Category: Politico News

They were speaking in the Ukrainian capital on the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion. “I invite the Commission to use all the tools we have in the treaty to overcome this, to avoid that everyone can blackmail the European Union,” Costa said. “And we have tools in the treaties.” The pronouncements came after Hungarian […]

Auf den Tag genau vier Jahre nach Beginn der russischen Vollinvasion steht die Ukraine weiter im Abnutzungskrieg. Die Frontlinien haben sich kaum verschoben, der Winter war hart, die Bevölkerung erschöpft und ein klares Ende ist nicht in Sicht. Im Gespräch mit Alexander Rodnyansky, ehemaliger Wirtschaftsberater von Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj, geht es um die entscheidende Frage: […]

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov piled the pressure on, telling reporters Tuesday that authorities had recorded “a large number of violations” and Telegram’s “unwillingness … to cooperate.” The probe marks the latest chapter in Moscow’s decade-long battle with Durov. Russia attempted to block Telegram in 2018 after the company refused to hand over encryption keys — […]

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said the firm was “ responsible for transporting over 80 percent of Russian oil exports, further hampering the Kremlin’s desperate scramble to find buyers for its sanctioned oil.”   But a new filing by the U.K. government’s Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation, published Tuesday, lists the Druzhba pipeline among “exempt projects” under the Russia sanctions regime.  […]

PARIS — La vacance à la tête de Business France vit enfin à son épilogue. Le conseil d’administration de l’agence chargée de l’internationalisation de l’économie française a approuvé mardi, à l’unanimité, l’arrivée prochaine de Louis Margueritte au poste de directeur général, a appris POLITICO. Cet avis favorable, confirmé par deux sources internes, constitue la dernière […]

The men are under investigation for allegedly carrying out circumcisions without involving a medical professional; an obligation under Belgian law.  White’s explosive intervention came shortly after Trump’s Polish ambassador sparked a feud with the government in Warsaw, and right before the American envoy to France, Charles Kushner, was summoned by the French government over the […]

Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel on Sunday condemned the motion as “one of the most hateful and racist documents I’ve ever read.” Polanski, the Jewish leader of the eco-populist force, said his support for the motion would depend on the definition of Zionism. “I can give you some different definitions of Zionism and we […]

The ICO also said Reddit had not carried out a Data Protection Impact Assessment focusing on the risks of using children’s personal information before January 2025, even though children between 13 and 18 were allowed to use the platform. Confirmation of the fine follows the issuing of provisional decision against Reddit last year. It is […]

BRUSSELS — Slovakia’s opposition is suing Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico over his decision to halt emergency power supplies to Ukraine amid a growing diplomatic spat over a key Russian oil pipeline. The chairman of the center-right Freedom and Solidarity party, Branislav Gröhling, said his party had filed a criminal complaint against Fico, accusing him […]

“Of course, the public have a right to see material that is relevant,” Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson told the BBC. A senior government official, granted anonymity because they are not authorized to speak on the record, indicated the government is unlikely to block the Lib Dem motion, which will be debated in the House of […]