Huawei in the Spotlight: UK Warns Firm Colludes with Beijing as Belgian...
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei colludes with ‘Communist Party apparatus’, meaning the Chinese state, the British Parliament’s Defence Committee says, adding the United Kingdom may need to...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Jabs & Jab-Nots: Why Europe’s Vaccination Strategy is Failing
European Council meeting on Thursday and Friday (25-26 February) will see leaders discuss the EU’s response to the ongoing pandemic and the vaccination rollout strategy. The current rollout of COVID-19...
View ArticleVaccine Nationalism: EU’s Tug-of-War Over COVID Jab Export
A sluggish start to the vaccine roll-out has cast a long shadow on the online meeting of EU leaders, who on Thursday (25 March) discussed the bloc’s vaccine strategy. There has been a muted backing for...
View ArticleHistoric Shift: Is the Tide Turning on Reparations to Africa?
More than 100 years after its crimes as the colonial power in Namibia, the German government recently formally apologized for the genocide that took place under its watch. In a “gesture of...
View ArticleSmoking Guns: Are European Arms Exports Fuelling Wars in MENA Region and...
Researchers have found a direct link between European arms exports and the forced displacement of at least 1.1 million people. “The figure of 1.1 million is a conservative estimate based on these case...
View ArticleNext Refugee Crisis Looming? — Taliban Advances and Fleeing Afghans Send...
In a U-turn, Germany and the Netherlands announced on Wednesday (12 August) that they were suspending deportations of Afghan migrants as Taliban insurgents continue to make massive territorial gains in...
View ArticleEurope as No. 3 Superpower? — EU Divided on the ‘Rapid Reaction Force’ Idea
The European Union wants the ability to rapidly deploy several thousand troops as part of a larger strategic plan to be discussed and possibly adopted in November. The issue was debated among 25 EU...
View ArticleEurope’s ‘Post-Covid’ Opening: Denmark Lifts All Restrictions, Other Set to...
The World Health Organization (WTO) head warned Tuesday (1 February) it is too early for countries to declare victory over Covid-19 or give up attempts to stop transmission. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...
View ArticleChina Winter Olympics: With EU Divided, Only Poland, Luxembourg VIPs in...
Poland and Luxembourg were the only European Union countries expected that have sent their VIPs to Beijing’s Olympics, as China and Russia use the games to forge closer ties. Polish president Andrzej...
View ArticleEurope in Africa: EU’s Takuba Quits Mali, Namibia’s Hydrogen for Europe,...
TAKUBA QUITS MALI — The French-led Takuba task force of EU special forces has officially ceased operating in Mali, France announced Friday (1 July), ending a year-long anti-jihadist effort that soured...
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