By turning southward, Georgia Meloni’s far-right government is both breaking with foreign policy conventions and scoring points with her base ahead of the European elections.
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The promised weapons will give Ukraine some breathing space on the battlefield, but victory against Russia is far from assured.
The proposed EU asylum and migration reforms focus on securing borders and making it easier to deport people, with little protection for migrants and asylum seekers.
President Xi is looking to play a wider international role, meetings with other national leaders suggest.
Ten states are currently vying for EU membership, but most of them will face significant challenges.
Tension in the western Balkans, which has been troubled by ethnic tensions since the wars of the 1990s, is becoming an increasing concern for the EU and Nato.
The decade of negotiations was driven more by local political considerations, than by what might be best for refugees who have risked everything.
Meat is cheaper than it should be – and alternatives are more expensive.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Russia has long harboured territorial ambitions in this former Soviet republic.
The argument is a familiar one: African citizens are unaware of the risks tied to the perilous journey across the Mediterranean and the West must therefore enlighten them.
Lithuania doesn’t often set the agenda, yet it has been warning that Russia would invade Ukraine since 2008.
Russia’s armed forces continue to gain territory in Ukraine, at high cost to both sides.
While electric cars have significantly lower emissions over their entire lifecycle, research shows that owners of older cars can experience mobility in a more restrained way.
The SUPERB project, part of the EU’s Horizon programme, aims to restore thousands of hectares of forest landscape across Europe.
The end of CAP quotas has forced European farmers to compete with each other. The result: lower incomes, greater uncertainty and less bargaining power with distributors.
Hundreds of thousands of people in Germany are taking to the streets to push back against the far-right, nationalist policies of the AfD, which currently holds 11% of the seats in parliament.
Mining precious metals is expensive and environmentally destructive. As an alternative, researchers are increasingly eyeing recycling old smartphones, computers and other electronics.
Europe should not ignore the importance of Serbia as a Russian ally.
Polish public support for resettling Ukrainian refugees has slipped in recent months, while many new arrivals have had difficulty finding work that aligns with their qualifications.
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