The militant group is a dominant force in the country, and officials have struggled for decades to limit its power. Israel launched more than 1,000 airstrikes against Lebanon this week in an attempt to weaken Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia that…
The deputy speaker of the ruling SNS party, Andrej Danko, expelled opposition MP Lucia Plaváková (PS/RE) from a parliamentary session for promoting the LGBTI issue, while another SNS MP, Rudolf Huliak, added to the outrage by verbally attacking her. During…
In a report released on Wednesday (25 September), the European Court of Auditors (ECA) revealed that the European Commission has failed to adequately address human rights risks associated with the Emergency Trust Fund for Africa. The EU set up the…
The European Union’s decision to name a Hungarian as its health commissioner has raised eyebrows in his country, which itself has crumbling hospitals and no health minister. The nomination of Olivér Várhelyi, an ally of Hungary’s nationalist ruling party, to…
Adam Niedzielski, the health minister in the previous conservative PiS (ECR) government, has been charged with abuse of office for publishing a patient’s private medical information. Niedzielski was the health minister between 2020 and 2023, during which he led the…
Albania’s EU accession path will be decoupled from North Macedonia’s, with the first clusters of negotiation set to be formally opened on 15 October, according to a unanimous decision of Ambassadors of European Union member states on Wednesday (25 September),…
In a major address in Pittsburgh, the vice president praised business and used technical language to court economy-minded voters skeptical of big government. Listen to this article · 5:29 min Learn more Share full article Vice President Kamala Harris delivered…
The deaths of two men have reverberated across Pakistan, where the charge of insulting Islam has long been a sensitive issue. The entrance to the district police headquarters in southern Pakistan was carpeted with rose petals, a grand gesture of…
The United States and Romania signed a $920 million direct Foreign Military Financing (FMF) loan agreement on Wednesday, with Romania to use the funds to modernise its armed forces and boost ammunition production. At the signing ceremony in Bucharest, Prime…
One of Bulgaria’s main employers’ organisations said it opposes government plans to raise the minimum wage in one of the EU’s poorest countries, arguing that it is already too high. Bulgaria currently has some of the lowest wages in the…