Cyprus’ ex-Foreign Minister Christodoulides elected president
Nikos Christodoulides was elected president of Cyprus in the second and final round of voting on Sunday. The former Cypriot foreign minister garnered 51.9 percent support in a runoff vote that was...
View ArticleCouch potato lifestyles cost EU €8B per year, report says
If Europe wants to save its health systems money, it better get moving — literally. Europeans’ lack of physical activity is costing EU countries a whopping €8 billion per year, according to a report...
View ArticleIOC should consider banning Russia from Paris 2024 Olympics, 34 countries urge
The governments of 34 countries, including host nation France, called on the International Olympic Committee to exclude Russia and Belarus from the Paris 2024 Olympics — unless Games chiefs unveil a...
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Western firms say they’re quitting Russia. Where’s the proof?
BERLIN — In an earlier life as a reporter in Moscow, I once knocked on the door of an apartment listed as the home address of the boss of company that, our year-long investigation showed, was involved...
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Protecting nature, destroying lives: The chemist vs. the Dutch farmers
PROTECTING NATURE, DESTROYING LIVES The chemist vs. the Dutch farmers Is Johan Vollenbroek saving the Netherlands — or tearing it apart? By KARL MATHIESEN in Nijmegen, Netherlands Guido Benschop/De...
View ArticleEU plan to buy Ukraine shells hits legal snag over who gets the money
BRUSSELS — The devil is now in the (legal) details. Two weeks after the EU announced a historic agreement to give Ukraine piles of ammunition, the bloc is still sorting out the legal specifics of how...
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2023’s most important election: Turkey
For Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, next month’s election is of massive historical significance. It falls 100 years after the foundation of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s secular republic and, if...
View ArticleEU excess deaths back to pre-pandemic levels
For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were no excess deaths in the EU, according to data from February. While the figure is an average across all EU countries and there...
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Cyprus president predicts revival of reunification talks after Turkish election
Cyprus’ president is looking to revive the island’s stalled reunification talks after next month’s elections in Turkey and is calling for the EU to play a more active role. Nikos Christodoulides was...
View Article‘Not a competition’: UK’s Braverman hits back at criticism of Sudan evacuation
LONDON — Home Secretary Suella Braverman dismissed suggestions the U.K. failed to prioritize the evacuation of non-embassy staff from Sudan. In a round of interviews Wednesday morning, the U.K. home...
View ArticleEU lawmakers launch plea for spyware controls
The European Parliament wants the bloc’s executive institution and its national governments to take urgent measures to stop spyware from being abused against political opposition, journalists and...
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Turkey’s election gives Greece a migraine
ATHENS — After Turks themselves, Greeks will be the closest observers of Sunday’s Turkish election and they have few illusions that everything is going to be rosy with the old foe (but fellow NATO...
View ArticleThe battle of the Turkish centuries
Hugh Pope is a Brussels-based writer and was a reporter based in Turkey for three decades. He is the author of several books on the country and the region. The promise of a “Turkish Century” has been...
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How to watch the Eurovision Song Contest like a pro
Stock up on Buck’s fizz, polish the glitter ball and don the sequins — it’s time for the grand final of the 67th Eurovision Song Contest. That’s right, folks. After two semi-finals, a conga line led...
View ArticleAthens slams French newspaper for displaying Greek islands as … Turkish!
Greece complained to French newspaper Le Monde after it published a map of Turkey’s election results which showed a number of Greek islands as Turkish territory. The map, which appeared on the English...
View ArticleEurope should be careful what it wishes for with Turkey
Mujtaba Rahman is the head of Eurasia Group’s Europe practice and a columnist for POLITICO Europe. He tweets at @Mij_Europe. Turkey’s parliamentary election and first-round presidential vote were a...
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Fight against ‘shadow fleet’ shipping Russian oil takes EU into uncharted waters
BRUSSELS — The EU wants to crack down on an armada of aging tankers — most of them Greek-owned — carrying Russian oil around the globe that is raising fears of an environmental disaster while sending...
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A brief history of the ECB in 25 moments
FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank is turning 25. It’s been a wild ride. POLITICO has looked back at the 25 most exciting moments over the years. 1998: Bright new dawn The ECB is established,...
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Suspending Hungary’s EU presidency isn’t a sanction — it’s a precaution
Alberto Alemanno is the Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law at HEC Paris and founder of The Good Lobby, a nonprofit committed to equalize access to power. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the...
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Italy has won migration. It’s aiming for Europe next
BRUSSELS — The stage was set. In one corner: Italy, Giorgia Meloni, and a coterie of conservatives sensing an opportunity. In the other: Germany, Olaf Scholz, and a fractious coalition on the left....
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