Musk and Assange follow Putin, Trump and Stalin as Nobel Peace Prize nominees (www.politico.eu)
David Cameron makes shock comeback as Rishi Sunak’s foreign secretary in UK reshuffle (www.politico.eu)
Hungary facing fuel crisis as Ukraine turns up heat on Russian oil supplies (www.politico.eu)
Sky-high prices and electricity shortages could hit Hungarians within “weeks” after Kyiv imposed a partial ban on Russian oil passing through its territory....
Ukraine can strike inside Russia with British weapons, UK’s Cameron says (www.politico.eu)
UK’s top diplomat also pledges £3 billion of annual military help to Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes.’...
Ukraine to EU: Don’t let US aid package make you complacent (www.politico.eu)
Washington’s support for Ukraine should not dispel a sense of urgency among EU countries, Ukraine and its allies warn....
Europe’s boomtowns warn that far-right anti-immigration policies will stunt growth (www.politico.eu)
With immigration hawks on the rise, the bloc’s tech champions sound the alarm when it comes to recruiting expat workers....
Pro-Palestinian firebrand Galloway wins Rochdale by-election in blow for UK Labour (www.politico.eu)
‘The time has come.’ Sweden gets ready for NATO membership (www.politico.eu)
‘Drill, baby, drill’: America’s fossil fuel boom risks bust in Europe (www.politico.eu)
Germany slashes Ukraine funding in savings push (www.politico.eu)
Germany, which overcame its initial reluctance to support Ukraine to become the country’s biggest European supplier of military aid, looks poised to change course as the finance minister said the government would slash future assistance by half in order to fulfill other spending priorities....
Russian plot to kill European weapons chief foiled by US and Germany (www.politico.eu)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/24848057
Russia mocks Macron following EU election defeat (www.politico.eu)
Russia was definitely watching the results of the EU election....
Who’s the boss when it comes to defense: NATO or the EU? (www.politico.eu)
Both NATO and the EU want to spend a €100 billion on defense — and that’s leading to clashes between the two Brussels-based institutions....
How to ‘Trump proof’ the transatlantic relationship? (www.politico.eu)
In this medieval city just east of Brussels, American and European officials have one question on their minds: What to do about Donald Trump?...
Russia’s friends beg EU to leave frozen assets alone (www.politico.eu)
From China to Saudi Arabia, countries want the EU to reject pressure to confiscate over €200 billion of Russian assets....
US Republican senator praises UK Labour’s ‘Reaganesque’ policy (www.politico.eu)
Chinese embassy slams Moscow over Russian border incident (www.politico.eu)
Such criticism is unusual, as Beijing is one of Russia’s top allies and has not condemned the all-out invasion of Ukraine.
Spain introduces porn passport to stop kids from watching smut (www.politico.eu)
The Spanish government has a plan to prevent kids from watching porn online: Meet the porn passport....
Le Pen’s far right set for big win in first round of French election (www.politico.eu)
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán stumbles in EU election (www.politico.eu)
Police raid far-right German MEP’s office in China espionage probe (www.politico.eu)
Spy investigation into the AfD’s Maximilian Krah and his assistant ramps up in Brussels....
Ukraine embraces far-right Russian ‘bad guy’ to take the battle to Putin (www.politico.eu)
Kapustin is indeed dressed in black for his discussion with POLITICO in a downtown Kyiv hotel — though his clothing is free of any neo-Nazi logos or flashes. That’s despite the fact he runs a far-right apparel line of T-shirts and caps emblazoned with white nationalist and xenophobic imagery as well as the Nazi symbol 88 —...
Whooping cough’s back — and it’s Covid’s fault (www.politico.eu)
The Dickensian disease is the latest Victorian-era ailment to stage a comeback in the West....
Italy wants Musk vs. Zuckerberg cage fight (www.politico.eu)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1339619...
Spain introduces porn passport to stop kids from watching smut (www.politico.eu)
The Spanish government has a plan to prevent kids from watching porn online: Meet the porn passport....