Albania is in the process of creating a liberal Muslim microstate within its capital. An avowedly Islamic but moderate microstate that will follow the practices of the Bektashi Order, a Shiite Sufi order founded in the 13th century in Turkey but which moved its headquarters to Tirana almost a century ago after being banished from the Anatolian country by Mustafa ...
It is the European Union country that depends most on Russian gas imports and risks falling into the hands of the pro-Russian far right. The elections in Austria on September 29 could mark a real watershed, not only for Vienna but also for the rest of Europe. Having a member state that still depends so heavily on Moscow for its ...
Higher taxes for the richest people and some big companies. French Prime Minister Michel Barnier intends to use these measures to fill a huge hole in public finances. At the same time, he promises to protect the middle and lower classes. The 2025 budget is the main headache for the new French government, which was born on September 23, more ...
The first projections on the regional vote in Brandenburg, the German state with Berlin, indicate an advantage for the Social Democrats of the SPD, the party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz. According to a projection by ZDF, the SPD party would be, with 31.8% of the votes, ahead of the AfD, which obtained 29.2% of the votes. The big surprise is ...
Will the European Union permanently apply tariffs on Chinese electric cars? This is the question to which Beijing is trying to find a more advantageous answer for itself. And to stem the blow of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, the communist government sent Chinese Trade Minister Wang Wentao to Brussels to talk to the outgoing Union Trade Commissioner, Valdis Dombrovskis. ...
To defend peace, spending 2% of GDP for the Atlantic Alliance is no longer enough. This is the message that Jens Stoltenberg launched during his last speech as NATO secretary. While waiting for the completion of the handover with the Dutchman Mark Rutte, the man who has been at the helm of the military alliance between the two sides of ...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been grappling with a gigantic crisis for months. And Brandenburg could be fatal for him. This weekend, local elections are expected in Germany in the state where the socialists are historically victorious and where the head of state has his bastion. However, the political landscape has changed profoundly and the far-right party AfD could win ...
Elon Musk has been nominated for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. It was the sovereignist group of Viktor Orban and Matteo Salvini who proposed the name of the founder of Tesla and patron of X for the recognition that the Community Chamber awards every year to people who distinguish themselves in the fight for freedom of thought and ...
A new majority has emerged in the European Parliament, showing how, in this legislature more than ever, alliances in the Chamber could be variable. The People’s Party managed to get a resolution passed in the Community Assembly by voting together with all the radical right groups: from the Conservatives of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, to the Patriots for Europe ...
Palestinian journalists, who report on the terrible war in Gaza and the harsh reality of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, deserve international recognition for their courage. This is why the European Parliament’s Radical Left group has decided to choose them as its candidates for the Sakharov Prize. The Left has chosen the names of Shireen Abu Akleh, Yasser ...