Last Friday, Polish conservative politicians opened a can of worms – about a can of worms. Insects as food is a controversial topic that has gained traction, mostly in the form of misinformation, in Poland and other EU countries. Poles…
Women have held just 12% of the top jobs at 33 of the biggest multilateral institutions since 1945, and more than a third of those bodies, including all four large development banks, have never been led by a woman, a…
State-owned energy giant Orlen will take legal steps against Russia over its recent suspension of oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline, the company’s CEO, Daniel Obajtek, announced. In February, the Russian Tatneft company unilaterally halted oil supplies to Poland, allegedly…
The Croatian Agriculture Ministry on Monday unveiled its new system intended to more closely monitor how farmers spend approved farming subsidies without yet detailing the method or how frequent monitoring will be. The system would use a colour-coded rating system,…
Recent orders suggest that the justices are thinking of dismissing cases involving the “independent state legislature” theory and Title 42, an immigration measure imposed during the pandemic. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
In a speech before his supporters, the former president charged forward in an uncharted direction, talking openly about leveraging the power of the presidency for political reprisals. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
The compromise reached between EU institutions on the phase-out of internal combustion engines for new cars and vans by 20
The German government looks to be in deep crisis again. From the fate of the combustion engine to the construction of new highways, Berlin is rife with infighting. A new style, let’s call it ochre-politics, may be in order. Over…
UK ministers have been urged to immediately secure the UK’s participation in Horizon Europe, the EU’s multi-billion-euro research programme, following reports that Rishi Sunak’s administration is preparing an alternative UK-led scheme. In a letter on Tuesday (7 March), Scotland’s Higher…
The former star of the 1990s-era ABC sitcom is running as a Democrat for a seat in the Los Angeles area that is being vacated by Representative Adam B. Schiff. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have…