Finding a compromise to end the long-running impasse over the Northern Ireland Protocol “isn’t rocket science,” Bertie Ahern, the former Irish Taoiseach told UK lawmakers on Monday, adding that it was “beyond comprehension” it could not be resolved. Giving evidence…
The Army’s top acquisition official says production of the 155-millimeter shells badly needed by Kyiv will rise to 90,000 a month in two years. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each…
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The European Parliament’s Pegasus spyware committee is set to adopt several recommendations to address the EU’s ‘fundamental inadequacy’ in dealing with surveillance technology. The draft recommendations were presented on Tuesday (24 January) in the Pegasus (PEGA) committee, which was established in…
The European Commission set out plans on Tuesday (24 January) to dramatically increase the return of failed asylum seekers to their country of origin. EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson and EU Returns Coordinator Mari Juritsch, who was appointed to…
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson likened those responsible for the recent rise in violent gang-related crime in Stockholm to “domestic terrorists” on Monday as Sweden has been struck by a wave of serious violent crimes since the start of the year.…
Italy’s two-day state visit to Algiers resulted in energy giants Eni and Sonatrach signing two agreements Monday that aim to reduce emissions and improve the energy interconnection network linking the two countries. The Italian delegation, including Prime Minister Georgia Meloni…
The cabin crew of Portuguese flag carrier TAP accepted a proposal put forward by its employer and will thus call off the strike they had planned for 25 to 31 January, an official from the National Civil Aviation Flight Staff…
Ukrainian refugees arriving in Berlin. Yet nearly four-in-10 of the non-Ukrainian asylum seekers and refugees we interviewed had not received temporary protection (Photo: Matthias Berg) Long before it became a warzone itself, Ukraine was both a transit and destination country…
The idea of a constitutional block on electoral reform is gaining ground among parties, including the strongest OĽaNO party, who fear the next coalition may copy Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and reform the electoral system for longtime rule. Slovakia’s…