Category: 3. Europe

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.

The writer is rector of the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna

Tech wars between west and east are nothing new. During…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hopes to win access to long-range American missiles when he visits the White House today. Even if he succeeds, that’ll only be half the battle.

With the US now talking about another summit with Russian…

“After all, we told them they must understand that if they want to impose blackouts on us, we will do the same. There are no secrets here,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during a meeting with several journalists, including POLITICO, in Kyiv last week.

The goal is to…

“You can’t buy pension reform,” said a deputy finance minister. “It’s going to hit the nerve of what democracy is about.”

Pension reform also has a habit of…

News of the phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, in which they agreed to meet in person to discuss the war in Ukraine, will have come as an unwelcome surprise to Kyiv.

The country is being hit hard.

The last 24 hours alone have seen Russia…

“The legal feasibility of extending the Reparations Loan approach towards such assets has not been assessed in detail,” the document continued. “Such an assessment would need to take place before taking a decision on further steps.”

The document outlines the “design principles”…

“Selmayr did not work out so well the last time he was SG [secretary-general],” a Commission official said, referring to criticisms about his controversial appointment and also how he exerted power.

By bringing Selmayr onto her team, Kallas would get the benefit of a Brussels insider…

With fewer than 20 months left in the Elysée Palace, Macron is laser-focused on cementing his place in the history books — and believes he’s earned that distinction for his work in the Middle East, they said.

The French president wasn’t going to miss his chance to be there for…

“Afghan citizens who commit crimes in other countries are, of course, personally responsible for their actions, but they also represent the Afghan nation,” said Qani. Upon arriving in Afghanistan, he added, the deportees are dealt with by the Afghan interior ministry “according to…