Measles Cases Surge to Highest Level in 25 Years Across Europe

The European Commission is often considered one of the most desired civil service positions in Brussels. However, those working there report experiencing high pressure, bureaucracy, and burnout.
Seb Starcevic conducted interviews with several officials from various commissioners’ cabinets and directorates-general, covering a range of ages, nationalities, and seniorities. In the podcast, Zoya Sheft

On August 2, a group of young neo-Nazis attempted to intrude into a hotel in Sofia where Italian Jewish teenagers from Rome and Milan, along with their teachers, were lodged. Leading Italian media outlets, such as ANSA, “Corriere della Sera”, “Sky TG 24”, “Sole 24 Ore”, “Jornale”, “RAI News”, and “La Presse”, covered the incident as reported by BTA.
Reports indicate that the young neo-Nazis gathe

The Commission, with approximately 30,000 employees, appointed Lene Naesager as chief confidential counsellor in May 2024 to handle staff harassment issues. She leads a team of 40 counsellors within the Commission and its executive agencies.
From September 2024, the chief counsellor, reporting to Budget Commissioner Piotr Serafin, received 960 reports from employees feeling harassed, alleged haras

Lailuma Sadid is a former diplomat in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Embassy to the kingdom of Belgium, in charge of NATO. She attended the NATO Training courses and speakers for the events at NATO H-Q in Brussels, and also in Nederland, Germany, Estonia, and Azerbaijan. Sadid has is a former Political Reporter for Pajhwok News Agency, covering the London, Conference in 2006 and Lisbon summ

Saudi Arabia, largely a desert nation, has reported remarkable achievements from a vast environmental initiative. In under five years, over 1 million hectares of degraded land have been restored, and more than 159 million trees planted. Launched in 2021, by 2024, 250,000 hectares were restored, and this year, the figure surpassed 1 million hectares. The UN regards this as a leading example of eco

Officials disclosed to WELT, part of the Axel Springer group like POLITICO, that the drone’s detonator failed, averting an explosion. The drone was discovered near a Ukrainian Antonov transport aircraft and contained Semtex, the same explosive used in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, which killed 259 people on board and 11 on the ground.
Leipzig airport serves as a base

Gdańsk/Brussels (European Newsroom) – Ukrainian cities and regions may risk exclusion from decisions regarding the allocation of billions in reconstruction funds unless they are granted a significant role in the planning, governance, and execution of such support, a joint statement by the European Alliance of Cities and Regions for the Reconstruction of Ukraine has warned.
During a meeting at the

The tenor of inter-Nation diplomacy between locales of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Delaware Nation has reached a significant milestone through the continued exercise of longstanding traditions. These bodies politic share a unique and complex history, shaped by political and legal harmonization through traditional Longhouse systems and, in the context of the Delaware Nation, the Big Hou

The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA, and ESMA – the ESAs) have released a statement advocating for a cross-sectoral, risk-based, and consistent supervisory strategy to address ICT risks from frontier AI models.
The statement considers current regulatory frameworks, the European Commission’s Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Action Plan, and updates from the European Systemi

Trump’s participation in the June G7 summit in Evian was highlighted as a significant moment in the relationship, with the U.S. president showing support for Ukraine and extending his visit to France to join Macron and his wife for dinner at Versailles Palace.
“We have our ups and downs in our relationship with the U.S.,” said a former French official, staying informed on the transatlantic r