Published on 01/27/2026 – 18:40 GMT+1 •Updated 7:07 p.m Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that his country is aiming to join the European Union in 2027. Posting on “Ukraine’s accession to the European Union is one of the key security guarantees not only for us, but also for all of Europe,” Zelenskyy said, adding […]
Continue ReadingThe notice will be published “in the next few days,” a spokesperson from Dinum said. That follows an announcement on Sunday by the Minister for State Reform David Amiel that France would target the adoption of a home-grown videoconferencing platform by 2027. France last summer mandated that officials get off WhatsApp and Telegram and instead […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 28, 2026, 5:19 p.mJanuary 28, 2026, 5:19 p.m Sweden wants to ban cell phones from all primary schools in the country starting next school year. Primary school in Sweden goes up to the ninth grade. The government presented a corresponding draft law. “Students have to hand in their cell phones at the beginning of […]
Continue ReadingAs Dutch lawmakers in the parliament’s digital affairs committee met Tuesday to debate the issue, they received a petition signed by 140,000 people calling on the government to block the acquisition. “If the Dutch government does something that [U.S. President Donald] Trump doesn’t like, he can shut down our government with one push of a […]
Continue ReadingGhana’s foreign minister says the influencer is a “worthy ambassador”, but some Ghanaians criticised the move.
Continue ReadingAs countries on both sides of the Atlantic ramp up deportations of undocumented migrants, Spain’s left-wing government is preparing to give legal status to hundreds of thousands of irregular workers. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has championed the amnesty as a way to not only give informal workers legal protections, but to also bring more money […]
Continue ReadingSince August 2025 Ukraine has stepped up its campaign of strikes against targets deep inside Russia. While the country’s Western allies have been reluctant to allow the use of long-range missiles for that purpose, they have not objected to Ukraine doing it with its domestically-produced weapons – principally drones – with the Americans even helping […]
Continue ReadingOne of the arguments against putting the Revolutionary Guard on the terror list was fear of potential reprisals. Iran has repeatedly used a strategy of arresting Europeans to use as bargaining chips in international diplomacy, including former EU official Johan Floderus, who was released from the notorious Evin Prison in 2024. Paris has secured the […]
Continue ReadingThe opposition zeroed in on that same weakness last year after an energy blackout hit the country for several hours in April. Much of the latest criticism has been aimed at Transport Minister Óscar Puente, who has been the government’s frontman on the Adamuz crash. A divisive figure, nicknamed “Sánchez’s Rottweiler,” he is a natural […]
Continue ReadingAlex Pretti was a person for whom no one wished such a death.Image: FR172090 AP analysis The killing of Alex Pretti by border guards in Minneapolis shocked the USA. It puts Donald Trump’s government in a position to explain – with far-reaching consequences. January 28, 2026, 7:59 p.mJanuary 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m follow me Humility […]
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