Mandelson became U.S. ambassador in February 2025 before being sacked in September over his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Guardian first reported Thursday afternoon Mandelson did not pass his security vetting clearance, but that the Foreign Office overruled the decision. Jones told the BBC on Friday morning that the Foreign and Commonwealth […]
Continue ReadingEliminating the ‘Terrible Ten’ The EU’s goal is to eliminate by March 2027 the main barriers to the EU single market — the so-called “Terrible Ten.” These include complex EU rules, overlapping national legislation and complicated business establishment laws. Brussels already launches legal proceedings against countries that obstruct trade across the single market. But these […]
Continue ReadingIn France, where deaths outpaced births in 2025 for the first time since the end of World War II, President Emmanuel Macron has called for “demographic rearmament,” warning that falling birth rates are tied to rising infertility and people having children later in life. In February Paris urged 29-year-olds to have children while they still […]
Continue ReadingThe minesweeping plan was first reported by Süddeutsche Zeitung. Merz reiterated his government’s position after meeting Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in Berlin on Thursday. He stressed that Germany is “fundamentally ready” to help secure shipping routes, but only under strict conditions. Those include a stable ceasefire, a mandate within a system of collective security […]
Continue ReadingThe architect of the EMFA, former Commission Vice President Věra Jourová, told Czech outlet Irozhlas.cz that the whole point of the EU legislation was to strengthen the independence of public service media. “I know what we wanted because I drafted it … the Czech law, as it has been proposed, gives me the impression that […]
Continue Reading“What has changed is, as is well publicized, OpenAI’s internal financing context has become more challenging and they have made similar calls in the United States with their program there as well,” he said. “So companies get in trouble, companies have challenges and financing commitments they’ve made,” he said. OpenAI declined to comment. Two weeks […]
Continue ReadingUkraine has shot down 90 percent of the killer drones and almost 80 percent of the cruise missiles that Russia has launched against the country in the past six months, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Berlin on Wednesday. He added that between last November and March […]
Continue ReadingThe incident comes after four ambulances belonging to the Jewish emergency volunteer medical service Hatzola were set on fire in north west London in March. Two men and a 17-year-old boy were charged with arson earlier this month. Detective Chief Superintendent of the Met Luke Williams said: “I hope the swift action by officers today […]
Continue ReadingHe added: “If that changes … I will speak about it, and I will make an announcement about it.” Government analysis of a prolonged closure of the the Strait of Hormuz leaked to the Times warns the availability of chicken, pork and other supermarket goods could be affected if the Iran conflict impacts supplies of the gas, which […]
Continue ReadingHungary’s premier-elect Péter Magyar said he would relocate the prime minister’s office in Budapest once he is sworn in. “Under the Tisza government, the Prime Minister’s Office will not be based in the Carmelite Palace in the Castle District, which Viktor Orbán had set up for himself, but in one of the ministry buildings near […]
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