The national composition of migrants arriving in the European Union is extremely diverse. The largest numbers come from Afghanistan, Syria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and most African countries.
Iceland voters on Saturday rejected a proposal to reopen negotiations to join the European Union, after the island nation of some 400,000 people chose to maintain independence after shelving its membership bid more than a decade ago.
Georgia officially refused to implement the EU's newest sanctions against Iran, Interpress news reported on this week, with Tengiz Sharmanashvili, a member of parliament for the ruling Georgian Dream party, saying Tbilisi backs international measures
Samantha Dart, co-head of global commodities research at Goldman Sachs, began the week by telling Bloomberg TV that the global diesel-supply crunch is "what keeps her up at night."
The European Union will use $1.62 billion accumulated from interest on frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, the union's executive branch has said.
Along, long time ago--27 years, to be exact--my boss (the inimitable Mark Melcher) and I predicted that the European Monetary Union would be the death of the EU.
Several European leaders made open calls on Thursday and Friday for their countries to expel Spain from of the EU's Schengen open-borders area in response to the dramatic illegal migrant wave storming the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
Europe has relied on American military protection since World War II. Hanson discusses NATO, defense spending, and why many European governments expected the United States to continue carrying the burden.
In a decisive move highlighting the growing crisis of migrant violence across Europe, Sweden Democrats MEP Charlie Weimers has successfully pushed the European Parliament to debate recent fatal attacks on native Europeans, and their direct implicatio
• https://www.theburningplatform.com, Jim Kunstler
"To use language to obscure reality is to show 'indifference regarding the truth'-- to lie to the public and cease to treat our fellow citizens as equals." --Justice Clarence Thomas
The far north of the globe is seeing new maritime routes open as the Arctic ice sheet melts, shortening the distance between China and Europe. Beijing has seized the opportunity and expanded its operations in the region.
The EU - which is badly lagging the rest of the world when it comes to AI development - is preparing sweeping emergency powers to intervene in Europe's semiconductor supply chains during shortages, including by forcing chipmakers to override existi
Europe risks a major gas storage shortfall if disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz continue for another 1–3 months, with inventories still far below normal seasonal levels.
• https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Martin Armstrong
Europe is now openly discussing restricting Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling some of its most sensitive government data, including financial records, judicial files, and healthcare information, and this marks a major turning point in the r