JD Vance to join wife on controversial Greenland trip
The US vice-president will accompany his wife on a visit to the Arctic island, a trip Denmark’s prime minister has said is not what ‘Greenland wants or needs.’ Read more…
Trump downplays Signal security breach as a minor ‘glitch’
Trump told local media that the lapse “turned out not to be a serious one,” and expressed his continued support for national security adviser Mike Waltz. Read more at Read…
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Turkey’s CHP party leader visits jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in prison
İmamoğlu’s arrest has been widely viewed as politically motivated and sparked demonstrations in cities across the country, some of which have turned violent. Read More
Demonstrators block traffic in Budapest in opposition to new law banning LGBTQ+ Pride events
The protest was the second in as many weeks since the ruling Fidesz party of Hungary used its two-thirds parliamentary majority last Tuesday to expedite the law, which critics say…
Turkey’s CHP party leader visits jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in prison
İmamoğlu’s arrest has been widely viewed as politically motivated and sparked demonstrations in cities across the country, some of which have turned violent. Read More
The Netherlands confirms it wants to more than double its military personnel by 2030
Due to ongoing geopolitical tensions, the Dutch government wants to more than double the number of people serving in the armed forces, from 70,000 to 200,000 people. Read More
Lukashenko sworn in again as Belarus’ president, tells critics ‘You have no future’
Lukashenko marked three decades in power last year and his political opponents have denounced the tightly orchestrated presidential election on 26 January as a farce. Read More
Will deportation hubs help speed up migrant returns?
The Common European System for Returns aims to speed up deportation of asylum seekers who aren’t permitted to stay in the European Union. In an unexpected move, it also opens…
Chinese lithium must not become ‘the new Russian gas’, says EU industry chief
The EU has drawn up a priority list of 47 projects for the mining and processing of critical raw materials, which local authorities will be required to fast-track through the…