Academics welcome ‘change of tone’ on Serbia but fear sanctions

A damming European Parliament resolution on the state of democracy in Serbia has strongly condemned the government for curtailing academic freedom in the country. It calls on the authorities to “immediately restore financing to universities” and...

Janet Yang, Hollywood Production Pros Gather in Tokyo to Discuss Growing Appeal of Working in Japan

A few days before the Tokyo International Film Festival brought the global entertainment industry together in Japan last week, a group of Hollywood and local production veterans gathered in a skyscraper above Tokyo’s neon-lit Shibuya district to...

Top 2025 Europe Christmas Markets According To Experts (And A Quiz To Find Your Perfect Match)

Posted on Last updated: November 5, 2025 Share The Article As the weather cools, travelers everywhere start dreaming of one of the most magical trips on earth: a European Christmas market. It’s a scene we all know and love—twinkling fairy lights,...

Treaty protecting women triggers political row in Latvia

The Latvian president has ordered the national parliament to reconsider a bill that would withdraw the country from a European treaty opposing violence against women, after protests in the capital. The Baltic state is flirting with becoming the...

Arms control experts weigh in on Trump’s order to resume nuclear testing

CIA DIRECTOR ‘TRUMP IS RIGHT’: President Donald Trump prompted a lot of head scratching in the arms control community with his assertion on the CBS program 60 Minutes that both Russia and China were conducting underground tests of nuclear weapons...

Champions League back today: Schedule, odds, how to watch games

Matchday 4 of the league stage of the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League competition continues on Wednesday, Nov. 5 with nine games. The most intriguing matchup might be taking place in Manchester, England, where Man City hosts German Bundesliga...

Malay vote fragmented because of Dr M

From Terence Netto Dr Mahathir Mohamad likes to claim the Malay vote fragmented only after he retired in his first run (1981 to 2003) as prime minister. That is like saying the Soviet bloc in Eastern Europe fragmented only after the Berlin Wall...

Europe: For a different economic policy in response to the far right and Trump's offensive

Antoine Larrache: Could you provide an overview of the European Union’s economic situation in comparison to the global market? Éric Toussaint: The countries of the European Union, including the United Kingdom, are currently facing significant...

Radicalisation on right and left while centre crumbles in Britain

1. Creeping fascism ratchets up a gear The forms of creeping fascism are: - the continued rise of Farage’s racist Reform UK - this overlaps, including in membership, with a Tommy Robison/fascist led street mobilisations - a disintegrating Tory...

The best Christmas markets taking place around the world in 2025

(CNN) — There’s nothing quite like a festive market to bring out the Christmas spirit in people. While these events can be traced back to Vienna — the Austrian city’s first recorded December market was in 1298 — the tradition has spread across the...

Frozen Eurointegration, thawed stagnation: how Ukraine’s justice system has changed over the past year

Yesterday, the European Commission presented its latest annual assessment of Ukraine’s progress – the so-called "Enlargement Package" report on the EU-related reforms of candidate countries. Despite the overall restrained criticism (the text...

Studying abroad in occupied territory

Medical universities in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine’s Donbas region have begun admitting foreign students. Despite their proximity to the front line and the fact that they’re on internationally recognized Ukrainian territory, these...

‘All you damn MAGA freaks, you will follow Kirk to hell!’ – German Antifa claims responsibility for arson attack against AfD politician’s family vehicle

Antifa has claimed responsibility on the far-left platform IndyMedia for an arson attack that destroyed the car of AfD member of parliament Bernd Baumann in Hamburg, along with his wife’s vehicle and two others. The politician’s car was...

A celebration of beauty and grace

Midlands residents are being invited to put their best hoof forward for the beautiful South African Lipizzaners by supporting a special fundraiser at Shafton Grange from 10.30am on November 8. Built in 1852, Shafton Grange, on the D406 in the...

Space Station enters year 26 of orbit with humans aboard

Astronaut Scott Kelly looks out the Space Station’s cupola in 2016. (NASA/AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. It’s an unprecedented space streak: 25 years of people living off-planet without even a moment’s pause. The International Space Station marked a...

How MAGA trumped neoliberalism

When discussing Trump and interpreting what he might, or does, represent, we run into two problems. The first is that Trump’s recombination of ideas is not conventional and cannot be easily put into one ideologically recognisable box. Trump’s own...

Europe-Russia: balance of power review

6) The Europe/Russia confrontation rests on a profound asymmetry in the perception of threats and strategic intentions. Europe’s posture is essentially defensive and deterrent, based on respect for international law. While Russia presents itself...

Brussels dreams of Norway saving Ukraine

CLIMATE DEAL: EU environment ministers reached a tentative agreement early on Wednesday on a watered-down 2040 target, endorsing a 90% emissions cut from 1990 levels after 18 hours of talks. The compromise, which adds flexibilities sought by...

Czech foreign minister says sanctions threat off the table as EU mellows on Israel

There is no chance that the European Union will impose sanctions on Israel over the conflict in Gaza, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky told The Times of Israel recently, putting the kibosh on threatened penalties meant to pressure Jerusalem...

French filmmaker Olivier Assayas’ <em>Suspended Time</em>: Did “time stand still” during the height of the pandemic?

Suspended Time (Hors du temps) is a 2024 film by veteran French writer-director Olivier Assayas, now available for streaming. It takes place during the height of the COVID lockdown in 2020. Two brothers and their girlfriends are confined to the...