Category: 3. Europe

“I think nearly any observer is flabbergasted that two years after winning a landslide majority, he can find himself in this situation. Her challenge came from the parliamentary arithmetic and the Gordian knot of Brexit. Neither of those exist in this situation.”

5) Don’t go…

AfD national co-leader Alice Weidel sought to tamp down on party lawmakers’ trips to Russia ahead of two state elections in western Germany earlier this year, calculating that overtly pro-Putin displays would not play well with voters in those states. But the planned attendance of…

The head of a major airline has called for a “clear resolution” to hostilities in the Middle East. The call from Emirates comes amid continuing economic and political uncertainty caused by the bitter conflict between the U.S and Iran.

The war has impacted badly on global…

Campaigners have criticized Ofcom for not taking action sooner. The Molly Rose Foundation’s CEO Andy Burrows welcomed the fine but said the process “has taken an interminable amount of time.”  

“Molly Rose Foundation submitted detailed evidence which showed scores of…

It is one of the biggest rivalries in Belgian football and Brussels’ two football clubs are all set to again lock horns in, arguably, the country’s biggest game of the season.

RSC Anderlecht and Royale Union Saint-Gilloise will contest the Croky Cup Final on Thursday (14…

Anfang Juni findet in Sankt Petersburg das große internationale Wirtschaftsforum statt. Pauline von Pezold liegt ein Teil der Gästeliste vor: Mehrere AfD-Vertreter haben persönliche Einladungen direkt aus dem Umfeld von Wladimir Putin erhalten. Sie und Frederik von Schindler…

3) Ed Miliband

Another big figure on the soft-left, the energy secretary has been here before.

Miliband became Labour leader — beating his brother David Miliband — in 2010, though lost the subsequent 2015 general election to the Tories.

A longtime ally of Starmer, Miliband has…

“International rail travel has been steadily increasing for years. New cross-border connections and growing demand show that travelling by train in Europe is becoming increasingly attractive. Yet today, it is still often easier to fly between two European cities than to book a…

The European Commission presented its long-awaited package on cross-border rail transport. The Green/EFA Group have long called on the Commission to finally lay the groundwork for a truly European rail ticketing system.

Kai Tegethoff, Volt MEP and member of the Transport…