Category: 3. Europe

Dreieinhalb Jahre Ampel-Regierung, unzählige Pressekonferenzen, Reisen, Krisen – und jetzt der Abschied: Steffen Hebestreit spricht über seine Zeit als Regierungssprecher von Olaf Scholz. In einem Spaziergang durch das politische Berlin erzählt er, wie er den Bruch der…

One hundred days into Donald Trump’s second presidency and he’s already swung another election. How will Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, emboldened by his victory at the polls, take on Trump?

Host Anne McElvoy talks to Ralph Goodale, who has been at the centre of…

But finance minister Reeves’ announcement that U.K. civil service costs will be cut 15 percent puts extra pressure on the SFO’s workforce. “It is madness,” said an economic crime expert at an NGO. “The government should, at the very least, exclude the enforcement bodies from…

1 p.m.: Durham is proper Labour heartland territory. Until 2021, the party had controlled the county for a century. After mopping up every seat here in the general election, this was seen as Labour’s best chance of regaining control of a council. But Farage has been campaigning hard here…

This is particularly true of countries that share similar values and interests with the EU, such as the U.K., Canada, Japan, South Korea and Australia, but there’s also a chance to strengthen trade relations with others. Talks are already underway with India, and opportunities to balance…

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy disclosed Wednesday he has spoken to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio 13 times this year, with Starmer and Trump speaking “almost” as many times.

Behind the scenes on the U.K. side, National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell, a seasoned…

According to Romania’s electoral authority, the two names that will appear on the ballot in the May 18 second round must be publicized no later than May 9, though we will likely know which two candidates have pulled ahead sooner than that.

Theoretically, if a candidate gets more than 50…

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More than half of the 57 people officially listed as employees of Blue Skies had high-ranking positions close to Mitsotakis or New Democracy at the same time, according to a report in Documento newspaper. None listed their corporate PR roles on their CVs.

In addition to…

Yet it’s this very channel where U.K. ministers are now trying to pump their own messages into the MAGA media ecosystem — and catch Donald Trump’s eye in the process.

British Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Defense Secretary John Healey have both done interviews on Newsmax in the past…

It will also push the issue back on the news agenda at a time when social conservatives in the U.S. are tightening abortion restrictions and watching British policy closely. Vice-President J.D. Vance accused politicians of a “backslide away from conscience rights” in February over buffer…