EUROPEAN POLITICS NEWS
This tumultuous year in EU politics started with investigations and arrests of MEPs implicated in the Qatargate scandal and ended with lawmakers agreeing on reforms to stiffen the bloc’s migration…
With the German federal election of 2021 being re-run for half a million eligible voters in Berlin, conservative opposition CDU is hoping for a boost in votes, calling upon voters…
A slim majority of the members of Germany’s Free Democrats have voted in a non-binding membership poll to stay in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s fractious three-way governing coalition. The low-tax, business-minded…
The Moroccan army said it intercepted more than 1,100 migrants attempting to reach the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla on New Year’s Eve. Overnight Sunday to Monday (31 December…
A long-awaited European Union’s visa liberalisation scheme allowing Kosovo nationals to travel to Europe’s borderless zone without a visa came into force on Monday (1 January). The new regime, which…
French President Emmanuel Macron called for unity in the country in his New Year’s Eve address Sunday (31December) as it prepares for the 2024 Olympic Games, after a difficult year…
London’s Big Ben on Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of its “bongs” to ring in the New Year being broadcast live across the world. Ever since New Year’s Eve 1923…
The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU succeeded late on Saturday 30 December 2023, one day before it passes the baton to Belgium, to move on with the…
An open letter penned by dozens of actresses and other artists in defense of Gerard Depardieu, the cinema giant accused of sexual harassment, has laid bare divisions in France over…
As an action-packed year draws to a close, it is only fair to share with you, dear readers, the stories that most tickled your fancy in the past 12 months.…