The Brothers of Italy party, in pole position for next month’s elections, sees room to revamp parts of an European Union-funded investment programme to help the economy tackle an energy crisis and soaring costs, a party official said on Monday…
The International Criminal Court has a provision addressing environmental crimes in the statute under war crimes (Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine) Ukraine reminds us that wars are amongst the worst things that can happen not just to mankind, but…
An emerging body of research calls into question whether establishing credible, high-integrity soil carbon offsets is possible given the complexities (Photo: Andrew Stawarz) When the European Commission unveiled its strategy to boost carbon capture on farmland last year, both farmers…
Vladimir Putin’s ‘foreign agents’ law has become the authorities' go-to malign tool for their war of attrition against civil society (Photo: kremlin.ru) Ten years ago, I had the honour of speaking at news conference in Moscow with several of Russia’s…
A letter to President Biden ahead of his planned trip to Saudi Arabia raises concerns about the kingdom’s cooperation with China on ballistic missiles and its human rights violations. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
David McCormick, who was trailing Dr. Mehmet Oz by fewer than 1,000 votes, had sued to have ballots without handwritten dates on their return envelopes counted. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to…
New details flesh out how the pressure campaign by Donald J. Trump and his allies to block certification of the 2020 election left the vice president’s staff fearing for his safety. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you…
The war against Ukraine and homemade policy decisions are causing disastrous conditions for disabled children living in institutions. The EU should ensure its humanitarian aid involves this vulnerable group while also supporting community-based disability support, writes Florian Sanden. Florian Sanden…
Is Pedro Sánchez (pictured on election poster) afraid concessions will cost him the next election? Catalan autonomy is unpopular in the rest of Spain (Photo: Helena Spongenberg) At what point will Catalonia’s Republican Left decide enough is enough? The separatists…
As we gather at the ALDE Conference in Dublin over the next few days to discuss the many issues confronting Europe we all know that by working in solidarity we remain stronger than ever. Our core demo are held close…
There are many imponderables in Russia’s Ukraine war — but one thing for sure is Putin will not rule indefinitely, as he envisaged he would from changes in the Russian constitution he made just three years ago (Photo: kremlin.ru) It…
Nato HQ on the outskirts of Brussels. Sweden and Finland joining Nato would mean eight out of nine Baltic Sea countries being members of both Nato and the EU, with only Russia outside both organisations (Photo: Wikimedia) The Russian invasion…