Politics

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is this week meeting his counterparts from Turkey and Russia, as his intense diplomatic activity continues. Serbian’s president  is continuing his diplomatic offensive and meetings with world officials with a new round of...

The fate of the Iran nuclear deal remained in the balance on Sunday, as the British foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, travelled to Washington for a series of meetings with the Trump administration in an attempt to keep the...

The EU plans to defy Tory Brexiters and retain its offices in London – the former Conservative central office at 32 Smith Square – as an outpost from which to communicate with British citizens after Brexit, leaked...

The UK will use a series of international summits this year to call for a comprehensive strategy to combat Russian disinformation and urge a rethink over traditional diplomatic dialogue with Moscow, following the Kremlin’s aggressive campaign...

On April 17, the European Commission released its lengthy and detailed report on Kosovo for 2018. As a former international judge with the European Union Rule of Law Mission, EULEX, from 2011-13, I was particularly interested...

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday said that he had refused to approve a set of justice bills that he said violate the rule of law and go against European standards. Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis said...

A London-based British Council employee has been arrested during a family visit to Iran, as the authorities in the country step up targeting people with ties to UK institutions. Aras Amiri, a 32-year-old Iranian national, was visiting...

When militant Christian campaigner Jim Dowson was banned from Hungary in April 2017 for posing a “danger to national security”, he was able to protest his innocence – and even appeal for funds for his legal defence –...

After the historic summit of the two Korean heads of state, South Korea’s nationalists are mobilizing to oppose closer ties. But, the majority of the population remains optimistic. Alexander Freund reports from Seoul. There are only...

Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj tells El Pais that Kosovo will never recognise the independence of Catalonia – once again insisting that the cases of Kosovo and Catalonia have nothing in common. The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush...