The official said the group will focus on medium-term scenario planning over the coming weeks and months, starting with efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Treasury officials are braced for a surge in the cost of living, while experts have warned Britain could face shortages of jet fuel in future. Downing Street has not […]
Continue ReadingBut the Hungarian election had been a major priority just days earlier. JD Vance had traveled to Budapest last week and while Trump didn’t make the trip himself, he did call into the rally. And that eleventh hour campaign push came weeks after another visit by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Trump, in his remarks […]
Continue ReadingClimate change and damaged ecosystems are making urban heat waves more intense, research shows, while air and noise pollution continues to be a problem across the continent. Increasing the number of trees and green spaces in cities could significantly reduce these pressures, however. Europe is a long way away from fully implementing the so-called “3-30-300 […]
Continue ReadingThe Commission will consult member countries on state aid changes this week, she said. Other measures the Commission is planning include a “toolkit,” to be released April 22, that will contain plans for gas storage filling and guidelines for temporary measures to reduce taxes on energy bills and reduce demand, von der Leyen said following […]
Continue ReadingIn an apparent response, Trump criticized the pope for “catering to the Radical Left” and failing to support the U.S. on matters of national security. “I like his brother Louis much better than I like him, because Louis is all MAGA,” Trump wrote, referring to Louis Prevost, who lives in Florida. “He gets it, and […]
Continue Reading“It’s beyond comprehension that we were on the precipice of losing oil refining capacity in the country in the middle of an unprecedented global supply shortage of energy,” Martin said. “It makes absolutely no sense what was going on.” But the premier conceded that the package might not end the protests, which have been organized […]
Continue ReadingKyiv’s approach has so far been successful: On several days over the past few weeks, no ships managed to dock at Ust-Luga and Primorsk at all, and even now, the ports’ capacities are significantly curtailed. On April 10, only two ships managed to dock at Primorsk, and after that, no ships are scheduled to until […]
Continue ReadingThe country was also the only NATO ally to substantially lower its defense spending in real terms between 2024 and 2025, curbing it by 6 percent — although it was still above the alliance target of 2 percent of GDP. Alongside raising defense spending, Tisza has proposed to accelerate investment in dual-use technologies, to “review […]
Continue ReadingHowever, the next round of talks hosted by the U.K. will be at a more junior level than the first round on Apr. 2. While foreign ministers attended that first set of talks, the next will involve officials at the level of political director. The official quoted above declined to say which day the talks […]
Continue ReadingThe prime minister argued Europe has the world’s best quality of life, the highest life expectancy, the greatest number of democratic governments, the most robust environmental standards and safest streets. “You only have to travel outside of Europe to truly understand what I’m talking about,” he said. “It feels good to be European.” Sánchez said […]
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