Category: 3. Europe

In part, Meloni’s actions reflect Italy’s terror at the prospect of losing its historically close ties to the U.S., which it sees as insurance against the Franco-German axis that dominates EU affairs. Unlike other European leaders, she believes that Trump can still be reasoned with and…

Because the news broke on a Friday night in Europe, many U.K. officials had to start working at home. “There was a lot of WhatsApp traffic,” said the British official quoted above. “It was people at home trying to have a night off, but then instantly realizing — fuck me, this is…

While Dan is also well placed to collect support from Romanians abroad, he’s not yet well known outside Bucharest, which is in fact his Achilles’ heel. Across Romania, “10 percent of the population don’t know who Nicușor Dan is,” and that could cost him victory in a tight…

Vladimir Putin’s generals always wage total war: no holds-barred, no observance of what Moscow sees as sentimental international rules of war — hence, the egregious abuses in Bucha and Irpin.

It’s also how Putin waged war against Chechnya during his tenure as prime minister, when he…

A Swiss and Austrian climbing pair have shattered the speed record for completing the daunting north faces of a famed trio of Swiss mountains – the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau. Switzerland’s Nicolas Hojac and Austria’s Philipp Brugger shaved nearly ten hours off the previous record set more than…

Travelers feeling the pinch of rising travel prices to
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US Vice President JD Vance called on Europe to show greater independence in an interview published on Tuesday, urging countries not to be “US vassals.”

He also said EU capitals could have done more to oppose Washington over the Iraq War.

Many…

British number four Harriet Dart has apologised for asking the umpire to tell her French opponent to put on deodorant during a first-round loss at the Rouen Open.

Dart lost 6-0 6-3 to Lois Boisson, which included the 28-year-old being swept aside in the opening set in just 28 minutes.

During a…