Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is not going according to plan. When he made the decision to invade, Putin seems to have sincerely believed Ukrainians would lay down their arms, the government would fold, and the world would…
Civil society calls on the EU, national governments and humanitarian organisations to step up efforts to protect Ukraine’s 2.7 million persons with disabilities who risk abandonment, death or a lack of shelter amid Russia’s invasion. Urgent and concrete action is…
While the debate was more focussed and better organised than before, participants said disinterest from politicians clouded the latest panel of the conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) event in Strasbourg at the weekend. CoFoE is the first EU…
Thousands of Hungarians were set to join various public events in Budapest on Tuesday (15 March) to mark the start of the 1848 uprising. This year’s celebration of the event – which ended with a brutal Tsarist putdown – takes…
Pentagon prosecutors have struggled for more than a decade to hold the trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and his accused accomplices in the attacks. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other men are accused of directing and training or providing travel arrangements…
French president Emmanuel Macron's failed attempt to dissuade Vladimir Putin from war in Ukraine, 8 February (Photo: Kremlin.ru) From the first days of Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine, foreign media (and through them the official capitals) have been broadcasting…
Many Ukrainians first heard the explosions of Russian missiles on the news or via online video footage. But as Putin’s war continues to escalate, the horrors of the conflict have moved closer and closer to families living in more isolated…
French campaign websites fail to meet EU personal data protection standards, with President Emmanuel Macron’s – who recently announced his re-election run – performing the worst. EURACTIV France reports. Data sovereignty may have been given prominence in presidential candidates’ rhetoric,…
“This is an extraordinary moment,” declared US ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield during a recent UN General Assembly (UNGA) emergency special session on Ukraine. “Now, at more than any other point in recent history, the United Nations is…
Europe’s populists in power in Poland, Hungary, and Slovenia see being migrant-friendly supporters of Ukraine as an excellent opportunity to clean their image, but the proof will be in how they defend democracy at home, writes Sam van der Staak.…