European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has urged tighter surveillance and physical barriers at exposed sections of the EU’s external border in the wake of the Ceuta crisis, according to a letter sent to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and seen…
Azerbaijan’s president has revealed that former Russian and German officials were in Baku at the same time in mid-July for what may have been a meeting on Moscow’s war in Ukraine, though he said his government was neither notified about it nor…
The European Union should prepare for further action from Washington in the wake of the €890 million fine handed to Google by the European Commission on Thursday, according to Bernd Lange, the German Socialist MEP who chairs the European Parliament’s trade committee.…
A legal fight at West Point is testing how much freedom faculty members have to speak and write critically, and the outcome could ripple out to military institutions across the country, including those connected to South Jersey. At the center of the…
Eighteen months after leaving the White House, Joe Biden is living a markedly smaller life. The 83-year-old former president now moves within a tight circle of family members, old friends and longtime aides as he undergoes treatment for metastatic cancer. The routine…
India is poised to become the next country to join the EU’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, just months after sealing a landmark trade agreement with the bloc, officials confirmed on Wednesday. Speaking after a meeting of senior trade and technology…
Hungary’s former trade and foreign affairs minister Péter Szijjártó is stepping down as an MP after accepting what he described as an “extremely honourable offer from one of the defining companies of the global economy.” That company is BYD, the Chinese electric-vehicle…
“It is precisely in the midst of war that we rediscover the strength of prayer.” Now more than ever, there is a need for “forgiveness, both given and received, to heal the historical memory of Europe’s peoples.” Those were the words of…
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar announced on Sunday that he intends to invite Judit Polgar, widely considered the finest female chess player in history, to take on the mostly ceremonial position of the country’s next president. Writing on Facebook, Magyar said the…
Britain rolled out tougher rules on overseas political donations on Monday, the government’s latest attempt to keep foreign money out of its elections. Housing Minister Steve Reed put it bluntly, calling the target “dodgy funding”. The backstory matters here. Last year a…
