Beijing is increasing its global reach through major investments in Africa and Asia.

The Central European country will be working on a shoestring budget — and under close scrutiny of its commitment to green issues.

‘I wake up in the morning and for a moment I still expect to see the forest, and then reality kicks in,’ says Vaggelis Georgantzis, head of the resin producers union.

America will arrive at the Bavarian G7 summit with upgraded plans to try to reduce Beijing’s political and commercial reach.

Despite Putin’s denial of Ukraine’s right to exist, the EU grants Kyiv candidate status.

New German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has Boris Johnson firmly in his sights.

German chancellor’s foreign policy adviser urges Europe not to forget about its long-term relations with Moscow and to tread carefully toward China.

Outages at two major suppliers are squeezing the bloc and imperiling energy security.

Leaders avoided the question this week, but the EU will ultimately have to decide whether to change how it makes key decisions.

MEPs’ compromise to break deadlock is out of step with the reality of climate change, critics say.

Russian representatives will be suspended from the transparency register, as Council of EU takes action.

Pair agreed now is ‘critical moment for the course of the conflict,’ according to Downing Street.

Brexit rebel Steve Baker is set to stand to be vice-chair of the 1922 Committee at upcoming elections.

Heavy by-election defeats at opposite ends of England spell trouble for the British prime minister