Category: Europe

The show of force followed repeated calls from party representatives for disaffected Socialists to support Feijóo’s investiture to impede Sánchez from striking a deal with the separatists. On Sunday, 40,000 people according to the central government and up to 60,000 according to the Popular Party joined a protest and rally in Madrid against a possible […]

calling for Brit­ain to rejoin the bloc. The National Rejoin March (NRM) gathered near Hyde Park and was due to culminate in Parliament Square as supportive motorists beeped their horns. Pro­testers brandished placards read­ing “The road to rejoin the EU starts here”, and “Rejoin, rejoice”. The NRM movement backs a return to membership of the […]

Security forces have surrounded at least 30 armed gunmen hours after a police officer was shot dead in Kosovo, the country’s prime minister says. Albin Kurti said the group was in a monastery in the northern village of Banjska and urged them to surrender. Mr Kurti has accused Serbia of backing what he called a […]

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock joined a growing chorus of critics of the European Union’s new migration deal with Tunisia, saying human rights and procedural faults ruled it out as a blueprint for the future. Her letter to the EU executive European Commission highlights the EU’s inner conflict between those pursuing ever-tougher policies to stop […]

When the EU launched an investigation into Chinese electric car subsidies, Brussels wanted the world to know that it will protect the automotive sector that is the jewel in Europe’s industrial crown, even if it upsets Beijing. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was resolute when she announced the probe on Sept. 13, denouncing […]

The Swiss National Council, the lower house of Switzerland’s parliament, has passed a final legislative vote in favor of a ban on face coverings, including burqas worn by some Muslim women. The legislation, initially approved by the upper house, received strong backing from the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, despite reservations expressed by centrists and Greens. […]

The European Union is to start releasing money to Tunisia under a pact aimed at stemming irregular migration from the country, the European Commission has said. A first payment of 127 million euros ($135m) will be disbursed “in the coming days”, commission spokesperson Ana Pisonero said. Pisonero added that, of the 127 million euros to […]

One in 12 people in Germany shares a right-wing extremist worldview, according to a new study published on Thursday. The research by Friedrich Ebert Foundation has found that the number of people with far-right views has significantly increased in the past two years, and has exceeded 8%. In the foundation’s 2020/2021 survey, less than 2% […]

One of Ukraine’s staunchest allies, Poland, has said it is no longer supplying weapons to its neighbour, amid a diplomatic dispute over Kyiv’s grain exports. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Poland’s focus was instead on defending itself with more modern weapons. Poland has already sent Ukraine 320 Soviet-era tanks and 14 MiG-29 fighter jets and […]

Ukrainian officials said Thursday that Russian forces carried out aerial attacks on multiple cities overnight, killing at least two people. Ukraine’s military described the Russian action as a “massive missile attack on the civilian infrastructure of a number of regions.” Oleksandr Prokudin, the regional governor of Kherson, said a Russian strike hit a residential building, […]