Dev Biswal, the owner-chef The Cook’s Tale (formerly The Ambrette), the renowned modern Anglo-Indian restaurant in Canterbury, has opened Café Marrakech in the city. The new restaurant is a curated mixture of Moroccan elegance, authentic flavours, and traditional hospitality. with slow-cooked tagines, charcoal-grilled meats, hand-rolled couscous, vibrant salads, flaky pastries, freshly baked khobz, and sweet delights like semolina basbousa. Each dish is prepared with…
Photo by Nikola Rakic on Unsplash MEPs and others have paid tribute to the dead in the Serbian rail station tragedy one year ago. On 1 November 2024, the canopy of Novi Sad’s railway station collapsed, killing 16 people, and sparking a year of peaceful protests across Serbia. Speaking to mark the sad landmark, Vula Tsetsi, Co-Chair…
Photo by Andrew Lvov on Unsplash The new EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) has entered into force. As of 29 October, the EU and Ukraine will benefit from an enhanced, stable, fair and permanent trade framework. The EU also says the upgraded DCFTA delivers additional, mutually beneficial trade liberalisation, while taking fully into account…
Photo by Bao Menglong on Unsplash It’s been compared to a cultural playlist on shuffle for a capital city that never hits pause. So, if you are craving a bit of light this November you might like to follow the lights of 13 cafe-theatres during Bruxelles en Scènes, which bring laughter, jazz, song and conviviality back…
Photo by Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash Smoking remains one of the major public health hazards of our time, with 8 million people dying from it every year and multiple economical and social implications. For several decades, governments worldwide have tried to tackle this issue with taxation, advertising and public space restrictions and cessation programs. Yet,…
Photo by Christopher Burns on Unsplash Recently, the Kremlin has again tried to create the illusion of success on the battlefield. Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that Ukrainian forces had been encircled in the eastern city of Pokrovsk, a statement immediately refuted by Kyiv. According to Ukraine’s Joint Forces Command, there is no encirclement, and…
Photo by mostafa meraji on Unsplash The past week saw General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), commenting from Atbara on the prospects for peace in Sudan. He once again appeared to reject international initiatives for peace, the latest refusal in a two-year long saga of him rebuffing peace attempts, seemingly…
Photo by Ilyas Dautov on Unsplash Europe today is rethinking its economic security and long-term resilience. Questions of energy autonomy, supply chain diversification, and connectivity have risen to the top of the agenda, accelerated by geopolitical fragmentation and the global green transition. At the same time, Central Asia has emerged as a region of growing…
David McAllister has called on all sides in the bitter conflict in Sudan to do more for peace in the embattled country. Centre-right deputy David McAllister, who is Chairman of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, said, “The situation in Sudan remains catastrophic. After more than two years of conflict, thousands of people have lost…
Photo by Gaël Gaborel – OrbisTerrae on Unsplash In Moscow this October, a seemingly apolitical gathering provided a clear insight into Russia’s evolving state ideology. The 17th Congress of the Russian Geographical Society, held at the Kremlin Palace, was not just about science or exploration. It was, in effect, a display of how Vladimir Putin’s…
