Category: EuroActiv

LIVERPOOL — A Labour government would require British trade negotiators to ensure all regions of the U.K. benefit from new agreements. Shadow International Trade Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds will make the pledge as he delivers his speech to the Labour conference in Liverpool, in part to paint the governing Conservatives as desperate to get deals over the […]

China has its sights set on the U.S. midterm elections. Ahead of November’s vote, a social media influence operation originating in the world’s second-largest economy targeted American voters of both major parties, according to a report released Tuesday by Meta. The activity — which ran between November 2021 and September 2022 — used fake social […]

In Germany, news magazine Der Spiegel warned about natural gas shortages. In the United Kingdom, the Guardian, another media outlet, raised doubts about Russian war crimes in Ukraine. In Italy, Ansa, a leading news agency, criticized Kyiv’s storage of much-needed grain. These news stories were all promoted extensively on Facebook and Twitter. They were all […]

DUBLIN — Ireland unveiled a whopping €11 billion budget Tuesday designed to shelter households and businesses from runaway energy bills and a home-grown housing crisis. The unprecedented package of expanded benefits and tax cuts by Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe represents €2,200 for every man, woman and child in Ireland. It includes hikes in welfare and […]

LONDON — Post-Brexit controls have caused a 25 percent drop in the number of Eurostar passengers able to board services to Europe each hour at London’s St. Pancras station. Jacques Damas, chief executive of the cross-Channel high speed train company, said St. Pancras can only process a maximum of 1,500 passengers per hour assuming all […]

New pound banknotes featuring a portrait of King Charles III will be presented by the end of the year and will enter circulation by mid-2024, the Bank of England said Tuesday. “His Majesty’s portrait will appear on existing designs of all four polymer banknotes,” the statement said. “This will be a continuation of the current polymer […]

BERLIN — German opposition leader Friedrich Merz accused Ukrainian refugees of taking advantage of Germany’s social welfare system by seeking protection in the country, collecting benefits and then returning to Ukraine. “What we’re seeing is welfare tourism on the part of these refugees to Germany, back to Ukraine, to Germany, back to Ukraine,” Merz, the […]

Japan on Tuesday accused Russia of unacceptable behavior and warned it will take “appropriate measures” in response, a day after the Russian federal security agency, the FSB, detained a Japanese diplomat in Vladivostok. The official, identified in reports as Tatsunori Motoki, was accused of being a spy. Motoki is a consul at the Japanese Consulate […]

Finland’s border force wants to build a fence. In a report, the Finnish Border Guard recommended a physical barrier be built on part of the country’s border with Russia due to “recent changes in the security environment,” local media reported Monday. Finland has seen a massive uptick in Russians legally crossing the border over the […]

The earthquake in Italy has sent tremors that could be felt in the White House. The victory of Italian far-right leader Giorgia Meloni rattled Europe, furthering fears about a new right-wing shift on the continent as it battles economic hardship and nervously watches a raging war on its Eastern flank. It also was met with deep, if […]