When my family and I left Kyiv on the first morning of Russia’s full-scale invasion last February, we had no idea if we would ever be able to return home or whether Ukraine itself would survive. In the following days,…
The dock workers’ strike – which has gone on for two weeks now – has now paralysed Finland’s foreign trade, with no imports and exports going through any of the country’s ports. Around midnight on Sunday evening, National Conciliator Anu…
A third NATO meeting will be held between the three countries on 9 March, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavusoglu, with Nordic countries hoping they will become NATO members by the summer. Talks on Turkey’s ratification of Sweden’s NATO…
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg took part in a mass protest on Monday outside the Oil and Energy Ministry in Oslo against a controversial wind farm being built on a mountainous area in Sami lands. Together with Sami activists, Greta…
Rescuers recovered four more bodies on Monday (27 February), a day after a wooden sailboat carrying migrants to Europe smashed onto rocks in stormy weather off southern Italy, bringing the death toll to 63, including at least 14 children. Rescuers…
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was accused of betraying the Spanish people in the Catalan political crisis and of bad governance, among other serious accusations, by the Vox party, who have tabled a censure motion against the prime minister. The motion,…
The Budapest-based International Investment Bank (IIB), which has almost 50
How a white politician from the South who once supported segregationist policies eventually won the enduring support of Black voters. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
The administration faces a conservative court that has insisted that government initiatives with major political and economic consequences be clearly authorized by Congress. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Slovakia may build a new nuclear reactor in the future as electricity consumption will increase with the new energy-intensive projects. The Slovak Nuclear Regulatory Authority already has a request for an authorisation of construction from the Nuclear Energy Company of…