Category: 3. Europe
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World’s cartoonists on this week’s events
First published on Caglecartoons.com, Dec. 4. | By Peter Kuper First published on Caglecartoons.com, Nov. 28, 2025. | By Nikola Listes First published on Caglecartoons.com, Dec. 2, 2025. | By Arend van Dam First published on Caglecartoons.com, Dec. 4, 2025. | By Rick McKee -
How Russia keeps raising an army to replace its dead
For Russian men, war now advertises itself like any other job.
Offers for front-line contracts appear on the messaging app Telegram alongside group chats and news alerts, promising signing bonuses of up to $540,000 — life-changing money in a country where average monthly wages remain below…
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Azerbaijan’s path to economic diversification and connectivity leadership
For decades, Azerbaijan-as a major Caspian basin producer-has exported crude oil and natural gas to global energy markets, resulting in a national economy heavily dependent on fossil fuel revenues. However, due to geopolitical and economic challenges, the Azerbaijani government has launched an…
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Lured by lucrative job offers but sent to the front line
David WafulaBBC Newsday, Nairobi
Kuloba familyDavid Kuloba, seen here with a Russian fighter, thought he had secured a well-paying job as a security guard David Kuloba’s mother warned him about going to Russia after he accepted a job as a security guard advertised by a recruitment agency in Kenya.
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Single women face sexual violence
Sofia BettizaGlobal Health Reporter in Trieste, Italy
BBCEsther fled Lagos in 2016 Esther was sleeping on the streets of Lagos when a woman approached her with the promise of a route out of Nigeria to a job and a home in Europe.
She had dreamt of a new life, especially in the UK. Thrown out of a…
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Reparations loan for Ukraine is ‘very fragile’ and risks investor exodus, Euroclear warns
The European Union’s plan to issue a reparations loan for Ukraine suffered a fresh setback on Friday after Euroclear, the main custodian of the immobilised Russian assets, said the proposal is “very fragile”, too unpredictable and could trigger an exodus of foreign investors away from the…
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Hungary shoots down eurobonds as alternative to EU’s Russian asset plan – POLITICO
Hungary’s rejection came hours before a dinner between German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever in Brussels to discuss the loan.
Merz said he was planning to use the event to bring De Wever on board.
“I take the concerns and objections of the…
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Top EU official promises more Big Tech decisions ‘in coming months’ – POLITICO
“In the coming months, there will be more decisions coming,” Virkkunen told reporters after a meeting of EU digital affairs ministers in Brussels.
“With most of the investigations, we already have published the preliminary findings, and after that, the next step is to encourage those…
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Uzbekistan launches €9.46 billion green energy push, covering nation’s power needs
At the “Powering the Future” forum in Tashkent, Uzbekistan unveiled 42 renewable, storage, and grid projects, with international partners supporting a nationwide energy transformation.
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Which European countries have mandatory or voluntary military service
Patrick Jacksonand
Emma Brancatisano
ReutersRecruits on live-fire exercises in Ahlen, Germany, last month Some of Europe’s biggest Nato members are moving to strengthen their professional armies through voluntary national service schemes.
Large conscripted armies were a feature of Nato states during…
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