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After recovering from his poison attack, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny returned to Russia from Berlin on Sunday as announced. In Moscow he was arrested even before he reached passport control at the airport. A court date for alleged violation of probation and compulsory registration has been set for the end of the month. How wise was he to return - and Moscow's decision to react this way?

Uganda's long-serving president Yoweri Museveni has secured yet another term in office. The 76-year old has been in power since 1986 and even changed the constitution so he could run for office again. Officially Museveni won 58.64 percent of the votes. His challenger Bobi Wine is saying the election was rigged, but there were no Western election observers on site.

Climate neutrality can only be reached by considering the needs of industries such as mechanical engineering, which enables climate protection in the first place. Companies need freedom to operate and innovate rather than prescriptive regulation.

The European Parliament’s and political groups’ spokespersons will hold a briefing on this week’s plenary session at 15.30 today.

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

The European Parliament’s and political groups’ spokespersons will hold a briefing on this week’s plenary session at 15.30 today.

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP

Malaysia is taking legal action at the global trade watchdog against the European Union and member states France and Lithuania for restricting palm oil-based biofuels, the government said.

As COP 26 approaches, the EU needs to adopt a joint and ambitious approach to climate finance to ensure that EU countries stand by their financial commitments under the Paris Agreement, writes Mattias Söderberg and Conor O'Neill.

Facing a potentially hostile US administration, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is trying to break his isolation by mending EU relations, torn by what the bloc views as his bellicose foreign policy.