Climate Crisis
Euronews: October heatwave expected in parts of Europe after countries record hottest ever September
The temperature records keep tumbling in Europe. Read the article HERE.
Europe
EU politics
Anna Matveeva – Nagorno-Karabakh: crisis in the Caucasus could destabilise the whole of Eurasia
In three days, nearly 30,000 Armenians have fleed Nagorno-Karabakh, with the Armenian President among those they are most angry with. Anna Matveeva is visiting Senior Research Fellow, King’s Russia Institute, King’s College London. Cross-posted from […]
EU politics
Wolfgang Streeck – Rude Awakening: Germany at War, Again
A long read from the sharpest critics of German foreign policy. In the ‘American Affairs Journal’. Read the article HERE.
Finance
Gig Economy Project – In Bosnia and Herzegovina, platform work is taking-off but remains unregulated
The Gig Economy Project speaks to Amela Kurta and Ilma Kurtović, two of the authors’ of the first study of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s platform economy, about the emergence of gig work in the post-Soviet, post-war […]
Climate Crisis
Politico – France puts screws on EU chief to hit back against Chinese electric vehicles
Divides among European elites over what to do about the fact that China is miles ahead of Europe when it comes to electric vehicles. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
John P. Ruehl – How Countries Prepare for Population Growth and Decline
An overview of the world’s changing demographics and what governments are trying to do about them, a key issue but seldom discussed. John P. Ruehl is an Australian-American journalist living in Washington, D.C. He is […]
EU politics
Paola Tamma – Europe’s ‘template’ for migration: Tunisian strongman’s racist clampdown
The EU’s latest partner across the Med is carrying out a campaign of violence, mass expulsions and political repression. In ‘Politco.EU’. Read the article HERE.
Energy
Global Witness – EU imports of Russian LNG have jumped by 40% since the invasion of Ukraine
EU imports of Russian liquified natural gas are rising faster than the global average increase! Global Witness is an NGO for a more sustainable, just and equal planet. This is a press release. Countries in […]
EU politics
Neil Warner: The Idea of “Social Europe” Became an Alibi for the European Union’s Neoliberal Turn
European left parties responded to the crisis of social democracy by proposing more radical reforms to be carried out at a transnational level. But the call for “social Europe” ended up serving as a thin […]
EU politics
Kyiv Independent: NATO Official retracts controversial suggestion about Ukraine exchanging territory for NATO membership
If this doesn’t open the dam to a bit more honesty in western media reporting about the reality of the situation in Ukraine and the need to consider diplomatic solutions, what will? Read the article […]