Europe

Turkey’s next move could be to destabilise Moscow’s nominal ally Armenia in the Caucasus region, showing how weak the Kremlin’s positions in the South Caucasus have become, writes Nikola Mikovic. Nikola Mikovic is a political analyst in Serbia. His work focuses mainly on the foreign policies of Russia, Belarus, and Continue Reading

Tensions are mounting ahead of this year’s U.N. climate summit as vulnerable countries ramp up demands for rich countries to pay compensation for losses inflicted on the world’s poorest people by climate change. When diplomats from nearly 200 countries meet on 7 November in the beachside resort town of Sharm Continue Reading

The head of Ukraine’s state nuclear power company Energoatom called on Monday (8 August) for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to be made a military-free zone, warning of the risk of a Chornobyl-style nuclear disaster after the site was hit by shelling. He called for a team of peacekeepers to Continue Reading

The leader of Italy’s centrist Azione party said on Sunday (7 August) it would leave a centre-left election alliance it formed with the Democratic Party (PD) last week, dealing a blow to the coalition’s odds ahead of a 25 September ballot. The Green leftist federation and centrist party Impegno Civico Continue Reading

Ukraine said on Thursday (4 August) it had been forced to cede some territory in the east of the country in the face of a Russian offensive, and the head of the NATO military alliance said Moscow must not be allowed to win the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this Continue Reading

US and Hungarian conservatives must join forces in 2024 elections to “take back” institutions in Washington and Brussels from liberals who threaten western civilization, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Thursday (4 August). Orbán, a Hungarian nationalist who was addressing a conservative gathering in Dallas, also said the United States Continue Reading

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo will meet the EU foreign policy chief in Brussels later this month, officials said Friday (5 August) , as the international community scrambles to soothe rising tensions. European Union spokesman Peter Stano said President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia and Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti Continue Reading

The Ethiopian government has chastised EU and US envoys who visited the war-stricken region of Tigray, accusing them of siding with the rebels’ stance on peace talks and aid. Negotiations between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) are on the cards, but critical obstacles Continue Reading

Greece’s intelligence chief has resigned, the government said on Friday (5 August) amid a scandal over alleged spying of an opposition politician. Panagiotis Kontoleon “has presented his resignation… which was accepted”, the office of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a statement. Kontoleon, who was appointed head of Greece’s intelligence Continue Reading

The best way of dealing with Russia’s energy war on the European Union is by using it as an opportunity, and speeding up the energy transition can kill three birds with one stone: energy security, climate crisis, and energy poverty, writes Alice Stollmeyer and Lukas Trakimavičius. Alice Stollmeyer is the Continue Reading