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EU foreign policy chief warns French energy giant on human rights violations

EU foreign policy chief warns French energy giant on human rights violations

Josep Borrell said legislation going into effect in 2027 would require compensation to victims of abuses, after POLITICO revealed links between TotalEnergies and a massacre in Mozambique.

October 30, 2024 5:05 pm CET
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Orbán congratulates Georgia on not ‘becoming a second Ukraine’

Hungarian prime minister visits Tbilisi to embrace Russia-friendly Georgian Dream after disputed election.

October 29, 2024 10:33 am CET

Britain’s ex-colonies should be more grateful, says Tory leader hopeful

Robert Jenrick said Commonwealth nations owe Britain a “debt of gratitude” for promoting peace and prosperity.

October 29, 2024 10:32 am CET

Meet the gun-toting Brits who will vote for Donald Trump

A British tea room in the swing state of Georgia plays host to some unlikely political views.

October 29, 2024 4:01 am CET

Uncertainty grips Georgia as opposition street protests end in anticlimax — for now

The opposition wants Western nations to help overturn the results of the vote.

October 28, 2024 9:54 pm CET

Far-right ‘Venezuela majority’ signals new power balance in European Parliament

Left-wingers rail against rightward shift ahead of showdown with commissioners.

October 28, 2024 4:01 am CET

Putin’s Central European vanguard threatens to expand into Czechia

A growing Kremlin-friendly bloc in Central Europe would pose a major problem for the EU.

October 28, 2024 4:01 am CET

Britain’s new MPs rage at parliament’s old traditions

Newly elected lawmakers set their sights on archaic customs like “bobbing” to win the Commons speaker’s attention.

October 28, 2024 4:00 am CET

Listless Bulgarian voters turn back to Borissov as political stalemate continues

In the country’s seventh election since 2021, voter participation remained low.

October 27, 2024 11:32 pm CET

Georgia vote marred by intimidation and interference, observers warn

Opposition leaders have decried the voting as rigged.

October 27, 2024 1:17 pm CET

‘All Trump, all the time’ — Inside the Trump media strategy

A top Trump adviser opens up about the effort to court a different set of voters.

October 27, 2024 11:32 am CET

Georgia’s ruling party on course for victory amid charges of vote-rigging

The consequential election comes as the governing Georgian Dream party presides over a widening split with the West.

October 26, 2024 8:13 pm CET

EU’s Borrell decries ‘human tragedy’ in Gaza as Israeli offensive rages

A “catastrophic level of killing, destruction and starvation” afflicts the enclave as Israel’s attacks continue, EU foreign affairs chief says.

October 26, 2024 2:22 pm CET
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‘Explainer-in-Chief’ Bill Clinton makes the economic case for Kamala Harris

In eastern North Carolina, the former president tells voters why the pandemic caused inflation, not Democrats, and prescription-drug prices are on the ballot.

October 26, 2024 2:19 pm CET

Trump knows exactly what he’s doing by going on the Joe Rogan podcast

Our reporters dissect the significance of the moment.

October 26, 2024 12:31 pm CET

Kamala Harris unleashes the star power of Beyoncé at raucous Houston rally

The vice president is trying to recapture the energy from the start of her campaign.

October 26, 2024 10:41 am CET

Musk’s reported contacts with Putin trigger anxiety in Washington

The Democratic lawmakers join NASA chief Bill Nelson in calling for a confirmation of bombshell report revealing alleged regular contact between the mogul and Moscow.

October 26, 2024 9:36 am CET

Bulgaria’s hacking ‘Elves’ lift lid on election fraud racket

Hacktivists have published a list of individuals allegedly embroiled in election fraud.

October 25, 2024 1:45 pm CET

French government split on halting football matches over homophobic chants

“We can no longer tolerate seeing intolerable behaviors every weekend in sports,” Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said.

October 25, 2024 12:49 pm CET

King Charles and Keir Starmer, Britain’s newest diplomatic double act

Two men, worlds apart, are flying the flag in Samoa. But there’s more to connect the monarch and new UK PM than meets the eye.

October 25, 2024 7:00 am CET

Climate of intimidation haunts Georgian elections

Opposition activists and journalists warn of efforts to silence them as police raid Western businesses and the homes of think-tank employees.

October 25, 2024 6:00 am CET

Venezuela’s opposition wins top EU human rights award

Sakharov Prize goes to politicians who took on authoritarian ruler Nicolás Maduro.

October 24, 2024 12:35 pm CET

Bahamas PM wants ‘frank’ slavery reparations talks with UK’s Starmer

“There should be … a ‘come to Jesus’ moment, where we truly look at one another in the eye,” Bahamas leader Philip Davis told POLITICO.

October 24, 2024 9:02 am CET

EPP’s flirtation with far right in Parliament sparks EU budget fiasco

It was a “mistake” to side with the far right in yet another migration quarrel, top EPP lawmaker said.

October 23, 2024 10:32 pm CET

US ‘concerned’ for citizens after Meloni’s surrogacy ban in Italy

Washington fears that parents of children born through the procedure will not be recognized.

October 23, 2024 7:58 pm CET
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