Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is the president of Kazakhstan. In a state-of-the-nation address earlier this month, I announced I would seek a democratic mandate to implement a vision for a fairer, more open Kazakhstan. And as my country heads to the polls in the coming months, I believe we must resist the instinct to turn inward amid […]
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James Fitzgerald is a financial journalist and chief reporter at Citywire. As part of its “Brexit bonfire,” the British government is pushing to scrap all European Union financial regulations. Though the country ceased to be part of the EU on January 1, 2021, due to the interwoven fabric of international financial services and the Brexit […]
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The EU is edging Hungary to the brink in a battle over democratic norms — and then offering it a parachute. The European Commission over the weekend took its most meaningful step yet in an attempt to bring Hungary back in line with the bloc’s rule-of-law standards, proposing a €7.5 billion cut from the country’s EU funds. […]
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NEW YORK — As world leaders gather for the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Ukraine’s government hopes to use the event to press its case for a special tribunal to prosecute war crimes. With the war in Ukraine set to dominate proceedings, and new evidence of mass killings emerging in recent days, Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s administration […]
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Some 64 people were arrested, five cars were damaged, and 10 policemen were hurt in Belgrade Saturday when police clashed with right-wing demonstrators, who were trying to disrupt a pride march, Reuters reports. “I am very proud that we managed to avoid more serious incidents,” Serbian prime minister Ana Brnabić said. The government had initially […]
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Azerbaijan has lashed out at US speaker Nancy Pelosi after she backed Armenian claims over recent violence. Pelosi said in Yerevan Sunday she condemned Azerbaijan’s attacks, which killed over 100 Armenian soldiers, but Azerbaijan denies the killings. “This is a serious blow to the efforts to normalise relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” the Azeri foreign […]
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Some 20,000 people came out in protest against Moldova’s pro-European president, Maria Sandu, and her government on Sunday amid soaring inflation due to the Ukraine war, Reuters reports. The cost of energy rose 50 percent in August and a further 29 percent in September. Overall inflation is 34.3 percent. A recent internal EU document singled […]
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Civil society organisations are taking legal action against the European Commission for the inclusion of gas and nuclear in the EU taxonomy.
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The far-right Brothers of Italy, which dominates the conservative alliance, is set to be the largest single party, and has widened its lead over the centre-left Democratic Party (PD).
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What would happen if Russia were to fire a nuclear strike? Most likely it would be a tactical strike, with a smaller nuclear missile.
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