Voting in the Georgia Senate Runoff: What to Know
Polls close in Georgia at 7 p.m., but those in line at that time can still vote. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles…
December 6, 2022
Russia must stop being an empire if it is wishes to prosper as a nation
When the USSR collapsed in 1991, the Russian Federation embraced more or less exactly the same imperial identity that the Bolsheviks had inherited from their Czarist predecessors generations earlier. Until…
Greens eye second EU election wave
After several decades of being dismissed as idealists on the political fringes, the European Greens believe that they are positioned to take advantage of a political discourse dominated by energy…
French unions warn “major social conflict” over Macron’s pension reform
France’s main trade and student unions say they are ready to stage countrywide strikes and protests that could lead to major social conflict if the government’s reform plans, soon to…
House Jan. 6 Committee to Issue Criminal Referrals, Chairman Says
Representative Bennie Thompson, the panel’s chairman, said no decision had been made on who would be the subject of the referrals or what the charges would be. Send any friend…
Registered MEP-lobbyist meetings just tip of iceberg, warns transparency group
The nearly 30,000 registered meetings between MEPs and lobbyists over the last three years are just the tip of the iceberg, transparency campaigners have said. In a report published on…
Czech minister: Ukraine arms smuggling risk part of Kremlin propaganda
European countries must continue supporting Ukraine with weapons even though there is a risk these may be smuggled back to the EU, the Czech interior ministry said, adding that the…
Spanish socialists predicted to win 2023 elections, fresh poll shows
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s socialist PSOE party could win the next Spanish general election set to take place in December 2023, a fresh poll published Monday predicts. According to the…
Slovenia to inject capital into state-owned power giant HSE
State-owned power utility Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE), the largest domestic producer and seller of electricity on Slovenia’s wholesale market, has received a capital hike of almost half a billion from…
Austrian government wants to double down on reckless speeding
The government’s plans to reform the criminal code have been clarified, with Green Transport Minister Leonore Gewessler announcing that drivers who drive beyond the speed limit could face on-the-spot vehicle…