EU Foreign Ministers Discuss Afghanistan Crisis

EU Foreign Ministers Discuss Afghanistan Crisis

EU foreign ministers hold emergency talks via videolink Tuesday on the situation in Afghanistan.

August 17, 2021
Poland’s Restitution Law Criticised by Israel and Washington

Poland’s Restitution Law Criticised by Israel and Washington

The new Polish law would make it much harder to get back confiscated property.

August 16, 2021
EU Countries Evacuate from Afghanistan

EU Countries Evacuate from Afghanistan

After the sudden collapse of the Afghan government, Western countries try to evacuate their people from the country.

August 16, 2021
Merkel Joins CDU Campaign For Laschet

Merkel Joins CDU Campaign For Laschet

Angela Merkel will step in to help conservative Armin Laschet in his bid to succeed her as German chancellor as he sinks in the polls.

August 13, 2021
Polish Ruling Coalition Collapsed

Polish Ruling Coalition Collapsed

Poland’s ruling conservative coalition collapsed Tuesday after Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki fired the leader of a smaller partner party over disagreements on tax and media policy.

August 12, 2021
Latvia Started Pushing Back Migrants

Latvia Started Pushing Back Migrants

Latvian border guards turned back dozens of migrants into Belarus overnight.

August 12, 2021
Germany and U.S. Reach Deal on Nord Stream 2

Germany and U.S. Reach Deal on Nord Stream 2

The U.S. says a deal has been reached with Germany to prevent Russian gas from being used as political leverage

July 22, 2021
European Commission Investigates Pegasus Affair

European Commission Investigates Pegasus Affair

The European Commission has decided to launch an investigation on the Pegasus Project. An investigative consortium formed by Forbidden Stories, Amnesty International and 17 media organisations revealed on Sunday that at least 10 governments had allegedly employed military spyware for illegal surveillance of journalists, lawyers, businessmen and members of civil society, Euractiv.com reports. “We are […]

July 22, 2021
EU Court Approves Headscarf Bans

EU Court Approves Headscarf Bans

Two German firms were fine to ban Muslim women from wearing headscarves, the EU court has said. “A prohibition on wearing any visible form of expression of political, philosophical, or religious beliefs in the workplace may be justified by the employer’s need to present a neutral image towards customers or to prevent social disputes,” the […]

July 19, 2021
Floods Destroy Regions In Europe

Floods Destroy Regions In Europe

Regions in Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Austria were hit hard. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that she was horrified by the “surreal” devastation in the flood-ravaged region of German. Merkel walked through the village of Schuld in Rhineland-Palatinate state, one of the two hardest-hit regions in western Germany. “It is a surreal, […]

July 19, 2021
US And Germany To ‘Stand Against Russian Aggression’

US And Germany To ‘Stand Against Russian Aggression’

US President Joe Biden met German chancellor Angela Merkel in Washington. “We stand together and will continue to stand together to defend our eastern flank allies at Nato against Russian aggression,” US president Joe Biden told press while meeting German chancellor Angela Merkel in Washington on Thursday, in their first bilateral summit, EUobserver reports. “Good […]

July 16, 2021
Commission Launches Proceedings Against Hungary and Poland

Commission Launches Proceedings Against Hungary and Poland

The European Commission launched three proceedings against Hungary and Poland over what it sees as violations of fundamental rights of LGBTIQ+ people, leaving Budapest and Warsaw two months to respond to its concerns, Euractiv.com reports. The Commission said it considers Budapest’s new controversial legislative bans on “promoting or portraying” homosexuality or sex reassignment to minors […]

July 16, 2021