Amid the Ukraine war, and the upcoming energy crisis, the last thing Brussels seems to care about is the enlargement of the European Union. Yet several Balkan countries, having spent decades in the...
Jo Smith Finley, Newcastle University The latest wave of protests sweeping through China were sparked by the deaths of at least ten people in a fire in a high-rise apartment block in Ürümchi,...
Tensions are growing in northern Kosovo a day after Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti failed to reach a deal on the license plates dispute. The two leaders...
Russia’s military and political debacle in Ukraine seems to have no end. After the Russian Armed Forces withdrew from the Kharkiv region in September, the Kremlin continued its policy of...
The United States is reportedly pressuring Ukraine to start negotiating with Russia. Although the Kremlin desperately needs a ceasefire agreement that would help it save face, Kyiv is unlikely to...
Kent Police are investigating an attack on a Home Office migrant processing centre in Dover, after incendiary devices were reportedly thrown at the building on Sunday October 30 2022. Reports have...
“If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired”, says a principle known as “Chekhov's gun”, named after Russian playwright Anton...
Belarus seems to be preparing to more actively participate in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Moscow’s only ally in Europe may not deploy its troops to the war-torn country yet, but the Russian...
The European Union seems to have replaced Russia as a major foreign power operating in the South Caucasus. While Moscow remains preoccupied with the Ukraine war, Brussels has managed to strengthen...
Seven U.S. citizens were released on Saturday in exchange for the two nephews of Cilia Flores, wife of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The move is a rare gesture for the two countries'...
