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Ursula von der Leyen. ‘The European Commission is too slow to act. While struggling to pay for food and energy for months, European citizens have had to wait for the State of the Union speech to hear about most of…
Advertising for the now-threatened Euro Pride 2022 in Belgrade, 12-20 September (Photo: EuroPride 2022) The president of Serbia’s attempt to block EuroPride 2022 is an attack on the civil rights of the LGBTI+ community. If successful, it sets a dangerous…
Factory farm gas is a crucial PR tool used by the industrial livestock industry to argue that livestock numbers do not need to be reduced because this tech fix makes the industry green (Photo: Stijn te Strake) EU proposals to…
Pakistan is in dire straits: over 33 million people (15 percent of the population) have been impacted and internally displaced, close to 1,200 are dead, almost one million houses have been washed away (Photo: Screengrab/BBC) When one-third of your country…
Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana), the capital of Uzbekistan, recently renamed after longtime dictator Nursultan Nazarbayev (Photo: EUobserver) The transatlantic relationship and the links with its immediate neighbours have dominated the European agenda since the Cold War. But in light of the…
Even if the reactors themselves are well protected against damage, the cooling systems rely on exterior pipeline connections. The backup diesel generators, electrical substations and control rooms, moreover, feature only moderate protection (Photo: Al Jazeera screengrab) Russia has launched targeted…
Nagina* (13) had to leave school and work due to the economic crisis in Afghanistan (Photo: Sacha Myers / Save the Children) Samar* doesn’t go to school as much anymore. Instead, the 11-year-old spends half his day sewing rugs with…
A vessel using a flag of convenience is registered under a foreign flag that bears no association with the nationality of the vessel's owner or operator (Photo: NN – norden.org) Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing constitutes one of the…
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (l) and Russian president Vladimir Putin in Sochi (Photo: Kremlin.ru) There is more in common between Turkey and Russia than one might think. Both are countries on the periphery of Europe and grappling with the…
Recent gestures are low cost and low risk for Beijing (Photo: Stefan) Lately, Beijing seems to be on a charm offensive towards the European Union — sending special envoys to the region, seeking contact with European ministers during July’s G20…
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her husband in 2011 (Photo: MrZeroPage) The Belgian parliament’s recent decision to ratify its prisoner-exchange treaty with Iran is a grave mistake, and one which exemplifies the many downfalls of dealing with Iran’s human-rights abuses on a…
EU forces left Central African Republic and Mali after Russian mercenaries arrived (Photo: eeas.europa.eu) During US foreign secretary Antony Blinken trip to Africa this week, countering Russian influence will be high up on his agenda, just as it was for…