The Swiss-based FIDE has been accused of dragging out Russia’s suspension after the Court of Arbitration for Sport, an international tribunal, in April ruled that Russia should be expelled.
French president Emmanuel Macron has invited leaders of the world’s so-called ‘middle powers’ to a G7 summit that starts on Monday.
Ukrainian town of Kostiantynivka might fall to Russia before end of summer (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,569)With Moscow’s troops close to closing a pincer around Kostiantynivka while Kyiv’s drones gnaw at Russia’s land corridor to Crimea, the war is turning into a test of which side’s supply lines break first.
The Dutch Scientific Climate Council led the appeal, after member states including Italy and Poland began pushing for concessions in the ongoing emissions trading system revision.
In the US, inflation is just as high as it is in the European Union — if not higher. Yet it seems to be hurting the American economy much less. Why?
Unanimity has paralysed EU action too many times. This time it’s possible to avoid it, writes Albert Alemanno. The proposal to ban goods from Israeli settlements is qualitatively different. It does not seek to punish a state or alter a geopolitical relationship. Its sole aim is to ensure that EU commerce does not infringe international law.
Hungary’s new anti-corruption drive could not only unfreeze billions in EU funds but also expose how much public money was funnelled into loyalist foundations, private equity funds and friendly business empires over the past decade.
The Swedish Parliament will vote to oblige its public sector voters to ‘snitch’ on undocumented migrants, as the latest addition to Stockholm’s far right’s crackdown on migration
EU deportation bill set to sail through parliament, as left scramble to add safeguardsThe return regulation is likely to get rubber stamped next week at the European Parliament following a political agreement earlier this month.
It is business as usual in EU-Israeli relations, while Italy’s call for a proposal to ban settler imports sounds like more hot air than a real change of heart.
Ukrainians hit four more Crimea bridges, amid reports of empty shelves in food shops (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,568)Russian commanders are scrambling to move troops and fuel along ever-riskier routes, while the peninsula’s residents face dry taps, empty shelves, and soaring black‑market petrol prices.
The cost of services like haircuts, restaurant meals, plumbers, and hotel stays also rose faster in recent months, from three to 3.5 percent, suggesting price pressures are spreading beyond just energy and food.
Global resettlement figures have dropped by some 50 percent to 81,800 in a downward trend that points to the general political backlash against migration and asylum in the US and in Europe.
The European Commission has refused to publish full contracts with pharma giants to purchase billions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines. Now the EU’s top court is set to force its hand.
Within the political spectrum, identitarians can be understood as the far right of the far right. Their core argument has evolved, but it now concentrates on one key demand: the restoration of ethno-cultural homogeneity in Europe.
Over decade in the making, the new EU asylum rules are finally kicking into force on Friday. But EU member states delays are posing challenges amid critics who warn of rights abuses when it comes people seeking international protection.
As LaRochelle counts down his final days of Ebola incubation alone in a sealed biobox, Czechia’s rare display of political unity over his transfer collides with public fears of importing a lethal virus.
Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich is now banned from entering France. These sanctions are largely symbolic, but they matter. Why aren’t other European Union countries sanctioning members of the Israeli government?
Spending of corporate lobbying into the EU reaches new highs according to new research, manifesting in slashed regulation in a bid to build competitiveness and facilitate corporate interests
Why AI-turbocharged misogyny and porn are threats to EU democracyWhile speaking with friends and relatives, I often encounter the (sorry) naïve views that the ‘manosphere’ is just some sad boys posting ‘locker-room banter’.