EU court rules in halloumi trademark dispute
The Court of Justice of the European Union has overturned a ruling that a Bulgarian cheese called “BBQLOUMI” can be registered with an EU trademark, after an appeal by the Halloumi Foundation in...
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EU top diplomat urges better Russia, Turkey ties after Syria deal
ZAGREB — The European Union’s foreign policy chief called Thursday for better relations with Russia and Turkey as the two countries announced a cease-fire in Syria, a move that highlighted once again...
View ArticleBy the numbers: Gender equality in the EU
Despite some progress, the EU is still a long way off from achieving gender equality. In politics and in the workplace, women still lag behind their male counterparts — as legislators, as company...
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Six steps toward gender equality
One hundred at best, 257 at worst — estimates of the number of years it will take the world to achieve gender equality make for grim reading. The gender pay gap, the dearth of women in positions of...
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As coronavirus contagion spreads, von der Leyen sticks to her own script
If “don’t panic” is the EU’s main message on the fast-spreading coronavirus, the European Commission is leading by example. As Italy imposed quarantine measures unprecedented in modern European...
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How Europe is responding to the coronavirus pandemic
From nationwide lockdowns to school shutdowns, European authorities are creating a patchwork of measures to stop or slow down the coronavirus. Here’s a roundup of the latest measures the 27 EU...
View ArticleEurope’s coronavirus lockdown measures compared
Governments across the world have responded to the coronavirus pandemic by bringing in unprecedented measures to limit personal freedoms in an effort to restrict contact between people and hence the...
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EU diplomats face the enemy within
The European Union’s diplomatic service doesn’t have a China problem — it has an EU problem. A pair of high-profile blunders in recent weeks — over a report on Chinese disinformation on the...
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Get ready for a two-speed recovery
Megan Greene is economist and a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School. The coronavirus crisis is what economists call a symmetric shock. While some countries have seen higher death tolls than...
View ArticleBy the numbers: Europe on the move again
Europe is starting to move again. Mobility data from smartphone apps shows that citizens across Europe gradually started moving and going out more even before lockdowns were lifted in many countries....
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Coronavirus: Local leaders in a global crisis
All coronavirus is local. The pandemic has triggered a worldwide crisis and consumed global politics. But every COVID-19 case, every layoff, every lockdown is also the story of a local community. To...
View ArticleNew EU migration policy needs mandatory relocation, says German envoy
The upcoming overhaul of the EU’s migration and asylum policy must include mandatory relocation of refugees within the bloc in order to become a “functioning system,” Germany’s ambassador to the EU...
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Cypriot president: ‘Aggressive’ Turkey should be stripped of EU candidate status
If Turkey doesn’t dial down its aggression in the Eastern Mediterranean, it should lose its status as a candidate for EU accession. That’s the view of the president of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, who...
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Europe’s country-by-country travel restrictions explained
Brussels asked EU governments to reboot free travel from Monday — but that doesn’t mean Schengen is fully revived. The bloc’s free-travel zone came to a screeching halt in March when countries...
View ArticleEU recovery plan — By the numbers
After a flurry of paperwork, it’s number-crunching time. In a videoconference on Friday, EU leaders will discuss the European Commission’s twin-pronged plan to revive the Continent’s economy — a...
View ArticlePolice race bias exposed by lockdowns, says Amnesty
Police enforcing coronavirus lockdowns in 12 European countries have disproportionately targeted ethnic minorities and marginalized groups with violence and abuse of power, according to a report...
View ArticleMacron accuses Turkey of ‘criminal responsibility’ in Libya
French President Emmanuel Macron accused Turkey on Monday of bearing “criminal responsibility” for its actions in Libya, further escalating a war of words between Paris and Ankara over recent weeks....
View ArticleThe EU’s global travel plan explained
With the worst of the pandemic behind it, Brussels is hoping the Continent reopens in a more organized fashion than the way it closed down. In March and April, as the coronavirus spread across Europe,...
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EU’s travel safe list emerges from battle for national interests
Politics infected the EU’s debate over coronavirus travel restrictions — but members of the club recovered and reached a deal Tuesday to reopen their external borders to a select list of countries....
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Rough seas for NATO as Turkey clashes with allies
For NATO allies operating in the Mediterranean, it was less collective defense than collective nonsense. A shambolic day at sea, culminating in an encounter that led France on Tuesday to suspend its...
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