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Shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began last February, in one office in Vienna, alarms went off. The OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings noticed an explosion in online searches for sexual content related to Ukrainian women and girls. Depending on the …

The European Parliament is set to vote on a new vice-president to replace Eva Kaili, a Greek socialist MEP charged over allegations of corruption linked to Qatar. Two candidates, one each from the Socialists & Democrats (S&D) and the Greens, are hoping to fill the post when the plenary votes …

DAVOS, Switzerland — It was a tricky balancing act for Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday: Assure European leaders their beleaguered companies will get cash while insisting the EU is not turning protectionist. Speaking to hundreds of CEOs, politicians and global leaders at the World Economic Forum, the European Commission president …

Anyone walking around the area surrounding Antwerp’s Central Station can hardly ignore it. Antwerp is the diamond capital of the world. Thanks to its strategic location, the city has been inextricably linked to the trade and processing of the raw stones for centuries. Around 85 percent of the world’s rough …

In a vast remote wilderness setting some 200km north of the arctic circle, Europe’s first mainland satellite launch port is taking shape. Inaugurated on Friday (13 January) by the King of Sweden, along with European Commission president Von der Leyen, the space port known as Esrange is set to launch …

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 17. Within the framework of the visit of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to the UAE’s Abu Dhabi on January 15, the two countries took another very important step towards strengthening cooperation in the field of alternative energy. The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and the …

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. China’s top diplomat will visit Germany and Belgium next month in a bid to reset relations with a skeptical Europe, POLITICO can disclose. Wang Yi will attend the Munich Security Conference and visit the EU headquarters, according to three …

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. DAVOS, Switzerland — It’s the political race everyone is afraid to talk about. For 52 years the World Economic Forum has been synonymous with its founder and executive chair Klaus Schwab, whose humble manner belies what many who know him …

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — In the early years of the 21st century, military planners were pondering the unthinkable — were tanks becoming obsolete? Unmanned drones, cyber warfare and other emerging technologies were seen as the weapons of the future. As recently …

In the early hours of the morning on 24 February, Natalie Vikhrov turned on the TV with bleary eyes to catch the tail end of Putin’s speech. Minutes later she heard the distant thud of explosions. “That whole night was a little tense, you could feel something was going to …

Tom Keatinge is the founding director of the Center for Financial Crime and Security Studies at the Royal United Services Institute. As the focus on sanctions against Russia remains resolute in the European Union — and among partners like the United Kingdom and the United States — two challenges will …

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is is the leader of democratic Belarus. The Belarus village of Vyazynka is best known as the birthplace of Yanka Kupala, one of our greatest poets. More recently, however, it was featured in a depressing report by human rights activists monitoring the tyranny of Alexander Lukashenko, the country’s …