Category: 3. Europe

Europe and the Mediterranean basin saw record drought in August, with more than half of the land affected, according to AFP analysis of EU data.

Last month, 53 percent of the region was affected by drought — an all-time high since records began…

Julia Ruhs und ihre Umsetzung des Formats “Klar” spaltet die Medienrepublik: Die Moderatorin wird nun vom Norddeutschen Rundfunk abgesägt und darf nur noch Ausgaben des Bayerischen Rundfunks gestalten.
Der Streit um Ausgewogenheit, Migration und öffentlich-rechtliche…

For Humpert, the impact may be bigger than shipping schedules. “The Arctic is the first region where climate change is changing the geopolitical map. If we didn’t have climate change, we wouldn’t be talking. Russia would not be producing oil…

At an elite yacht club on the southern edge of Kyiv, prosecco sprayed from a fountain as a live band played pop classics. European diplomats mingled with Ukrainian ministry officials and the owners of some of the country’s largest farms. This was a reception hosted by UCAB, Ukraine’s…

America now seems set for another ugly episode of what late historian Richard Hofstadter dubbed the paranoid style of deep conspiracy-mongering, disinformation and scapegoating. Think the Salem witch-hunts of the 17th century; the Know Nothing…

According to POLITICO’s data, the EPP voted with ECR and against S&D in about 6 percent of final plenary votes — the same as last term. 

What has changed, however, is that the EPP and ECR won more of those votes than before. The small number of votes this term so far means future…

The Commission delayed its response for many months. Almost one year later, and after two complaints via the office of the European Ombudsman, Commission Secretary-General Ilze Juhansone admitted that “informal conversations with the selected candidates … took place orally and no…

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