Like in any great European crisis, the European Union is playing catch up. Even with months to prepare, Europe has been caught out completely off guard by Covid-19, ending up as the epicenter of the worst global pandemic in generations....
It is difficult to predict what long-term impact the coronavirus will have on global politics, but it is unlikely that this pandemic is going to stem the rise of populism. Ivan Krastev of the New Statesman wrote that it would...
The Labour Party has learned its lesson from the previous election. After socialist Jeremy Corbyn’s poor management of the party for the previous four years, the direction is now set to change under Keir Starmer, who is about to say...
It’s Sunday morning in Paris. While many are still in bed recovering from a hangover and thinking about how a tasty croissant and cheese could help to cure it, by 9 a.m. others are already busy dedicating their time to...
Since a vaccine still does not exist, quick and reliable testing remains the best approach to fight the spread of Covid-19. In addition to Taiwan and Japan, Germany is currently one of the countries that is coping most efficiently with...
Thousands of migrants, most of them from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq have rushed to the Turkish border hoping to reach Europe, after the Turkish government announced on February 28 that it would no longer stop migrants from crossing into Europe....
We have been into an intensive care hospital in Lombardy, the mostly hit region by COVID-19 in Italy. Here doctors are fighting every day to save lives. Read the full report here
Nine Russian military planes landed in Italy on March 22 in an aid operation to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy. From Russia With Love “From Russia with Love” — as coined by Moscow —the Ilyushin Il-76 transport planes carried medics,...
“We will no longer keep the doors closed for refugees who want to go to Europe.” Turkey announced this in protest of what it sees as Western inaction in Syria. An Assad regime airstrike killed 33 Turkish soldiers in Idlib...
“Thank you Brother Xi!” reads a massive billboard in central Belgrade. Brother Xi naturally refers to Chinese President Xi Jinping, and the thanks for a shipment of essential medical equipment. But why brother? According to Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, Xi...