“Stronger” EU-Africa relationship needed
By Martin Banks The EU-Africa relationship offers great investment and trade opportunities, according to Europe’s business community.
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September 24, 2025 The MAGA movement in cultural war with Europe
By Martin Banks A major new study claims that Donald Trump and the American MAGA movement have launched a ‘culture war’ on Europe.
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September 23, 2025 Full Circle X DJ Solomun at Universe
Athens witnessed a night to remember as world-renowned DJ Solomun brought his signature beats to the Universe Multivenue, delivering a dynamic live performance that electrified the city’s nightlife. The highly anticipated event, organized by Full Circle, drew in a vibrant crowd of mostly young music lovers eager to experience the unique energy of Solomun’s set. […]
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September 22, 2025 New production set to delight Brussels audience
By Martin Banks The cast has been announced for an upcoming original production by The Bridge Theatre of tick, tick… BOOM!, which runs for just three weeks: 14 October to 2 November.
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September 21, 2025 Dutch police clash with anti-immigration protesters
Dutch police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse violent anti-immigration protesters in The Hague on Saturday. Thirty people were arrested and two officers injured as large groups of people clashed with police, with some throwing rocks and bottles. Around 1,500 people blocked a highway crossing the city, while a police car was set […]
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September 19, 2025 New factory aims to boost Europe’s strategic autonomy
By Martin Banks Europe’s largest rare-earth magnet factory has opened in Narva, Estonia.
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September 19, 2025 Lawmakers under pressure to extend list of sanctions
By Martin Banks Pressure appears to be growing on lawmakers to finally pull the plug on Russia’s lucrative titanium trade, in what critics have slammed as one of the most glaring gaps in the sanctions regime aimed at strangling Moscow’s war machine.9 Despite more than three years of punishing measures designed to hurt Russia’s economy, […]
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September 18, 2025 Auditors voice concern over trade
By Martin Banks The EU is unlikely to meet its goal of directing 25 % of Aid for Trade funding to the least developed countries by 2030, according to a new report by the European Court of Auditors.
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September 17, 2025 Von der Leyen proposes suspension of EU payments and trade partnership with Israel
In an unusually tough-worded speech, von der Leyen denounced a “man-made famine” in Gaza and “a clear attempt” by Israel to “undermine the two-state solution”. But she also called Europe’s inability to find a response to Israel’s actions “painful”.
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September 15, 2025 Fresh aid for Ukraine ahead of bitter winter
By Martin Banks The European Commission says it is allocating an extra €40 million in humanitarian funding to help Ukrainians endure a fourth winter of Russia’s war of aggression.
