TAG: History
Trump’s return ‘clearly a threat’ to Europe, Christine Lagarde warns
The potential reelection of former U.S. President Donald Trump would be a “threat” to Europe, Europe...
8 months ago
The gold treasure of National Bank of Romania that was sent to Moscow
The troubled story of the evacuation of the National Bank of Romania treasure to Moscow began during the First World War. Romania entered the war in August 1916, joining the ‘entente’ of France, United Kingdom and Russia. After the initial victories, Roma...
6 months ago
Intensive pig farming hogs scarce water in drought-hit Catalonia
BARCELONA — In the region of Osona, to the north of Barcelona, there are seven times as many pigs as people.Hectares of pig farms — long, barrack-like brick buildings with half-closed windows — stretch from the roadside into the distance. Metal cylinders...
6 months ago
Expect Russia to do ‘whatever possible’ to reassert influence in Bulgaria, outgoing PM warns
Bulgaria's outgoing Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov spent his mandate trying to boot out the Russians, and has no doubt that Moscow will redouble efforts to recover its influence now his administration has collapsed. Denkov, who stepped down on Tuesday, tol...
6 months ago
Industry bosses to EU: Help us level up in the global green tech race
HANNOVER, Germany — Europe’s industry is ready to take on state-subsidized Chinese and American rivals in the global green tech race — but Brussels must create the right conditions for it to do so.Failure to act will condemn Europe to deindustrialization:...
5 months ago
US political uncertainty crashes central bank retreat in Portugal
SINTRA, Portugal — When Europe’s most powerful technocrats gathered this week at a secluded mountain resort near Lisbon to discuss their deepest concerns, you'd have expected them to focus on the election in nearby France. But instead their gaze was fixed...
2 months ago
Labour’s top policy priorities
LONDON — Keir Starmer has arrived in Downing Street with his new Cabinet. So what are their first priorities?Big-ticket items include decarbonizing the electricity grid by 2030, building 1.5 million homes over five years, hitting long-missed health servic...
2 months ago
Keir Starmer’s worst nightmare? Becoming Margaret Thatcher
LONDON — When Keir Starmer wanted to woo Conservative voters, he knew just who to talk about.Penning a column in the Daily Telegraph, a favorite for Tory supporters, the center-left Labour leader heaped praise on Conservative titan Margaret Thatcher.The l...
2 months ago
Sauna festivals and dance marathons: Estonia knows how to spend EU money
Estonia will allocate part of the EU money received through the Just Transition Fund to finance activities such as a sauna festival, an axe-throwing center and a dance marathon.The Just Transition Fund, one of the European Union’s key tools to support reg...
2 months ago
Alan Taylor appointed to BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee, succeeding Jonathan Haskel
The U.K. government has appointed Alan Taylor to succeed Jonathan Haskel as an external member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee.Wakefield-born Taylor is currently Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University in Ne...
2 months ago
Macron wishes Serbia was more eager to join the EU
French President Emmanuel Macron said he regrets the lack of enthusiasm in Serbia for accession to the EU ahead of his visit to the country Thursday.In a letter published Thursday in Serbian media, Macron said that despite Serbia’s closeness to the EU, th...
1 month ago
Europe is betting everything on getting richer
BRUSSELS ― It looks a lot like a continental midlife crisis.Politicians are searching for answers and they're finding a Europe that is grayer, less dynamic and less innovative than ever before. They're betting everything on turning the economy around, eve...
3 weeks ago
Ed Miliband is Britain’s minister for good vibes
LIVERPOOL, England — Never mind the fiscal blackhole, here’s Ed Miliband.A rainy Labour Party conference in Liverpool was haunted this week by the specter of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ imminent, cost-cutting Budget. It was overshadowed by a row over top go...
3 weeks ago