Category: Europe

BUDAPEST — Hungary’s main opposition leader has vowed to strengthen personal privacy protections after accusing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government of trying to blackmail him with secretly recorded intimate footage, intensifying political tensions ahead of April’s parliamentary elections, according to Euro News. Speaking at a campaign rally in Budapest on Sunday, Péter Magyar claimed the […]

The world’s nuclear powers are forgetting hard-learned lessons from the past, Spain’s leader warned Saturday, calling their race to rebuild atomic arsenals a “historic error” that threatens global stability, according to Anadolu. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez delivered the stark message at the Munich Security Conference, where world leaders gathered to discuss mounting security threats. His […]

After four brutal years of war, Russia and Ukraine are preparing to sit down once again at the negotiating table, this time in the neutral city of Geneva, Switzerland, according to The Nation. The talks, scheduled for February 17-18, represent the latest attempt to silence the guns in Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II. […]

At the opening of the Munich Security Conference, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivered a sobering message: the global order that has shaped international politics for decades is breaking apart, according to Euro News. Speaking before three days of high-level diplomacy, Merz said the rules-based international system that emerged after the Second World War “no longer […]

LONDON — In a dramatic courtroom victory for civil liberties, England’s High Court ruled Thursday that the British government overstepped its authority when it banned the activist organization Palestine Action, declaring the move an unconstitutional assault on free speech, according to Hurriyet Daily News. The judges delivered a stinging rebuke to officials, finding that while […]

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under intense pressure after a third senior government official resigned within only a few days, deepening a serious political crisis in London, according to ORF News. On Thursday, the government confirmed that Cabinet Secretary Chris Wormald had stepped down “by mutual agreement.” Wormald was the most senior civil servant […]

A scandal that reads like a thriller has engulfed Norway’s political elite. Former Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland now faces “gross corruption” charges over his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and he’s not alone. The charges came after the Council of Europe stripped Jagland of his diplomatic immunity, a protection he’d enjoyed from his […]

Europe just made its biggest financial bet yet on Ukraine’s survival, and the bill is going straight to Moscow eventually, according to Hurriyet Daily News. The European Parliament voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve a massive €90 billion loan for Ukraine, with 458 lawmakers supporting the measure against 140 opponents. The funds will cover roughly two-thirds […]

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the European Union to redefine its role in an increasingly unstable world, calling on the bloc to act decisively as a global power capable of defending its economic, political, and security interests, according to BBC News. Speaking to a group of European newspapers ahead of a key EU […]