
Damage Control: Starbucks To Issue New Guidelines on ‘Pride’ Displays
By all appearances, Starbucks is more concerned with public image and profit than true commitment to its workforce.

By all appearances, Starbucks is more concerned with public image and profit than true commitment to its workforce.

The European Parliament’s electoral reform package, meant to make EU elections more democratic is anything but, the EU Council agreed.

Italy’s birth rate continues to be among the lowest in Europe and while some pro-family policies have been enacted, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has promised more to come and reiterated her vow to push back against demographic decline.

Police seized large amounts of cash and a bank balance of approximately €750,000 during the search of a residence and a business related to the suspects.

Swedish prosecutors investigating the son of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over corruption allegations could further inflame tensions between the countries as Sweden looks to enter the NATO alliance.

A sign of a weakening consensus between the centre Right and Left, the EPP came in for heavy criticism from the S&D for working with the far Right after a controversial land reclamation bill was defeated at committee stage in the European Parliament Tuesday.

The Council of Europe’s age-assessment policy puts ‘justice’ in the hands of migrants accused of wrongdoing.

The Russian president accused those who participated in the mutiny of betraying the nation and doing the bidding of Moscow’s foes

The sudden decision to deploy 4,000 troops has nothing to do with Wagner potentially regrouping in neighboring Belarus, the German Defense Ministry insists.

Amnesty has claimed that neither Spain nor Morocco has conducted an adequate and independent inquiry into the event.
The victim is the niece of one of the biggest cocaine smugglers Belgium has ever produced, according to authorities.
The German refusal is not surprising to the Poles. Yet, the Polish deputy foreign minister criticised the fact that the German response came without leaving room for discussion or negotiation.
An outspoken traditionalist, the Australian cardinal was known to ruffle the feathers of secularists and the Catholic Church’s progressive wing in equal measure.
Protests have been going on for weeks throughout the country in the wake of the October 30 election in which Lula was declared the winner.
“The new majority may be formed by the People’s Party, Conservative and Reformists, and Identity and Democracy. The rapprochement between the ECR and the EPP and the Meloni-Weber talks should be seen as a step taken toward this end,” Francesco Giubilei, a special Italian ministerial advisor, said.
For the moment, the government’s attempts to respond to the discontent have not had the desired effect.
This marks the second year in a row that the socialist-communist coalition government of Pedro Sanchez has failed to adequately use the generous subsidies from the European Union.
The international pressure on Germany was so strong that the promise to deliver tanks was made before the exact terms of the delivery had been decided.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić had sought to put troops in Northern Kosovo to protect the ethnic Serb minority there.
The EU foreign chief is in the unenviable position to have to consider the vital importance of Morocco, now implicated in the EU corruption scandal, to the bloc’s economy.
One of the major problems for businesses that survived the pandemic is that many of them had significant back taxes to pay.
The increasing number of asylum seekers poses “a major challenge for integration structures, which are certainly at their limits,” Integration Minister Raab said.