EUROPEAN POLITICS
The lead researcher of a widely circulated survey on EU media influence has told Euractiv that the US PR firm that commissioned the study misinterpreted some of its findings. The comments raise questions about the integrity of the EU Media…
THE FOURTH ESTATE For a professional class that prides itself on “holding power to account” and pursuing the truth “without fear or favor,” journalists are surprisingly susceptible to flattery. If you want to win over a tough investigative journalist, tell…
VILNIUS – Germany has opened its first permanent foreign military presence in Lithuania since World War II, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz calling it “the beginning of a new era.” At the foot of Gediminas Hill, overlooking Vilnius’s old town, where…
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PARIS – French movie mogul Gerard Depardieu was found guilty Tuesday of sexually assaulting two women while filming “Green Waves.” A Paris court sentenced the 76-year-old actor to 18 months’ suspended jail and added him to the sex offenders’ registry.…
WARSAW – The Vatican has elected its first American pope, Leo XIV, just as Poland, one of Europe’s most devoutly Catholic countries, enters the final stages of a presidential race dominated by religion and tensions between church and state. In…
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ROME – All eyes on Georgia Meloni as pope’s funeral turns Rome into arena for global diplomacy. Rome will host more than 170 international delegations for Saturday’s funeral. While the Vatican will hold the ceremonies on its sovereign territory, the…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen finally met US President Donald Trump in Rome on Saturday, with plans underway for a formal meeting between the two. A video published by the Italian daily La Stampa on Saturday showed Trump,…
BUCHAREST – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) launched an international tender on Monday to find a new investor for Moldova’s main seaport, Giurgiulesti. Romania has expressed interest in the strategically located port on the Danube. Following Russia’s…
BUCHAREST – A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation of four Republicans and four Democrats arrived in Romania on Monday to meet with Bucharest officials. The talks will focus on last November’s presidential election, the upcoming elections in May and Washington’s recent…
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