Category: Europe

After months of bitter political deadlock, France finally has a budget for 2026. But the way it arrived speaks volumes about the country’s deepening divisions, according to Euro News. On Monday evening, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s government survived two no confidence votes in parliament, automatically adopting the controversial budget without lawmakers ever actually voting on […]

The European Central Bank faces an unwelcome challenge this week as the surging euro threatens to disrupt the fragile economic recovery across its 21-nation currency union, acccording to Hurriyet Daily News. When policymakers gather in Frankfurt on February 5, they’re widely expected to hold interest rates steady for the fifth consecutive meeting. With inflation hovering […]

At least twelve people were killed in a Russian drone strike near a company shuttle bus in eastern Ukraine, according to regional officials, in one of the deadliest attacks in recent days. The strike took place in the Dnipropetrovsk region, where the bus was transporting workers from a local mine after their shift. Oleksandr Ganzha, […]

The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping five-year migration strategy that seeks to curb irregular migration into the European Union by deploying what it calls “assertive migration diplomacy,” combining diplomatic engagement with economic and visa-related leverage, reported by Hurriyet Daily News. Presented in Brussels, the strategy aims to strengthen cooperation with non-EU countries by […]

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is prepared to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to address what he described as the “most sensitive” issues in a proposed peace framework aimed at ending the nearly four-year-long war, according to Anadolu. In an interview with the Ukrainian online newspaper European Pravda, published […]

MADRID – Spain’s government has approved a major migration reform that will grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants, marking one of the country’s most ambitious moves on immigration in recent years, according to Euro News. The plan, approved by Spain’s left-wing coalition government, is expected to regularise around 500,000 people who […]

Slovakia finds itself at a diplomatic crossroads as Prime Minister Robert Fico publicly recommended Tuesday that his nation decline an invitation to join US President Donald Trump’s newly proposed Board of Peace, a controversial initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts outside traditional international frameworks, according to Reuters. The Slovak government is scheduled to deliberate on […]

The Kremlin has categorically ruled out negotiations with the European Union, launching a blistering critique of its political leadership and questioning the bloc’s relevance in shaping future diplomatic outcomes. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov described senior EU officials as “uneducated and incompetent,” arguing that they lack both the foresight and the intellectual framework required to understand […]

Europe and the United States came perilously close to a historic rupture last week after President Donald Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on European allies in an effort to force the acquisition of Greenland. For five tense days, European capitals scrambled to contain what many saw as an unprecedented act of economic coercion against […]

New legislation threatens aid workers with decade-long prison terms whilst tightening penalties for migrant trafficking Greece’s parliament will soon debate legislation that dramatically reshapes the country’s approach to irregular migration; a proposal that has ignited fierce debate between those demanding border security and humanitarian organizations warning of criminalizing compassion, according to AFP. Migration Minister Thanos […]