Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti could be set to meet Serbian President Aleksander Vucic in Paris on Thursday amid simmering tensions and various plans which all seek to normalise relations and give crucial progress to the situation between the two…
Interior Minister Gerhard Karner, who met with the country’s nine state governors late on Wednesday, failed to come to an agreement on tackling the current refugee housing crisis in the country. Austria, which currently houses some 70,000 Ukrainian refugees, is…
Setting a meeting gives the two leaders an opportunity for face-to-face time, but President Biden said he would deliver no “fundamental concessions” over Taiwan. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
The president said he would not change his economic approach, adding that his policies were working. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Russia’s November 9 announcement of a general withdrawal from Kherson is further confirmation that Vladimir Putin is losing the war. The Battle of Kherson itself is still far from over, of course. Ahead are days and possibly weeks of further…
The economy has entered a “mild recession”, the Czech Finance Ministry admitted in its macroeconomic forecast for November, which also predicts stagnation and a high 9.5% inflation rate for 2023. “The current mild recession is not in itself a tragedy;…
Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, we look at the never-ending issue of migration and how Europe is dealing (or…
Lawmakers in the European Parliament overwhelmingly endorsed Croatia’s accession to the Schengen area on Thursday (10 November), arguing that such a move would help improve the protection of migrants’ human rights at the EU’s external borders. The European Commission gave…
Lina Hidalgo, a progressive, won re-election as Harris County judge by a slim margin against a first-time candidate who focused on crime. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Lobbyists simply do not declare themselves as ‘lobbyists', and thus submit no information into the lobbying register — and thus game over for transparency (Photo: Daniel Huizinga) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has started the consultation process…