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While most of us…

Snug, I stretched in the darkness, waking as the thump of wheels slowed to the tempo of a heartbeat. I could sense that the train was approaching our destination, so shuffled down the berth, easing up the blind to find a ruby necklace of brake…

Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil-export infrastructure—encouraged in recent days by President Trump—have exposed how deeply parts of Europe still rely on Moscow’s hydrocarbon exports even in the fourth year of war.
Two-thirds of European countries have not yet met the 9% target for young people who are neither in employment nor in education or training (NEET). Most NEETs are outside the labour force rather than unemployed.

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We live in a world full of threats. Wars rage on, heatwaves make European summers unbearable, and economic uncertainty continues to loom. The list seems endless. But what worries people around the world…

Young people are key drivers of social and economic change. They are the human capital of every country. Yet, in Europe, many young people are ‘neither in employment nor in education or training’ (NEET).
In 2024, 11% of people aged…

Focus for a moment on that image, one that will be remembered for generations. Leaders of the greatest European nations, along with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, sitting like contrite, obedient schoolchildren in front of Donald Trump, the imperial…

Europe, by contrast, has launched four. Even that is an improvement: For over a year, the continent relied on SpaceX to launch critical infrastructure.
Falling behind in the space race is just one example of how Europe has lost its way. This…

“We must respect these decisions, but we deeply regret them — especially in light of the responsibility the cabinet bears in this caretaker phase,” he said.
The populist Farmer-Citizen Movement (BBB) party, one of the coalition’s two remaining partners along with the liberal…