Sarhan Basem
Germany reports huge drop in registered sex workers during pandemic
Brussels (Brussels Morning) The number of registered sex workers in Germany plummeted during 2020, as many were likely…
Russian police swoop on Journalists probing Interior Minister’s assets
Brussels (Brussels Morning) Russian police searched the apartments of three investigative Journalists and their relatives, in what appears…
JPMorgan picks Paris for its major post-Brexit trade hub
Brussels (Brussels Morning) Multinational banking giant JPMorgan opened its new trading hub in Paris on Tuesday, in a…
GlobalFoundries to invest $6bn in Singapore, US and German plants
Brussels (Brussels Morning) The US-based, UAE-owned chipmaker GlobalFoundries has announced plans to invest as much as 6 billion…
Polish security warns country is target for Russian hybrid campaign
Brussels (Brussels Morning) Polish security services believe the country has become a permanent target of “hybrid” cyber attacks…
French company investigates possible leak at Chinese nuclear plant
Brussels (Brussels Morning) A possible leak at China’s Taishan nuclear power station caused the French designers of its…
Bundestag’s Wirecard scandal report criticises top German officials
Brussels (Brussels Morning) A Bundestag committee inquiry into the Wirecard scandal published its final report on the issue…
Time to block the revolving door between EU institutions and big corporates
European institutions should have an “exclusivity clause” that stops the “revolving door” phenomenon between people that serve EU…
Bloc pressures Brussels for continued support for gas projects
Brussels (Brussels Morning) European Union countries are at odds with the European Commission, as they try to prolong…
Vatican sued for ‘ripping off’ street artist’s work on official stamp
Brussels (Brussels Morning) Italian street artist Alessia Babrow is suing the Vatican for using a stylised image of…
German police raid organisations financing Hezbollah
Brussels (Brussels Morning) The German police conducted early morning raids across seven federal states, entering locations of organisations…
France leads European call to end Israeli-Palestinian violence
Brussels (Brussels Morning) France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called on the international community to do everything possible…
Italy slaps Google with €102mn anti-trust fine
Brussels (Brussels Morning) Italy’s competition watchdog announced on Thursday it had imposed a fine of 102 million euro…
Online attacks on German Greens’ leader Baerbock ramp up
Brussels (Brussels Morning) The co-president of the German Greens party Annalena Baerbock is facing an escalating campaign of…
Stellantis reports 190,000 fewer cars built due to chip shortage
Brussels (Brussels Morning) The European automotive giant Stellantis produced 190,000 fewer vehicles than planned during the first three…