Two women ordered to pay Brigitte Macron โฌ8,000 for spreading transphobic rumors
The false claim that the French president’s wife was a transgender woman was propagated beyond France.
Chocolate
Restaurantโฏreview: Colonel Fort Jaco
High-quality meat served in a luxurious setting.
Nigel Farage threatens to stop going to the pub
The Reform UK leaderโs protest comes as Britain mulls a ban on smoking outside pubs.
Have Swiss scientists made a chocolate breakthrough?
The whole of the cocoa fruit is used in production, rather than just the beans.
Is Germanyโs rising superstar so far left sheโs far right?
Sahra Wagenknechtโs brand of โleft conservatismโ is upending German politics ahead of critical elections in the east.
Baltic independence hero says West lacks resolve against Putin
35-years after a seminal protest for freedom from the Soviets, an organizer accuses the West โ particularly Germany โ of โsuicidal naivety.โ
Scoop! Where to get the best ice cream in Brussels
Not on holiday? Donโt worry, you can still enjoy some glorious gelato.
Where the EUโs political tribes should go on holiday
Where to go this summer, depending on your political persuasion.
How Britainโs Conservatives lost their heart and soul
Trends point to an historic collapse of the Tory vote in rural, semi-rural and suburban seats, the like of which England has maybe never seen before.
US urges EU to delay deforestation law
Ban on imports including chocolate and nappies will hurt American producers, says Biden administration
Recent asylum case law of the CJEU: Distinction, Integration or Extension from ‘Mainstream’ EU law?
Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of
London
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Introduction
While attention has been focussed
on the overhaul of EU law on asylum โ which I have analysed in an upcoming
article…
An Americanโs guide to the EU election
The EU is complicated, so let’s break it down for our cousins across the Atlantic.
How Putin hijacked Austriaโs spy service โ and is now gunning for its government
Intelligence officials suspect Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek of colluding with the far-right Freedom Party on Moscowโs behalf.ย
EU Commission fines US confectionary giant Mondelez โฌ337.5 million
The European Commission fined US confectionary giant Mondelez โฌ337.5 million on Thursday (23 May) for engaging in anti-competitive behaviour which inflated food prices and exacerbated the cost of living crisis across the EU.
US food giant Mondelฤz fined โฌ337.5 for breaching blocโs antitrust rules
The EU executive has sanctioned the maker of products such as Oreo and Toblerone for restricting cross-border trade of chocolate, biscuits and coffee within the Single Market.
Toblerone maker Mondelฤz fined โฌ337.5m for anti-competitive practices
Food group illegally prevented retailers from sourcing products from EU states where prices were lowerโข Business live โ latest updatesThe owner of Toblerone, Milka and Oreo has been fined โฌ337.5m (ยฃ288m) for anti-competitive practices in the EU.The US …
Oreo and Toblerone-maker gets โฌ338M EU fine for illegally breaking up EU single market
Company stopped retailers from buying popular brands for less elsewhere in EU
I ate at the far-right buffet from hell
And lived to tell the tale.
NATO invites Ukraine to its birthday party, with no fresh pledge on membership
Ukraine is still looking in from the cold while the alliance’s 32 member countries celebrate 75 years of military security.
Big Chocolate is conning you this Easter
Traders, manufacturers and retailers are all blaming each other for record prices.
Serbian author Barbi Markoviฤ: โThe real horror story is life itselfโ
The horror author on stealing from other writers, why she canโt stand pathos and how Mickey Mouse has inspired her new short-story collection MinihorrorIn Vienna, every second building looks like it was built for a king, the waiters who serve your coff…
On the run from Russia: the defector to Ukraine shot dead on the Costa Blanca
Maksim Kuzminov flew a Russian miltary helicopter to Ukraine. Armed with a new identity, he moved to a Spanish resort. Then he was killed in an underground car parkIn some ways it is easy to see why Maksim Kuzminov chose to start a new life in Villajoy…
โWe wonโt be remote-controlledโ: how German football fans took on investors and won
Toy cars mounted with flares and other stunts have disrupted Bundesliga matches. Now fansโ dogged defiance appears to have paid offThey have hurled tennis balls and chocolate coins on to the pitch; they have disrupted play with remote-control cars and …
The Biden campaign joins TikTok
The move comes about a year after the Biden White House demanded federal agencies remove the app from federal government devices.
Cocoa price soars to all-time high: Will chocolate be more expensive?
Chocolate manufacturers such as Hershey have warned that rising cocoa prices could stunt earnings, as well as cause prices to be passed on to consumers.
Restaurant review: Walkinโ Thai
A cozy and casual Thai joint in the heart of Ixelles.
Expats in Belgium face life under new tax regime
Many expats in Belgium are now taxed the same way as Belgian residents.
What TV gets wrong about newsrooms (spoiler alert: not enough swearing in headlines)
Portraying print journalism or online journalism on TV is difficult, and often way off the mark.
A starring role for NASA in Bidenโs push to end cancer
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are using microgravity to unlock the diseaseโs secrets.
โPeople come to touch the wallsโ: fears for Istanbulโs crumbling Byzantine past
Turkish cityโs pre-Ottoman heritage is falling away through lack of care or being obscured for political purposesInside a municipal cafe built into Istanbulโs ancient city walls, waiters scurried back and forth carrying cups of strong Turkish tea and h…
How Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Liz Truss and more do Christmas
POLITICO London Playbook rounds up the festive traditions of Westminster’s power players โ in their own words.
Chocolate wars as Italian artisans battle Swiss giant
Turin’s famed gianduiotto, a small, creamy chocolate that melts on the tongue, is at the centre of a battle for European recognition pitting Italian artisans against Swiss giant Lindt.