Nine states join the EU Council in extending sanctions against Iran
Brussels (The Brussels Morning newspaper) - Nine countries, including EU candidates and EFTA members, support the EU Council's extension of sanctions against Iran until July 2025 for backing Russian and…
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EC threatens to tighten vaccine exports, plans increased production
Brussels (Brussels Morning) Leaders of EU member states agreed on Thursday to increase the production of coronavirus vaccines in Europe and improve the vaccination drive in individual member states, while…
Lebanon’s steady disintegration
Paris (Brussels Morning) Lebanon still has no government, more than seven months after a devastating explosion at the Beirut port, which obliterated entire neighborhoods and crippled an already destroyed economy. …
A very Georgian provokatsiya
Paul M. Joyal paints a picture of Georgian and Ukrainian politician Mikheil Saakashvili – for years hailed as an effective pro-western reformer – as a man who uses Russian secret…
Civil rights group call on EU to rethink censorship rules
Brussels (Brussels Morning) A group of civil rights organisations has called on the European Parliament to reject proposed censorship rules that could infringe on fundamental rights, Reuters reports. The rules…
200 Hundred Years of Greek Independence – The fight for rule of law is a fight for the future of Europe and Greece
Despite a rocky two-century start since the 1821 revolution of Greece, it is widely accepted that from 1974, Greece has achieved a long period of political democratic stability and leapt…
EU readies sanctions over Myanmar coup and crackdown
Brussels (Brussels Morning), Josep Borrell, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, announced Monday that sanctions were imminent against persons connected with the Myanmar coup, DW reports.…
10 years after the Arab Spring: Celebrating Syria’s destruction
Political scientist Barah Mikail reflects on the last 10 years of Syria’s war, an anniversary not to be celebrated, he writes. Paris (Brussels Morning) Over the last few days, we’ve…
Denmark wants fewer “non-western” residents in its poor neighbourhoods
Brussels (Brussels Morning) Denmark is proposing extensive changes to a law on disadvantaged neighbourhoods which would mandate an upper limit on “non-western” residents in such neighbourhoods of 30%, AFP reports.…
Debate #2 : Should hydrogen heat our homes?
Brussels Morning’s second debate asks the question of whether hydrogen can heat homes across the EU, with Monica Frassoni from the European Alliance to Save Energy arguing ‘no’ and Ondřej…
When the controller becomes the controlled: serial drama En thérapie airs
The French drama En thérapie focusing on relationships in psychotherapy is the latest experimentation with a storyline successfully tested in Israel, US and Italy. Rome (Brussels Morning) With frustration, curiosity…
The EU’s newest member state Croatia can teach the bloc much about building strategic autonomy
To learn about strategic autonomy, Europe should learn its lessons from Croatia, writes Zelijana Zovko. MEP. Brussels (Brussels Morning) The debate on Europe’s strategic autonomy, rekindled last month by President…
Pelješac: Croatia’s controversial bridge linking West Balkans to the Schengen
Athens (Brussels Morning) The construction of the Pelješac Bridge could open Croatia up commercially but not everyone in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina is happy with the Chinese-owned project. The Pelješac…
Georgia vs. Russia: Georgia’s bittersweet victory at the European Court of Human Rights
A 2021 European Court of Human Rights ruling found Russia responsible for violations in the five-day war with Georgia in 2008. The result of this twelve-years long legal battle may…
How the pandemic changed the experience and narrative of films
The pandemic is itself a story that has altered the cinematic experience, reflects Italian filmmaker Tommaso Sgrizzi for Brussels Morning's Round the Bloc series. Sienna (Brussels Morning) It has been…
Spain to remove Gibraltar from tax haven blacklist based on new pact with UK
Brussels (Brussels Morning) Spain will remove Gibraltar from its tax haven blacklist based on an agreement with the UK on tax cooperation that came into force earlier this month, El…
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