As the crisis over Iran deepens and European capitals search for a response, a small number of members of the European Parliament are once again trying to hand a platform to Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s deposed last monarch. The effort has angered both the majority members of…
Category: 3. Europe
-
Kazakhstan seeks deeper EU partnership in science, education and innovation
Kazakhstan is seeking to place science, higher education and innovation at the centre of its growing partnership with the European Union.
That was the key message from a roundtable held in Brussels under the “Shanyraq Dialogue” platform, hosted by the Embassy of Kazakhstan…
Continue Reading
-
Flagship projects on AI for grids and data centre sustainability
EU policymakers and high-level industry representatives on 3 June launched two flagship initiatives designed to prepare the EU’s energy system for a more digitalized future.
Given the rapid expansion of data centres, the first initiative brings together data centre…
Continue Reading
-
Commissioner Roswall meets young Europeans to discuss a resilient nature-based future
The dialogue covered key challenges, including how to protect biodiversity and how to ensure public and private investments.
European Commissioner Jessika Roswall hosted a Youth Policy Dialogue in Brussels on Wednesday (3 June), bringing together 13 young leaders from…
Continue Reading
-
OceanEye: Placing the EU at the forefront of ocean observation
The ocean covers 70% of the earth’s surface, yet only 5% of it has been explored and mapped. The more information we have about the ocean, the better we can protect it.
To improve how we monitor and understand the ocean, the Commission has adopted OceanEye. Through this…
Continue Reading
-
Ukraine aid package passes U.S. House, bucking Republican leaders and Trump
A new tranche of military assistance for Ukraine and sanctions on Russia passed the House on Thursday, delivering a fresh bipartisan blow to President Donald Trump’s foreign policy from Capitol Hill.
The measure passed despite Republican leadership’s resistance, with 18 GOP lawmakers…
Continue Reading
-
Dear Microsoft, enough is enough
Dear Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella,
As browser developers, we believe PC users’ choices should be free and respected, not controlled, distorted or ignored.
That principle unites the Browser Choice Alliance in advancing a digital world where PC users control their own online experience, can…
Continue Reading
-
Macron and Merz head to Montenegro as EU races to secure its next frontier
TIVAT, Montenegro — French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will join a group of EU leaders at a summit on Friday, as capitals try to find consensus on how far, and how fast, the process of bringing new members into the bloc should go.
They are taking part in…
Continue Reading
-
Andy Burnham on Question Time: 5 takeaways from the UK leadership hopeful’s TV moment
LONDON — Andy Burnham’s allies have been plugging his credentials as a straight-talking communicator. He had a chance to prove it Thursday.
The Greater Manchester mayor appeared on a special edition of Question Time — the BBC’s flagship political debate program — as he seeks to return…
Continue Reading
-
Socialists demand defector surrender EU Parliament vice presidency
The European Parliament’s Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats wants Pina Picierno, who recently quit their group, to resign from her post as Parliament vice president.
“While we acknowledge that EP rules technically allow her to keep the vice-presidency, doing so would be…
Continue Reading