A recent discussion paper floated by the Danish presidency of the Council of the EU, seen by POLITICO, explored whether capitals would be open to imposing tariffs on Moscow as part of the bloc’s 19th sanctions package. That idea, according to several diplomats briefed on the talks, won little traction among ministers when it was…
If Brussels bureaucrats returning from their long summer breaks this week were wondering what they missed, the local press had them covered. Unbecoming scenes at June’s Nato summit, the “hopelessly one-sided” trade deal with the United States in July, as well as President Xi Jinping’s refusal to travel to Belgium for that month’s summit with…
Resource constraints and precedent mean China is unlikely to become one of Ukraine’s security guarantors – despite Russia’s suggestion that it could, according to analysts. With rising expectations for a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, security guarantees for Kyiv have taken centre stage in discussions about a…
European envoys in Beijing are discussing plans to skip China’s massive military parade next month after considering the attendance of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the possible participation of Russian troops, the Post has learned. According to five sources familiar with the matter, European missions in Beijing have been invited to the parade and events…
According to Zelenskyy, Russia has failed to conquer the Donetsk region of Eastern Ukraine, which Moscow has pushed to control since 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin “has been unable to take it for 12 years, and the constitution of Ukraine makes it impossible … to give up territory or trade land,” Zelenskyy said. The New…
STORY: :: Mayflies swarm the river Danube earlier than usual and in greater numbers :: Budapest, Hungary :: July 23, 2025 :: Gyorgy Kriska, Associate Professor, Eotvos Lorand University “Since 2012 we have seen huge swarming in those years when the water levels are quite low. We think it is because the sun lights the…
Home » AIRLINE NEWS » Airline News of US » Now Italy Joins US, UK, Brazil, France, India, Czech Republic, Hungary, Switzerland, and More in the Growing List of Nations Hit by Radar and IT Outages Crippling Global Air Travel Sunday, June 29, 2025 Italy has now joined the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, France,…
China’s shipments of hi-tech goods to the European Union went into overdrive last month, coinciding with a big drop in exports of the same goods to the US, suggesting that the superpower trade and tech wars could be affecting trade with Europe. Calculations based on recently published Chinese trade data showed that China in May…
Hong Kong’s market for initial public offerings (IPOs) has come roaring back. Attractive valuations, strong liquidity and supportive government policies, what’s not to like? Concerns about geopolitical tensions and a trade war have taken a back seat, at least for now. Certainly, a 90-day truce in the tit-for-tat tariffs battle between China and the United…
There aren’t a lot of countries Israel’s prime minister can visit without risking arrest. Which makes the red-carpet treatment Benjamin Netanyahu received in Hungary — Europe’s only proud “illiberal democracy” — all the more noteworthy. Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister, invited Mr. Netanyahu right after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant last November…