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Fri, 02/16/2024 - 18:25
The death of Russia's best-known dissident, Alexei Navalny, caused little surprise in EU circles, but saw Putin branded "evil" as top diplomats gathered at the Munich Security Conference.
Fri, 02/16/2024 - 17:56
It happened. The Kremlin has finally managed to kill Alexei Navalny, the major political opponent of the regime run by Vladimir Putin for the last quarter of the century. Yet another dramatic watershed in the history of his country.
Fri, 02/16/2024 - 17:33
Another provisional agreement on improving working conditions for platform workers fall apart on Friday, as four member states decided not to support it — making the chances of a directive before the June European elections unlikely.
Fri, 02/16/2024 - 17:06
The EU launched its first probe under foreign-subsidies rules on Friday. The company under investigation is Chinese train manufacturer CRRC Qingdao Sifang Locomotive.
Fri, 02/16/2024 - 12:15
The African Union's credibility will be in the spotlight at its annual leaders' summit, which starts in Addis Ababa on Saturday (17 February) as it faces up to another political crisis in a key member state — Senegal.
Fri, 02/16/2024 - 12:05
Italy's offer to mobilise €5.5bn over the next years, overwhelmingly in already-allocated loans and guarantees, pales in comparison to the financing challenges faced by Africa. Only an EU-wide coordinated financial offer can credibly respond to African needs.
Fri, 02/16/2024 - 11:56
Brussels Dispatches analyses the changing geopolitical landscape, what this means for the EU's humanitarian aid policies and how a vote in the upcoming EU elections can affect EU humanitarian assistance.
Fri, 02/16/2024 - 11:29
Few things interest politicians more than the way they are elected. But finding a system that most can agree on continues to elude MEPs.
Fri, 02/16/2024 - 00:25
Only 15 EU countries allow same-sex marriage, preventing equal rights for 'rainbow families', but Greece just became the first Orthodox Christian country to break the tabu.
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 18:21
A so-called Rwanda clause slipped into the overhaul of EU asylum law will undermine the UN refugee convention, say critics.
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 18:12
When the political timing is right, Ukraine will go into Nato as swiftly as Finland and Sweden are doing, Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg has said.
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 18:10
The ECB keeps rates high despite flagging economy, citing expected wage growth as a potential inflation driver.
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 15:42
The global struggle against unfair and fraudulent elections, evident in Azerbaijan's recent snap presidential election, is missing from the Munich Security Report released this week, ahead of the international security conference.
Thu, 02/15/2024 - 07:00
When EU climate commissioner Hoekstra defends the 2040 climate-targets in Brussels on Thursday, will he remember the geothermal energy option?
Wed, 02/14/2024 - 16:30
MEPs have agreed on new rules to level the playing field between banks and non-banks, and to make payments more user-friendly, cheaper and safer — including measures to make online platforms liable for payment fraud that occurs through their services.
Wed, 02/14/2024 - 16:22
An independent Greek authority probing the deadly Pylos shipwreck is posing questions eight months later on whether the Greek coast guard had even been tasked to carry out a search and rescue.
Wed, 02/14/2024 - 14:52
Malta is one of the few European countries where abortion remains illegal in almost all circumstances, including rape and incest, making it one of the strictest in the world. Consequently, Maltese women are forced to seek unsafe procedures abroad.
Wed, 02/14/2024 - 14:50
The EU is putting Belarusian child-abductors on its Russia blacklist, boosting calls for ICC action against Lukashenko. North Korean defence minister also being added.
Wed, 02/14/2024 - 14:42
Ireland and Spain have called for an "urgent review" of the EU's trade agreement with Israel, voicing deep concerns over possible violations of human rights law by Israel in Gaza.
Wed, 02/14/2024 - 13:30
Strategic autonomy, Trump's belligerent Nato remarks and the consequences for EU. Also, our own Andrew Rettman on EU top jobs and the role of the radical right. Finally, third-country migration deals. Listen.
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