Photo by Guillaume Bleyer on Unsplash The annual launch of the UK’s Royal British Legion poppy appeal has been marked with a moving tribute to the war dead. It comes just ahead of Remembrance Day in November in honour of Britain’s military veterans. The 2025 poppy appeal organisers seek to help over thousands of people…
Photo images Credit: © L.S/ Belta AFP & Z.T/Netgazeti MEPs have welcomed the decision by European Parliament group leaders to award the 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to journalists Andrzej Poczobut and Mzia Amaglobeli. Named after the Soviet dissident Andrej Sakharov it is the EU’s highest distinction in the field of human rights. Every…
Photo by Sam Carden on Unsplash An extra two billion people could be fed every year and land around the size of Mexico would be freed up to grow food for people if we ended the feeding of grain to factory farmed animals, according to a new report by Compassion in World Farming. Coming soon…
Photo by Ryan Faulkner on Unsplash The EU and Volodymyr Zelensky have joined forces in a fresh attempt to being peace to war-torn Ukraine. Ahead of a key summit on Ukraine this week, they issued a strongly worded statement. It reads, “We are all united in our desire for a just and lasting peace, deserved by…
Photo by Noelia Vega on Unsplash The southern Portuguese city of Baixo Alentejo has been recognised as the European Wine City for 2026. The announcement, made at an event in Brussels on Wednesday, recognises its wine growing heritage stretching back many years. Awarded by RECEVIN, the title celebrates regions that combine excellence in winemaking with…
Photo by Jason Mavrommatis on Unsplash Some MEPs have called for an absolute end of energy dependency on Russia. This, they add, should start with a partial ban from 1 January and leading to a total ban on gas and oil imports from 1 January 2027. The vast majority of members of the lead committees…
Photo by Harold Mendoza on Unsplash Nearly a year into Donald Trump’s presidency, the United States is adopting a noticeably different approach to the war in Ukraine, combining economic leverage, military aid, and strategic diplomacy to hasten the collapse of Russia’s capacity to sustain its aggression. Trump’s faith in the effectiveness of tariffs, a key…
Photo by Marek Studzinski on Unsplash As Ukraine enters the fourth year of defending itself against Russia’s full-scale invasion, more than 1,400 German companies still operate in the aggressor state, a situation that raises uncomfortable questions about Europe’s moral and strategic coherence. A recent investigation by Bild Zeitung (12 October) revealed that German companies such…
Photo by Diane Picchiottino on Unsplash A new report warns of the disastrous implications for the marine environment, animal welfare, and food security of octopus farming and the expansion of carnivorous aquaculture. It claims the world’s first octopus farm proposed by Spanish company Nueva Pescanova, could require up to 28,000 tonnes of wild-caught fish in…
Photo by ali khodaverdi on Unsplash The leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan faces what Africa Intelligence calls a “politically toxic” situation, as he relies upon the 20,000 fighters of Islamist militia the Al-Baraa Ibn Malik Brigade to deliver territories such as Khartoum. Yet to try and win even a morsel…
