The regime is probing to see if the West will make concessions. There are good grounds for skepticism. The release from jail of the opposition leader Siarhei Tsikhanouski and five other Belarusian political prisoners in June offered a rare moment of hope in a country that has had few reasons…

As the US wages a sustained campaign against the court, Europe seems ambivalent about its response. Two tweets, sent five months apart, provide a stark illustration of falling support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the face of US sanctions against it. The first was sent by Slovenia, after…

The British government under Keir Starmer has committed to investing 14.2 billion pounds (around 16.8 billion euros) in the construction of the Sizewell C nuclear plant on England’s east coast. According to estimates the project will take around ten years to complete. There have been major delays in the construction…

The Russian State Duma is due to proceed with the second reading of legislation that foresees fines for those who search for “explicitly extremist content” on the Internet. Due to their content, roughly 5,500 websites, including many international news sites, are currently blocked in Russia. Users can only access them…

With its national debt at record levels, the “moment of truth” has come for France. Under this motto, Prime Minister François Bayrou has unveiled a budget proposal that involves billions in cuts. In addition to merging authorities and freezing public spending, including pension payments and social benefits, two public holidays…