Senior officials in the Egyptian and Russian governments have denied the plan.

Cafes, restaurants, shops, and online retailers have been the most affected businesses, according to the report.

Biden Administration officials’ hatred of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán drives them into the arms of far more dangerous characters.

The leaks contradict previous denials of a Western military presence in Ukraine, with the UK allegedly having 50 military operatives on the ground in Ukraine.

Did Macron speak in the name of Europe, or in the name of France? The key to Emmanuel Macron’s untimely declaration is perhaps to be found in his desire to conform to French opinion, still driven by an old Gaullist reflex.

The French president was confronted with signs accusing his administration of “violence and hypocrisy.”

U.S. recognition, and its avowed protection, of Taiwan’s sovereignty is deemed provocative by Beijing, which one day seeks to incorporate the island—whether peaceably or by force.

If government size and employment rate had been the same in 2022 as they were in 2000, the cost of today’s government would have been $47,000 per employed person. That is a lot of money—until we do the same arithmetic with today’s government size and employment rate. Then the cost comes out to $59,700.

Billboards in Budapest, sponsored by the U.S. Embassy, contradict the official position of the Hungarian government, which from the outset of the war has called for the West to pursue “a cease-fire and peace talks.”

Sweden’s request to extradite Majid represents a notable role reversal for Sweden and Turkey and comes as Swedish courts have been parsing through Turkey’s own extradition requests.

Turkey, which has already benefited from a customs union with EU member states since 1995, will benefit from European aid for its businesses and innovation programmes.

Petkov believes that no alliance is possible with Borissov and his party, GERB, without disavowing his initial political commitment. For Borissov, this is nothing less than “stubbornness.”