The UK faces a hefty fine for underreporting customs duties applied to Chinese footwear imports when it was still in the EU, according to a judgement on Tuesday by the European Court of Justice. The UK tax office failed to…
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, speaking of Kyiv’s ties with the EU, said that “they are one of us, they belong to us and we want them in.” These public…
A “dashboard” to follow-up citizens’ recommendations must be created, so the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) does not fail its goal of including citizens in EU policymaking, Christa Schweng told EURACTIV. Christa Schweng is the president of the…
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Iran and the United States must take a political decision within days to prevent the failure of indirect talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal after 11 months of negotiations rocked by a last-minute Russian demand of a sanctions exemption.…
The bill’s unanimous passage in the Senate ended more than a century of failed attempts to explicitly criminalize lynching. Senator Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina, was a longtime champion of the legislation to make lynching a federal hate crime.…
As we approach the two-week mark since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s tactics are evolving. The Russian ruler expected to quickly defeat Ukraine’s army, capture its major cities, decapitate the country’s leadership, and install a puppet government.…
A bipartisan consensus in Congress to increase the Pentagon’s budget is growing stronger as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created a sense of insecurity. Representative Adam Smith, right, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, speaking with Gen. Mark A.…
Environmentalists say now is the time to choke off Russia’s oil and gas profits. But the White House has difficult choices to make. Senators Joe Manchin III and Lisa Murkowski, with Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, as they announced the introduction of…
President Vladimir Putin could still reduce cities in Ukraine to rubble, officials say. But European countries that once feared Russia say they are not so scared anymore. Russian forces attacked residential neighborhoods of Mykolaiv, Ukraine, with artillery on Monday. CONSTANTA,…