โ€˜People are so politeโ€™: the Ukrainian refugee bonding with the British over borscht and chips

First Ukrainian refugee to arrive in UK after Russia invasion says even the British dogs are better behaved, but that โ€˜the weather is sadโ€™Sharing a bowl of homemade Ukrainian borscht with your neighbours is one way to make friends in a new country, acc…

Ukraine war briefing: Nato lauds Blinken on final Brussels turn

US secretary of state arrives with another $725m in US arms for Ukraine; Russia complains of Ukrainian help to Syria rebels. What we know on day 1,015Antony Blinken, the outgoing US secretary of state, paid his final visit to Nato headquarters in Bruss…

โ€˜A structural crisisโ€™: German growth forecast downgraded to zero percent

Germanyโ€™s GDP growth forecast was downgraded to zero percent by a leading think tank on Thursday (5 September), amid growing fears that weak productivity and a sustained weakness in manufacturing could lead to weak growth becoming entrenched in Europeโ€™…

Phil Gordon: Europeโ€™s โ€˜allyโ€™ on Kamala Harrisโ€™ team

Kamala Harris’ national security adviser is one of a dying breed of top U.S. officials with deep knowledge of Europe.

EU Commission urges US, European investment giants to reach โ€˜swiftโ€™ debt restructuring deal with Kyiv

The European Commission has urged private creditors to โ€œswiftlyโ€ reach an agreement with the Ukrainian government to avoid Kyiv defaulting on billions of dollars in debt at the start of next month.

Ukrainian โ€˜ecocide appโ€™ calculates Russiaโ€™s bill for environmental damage

Ukraineโ€™s environment has been the โ€œsilent victimโ€ of the Russian invasion, according to Ukrainian environment minister Ruslan Strilets, but thanks to app-wielding Ukrainian citizens, he can now put a price on the damage โ€“ more than โ‚ฌ56 billion so far….