Holiday card greetings from defendants awaiting trial on charges related to the Capitol riot reflect their status as symbolic martyrs for the Republican base. A holiday card signed by more than two dozen of the Jan. 6 defendants. By Dan…
As Ukrainians prepare for the festive holiday season, the country’s reform agenda is in grave danger after a designated selection panel refused to approve the appointment of the country’s chief anti-corruption prosecutor. This December 21 setback leaves a key Ukrainian…
The Biden administration is expected to face scrutiny as it decides how to enforce a new ban on products made with forced labor in the Xinjiang region of China. Uyghur workers at a factory in the Xinjiang region of China…
Have you checked your office emails recently? You probably got many seasons greetings. But did you notice: Some wish you “Merry Christmas” while others say “Happy Holidays”. It’s a matter of corporate policy. And often, the greetings are a political…
In the last episode of the year, our Beyond the Byline podcast revisits some of the stories that caught our attention in 2021. From the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has changed our lives over the past two years to the…
This article is part of our special report The importance of teaching Europe’s past. Despite the importance of history teaching to understand our past and present, Matjaž Gruden, Director of Democratic Participation of the Council of Europe, worries that it…
The European Commission launched an infringement procedure against Poland on Wednesday (22 December) over rulings by the country’s constitutional tribunal in July and October that challenged the primacy of EU law over national law. Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki rejected the…
Théodore Géricault painting of The Raft of the Medusa, which hangs in the Louvre Museum, Paris (Photo: Wikimedia) In 1816, the Frigate of Medusa, sailing from France to Senegal for the purpose of colonisation, sank in Mauritanian waters. Of the…
Just before Slovenia hands over the presidency of the Council of the EU to France, member countries have reached final political agreements to update the carcinogens and mutagens directive and to revise the Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E) regulation but…
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi signalled on Wednesday (22 December) he would be willing to become head of state when the position falls free early next year, saying his unity government had already completed much of its agenda. Parliament will…