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Belgium: Alexis Deswaef, FIDH Vice President, is acquitted big-plus
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Business Belgium: Alexis Deswaef, FIDH Vice President, is acquitted

Saturday, 04 May 2024 08:42

Acquitted across the board! The Brussels Court of Appeal has delivered its verdict in the case pleaded on 30 November 2023. The case involved the former President of the Belgian Lig ...

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Brexit, the EU Medicines Agency and Orbán’s think-tank big-plus
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Business Brexit, the EU Medicines Agency and Orbán’s think-tank

Saturday, 04 May 2024 08:42

A document circulated to the European Parliament’s budget committee said WeWork would stop paying rent for the EMA’s pre-Brexit premises in Canary Wharf (Photo: George Rex) The acco ...

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What a waste of money! France melts down millions of coins because EU says its stars don’t look right big-plus
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Business What a waste of money! France melts down millions of coins because EU says its stars don’t look right

Saturday, 04 May 2024 08:42

Oops! Paris mint has to start all over again after design falls foul of European Commission’s very strict requirements. PARIS — France has destroyed and reminted 27 million coins after fail ...

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Houthis vow to continue Red Sea attacks despite US-led strikes big-plus
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Business Houthis vow to continue Red Sea attacks despite US-led strikes

Saturday, 04 May 2024 08:42

Iranian-backed rebel group has for months been launching drone strikes against vessels along the global trade artery. Western airstrikes against Houthi positions in Yemen overnight won’t st ...

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Belgium’s PM to China: Respect our political system — ‘without interference’ big-plus
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Business Belgium’s PM to China: Respect our political system — ‘without interference’

Saturday, 04 May 2024 08:42

Alexander De Croo vowed to convey his concerns about Beijing’s meddling in EU politics during his trip to China. BEIJING — You stay out of our politics, we’ll stay out of yours: that’s the ...

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A New Trend Emerges: Transgender Mass Shooters as another Kills 1 Child, Injures 5 big-plus
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Business A New Trend Emerges: Transgender Mass Shooters as another Kills 1 Child, Injures 5

Saturday, 04 May 2024 08:42

Once again we see a young mass shooter who is gender confused, making this the fifth in a little over five years where a non-binary, transgender, or others part of the LGBT community, has becom ...

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Germany tops EU states for refugee resettlement pledges big-plus
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Business Germany tops EU states for refugee resettlement pledges

Saturday, 04 May 2024 08:42

14 EU states have agreed to resettle around 31,000 refugees, over the next two years. Austria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slov ...

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On the ballot in Taiwan: The global microchip supply chain big-plus
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Business On the ballot in Taiwan: The global microchip supply chain

Saturday, 04 May 2024 08:42

As the island heads to the polls, tech executives are watching the results closely. BRUSSELS/TAIPEI — Forget Brussels, London and Washington. For the microchips industry, all eyes are on wh ...

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China’s Kremlin-style disinformation playbook big-plus
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Business China’s Kremlin-style disinformation playbook

Saturday, 04 May 2024 08:42

POLITICO’s weekly transatlantic tech newsletter for global technology elites and political influencers. By MARK SCOTT Send tips here | Subscribe for free | View in your browse ...

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Scotland’s SNP just had a horrible year — 2024 could get even worse big-plus
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Business Scotland’s SNP just had a horrible year — 2024 could get even worse

Saturday, 04 May 2024 08:42

The challenge from Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar means a difficult 12 months ahead for the nation’s ruling party. LONDON — Call it an “Anas horribilis.” After a terrible 2023 for Scotl ...

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South Africa’s genocide case against Israel lays bare Europe’s feeble power big-plus
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Business South Africa’s genocide case against Israel lays bare Europe’s feeble power

Saturday, 04 May 2024 08:42

Divisions on the conflict in the Middle East come as Europe was already grappling with an emerging far-right sentiment. BRUSSELS — One day before South Africa confronted Israel with accusat ...

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How Europe can start Trump-proofing big-plus
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Business How Europe can start Trump-proofing

Saturday, 04 May 2024 08:42

Europeans can’t determine the outcome of the US elections, but they can begin to prepare for the worst. Bruce Stokes is a visiting senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund. A majority of ...

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