Elon Musk says he hopes for ‘free trade zone’ between Europe and the US
The billionaire advisor to the US president was speaking via video link at a conference of Matteo Salvini’s League party in Italy.
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April 5, 2025 Top festival Kunstenfestivaldesarts returns for another year
By Martin Banks From 9 to 31 May, the 30th edition of Kunstenfestivaldesarts will celebrate contemporary artistic creation through theatre, dance, performance, and visual arts from around the world and Belgium.
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April 5, 2025 EU seals new Central Asia partnership deal as debut Samarkand summit ends
Amid global tensions following Trump’s tariff announcements, the EU marked 30 years of diplomatic ties by declaring a new strategic partnership with Central Asia.
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April 4, 2025 Moscow’s words are ’empty’: Europeans pressure US to toughen stance on Russia
At a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels, US allies doubt Russia’s intentions to end the war in Ukraine and demand more action in response.
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April 3, 2025 MEPs attack sweeping U.S tariffs on EU
By Martin Banks Senior MEPs have attacked President Trump’s 20 percent tariffs on goods from the EU entering the U.S. The announcement was made by Donald Trump on Wednesday. Reaction from MEPs was swift with Bernd Lange (S&D, DE), Chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee, saying, “While President Trump might call today ‘Liberation Day’, from an ordinary citizen’s point of […]
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April 2, 2025 Stand Up in Solidarity
By Martin Banks Ukrainian civil society actors joined forces with European policymakers to discuss the role of civil society and Trade Unions in the resistance “against Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.”
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April 2, 2025 EU urged to consider “alternatives” to live animal transport
By Martin Banks photo credit: Andrew Skowron/We Animals
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April 2, 2025 German car makers brace for further Trump administration tariffs
Germany is anticipating a trade war as President Donald Trump prepares a raft of punitive tariffs. How will the country’s car manufacturers be affected?
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April 1, 2025 ‘Je suis Marine’: European rightwingers react to Le Pen ban
Marine Le Pen is an icon of France’s nationalist right: one of the country’s best-known and most popular political figures – with her France First, anti-woke, anti-migration agenda. Hard-right leaders, currently growing in support across much of Europe, view her as “one of the gang” – even if they don’t see eye to eye on […]
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April 1, 2025 EU budget negotiators urged to include green energy in increased security spending
With the European Commission due to propose the EU’s next seven-year, trillion-euro budget in the summer, security analysts are calling for a focus on green energy alongside increased military spending.
