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Belgian army leadership believes that F-16 planes are in poor condition and cannot be sent to Ukraine, Lieutenant Frédéric Goetynck told De Standaard on Monday. “It’s not that we don’t want to, but when our planes are retired, they’re worn...

Kim Jong Un plans to travel to Russia this month to meet Vladimir Putin and discuss the possibility of supplying Moscow with weapons for the war in Ukraine, as Russia says it is seeking closer military ties with North Korea.

New UK-backed projects worth £49 million will be announced by Development and Africa Minister Andrew Mitchell at the first Africa Climate Summit, which will be hosted by Kenya from 4 to 6 September. The UK is “committed to the fight...

A trial of a ‘single school outfit’ – more similar to a dress code rather than a uniform – will be launched in the coming months, Education Minister Gabriel Attal announced a week after announcing the controversial abaya ban on...

Discourse on the transition to net zero invariably focuses on reducing carbon. But this is too simplistic.  A circular economy is not carbon-free: carbon is embedded in its products. And that is good for the climate.

The French aviation industry firmly opposes any tax increase aimed at ensuring a minimum price for plane flights within Europe, Pascal de Izaguirre, CEO of Corsican air company Corsair and chairman of the aviation industry federation Fnam, told TV broadcaster...

Germany’s coalition parties vowed to prioritise economic growth in challenging times and despite fiscal prudence, as the pro-market FDP also demanded more support from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to reduce Germany’s bureaucratic burden. The German parliament returns...

Albania is set to take over the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council for a second time since becoming a non-permanent member in 2022, but Permanent Representative Ferit Hoxha said the institution is facing a number of challenges...

The centre-right group in the European Parliament, the European People’s Party (EPP), has given its blessing to its Slovak member KDH ahead of snap elections in the country, despite its leader Milan Majersk calling LGBTI ‘ideology’ a ´scourge´ and as...

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is in China to ‘strengthen trade ties’ or maintain as optimal relations as possible with China even in the event that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is not renewed. Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime...

The Austrian government aims to outsource applications for asylum procedures to third states such as Rwanda in a move that would reduce migration significantly, Chancellor Karl Nehammer told die Welt on Monday. In June, EU countries reached a controversial agreement...

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said after talks with Vladimir Putin on 4 September that it would soon be possible to revive the grain deal that the United Nations says helped to ease a food crisis by getting Ukrainian grain to market.

French President Emmanuel Macron made headlines last week when he suggested that Kosovo’s visa-free regime, set to come into force from 1 January 2024, could be reviewed by Paris and Berlin if Pristina does not fall in line over ongoing...

Southeast Asian leaders will on Tuesday (5 September) converge on the Indonesian capital for an annual summit amid rifts within the 10-member regional bloc over stalled peace efforts in Myanmar and a sharpening US-China rivalry in the region.

The Italian government is phasing out its minimum income scheme for citizens in favour of a new system aimed at boosting employment, a move that is being monitored by the European Commission and criticised by advocates of welfare benefits.

The recent military coup in Gabon comes in a line of similar events in former French colonies in Africa: Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Niger.

President Vladimir Putin told Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday (4 September) that Russia was open to discussions about the Black Sea grain deal, an agreement that helped get Ukraine's grain to market and thus ease a global food crisis.

Ukraine said on Monday (4 September) Russian drones had detonated on the territory of NATO member Romania during an overnight air strike on a Ukrainian port across the Danube River, but Bucharest denied its territory had been hit.

The UK faces a “real risk of being sidelined” on global affairs as a result of Brexit, Peter Ricketts, who chairs the House of Lords European Affairs Committee, told EURACTIV in an interview, all the while praising a thaw in the EU-UK relationship.

When complaining about the West losing global influence, no one dares to talk about another big elephant in the room of international relations - development cooperation, writes Peter Hefele.