Recent polls show that three-quarters of Taiwanese consider the current four-month term too short—a significant shift in opinion, since military service, inherited from Taiwan’s dictatorial years, has long been unpopular.
This is not the first time that the Lachin corridor has been blocked by the Azeris. But never before has this vital artery been cut off for so long.
The brutality of the news channel that on other occasions takes pride in the quality of its content and intellectual openness sends shockwaves through the Catholic world and beyond.
Green Minister Sven Giegold said he wants the EU to intervene to regulate Musk’s “arbitrary” and “abrupt” decisions.
The illegality of Nativity scenes on public property is distasteful in the south of France where the traditional display is especially strong and broadly followed by the population, despite the absence of widespread religious practice.
It’s all about balance and compromise. Giorgia Meloni has to play a subtle game to avoid upsetting Brussels and simultaneously avoid upsetting her electorate.
According to the BBC, 70% of the African-Caribbean community in the Netherlands believe an apology is important while only 38% of Dutch people as a whole think it is necessary.
The prime minister is currently reluctant to agree to a pay rise—especially a double-digit one as demanded by the strikers—because he believes it would only reinforce the inflationary spiral.
The text that was finally voted on calls for a commission of inquiry, but only once the legal proceedings have been completed, i.e., in effect, during the next term.
Three personalities from the Center to the Right are likely to reach the second round: former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, General Petr Pavel, and economist Danuše Nerudová.
The ethical struggle is clouded by an institutional issue: according to the treaty on the functioning of the European Union, measures concerning the family are not the responsibility of Europe. Each state is supposed to decide sovereignly in this matter.
The Russian army has been specifically targeting energy infrastructures. The aim of the conference was to put in place practical and concrete aid in the sectors identified as being the most in need.
