Bulgarian chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev has accused the Russian authorities of carrying out a hybrid attack against the European Union after the Crimean bridge was blown up. “The investigation of the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office categorically found that Bulgaria had…
France and Germany tried to display unity during joint government consultations on Sunday after the Franco-German engine considerably lost steam in recent months. The consultations were held to honour the 60th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty which marked the start…
The close alliance that has developed between the speaker and the hard-right Georgia Republican explains his rise, how he might govern and the heavy influence of the extremes on the new House G.O.P. majority. Send any friend a story As…
A recent ruling created a split among federal appeals courts on whether schools can forbid transgender students to use restrooms matching their gender identities. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Asylum applications tripled in Austria last year, making it the EU country with the sharpest increase in applications across the bloc, a European Commission report leaked by die Welt shows. In the European Union, 92
The Dutch will provide Ukraine with two Patriot missile launchers, an undisclosed number of missiles, and training for Ukrainian soldiers to operate the air defence equipment, Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren and Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra wrote in a letter to…
Interest payments are approaching record highs in Finland, taking a “giant” three-fold leap compared to last year because of the pandemic and increased government borrowing, the Ministry of Finance’s Director General Mika Niemelä said in a recent interview. State debt…
Protestors, who took part in the right-wing and far-right backed “anti-Sanchez” demonstration in Madrid on Saturday called for the immediate resignation of socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, whose government they say threatens democracy while being the “worst” in the country’s…
Albania has been ravaged by bad weather over the last week, resulting in significant flooding and snowfall of up to a metre in the north leading to the mobilisation of some military forces to assist citizens. After seven days of…
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