Category: EuroActiv

BERLIN — As twilight envelopes the German capital, Olaf Scholz stands on the balcony of his chancellery, peering into the distance past a turtlenecked Frenchman gesticulating at his side. What might sound like the blueprint for a clever caricature was in fact an official photograph of Scholz’s meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Berlin […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday accused Ukraine of perpetrating a “terrorist act” in the fiery blast a day earlier that damaged a strategic bridge linking Crimea with Russia. “There’s no doubt it was a terrorist act directed at the destruction of critically important civilian infrastructure of the Russian Federation,” Putin said during a meeting […]

BERLIN — Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats are poised to win a state election in the northern region of Lower Saxony giving the party a key boost as it grapples with a national energy crisis, according to preliminary results announced after voting closed on Sunday. The projection is based on early counting and is subject to […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting of his national security council on Monday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russian state-owned news agency TASS on Sunday, following a fiery explosion on a strategic Crimean bridge on Saturday. Although Peskov declined to say whether they would discuss the explosion on the Kerch Bridge connecting Russian-occupied […]

Russia is rushing to repair the bridge connecting occupied Crimea to Russia after a major blast on Saturday, in an attempt to downplay the attack. Suburban train lines are scheduled to start running again on the Kerch Bridge as of 7 p.m. local time, according to a message from the Russian Transport Ministry posted on […]

The oil cartel OPEC’s choice to pare back oil supply will harm the global economy and especially developing countries, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told the Financial Times in an interview published Sunday. “I think OPEC’s decision is unhelpful and unwise — it’s uncertain what impact it will end up having, but certainly, it’s something […]

Abishur Prakash is a co-founder and geopolitical futurist at Center for Innovating the Future (CIF), an advisory firm based in Toronto, Canada. He is also the author of five books and a global speaker. His latest book is called, “The World Is Vertical: How Technology Is Remaking Globalization.” As nations across the world look to transition […]

KYIV — The fiery blast on the Kerch Bridge on Saturday triggered a chorus of calls for brutal retaliation against Ukraine among Russian public figures who support President Vladimir Putin.  The calls increase political pressure on Putin, who said in September that Moscow is ready to use “all available means” to protect the country and its […]

The French government supports the idea of imposing higher taxes on private jets in 2023 by bringing aviation fuel levies in line with those for cars, the country’s Environment Minister Christophe Bechu said on Saturday. Speaking on the franceinfo radio station, Bechu said that his government backs an amendment to the 2023 tax bill, leveled […]

While Donald Trump was frantically trying to extend his presidency despite losing the 2020 election, members of far-right extremist groups were watching, interpreting his moves and even seeking to nudge him toward more draconian measures. “I have been so busy on back channel working groups trying to advise the President,” Stewart Rhodes, founder of the […]