
Montenegro vs Ukraine: Merit-Based EU Enlargement for Some, Fast-Tracked for Others?
The small Balkan state has been waiting to be allowed into the European Union for over 15 years, whereas a country currently at war claims it could join in 2027.

The small Balkan state has been waiting to be allowed into the European Union for over 15 years, whereas a country currently at war claims it could join in 2027.

Gergely Karácsony has been fined for organising last June’s Pride march, where more than 200,000 participants defied an official ban.

Checkpoints across Bosnia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia are blocked, with Serbian crossings also affected.

Rejecting claims of criminal wrongdoing, Poland’s former Minister of Justice called the charges a politically motivated attack by the leftist government in Warsaw.

Authorities are reviewing whether children under 14 should face criminal charges following a case in which two 15-year-olds killed a boy and a 13-year-old participated in the crime.

The UN’s special rapporteurs are all appointed by the Human Rights Council, and the people who are chosen are those whose main interest is to condemn the West, colonialism, and capitalism.

The Slovak prime minister rejected claims that he found his meeting with the U.S. president “traumatizing,” calling the reporting false and politically motivated.

Behind the promises of growth and global influence lies a set of commitments that many governments have barely debated—and voters may not expect.

The establishment parties produced the crises dominating Dutch politics. Why should they now be trusted to resolve them?

In 2025, Brussels’ justice system traced more than 1,000 narcotics-related cases back to Zaventem airport and the port of Antwerp.
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