With 250 aircraft under a single, integrated operational command, the declaration lays “the foundation for a single Nordic air defense.”

Isabel Vaughan-Spruce must have presented quite a challenge for the officers: a lone, middle-aged Catholic woman, armed with a double-barrelled surname, silently thinking forbidden thoughts.

Despite the UN’s call for better ties, EU leaders are divided on the bloc’s future relationship with China, as the Biden administration promises better trade deals if Brussels takes a more hawkish line.

The country is plagued by all sorts of blockades and other incidents. Roadblocks are set up on many roads and around major cities by demonstrators.

Beyond the organisational frustrations, the optics of the king’s reception and the almost revolutionary atmosphere in France contributed to the cancellation.

The IMF has pledged its largest loan ever to a country at war and the EU has promised 1 million bullets.

Before competing, DSD (Differences in Sex Development) athletes must take inhibitors or undergo surgery if their testosterone levels are too high.

The prime minister justifies her action by defending the rights of women, whom she considers to be “the first victims of gender ideology.”

The possibility of circumvention is not a bug but a feature of Western sanctions, experts believe, as Russia continues to make money using backdoors and loopholes.

Between easily damaged batteries that can’t be salvaged and a higher accident rate than petrol cars, electric vehicles may not be the boon to the Green Transition originally envisioned.

A panel led by editor-in-chief Alvino-Mario Fantini agreed that “when you get beyond the rhetoric” of the EU’s legislative priorities, “you see something very different.”

The schism reflects freefalling EU unity on the green transition as France and Germany seek to safeguard their national interests under the pretext of decarbonisation.