Category: Politico News

NEW YORK — EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell tamped down expectations of a breakthrough on the Iran nuclear deal at the United Nations General Assembly this week, saying he does not believe a meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi would be productive. In an interview with POLITICO on the sidelines of the General Assembly, […]

Tanya Gold is a freelance journalist. This was not the funeral of the head of a state of a medium sized power, who has presided over managed decline since 1952: the guest list told you that. It was something older, and more magical, and savage. Crowned heads and presidents of republics arrived by coach from […]

NEW YORK — As world leaders gather for the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Ukraine’s government hopes to use the event to press its case for a special tribunal to prosecute war crimes. With the war in Ukraine set to dominate proceedings, and new evidence of mass killings emerging in recent days, Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s administration […]

LONDON — A visiting Chinese delegation has been allowed to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state following a U-turn by U.K. parliamentary authorities. Vice President Wang Qishan and three other representatives of the Chinese government were invited into Westminster Hall, which forms part of the Houses of Parliament, on Sunday afternoon. POLITICO revealed on Thursday […]

LONDON — Even in death, Queen Elizabeth II has convening power. World leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden and France’s Emmanuel Macron descended on the U.K. capital to pay their respects to the late monarch Sunday, as the country prepared to say goodbye in grand style to its head of state for seven decades. Leaders […]

U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss will hold a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday at the U.N. General Assembly, her office said Saturday. The pair had previously been scheduled to meet in Downing Street on Sunday. No reason was given for the postponement of what will be the leaders’ first meeting since […]

Stefan Auer is associate professor at the University of Hong Kong and author of “European Disunion.” He tweets at @stefanauer_hku. If any reminder were needed that the European project is under stress, watching recent developments in the European Union’s current capital, Prague, would be enough.  The Czech EU Council presidency offered a suitable backdrop for […]

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has been reconnected to the national electricity grid after engineers repaired one of the four main external power lines damaged during the Russian invasion of the country, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Saturday. The nuclear facility’s “power status has improved over the past week,” but the […]

BELGRADE — Gloomy weather and pouring rain — coupled with weeks of institutional hurdles and nationalist threats — did not stop the EuroPride parade from filling central Belgrade with rainbow-colored umbrellas and bright raincoats on Saturday evening. “This is the most important EuroPride that’s been held in 30 years. The banning and un-banning of the Pride, […]

Former President Bill Clinton rejected the notion that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can be blamed on the expansion of NATO that began during his presidency. “I think we did the right thing at the right time. And if we hadn’t had done it, this crisis might have occurred even sooner,” he said in an interview […]