Global Europe 25-06-2023
Global Europe 24-06-2023
Muscovites on 24 June expressed unease or dismissed as political theatre a standoff pitting the Kremlin against Wagner mercenaries who had vowed to descend on the capital in a "march of justice" denouncing the conduct of the war in Ukraine.
Mutinous Russian mercenary fighters headed towards Moscow on Saturday (24 June) after seizing a southern city overnight, with Russia's military firing on them from the air but seemingly incapable of slowing their lightning advance.
Russian military helicopters opened fire on Saturday afternoon (24 June) a convoy of rebel mercenaries already more than half way towards Moscow in a lightning advance after seizing a southern city overnight. President Vladimir Putin vowed to crush an armed mutiny …
Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said on 23 June his Wagner fighters had crossed the border into Russia from Ukraine and were prepared to go "all the way" against Moscow's military, hours after the Kremlin accused him of armed mutiny.
The US Senate has introduced a resolution which proposes that the actions of Russia, Belarus "or proxy of Russia" be considered as an attack on NATO, if their actions lead to radioactive contamination of the allies' territory.
Heads of states and civil society representatives agreed a joint way forward to “fundamentally reform” the international development framework on Friday (23 June) in Paris, but failed to make hoped-for headways on international taxation.
The Bundestag passed groundbreaking legislation on Friday (23 June) that will revamp Germany's migration law to tackle an acute shortage of skilled workers.
Scotland has taken a £3 billion annual hit to its public revenues because of the UK’s exit from the European Union, the Scottish government stated in a report published on Friday (23 June).
The EU delivered two patrol boats to Libya in a ceremony on Thursday (22 June) in the Sicilian city of Messina in the presence of European Commission officials, the Italian authorities, and the Libyan coastguard, according to a press statement …
The German government is spending heavily to attract promising industries onto its soil, pledging to match subsidies to entice solar panel supply chain companies to build their factories in economically weaker regions of the country.
Few things get EU lawmakers more agitated than debates over how many of them should sit in Parliament and from which country. This bunfight crops up every few years, but this time, there is more room for haggling than usual. Lest we …
A working trip to escape Brussels’ hot weather – and even hotter political debates – ended up with the discovery of the bitter truth: it ain’t easy to get rid of what we are discussing pretty much every day here.
The German parliament on Friday (23 June) rejected a motion by left-wing opposition Die Linke (Left) to renegotiate the EU-Mercosur trade agreement after the French national assembly adopted such a call last week. The EU-Mercosur association agreement faces criticism from environmentalists …
EU foreign ministers on Monday (26 June) will endorse the already politically approved €3.5 billion second top-up of the European Peace Facility (EPF) after months of negotiations.
As a new European report pushes for greater communication of cannabis use risks, France is banking on a policy of prohibition, the effectiveness of which remains to be proven.
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Developing countries will be the first victims of the dangers of climate change, facing a threat that affects the rest of the world, too. Political will is the most important weapon in our arsenal to tackle this issue, writes Alain-Richard Donwahi.
Senegal struck a deal with wealthier countries on Thursday (22 June) that will see it get an initial €2.5 billion in finance to develop renewable energy and speed up its transition to a low-carbon economy.
A growing ‘change of philosophy’ in animal welfare is studying how to promote positive indicators - such as satisfaction - instead of simply preventing animals from having negative experiences, according to expert Antonio Velarde.
An auditing company empowered by the European Union to verify sustainable fuel has suspended the certification of three Chinese biofuel exporters after an audit found the precise source of their waste products from Malaysia and Indonesia could not be verified.
The EU's top tech enforcer warned Elon Musk on Thursday (22 June) that Twitter must have enough resources to moderate dangerous content by August 25 or risk being in violation of the bloc's landmark rules to rein in big tech.
In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about the European Games in Poland banning Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating, a Portuguese MEP confident that EU-Mercosur will be adopted before year's end, and so much more.
The European Parliament’s recently adopted position on the AI Act includes requirements for foundation models. Kevin Klyman and Rishi Bommasani from the Stanford Center for Research on Foundation Models & Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence have published a preliminary …
As final talks on the EU’s buildings directive kick off in Brussels, advocates of an ambitious reform are warning against a repeat of Germany’s boiler war that risks hindering ambitious climate action.
