Altered photos of women including Giorgia Meloni were posted on a site along with vulgar and sexist captions. A pornographic website that posted doctored photos of a host of high-profile Italian women including the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and the opposition leader, Elly Schlein, has sparked outrage in Italy. The...
UK and EU summon top Russian diplomats after strikes hit British Council and EU offices in deadly attack on Kyiv
At least 23 dead in overnight Kyiv attack as UK and EU summon Russian envoys. Missile strikes on Ukrainian capital hit EU and British Council offices in deadliest assault in months. The UK have summoned their Russian envoys after overnight missile strikes on Kyiv killed at least 23 people and...
‘Grasping for straws’: Europe floats Ukraine-Russia buffer zone in push for peace
The idea is one of several proposals European officials are considering as they scramble to establish a peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow. European leaders are weighing the creation of a 40 kilometer buffer zone between the Russian and Ukrainian frontlines as part of a peace deal, a last-ditch idea...
Demographic shifts are unsettling Europe’s labour politics
The winds of change sweeping across Europe's labour markets carry both promise and peril reshaping the foundations of work, welfare, and social cohesion in ways not seen for generations. Ageing populations, rapid automation, and the divisive politics of migration are colliding with such intensity that they threaten to upend not...
US spies stoked separatism in Greenland
Denmark has accused US agents of trying to foment separatism in Greenland, reigniting fears over the territory's future. Danish officials briefed Danish national broadcaster DR on Wednesday (27 August) that three US citizens linked to the administration had covertly visited the island to recruit backers for a split from Denmark...
France, Germany, Britain to reimpose Iran sanctions after talks falter
France, Germany and the UK are preparing to reimpose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme on Thursday (28 August), after weeks of diplomacy failed to deliver results. The three countries, known as the E3, had met with Iranian officials on Tuesday in a final attempt to revive stalled nuclear...
Court сonfirms SPD is not a coalition, needs only 5% to enter Parliament
If they are not designated as a coalition, then they are not one; SPD’s registration as a single party therefore stands, the court ruled. A decision on the Pirates and Stačilo! is still pending. Tomio Okamura’s Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) movement can run as a single party, even though...
Trump imposes 50% tariff on India as punishment for buying Russian oil
US president has argued New Delhi is indirectly helping fund the Ukraine war, as experts say the move is an “own goal” against an ally. Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on most US imports from India, making good on a threat to punish one of the world’s largest economies over...
Squatters are back in Amsterdam
The late Dutch author and Holocaust survivor Marga Minco once wrote about an empty house in Amsterdam where she and other artists hid at the end of the second world war. Last month, that same house was occupied by a new generation of squatters. In Amsterdam’s overcrowded and overpriced housing...
Russia could back delay to ‘snapback’ of nuclear sanctions against Iran
Moscow willing to support six-month extension of deadline before punishments are reimposed. Russia could back an extended six-month deadline for its ally Iran before European powers reimpose sweeping United Nations sanctions over Tehran’s refusal to allow UN inspectors back into nuclear sites after the Israeli-US assault in June. France, Britain...