Category: Europe
Coverage of geopolitics, international relations, and current affairs from across Europe, including EU policies, NATO strategies, elections, and Europe’s influence on global politics.
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U.S. and Ukrainian officials have taken steps to narrow differences over a potential plan to end the war in Ukraine, agreeing to adjust elements of a U.S. proposal that Kyiv and several European partners had criticised as too close to Moscow’s preferences. A joint statement released after talks in Geneva confirmed a “refined peace framework”,…
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Belgium faces three days of coordinated strike action this week, culminating in a nationwide general strike on Wednesday (Nov. 26), as unions challenge government austerity measures and fiscal reforms. Public transport unions began walkouts on Monday, followed by a broader public service strike on Tuesday. The action will peak on Wednesday, with Eurostar, Brussels Airport,…
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Sinisa Karan, an ally of former Republika Srpska President Milorad Dodik, has secured victory in the snap presidential election in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Serb-majority entity, according to preliminary results released by Election Commission President Jovan Kalaba. Karan, a senior figure in the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) and former Minister of Internal Affairs, won…
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Slovenian voters have rejected a proposed assisted dying law in a national referendum on Sunday (Nov. 23), halting its implementation for at least a year and reopening a divisive debate on end-of-life rights in Europe. Around 53% of the 1.7 million eligible voters opposed the measure, according to preliminary results. The law, approved by parliament…
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Sweden’s Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Michael Claesson, has warned that growing political polarisation across the West is creating a “candy shop” environment for Russian hybrid warfare. He said Russia was combining “sabotage, special operations, even attacks against individuals” with attacks on critical infrastructure and “exploiting vulnerabilities in the information environment” in order to…
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Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Serb-majority entity, holds a snap presidential election on Sunday (Nov. 23) after Bosnia’s Central Election Commission (CIK) removed Milorad Dodik from office in August following his conviction for refusing to implement decisions issued by Christian Schmidt, the international peace envoy under the Dayton Agreement. More than 1.2 million eligible voters…
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Speaking at the Bloomberg Africa Business Summit in Johannesburg on Tuesday (Nov. 18), Jonathan Oppenheimer, Executive Chairman of Oppenheimer Generations, said the UK is effectively “uninvestable”. He argued that prolonged regulatory and planning timelines are undermining competitiveness. Citing a proposed upgrade to the A66 in northern England, Oppenheimer noted that converting a one-mile stretch from…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday (Nov. 21) that US proposals for peace in Ukraine could be the basis of a resolution of the conflict. Speaking to the Russian Security Council, Vladimir Putin said Moscow had received the 28-point plan endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump, which includes key Russian demands on NATO, occupied…
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Ukraine is entering one of its most challenging phases in nearly four years of resisting Russia’s full-scale invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a national address, confirming he will engage in “constructive” discussions with Washington on a emerging peace proposal. The 28-point plan put forward by the United States proposes Ukraine relinquish parts of its…
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Greece is confronting acute water stress, with reservoirs serving Athens and the wider Attica region now at roughly half their 2022 levels. Storage has fallen to around 520 million cubic metres after two consecutive drought years, according to the Athens Water Supply and Sewerage Company (EYDAP). Hydrogeologist Panagiotis Savatakakis warns that aging networks, rising summer…
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