Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region of Azerbaijan mainly inhabited by Armenians and backed by Yerevan, has been the scene of deadly clashes for the past week. Here is a timeline: ‘Counter-offensive’ Armenia and Azerbaijan, two former Soviet republics in the Caucasus, have accused each other of
For Roger Morton and his wife living in France — and many other UK expats across the European Union — Brexit is causing the closure of their British banking services. Morton, a 78-year-old retired photographer, laments a letter from Barclaycard, informing him that their credit
After months of negotiations, the European Union was able to show a united front on Friday in imposing sanctions against several Belarusian authorities, with the US later following suit. Cyprus had vetoed passing the sanctions Until late Thursday, Cyprus had vetoed passing the sanctions unless
Greece looks for EU support this week in tough upcoming talks with Turkey after securing a diplomatic boost from the visiting US secretary of state. An ongoing crisis over maritime borders and energy exploration is to be discussed at an EU leaders’ summit Thursday and
Britain! After years trekking through countless countries, weeks in a filthy camp on the French coast, seven gruelling hours on a small boat tossed about by the Channel, Walid has finally made it. He’s managed to cross the so-called death route. His friend Falah, though,
Greece’s government has cautiously welcomed a plan from Brussels to reform the EU’s shaky asylum system, but charity groups working with refugees on the ground have blasted a continued “outrageous containment policy”. The “New Pact on Migration and Asylum” unveiled on September 23 calls for
More than one million people have died from coronavirus, according to an AFP toll, marking a grim milestone in the spread of the disease that has ravaged the world economy, inflamed diplomatic tensions and upended lives from Indian slums to New York City. In the
The first Western country to be struck by the devastating coronavirus pandemic, Italy is today an outlier in Europe with limited new cases compared with neighbours. The question is why — and will it last. While France reported a record 16,096 new Covid-19 infections on
European businesses are concerned about the lack of progress in the ongoing negotiations between Britain and the European Union and warned of a no-deal Brexit. Business Europe is concerned “We are sleepwalking into a precipice,” Markus Bayrer, director general of the employers’ association Business Europe,
The novel coronavirus pandemic, soon to pass the milestone of one million deaths, has a higher toll compared with other modern viruses although its ravages to date are far less than the Spanish flu a century ago. As the pandemic continues, the death toll from