Nine EU countries reject Franco-Spanish push for electricity reforms
The nine countries – Austria, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Latvia and the Netherlands – argue that there should…
Month: October 2021
‘Highly insufficient’ – India rejects net zero target
India rejected calls to announce a net zero carbon emissions target this week, ahead of the U.N.’s global climate talks,…
Is Hungary returning to Europe?
Endre Ady, widely regarded as the greatest Hungarian poet of the 20th century, was also a polemicist and sharp-eyed social…
Angela Merkel makes an official visit to Athens
Germany’s outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Greece Thursday for a visit to the country whose financial crisis marked much…
EU backs Moldova with €60M amid Putin’s gas squeeze
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday she was providing Moldova with €60 million to help the…
‘I didn’t want to waste my time on the misogyny’ – Squid Game provokes a backlash among South Korean women
It was about halfway through the hit Netflix series Squid Game that Ye-eun Lee had had enough. Disgusted by the…
Turkish hazelnut producers accuse Ferrero of violation of labour rights
Turkish hazelnut producers, who account for 70% of the world's hazelnut production, are denouncing the poor working conditions of Italy's…
Germany’s trade partnership with China to face difficulties
German business is getting queasy about China. For decades, German industry — an early mover in the Chinese market —…
Nord Stream 2 will only make Europe’s gas problem worse
As gas prices have skyrocketed across Europe over the last few weeks, members of the European Parliament have rightly suspected…
Middelaar: Pandemic exposed Europe’s geopolitical vulnerabilities
The COVID-19 pandemic was much more than a health crisis for Europe, which means it needs to transform from rule-political…