israel amid Spain-Israel spat
Spanish leader of the Conservative Vox party Santiago Abascal has visited Israel amid the “diplomatic crisis” between Spain and Israel.
French MEP Pelletier expelled from LFI group over alleged ‘aggressive harassment’ of assistants
La France Insoumise's (LFI) MEPs delegation has expelled member MEP Anne-Sophie Pelletier over allegations of "harassing, inappropriate and aggressive behaviour".
Not only minorities are victims: Violence is violence, even if those attacked are Right-wing and white
In a surge of violent attacks, conservative and far-Right politicians are being targeted by extremists all around Europe. The trend is becoming worrying.