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The Czechs Europe needs to know

June 23, 2022 6:00 am

As the Central European country takes over the EU presidency, here’s who could be influential.

A wonk’s guide to the Czech EU presidency policy agenda

June 23, 2022 6:00 am

With Europe beset by multiple crises, Prague will focus on energy security, trade deals and climate change.

Ukraine: When hope and history rhyme

June 23, 2022 4:03 am

Ukraine has made a choice. In choosing to fight against autocracy and aggression, it has decided for Europe. Now it’s on us to respond.

The pro-Putin preacher the US won’t touch

June 23, 2022 4:01 am

The U.S. tends to avoid sanctioning religious figures. Could the head of Russia’s Orthodox Church prove an exception?

The end of Macronism

June 23, 2022 4:00 am

A poor performance in this week’s parliamentary election has brought French President Emmanuel Macron back to earth.

LIVING CITIES

(Re)designing the city for women

June 22, 2022 2:42 pm

Urban planning that caters to needs of female residents makes for fairer, greener cities, experts say.

Brussels says it’s serious about green trade deals

June 22, 2022 11:12 am

The EU aims to use its massive market power to push trading partners to act on climate change.

Behind the Dordogne’s right turn

June 22, 2022 4:04 am

Marine Le Pen’s far-right party has won its first National Assembly in the region.

UK courts could ignore interim ECHR decisions under new human rights plan

June 21, 2022 11:30 pm

London says it retains “fundamental commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights” as new Bill of Rights unveiled.

EU is sabotaging itself with Russian oil sanctions, Khodorkovsky warns

June 21, 2022 10:43 pm

The Putin critic says Europe is harming its own finances when it should be pouring cash into arms for Kyiv.

Smugglers’ secrets: How Russia can beat EU sanctions

June 21, 2022 8:59 pm

It’s only a matter of time before Russia starts pulling tricks on ships at sea and sending goods via friendly countries to avoid and evade sanctions.

Pegasus used by at least 5 EU countries, NSO Group tells lawmakers

June 21, 2022 8:47 pm

NSO Group ‘made mistakes,’ its chief lawyer says.

Scholz adviser turns heads with appeal to consider future Russian relationship

June 21, 2022 4:41 pm

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

Commission staff get pay raise — against its own advice

June 21, 2022 2:17 pm

The EU executive has long opposed the so-called automatic indexation of wages to inflation.

Polish ruling party chief leaves government post

June 21, 2022 2:15 pm

Jarosław Kaczyński says he wants to focus on the upcoming elections.

Judges clip EU countries’ wings on collecting travel data

June 21, 2022 1:52 pm

Top court says airlines shouldn’t have to hand over passenger data to governments for EU flights.

Commentary

For Putin and the Catholic Church, history repeats

June 21, 2022 4:00 am

Isn’t Pope Francis doing what so many have done before — placing temporal interests above spiritual and moral imperatives?

The Uyghurs: Europe’s complicity and entanglement with China

June 20, 2022 5:33 am

To what extent are we prepared to stand up for our values, and at what economic cost? 

Macron faces 5 years of gridlock after stunning parliamentary defeat

June 19, 2022 8:14 pm

French president will have to battle for his promised reforms after far-left and far-right rivals log historic gains.

Biden’s Saudi trip not out of desperation, US official says

June 19, 2022 5:07 pm

The president’s upcoming visit to the energy-producing powerhouse is drawing criticism.

Abortion rights advocates in US prepare for a new wave of digital security threats

June 18, 2022 3:02 pm

Advocates and abortion providers are reassessing their digital security practices ahead of an expected rise in cyberattacks and surveillance.

Race against time to unlock Ukraine’s trapped grain

June 18, 2022 10:50 am

Western governments are scrambling to bolster a patchwork of land routes to export the grain before the summer harvest.

Turkey’s ‘Gezi Seven’ must be freed

June 17, 2022 1:30 pm

Today, Amnesty International has taken the significant step of naming the defendants prisoners of conscience.

EU privacy chief bashes lack of GDPR enforcement against Big Tech

June 17, 2022 12:07 pm

The European Data Protection Supervisor hinted at needing a more centralized enforcement model.

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