Stephen Weatherill, Somerville
College and Faculty of Law, Oxford University
Photo credit: Addesolen, via Wikimedia Commons
Introduction
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transfer system?โ So shrieked the media in December 1995 wh…
Lebanon could well turn into a quagmire for Israel, and its belief that it can achieve โtotal victoryโ is premature. However, there can be no doubt that Iran and Hezbollah are on the back foot.
Salvo Nicolosi
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Just a couple of weeks after the Taliban regime in
Afghanistan announced a
new decree prohibiting women from being heard …
And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu feuds with French President Emmanuel Macron.
The prime minister’s chief of staff was blamed for a disastrous start to Labour’s tenure in government.
Current and former officials say the US has long struggled to collect intelligence on Hamas.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators were marching in cities across the globe to demand an end to the conflict.
The Mossos dโEsquadra let the former Catalan leader slip through their hands in August.
An American University poll shows a majority of women trust Harris over Trump to address inflation and bring down the cost of living.
Torture of Ukrainian POWs systematic and “encouraged,” says UN.
The European Commission proposed an EU Action Plan for Grids in late 2023 to deliver on the European Green Deal. They estimate that around โฌ584 billion will be needed for electricity infrastructure investments between 2020 and 2030.
POLITICO a passรฉ en revue les dรฉclarations d’intรฉrรชts des prรฉtendants ร lโexรฉcutif bruxellois.
Scan the economic data and it’s easy to see why Europeans have reason to look on with envy at their friends across the Atlantic.
Pro-Moscow prime minister wants to continue buying Russian gas and oil and to maintain existing transit routes through Ukraine.
POLITICO has reviewed the declarations of interest of every European Commission nominee.
The legislation bans same-sex marriage and changing one’s gender.
Corporation said the error made the program promoting Johnson’s book “untenable.”
Force used the technology 117 times from January to August, up from 32 between 2020 and 2023
The man chosen to be the next budget commissioner will have to draw on all the skills he’s picked up over many years in Brussels.
Zelenskyy urges western backing akin to that for Israel after Kharkiv strike; Ukraineโs 72nd mechanised brigade leaves eastern town of Vuhledar after more than two years. What we know on day 953See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageA Russian guided bo…
Budapest would prevent politicians from serving on university boards in hopes of regaining EU funds for universities.
Figure of 21.8 million international visitors to Spain is 7.3% rise on 2023, says national statistics instituteSpain logged a record 21.8 million international visitors this summer, official data has revealed, during a period when anti-tourism protests…
Church conservatives and liberals feud bitterly over reforms teased by the pontiff.
A decade-old environmental dispute in Limassol, Cyprus, is raising questions over Costas Kadis’ run for EU commissioner.
It was his latest instance of using current events to slam the vice president โ just one day after turning a visit to a community ravaged by Hurricane Helene into a political jab.
A review of the vice presidential contendersโ past debates suggests a fiery clash is likely.
Matthew Daulby, 19, from Liverpool, was stabbed to death in Ormskirk, Lancashire, in July 2023.
In desperately seeking to maintain its privileged position in Washington, successive Irish governments have unintentionally sabotaged their credibility within the EU.
A small town in Massachusetts is as politically divided as its London namesake.
The IDF said its troops are conducting “localized” raids near the border, in a significant escalation of its conflict with the Iran-backed group.
The Freedom party hasnโt only harnessed discontent at home โ it is drawing on once-fringe ideas that have spread around the worldโWe will kick upwards and clamp down on those who donโt mean well for usโ, said Herbert Kickl in May 2023. Under Kicklโs le…
Donald Trump never stops talking about immigration, trade and the economy. Those policy areas have animated all three of the former presidentโs campaigns for the White House, and he often finds ways to morph other topics into border security, tariffs, taxes and inflation when heโs riffing on the campaign trail. And for years โ amid [โฆ]
The Centre for Monitoring of Racism and Xenophobic Behaviour (OMZRiK) is suing Polish President Andrzej Duda, a former PiS member, for his comments about a 2023 film depicting the situation at the Polish-Belarusian border, where hundreds of migrants ha…
Q&A with Greg Rossi, Senior VP, Head of Oncology Europe and Canada at AstraZeneca.
A senior football official makes more than $200K a year while also assessing future judges for Europe’s supreme court.
In exile since 2023, the researcher says Russia’s economy is in good shape, far from being affected in the short term by the sanctions imposed by the West after its war in Ukraine.
“The action you took was extreme, disproportionate and criminally idiotic,” said the judge.
Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of
London
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Full disclosure first: After exactly
ten and a half years, I stopped posting on X (formerly Twitter) on August 10,
2024. I cou…
Didier Migaud’s comments come against the backdrop of a mass rape trial which has shocked the country.
“Concrete steps must also be taken,” Alexander De Croo told the pontiff.
A conservation biologist by training, Kadis has held several ministerial posts over the past 25 years.
โIt’s a very, very strange week,โ said a filmmaker who documented the clerical assaults.
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The Senate minority leader rebuked GOP leaders who have grown fond of the Hungarian leader despite the countryโs โdecade-long driftโ toward U.S. adversaries.
Last year was the hottest on record, and scientists worry this year will be worse. Thunderstorms in Europe destroyed 9.1 billion euros in assets, while the U.S. also experienced twenty-eight separate weather and climate disasters throughout 2023 costin…
POLITICO curates a lineup of the top players influencing the Conservativesโ Brexit and trade policies.
The party is licking its wounds from a gargantuan defeat at the U.K.โs general election in July, and it still doesnโt have a leader. So this yearโs Conservative Party conference will be a bit different, with most eyes on the leadership debate rather than the policies the party will prioritize in opposition. Nonetheless, in financial [โฆ]
French lawmakers, and even Macronโs new ministers, want to stop CETA โย but that doesnโt mean they will be able to.
More billions are on the way from the tech giant as the Irish hoover up multinational taxes at a breakneck pace โ but struggle to build what this booming nation needs.
Simpler, faster, better โ let’s not miss the opportunity to revamp the EU pharmaceutical regulatory framework to transform lives.
Mozambican soldiers operating out of TotalEnergies’ natural gas plant abducted, raped and killed dozens of civilians.
Figures give EU diplomats more hope of reaching a post-Brexit deal to allow young holiday workers into UK Just 23,000 people came to the UK last year to work as part of the British youth mobility scheme, a fraction of the overall net migration figure,…
SNEAK PEEK โย Gastein day 1 kicks off with a plea to ramp up investment in health โ and ways to do it. โ Can tech help to close the gender health gap? Some think so, but only if its funded and reaches all in need. โ Is COP29 the breakthrough year for health and [โฆ]
Piyush Goyalโs showmanship and negotiating savvy have made him a weapon for India as it takes up its mantle as a global superpower. But is his aggressive approach at risk of backfiring?
Swedish authorities accused Iran on Tuesday of being responsible for thousands of text messages sent to people in Sweden calling for revenge over the burnings of Islam’s holy book in 2023. Iran denies the accusation. FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney speaks …
Prosecutors say Iranians hacked SMS operator to send thousands of texts whose โaim was to create divisionโSwedish prosecutors have accused Iranโs intelligence service of hacking an SMS operator in 2023 to send messages encouraging people to take reveng…
Around 15,000 messages ‘calling for revenge’ against desecrators of Islam’s holy book were sent in the summer of 2023. Sweden’s intelligence service determined that a hacker group had been acting ‘on behalf of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.’
Portugalโs public debt as a percentage of GDP is estimated to have fallen to 97.9%, a revision from the 99.1% calculated in April, according to data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE) on Monday.
Greater collaboration between industry, government, policymakers and the NHS will be critical for treatment options in the UK to match the pace of scientific innovation. What is our route to achieving timely patient access across the country like our European neighbours?
Leaders of both parties have ignored pleas to prep.
Sleep deficiency is a serious health risk that profoundly affects individuals and economies yet conditions like chronic insomnia are worryingly low on the global health agenda
The Egyptian businessman, owner of Harrods and the Ritz, died in 2023 at the age of 94. Following the revelations of a series of BBC documentaries, more than 30 women claim to have been sexually assaulted or raped by the man who was then their boss.
The actions follow a series of Russian air operations that skirted Alaskan airspace and as Russian and Chinese warships conducted joint exercises across the Pacific.
The accusers say they were raped and sexually abused by Mohamed Al-Fayed, who died in 2023. Al-Fayed has faced similar allegations since 1997.
Harrods had already begun settling claims with women in 2023 about sexual abuse by the Egyptian billionaire tycoon Mohammed Al-Fayed, who died last year.
On 20 September 2023, the Guardian launched a new digital edition for a continent in the grip of dramatic political and social change. This is what weโve learned so far โ and how you can help us do moreSupport the GuardianA year ago today we launched G…
Serbian President Vuฤiฤ says he has โno relationshipโ to Kosovo leaders as EU-led talks fail to produce results.
Aid groups have warned of the risks of the crackdown on Georgia’s LGBTQ+ community.
Government of PM Robert Fico is looking for ways to raise money to shrink budget deficit from 6 percent of GDP forecast for 2024.
ECB President Christine Lagarde had hinted last week that there would be no further action until December.
Looking to influence financial services policy but unsure who to meet at Labourโs inaugural party conference in Liverpool this weekend? Politicians, advisers or policy wonks: Weโve got the ultimate list of who holds the power in and around the first Labour Party conference in 14 years โ and who to have a chinwag with on [โฆ]
One of the worldโs leading vision impairments, myopiaโs prevalence is set to increase, with vast implications for countryโs budgets and their peopleโs health and well-being.
A traditional Moscow ally, Armenia has pivoted to the West since the Ukraine war began, and its PM now says it could seek EU membership.
Once every five years the European Parliament gets to pick off a nominee or two โ and rarely fails to do so.
La rupture entre la prรฉsidente de la Commission et son plus grand critique en interne couvait depuis des annรฉes.
Everything you need to know about Ursula von der Leyen’s team for her second term.
Thierry Breton is out of the way, ridding the European Commission chief of her fiercest internal critic.
The split between the Commission president and her biggest internal critic had been brewing for years.
Un systรจme bien รฉtabli permet aux riches amis de Vladimir Poutine de maintenir leur style de vie et dโรฉviter les consรฉquences de la guerre, relatent les professionnels du tourisme de la rรฉgion.
Countries opposed to Moscow are spending ever more on cheap fuel made from Russian oil, according to a new analysis shared with POLITICO.
The hard-right Vox party is allegedly violating Spanish law by hiding a โฌ9.2 million bank loan used to finance its 2023ย election campaigns, El Paรญs reported on Monday (16 September), while the party says it wants to protect lenders from ‘stigma’.ย
The party’s finances are in tatters after an electoral watchdog ruled against it last month.
The German carmaker faces a triple threat from China, a lagging EV transition and labor worries.
The south of France has long been a safe space for Russians.
The state-backed media outlet has been sending weapons to Russian units, including sniper rifles and suppressors, body armor, night vision equipment and drones, according to State.
Health policy is looking like the poor cousin and is likely to be downgraded this mandate.
Beijing is recruiting agents among EU politicians who have demonstrated fealty to Moscow, underscoring their alignment, according to a senior European intelligence official.
โStructural reforms are not the responsibility of the central bank โ they are the responsibility of governments,โ European Central Bank president says.
Exclusive: Michelin, Dunlop, Goodyear and Bridgestone products have found way to Russia via intermediariesRussia-Ukraine war โ latest news updatesMore than $30m (ยฃ23m) worth of aircraft tyres made by western manufacturers including the French firm Mich…
โIt is regrettable that passengers are being held hostage by these wild actions,โ airport spokesperson said.
Italy will not present its new budget plan until next month, missing the European Union’s September deadline, because parliament wants the Treasury to factor in upcoming revisions to economic growth data for 1995-2023, a minister said.
Despite calls to step up efforts, investment in antimicrobial resistance is still insufficient.
Clinicians are looking into the potential of probiotics to prevent infections.
School expenses are constantly increasing, and this year Italian families have spent around seven per cent more on school supplies compared to 2023.
Shoot down Russian missiles and drones, Ukraine urges its neighbours; hopes rise of US permission to fire long-range missiles into Russia. What we know on day 932See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageRussian forces have begun a significant counter-off…
Patients and relatives turn on doctors and nurses, with 16,000 reports of physical and verbal assaults in 2023 aloneDoctorsโ and nursesโ unions in Italy have called for authorities to consider bringing the army into hospitals in response to an increase…
Tankers believed to be at heart of illicit operation transporting gas and oil to fund Moscowโs war effortThe UK has taken new steps to clamp down on Russiaโs shadow fleet exporting oil and funding Moscowโs war machine, with the Foreign Office announcin…
Shootings, stabbings and rampant shoplifting: The Belgian capital’s main railway hub is a magnet for trouble. Why is no one stepping up to fix the problem?
Judges overturn lower court acquittal and sentence former Oxford professor to three years in jail A Swiss appeal court has found the Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan guilty of raping a woman in a Geneva hotel 15 years ago, overturning a lower court acqui…
The country’s gun crime rate is among the highest in the EU, and internationally linked gangs are now recruiting children.
