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Compared to its Western allies, the U.S. occupies a solitary position on this list. It outranks Poland by 25 spots in terms of impunity, while Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Britain and Australia all rank more accountable by 30 to 50 spots. It seems the club of democracies that America assembled and sustained for all those […]

The Council of the European Union on Friday announced sanctions targeting six scientists and researchers suspected of being involved in the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. “The EU remains fully committed to countering the proliferation and use of chemical weapons,” read the Council statement. The sanctions include an asset freeze and a travel ban to the […]

Airports and airlines have blamed the new border control system — which requires travelers from non-EU countries to register their biometric data — for hours-long queues, operational disruption and missed connecting flights. “There’s still quite a lot of work to do to have these technical issues solved together with the member states,” von der Leyen […]

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NATO allies, with the exception of Spain, agreed at last year’s summit in The Hague to spend 5 percent of GDP on defense by 2035. Yet with most European countries currently spending far below that level and grappling with fiscal constraints, it remains unclear how many will meet the target. The Baltic countries of Latvia, […]

Zelenskyy then skipped the Ukraine Recovery Conference in late June, sending Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko to lead the country’s delegation instead. Tusk’s comments mark a sharper tone from the prime minister, who has repeatedly urged both sides not to let historical disputes undermine cooperation against Russia. Earlier on Friday, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski met […]

But Munteanu’s stint as head of the country’s government was undermined by scandals that have rocked Moldova’s ministries and state-owned enterprises. Last month Dumitru Vangeli, head of the MOLDATSA civil aviation safety agency, was dismissed after his university diploma and pilot’s license was determined to be forged. On Thursday Ministry of Agriculture State Secretary Tatiana […]

U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White insisted Brussels’ Parc du Cinquantenaire was left spotless after his lavish celebration marking 250 years of American independence, as Belgian authorities probe whether fireworks damaged one of the capital’s historic buildings. “We are in immediate contact with the Belgian company that was hired to coordinate all event logistics, including […]

According to Michal, capitals should be more concerned about the cost of not deterring Russia’s Vladimir Putin because “the answer is measured not only in defence budgets, but also in lost lives, weakened security, disrupted economies and the price of rebuilding peace. Investing in deterrence today is far less expensive than paying for the consequences […]

Lagarde did not say what role she would seek if she returned to French politics, however. And she added that whatever decision she takes would depend on the stability of the European economy. “Given that we are once again going through a turbulent period, I believe the captain of the ECB ship must stay on […]