In the old days, the world’s top business executives sipped vodka over ice at the Russia House, the country’s unofficial embassy at the forum, and rushed to strike deals with the Russian oligarchs and financial leaders — from energy tycoons to pharmaceutical giants. Even amid the sanctions the U.S. and …
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Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — France is seeking to massively expand its arsenal of surveillance powers and tools to secure the millions of tourists expected for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. Among the plans are large-scale, real-time camera systems supported by an algorithm …
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Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. KYIV — Before Russia’s full-scale invasion, Oleksandr Chyrva, a 33-year-old entrepreneur from the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, produced designer grills with his former classmate Oleksiy Suslin and business partner Timur Feizulaiev. Now this trio of entrepreneurial dads …
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Britain’s once-vaunted National Health Service is in critical condition. This week sees a fresh round of strikes by nurses in England, and more industrial action by ambulance crews in England and Wales. Patients are facing 12-hour delays when they call emergency services, and if they finally make it to hospital, …
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Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Last spring, Ukraine’s army was running desperately low on the fuel and Soviet caliber ammunition it needed to fight the Russians. Salvation came from an unexpected quarter: Bulgaria. Thanks to its fractured domestic politics — and the pro-Russian leanings …
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Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. She is also an adviser for Gallos Technologies. In the past three years, European countries including the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic have concluded that they need to be more judicious regarding foreign investments and …
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Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Pier Antonio Panzeri, a former Italian EU lawmaker among four people detained in the European Parliament corruption probe, has struck a plea deal with the Belgian prosecutor to exchange information for a reduced sentence. According to a press release from the …
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First, it was famous names on the board who quit. Now, Qatargate suspect Pier Antonio Panzeri’s human rights nongovernmental organization is facing the loss of a major donor. That donor, the Human Rights Foundation, is looking to claw back some of the €600,000 euros it gave to Fight Impunity, the …
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Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BERLIN — Olaf Scholz has once again rebooted his security policy, nominating a new defense minister to take the reins. That doesn’t mean, however, that the German chancellor is dropping his reluctance to send Ukraine battle tanks. Tuesday’s nomination …
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1. Could Germany now send Leopard tanks to Ukraine? Ukraine came a step closer on Tuesday to securing a fleet of modern battle tanks, after the West’s big holdout Germany said this would be the first item on its new defence minister’s agenda. Kyiv hopes German-made Leopard battle tanks, a …
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A distinguished Australian scientist says he was duped into doing Azerbaijan propaganda in a PR fiasco that sheds light on shady spin tactics in Brussels. Professor Bill Laurance from James Cook University in Cairns told EUobserver that a London-based PR firm called BTP+Advisers tricked him into signing an inflammatory op-ed …
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It was nothing special, just a run-of-the mill encounter at a Brussels Bubble reception. As she introduced me to the EU representative of an international organisation, a friend mentioned that I was a European “expert” on EU stuff. There was a quick exchange of name cards. The woman looked at …
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