The family of UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has sued US President Donald Trump and senior administration officials over sanctions imposed on her for criticizing Israel’s conduct in Gaza, claiming the penalties violate her constitutional rights. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Albanese’s husband Massimiliano Calì, a senior World Bank economist, and their minor daughter filed the lawsuit on […]
Continue ReadingHungary’s major energy company MOL could initiate legal proceedings against Janaf, the Croatian operator of the Adria pipeline, if it does not “immediately” guarantee access for unsanctioned Russian oil shipments by sea to Hungary, the company said in a press statement released on Thursday. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING MOL argues that these oil shipments must be allowed […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 02/27/2026 – 15:40 GMT+1•Updated 15:57 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has invited Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to visit Ukraine to discuss “all issues” after tensions rose over the Druzhba pipeline dispute. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The invitation followed a Friday morning phone call between the two leaders, as tensions grew between Ukraine, Slovakia and Hungary […]
Continue ReadingThe result, one of the worst in Labour’s recent history, has turbocharged the acrimonious debate about Starmer’s perilous position and the direction he is taking his party in. Six government ministers, MPs and officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told POLITICO they don’t expect the prime minister to be ousted in the wake of the […]
Continue ReadingThe European Commission has welcomed the joint proposal by Hungary and Slovakia to send a fact-finding mission to inspect the damaged section of the Druzhba pipeline, seeing it as a first step to ease the standoff between the two countries and Ukraine. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The Commission does not rule out joining such a mission if […]
Continue ReadingCambodian officials have welcomed back more than six dozen centuries-old artefacts described as part of the country’s cultural heritage that had been looted during decades of war and instability. At a ceremony attended by deputy prime minister Hun Many, the 74 items were unveiled at the National Museum in Phnom Penh after their repatriation from […]
Continue ReadingOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Spain has alerted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to a suspected human-to-human transmission of the A(H1N1)v swine flu variant in Catalonia, regional health authorities confirmed Friday. The infected person, […]
Continue ReadingFrance’s President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that a decision by the European Union to provisionally implement the Mercosur trade deal with South America was a “bad surprise”. France has led opposition to the deal as farmers fear being undercut by cheaper goods from Brazil and its neighbours.
Continue ReadingFrance is a poor performer when it comes to cohesion in Europe and is marked by growing regional inequalities, despite being allocated a whopping €18 billion in EU cohesion funding for 2021-2027. Numerous regions risk falling into a “development trap”: after a period of growth, they stagnate or even decline, having invested in sectors with little […]
Continue ReadingIn the wilderness By contrast, Britain’s Tories, who were running the country in government under two years ago, had a bruising night. They dropped from an already-dire general election showing of 7.9 percent to just 1.9 percent — receiving a paltry 706 votes. By polling under 5 percent, the party’s worst ever by-election result, the […]
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