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Thursday (27 August) will mark the 50th day since Bulgarians took to the streets to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev. So far, the EU has been silent about protests in its poorest...

Numerous Chinese and US military exercises, Taiwan missiles tracking Chinese fighters and plummeting China-US ties make for a heady cocktail of tension that is raising fears of conflict touched off by a crisis over Taiwan.

  In the first edition of “Do you speak cohesion?” we are breaking down the elements of the cohesion policy or regional development funds, providing a better understanding over the European Union’s support mechanism. We will be explaining what is...

The US Republican Party has officially elected Donald Trump as its candidate at its National Convention. If Trump is re-elected, he promises to create millions of new jobs, cut taxes and make the US independent of China. He also said that a vaccine against the coronavirus could be expected by the end of the year. Observers examine what tactics the president could resort to in the election campaign.

Doctors at Berlin's Charité hospital have found evidence that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a cholinesterase inhibitor. These substances are found in chemical warfare agents but are also used for medicinal purposes. The Russian opposition figure has been in a coma since Thursday, and was flown to Berlin on the weekend from a hospital in Omsk. Commentators speculate on the motives for the attack.

Despite major efforts the case numbers in many countries are rising and governments are busy working out new restrictions to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Commentators observe the impact of discouraging reports on society.

Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas flew to Athens and Ankara on Tuesday to mediate in the dispute over gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean. Both sides said they were willing to engage in dialogue but gave no indication that they were ready to make concrete concessions. Commentators discuss various approaches to defusing the conflict.