Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola was elected on Tuesday (18 January) to lead the EU institution for the second half of its five year mandate after securing an overwhelming majority in the first ballot. Metsola was elected with 458 votes, followed…
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Public trust in governments running the world’s democracies has fallen to new lows over their handling of the pandemic and amid a widespread sense of economic pessimism, a global survey has found. The Edelman Trust Barometer, which for two decades…
Germany reiterated its refusal to send defensive weapons to Ukraine that according to Kyiv would help the country fend off a potential Russian invasion. This comes as part of a new German peace policy that aims at restricting arms exports…
Painted in blood red on an improvised memorial in Vienna, the number 31 is a stark reminder of a grim toll: the women killed by men in Austria last year. After several particularly horrific cases among the killings were widely…
The Chinese government has now halted bilateral trade with Lithuania (Photo: ec.europa.eu) I was in Vilnius back in mid-November, speaking on standing up to authoritarianism at a democracy conference organised by the audacious young foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis. Meanwhile and…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gave Spanish Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez no indication his left-leaning government is ready to support a relaxation of EU fiscal rules, even as the two agreed on Monday (17 January) to work closer together on…
Goods exports from Great Britain to Ireland have dropped by 20% since the United Kingdom left the single market, according to data published on Monday by Ireland’s Central Statistics Office. The CSO reported imports worth €12,501 million between January and…
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The slow evacuation may be part propaganda, part preparation for a conflict or part feint, Ukrainian and U.S. officials say. It could be all three. The Russian Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, in April. KYIV, Ukraine — The week before intensive…