Diplomacy & Crisis News

Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 9-15 March 2026.

Präsident Costa wird am 11. März in Baku zu einer Reihe hochrangiger Treffen mit dem Präsidenten Aserbaidschans, Ilham Alijew, und hochrangigen Regierungsvertretern zusammenkommen.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

Main agenda items, approximate timing, public sessions and press opportunities.

Press briefings ahead of the upcoming Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Energy) of 16 March, and Environment Council of 17 March 2026 will take place on 13 March 2026 at 16.00

On 11 March 2026, the President of the European Council, António Costa and the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev met in Baku, the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Council agrees on a mandate to begin negotiations with the European Parliament on new simplified provisions for fisheries and aquaculture statistics.

The President of the Eurogroup, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, has sent a letter to the President of the Euro Summit, António Costa, to report on the recent work by the Eurogroup and upcoming work priorities.

European Council President António Costa addressed the press following the meeting with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Baku, on 11 March 2026.

Thursday 12 March

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As temperatures soar in the city, elderly people living alone in poorly ventilated homes are among those at greatest risk of worsening health conditions – and even death.

A digital currency pegged to the U.S. dollar keeps cyber criminals afloat.

A wounded Islamic Republic can still threaten the world.

The U.S. military isn’t ready for it.

The Royal Thai Navy says that three members of the 23-person crew remain unaccounted for after yesterday's attack.

Pressing environmental and societal challenges, such as the climate crisis and social inequality, demand policy interventions to steer and accelerate sustainability transitions. This chapter highlights four key intervention areas: providing direction to transitions (directionality), fostering innovation (niche support), phasing out unsustainable practices (regime destabilisation), and coordinating transition processes (coordination). We outline their theoretical rationale in transition studies and offer interdisciplinary insights from policy research. Based on a comprehensive literature review, we present 15 concrete policy interventions to transform production and consumption systems. Evaluating these interventions with empirical findings from leading transition journals, we highlight research opportunities at the intersection of public policy and sustainability transitions. Given the resistance and contestation around transformational policies, we aim to foster interdisciplinary exchange on how to accelerate sustainability transitions.

From Manila to Hanoi, the region's governments are taking steps to absorb supply shocks and depress demand for increasingly scarce fuels.

IEA member states will distribute 400 million barrels of oil to ease the Iran war-caused supply crunch.

Duterte is accused of betraying the public trust by committing graft and corruption, bribery, and other high crimes.

From Iran to Venezuela, Trump has fully embraced offensive cyberoperations.