HELSINKI, March 26 (Reuters) – Finland’s Supreme Court on Tuesday found a member of parliament guilty and fined her for calling homosexuality a “developmental disorder”, in a long-running precedent case that has turned into a political tussle over the limits … Read More
ZURICH, March 16 (Reuters) – The Swiss government on Monday pressed the electorate to reject an initiative aimed at restricting the population to 10 million, which it argues will jeopardise cooperation with the European Union and damage the economy. The … Read More
“Europe can no longer be a custodian for the old world order, for a world that has gone and will not return,” Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday. The traditional world order is rapidly crumbling under mounting violations of … Read More
“We should not tie together things that are not connected to each other at all,” High Representative Kaja Kallas said on Monday amid a new crisis caused by back-to-back Hungarian vetoes. On the eve of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s … Read More
Protesting French farmers entered the centre of Paris and reached the Eiffel Tower on Thursday amid anger over a free-trade agreement between the EU and the Mercosur South American bloc. French farmers blockaded sites in Paris on Thursday in protest against a … Read More
Finnish authorities seized a vessel on Wednesday, suspected of sabotaging an undersea telecommunications cable in the Baltic Sea. Finnish police seized on Wednesday a ship sailing from Russia suspected of sabotaging an undersea telecoms cable running from Helsinki to Estoniaacross … Read More
The release of the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy has brought into focus a fundamental tension that has been simmering since before President Donald Trump took office: the understanding between the United States and Europe that the geopolitical system that … Read More
Tens of thousands gathered across Bulgaria on Wednesday to demand Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov’s resignation, with protesters accusing the government of widespread corruption. The demonstrations come weeks before Bulgaria joins the eurozone on 1 January. Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov resigned … Read More
France’s social security budget cleared a key hurdle in France’s National Assembly on Tuesday as lawmakers narrowly approved a draft bill aimed at staving off a huge gap in funding for welfare, pensions and healthcare, handing a victory to embattled Prime … Read More
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s government on Tuesday declared a national emergency over security risks posed by meteorological balloons sent from Russia-allied Belarus that have violated its airspace in recent weeks, while the Belarusian leader called for negotiations on border … Read More