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A shocking ruling proves Romania's totalitarian communist regime is still alive
BY ALEXANDRA LUCA Collective outrage sent shock waves through Romanian society on the 27th of July, as Romania’s top court acquitted two...


Another awkward immigration dilemma for the EU
BY NURMASH TOK Ursula Von der Leyen, the Chair of the European Commission, unveiled a plan to loan Tunisia more than a billion euros in...


Pedro Sánchez profile
BY OLIVER SUAREZ-JIMENEZ A defining feature of 21st-century European Politics has been the decline of the traditional centre-left party....


Need to Know: EU enlargement, a progress report
BY REUBEN BYE European Union To join the EU a candidate country must first meet the Copenhagen Criteria to prove its institutions and...


Anti-LGBTQ+ Protests Mark Another Violent Chapter for Pride in Georgia
BY REUBEN BYE On 8th July organisers in Tbilisi attempted to mark the local Pride Week by holding a festival on the outskirts of the...


Turkish elections: Another defeat for global democracy
BY NURMASH TOK Turkey, a major economic, political, and military power, has once again cast its vote in favour of the incumbent President...


A Presidential Apology: Overdue or Political Point-scoring?
BY SELMA SAIK President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of Portugal suggested his country should offer a long-overdue apology for its role in the...


Macron's solo act and Europe's wavering commitment to liberalism
BY NURMASH TOK French President Emmanuel Macron's recent state visit to China, coupled with his comments suggesting the EU should avoid...


Schengen: Idyllic Confronts Present
By KAH LONG NG Wir schaffen das! We can manage this! Reverberating still is Angela Merkel’s legacy-defining proclamation, many long...


A New World Order? Western economies’ 2022 decline
By TOME LOWE ‘I’m afraid there is no money’: How the unholy alliance of Brexit and Covid-19 pulled the UK economy apart. Upon his...
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