For over two years, protests against COVID-19 measures such as lockdowns and vaccinations have drawn tens of thousands to the streets of Vienna. They continuously make headlines for being a … Read More
Shanghai reported its first new COVID-19 cases outside a quarantined area in five days. City officials said that three new cases were found in the same family in Qingpu district, … Read More
Should parents give alcoholic drinks to their kids? A new civil society campaign in the Czech Republic says, rather uncontroversially, no. But they’re battling against entrenched thinking, especially in a … Read More
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday told reporters he is engaging in “telephone diplomacy” with foreign leaders as nations look to circumvent Turkey’s blockade on Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership … Read More
Lebanon’s parliamentary election, held last weekend, was hotly contested as the country remains severely impacted by an economic meltdown so to ensure transparency, European election observers monitored the ballot. In … Read More
China is holding military exercises in the long-disputed South China Sea. According to the Maritime Safety Administration office in Hainan, the drills began on Thursday and will continue through the … Read More
The Eurovision song contest has always been decried by disgruntled participants as too political but it was never more so than this year. Russia’s exclusion from the competition last February … Read More
Russia’s war in Ukraine has triggered extraordinary Western unity in the European Union and NATO. But Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, this week persisted … Read More
An ambitious proposal to ban all Russian oil imports from the European Union’s market remains stuck in negotiations, as several member states argue the rapid energy switch will wreak economic … Read More
Sweden joining NATO would deter the threat of military conflict in northern Europe, a new report has concluded. The review, published on Friday, highlighted several advantages of the transatlantic military … Read More
