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United Kingdom

Biden praises EU and UK for compromise on Northern Ireland

The US president brought words of encouragement and offers of investment on his visit to Northern Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the region's Good Friday peace agreement.

12/04/2023

Uganda

Uganda activists call on EU to cut off aid after anti-LGBT+ law

The Uganda government recently introduced a new bill making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ+.

12/04/2023

Netherlands

Hecklers disrupt Macron’s speech on future of 'European sovereignty’

Hecklers disrupted French President Emmanuel Macron's speech outlining his vision for 'European sovereignty’.

11/04/2023

Turkey

Turkey: Navigating through geopolitical waters with no clear course

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is waiting for his Russian counterpart to visit his country – but he appears to be navigating the waters of geopolitics without a clear course.

11/04/2023

Israel

Euroviews. Boycotting Israel’s new government would only make it more anti-EU

Any overreaction would only play into the right wing’s hands, which already portrays the EU as an actor antithetical to Israel’s national interest., Shlomo Roiter Jesner writes.

11/04/2023

Travel News

Turkish citizens could travel to the EU visa-free after May election

Turkey could gain visa-free access to the EU within months, Erdogan rival claims.

11/04/2023

Italy

'Weapon of mass distraction': What's up with Italy's oddball policies?

Instead of addressing complex, long-term challenges, Meloni's government has focused its legislative efforts on a series of "symbolic" sovereignty policies.

11/04/2023

World News

Euroviews. Southeast Asia is turning into an economic racehorse

The ASEAN union has a growth engine and supply chain for the 21st-century global economy here in our backyard, Arsjad Rasjid writes.

10/04/2023

World News

Young Europeans at increased risk of falling into poverty trap

Young people in Europe are at a greater risk of falling into poverty compared to the general population, a study shows.

10/04/2023

My Europe Series

What were the top stories in Europe this week?

Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen tried to convince Xi Jinping to side with Europe and try to end the conflict in Ukraine.

07/04/2023

China

Macron and von der Leyen in push to improve EU-China relations

China is once again opening its doors for business. A delegation from the European Union, with Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen and French President Emmanuel Macron visited to discuss trade and shore up relations.

07/04/2023

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian torture site survivors angered by museum praising perpetrators

The survivors of a concentration and labor camp in Mostar, Bosnia are opposed to plans to turn the site into a museum honoring the army that incarcerated and tortured them.

07/04/2023

Belarus

Euroviews. Re-engaging with Lukashenka is deeply wrong. It must be avoided

Negotiating with Belarus' strongman would mean rewarding him for his role in the war against Ukraine and consenting to the repression against opposition-minded Belarusians. It would also open the door for Putin, Arkady Moshes and Ryhor Nizhnikau write.

06/04/2023

Europe News

EU and US pledge to reinforce energy cooperation ahead of next winter

While the EU went through these cold months without trouble, next winter might be more difficult.

04/04/2023

Europe Decoded

Analysis: Sanna Marin's defeat puts European socialists in tight spot

The Finnish election adds a new chapter in a list of electoral defeats by socialist parties, including in Sweden, Italy and France.

04/04/2023

Europe Decoded

Watch: The six friction points currently straining EU-China relations

Relations between the two powers have become visibly fraught, with suspicions and warnings voiced in public view.

03/04/2023

World News

Euroviews. Germany and the EU are falling for corporate lobbyists' hydrogen hoax

By selling Europe's decision-makers on largely inefficient hydrogen-based e-fuels, corporations are locking in fossil fuels and ramping up climate colonialism, Belén Balanyá writes.

03/04/2023

Tech News

Amid economic uncertainty, 2022 sees record number of European patents

The European Patent Office reported 193,460 patent applications by companies and inventors were made in 2022.

03/04/2023

Tunisia

Euroviews. The EU can't fix Tunisia's rising autocracy with band-aid solutions

The democratic backsliding that the opposition is describing as a coup has not provoked a significant enough reaction from Europe. That might threaten the stability in the Middle East on the whole, Ghazi Ben Ahmed writes.

31/03/2023

Europe News

State of the Union: Ursula von der Leyen goes hard on China

In our weekly review, we look at the European Commission President's speech on relations with Beijing, as well as inflation figures and an agreement on renewable energy sources.

31/03/2023