Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Finland’s hawkish President Alexander Stubb will discuss Ukraine’s ‘victory plan’ on Tuesday, as the Finnish foreign minister urged Germany to shed its reservations about weapon deliveries and embrace its “very important role”. Stubb and Foreign Minister…
Some experts have warned about Russia’s nefarious impact on the recent elections in Moldova, highlighting the urgent need for EU support to bolster democratic institutions and counter disinformation, as Moscow’s efforts to influence the country are expected to continue. Moldova…
The drills were the latest show of force by China, which claims Taiwan as its territory and has protested Western support for the island. China said it would carry out live-fire military drills in the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the…
Prominent Bulgarian television journalist Maria Tsantsarova has been the subject of a scathing political attack by the radical pro-Russian party Vazrazhdane and the populists of There Is Such a People days before snap parliamentary elections scheduled for 27 October. On…
Politicians in Bucharest are thrilled Moldova voted to join the EU in a close referendum held amidst reported disinformation campaigns and hybrid aggression by Moscow. In a message on X, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis welcomed Moldova’s vote in favour of…
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A Muslim protest leader has become a symbol of a wide-ranging clampdown on opponents of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. The family gathers around the laptop in New Delhi once a week. Sometimes, relatives dial in from north India, or…
The Italian government has passed a new decree to circumvent a recent ruling from the Rome tribunal and European Court of Justice (ECJ) obligations that had challenged its migration outsourcing model with Albania. Albania and Italy struck a deal in…
The Spanish government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is finalising the details of a massive regularisation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants living in the country, in sharp contrast to the recent migration control plans of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia…
On Monday, Spain and Portugal called for a new EU approach to relations with Africa at a ministerial meeting in Madrid, where the two countries reaffirmed their alignment on foreign policy and defence. Portugal and Spain “fully share the defence…