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Divisions in European Parliament stall progress on digital euro
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Union’s plan to introduce a digital form of cash cannot move forward unless the European...
OECD chief urges EU to heed Draghi as tariffs test Europe’s economic model
DUBAI (Realist English). European leaders should “listen very carefully” to the recommendations of former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi...
India and EU seal ‘landmark’ free trade agreement amid global trade tensions
NEW DELHI (Realist English). India and the European Union have concluded what officials described as a “landmark” free trade agreement,...
Russia remains EU’s fourth-largest gas supplier despite diversification push
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Russia remained the European Union’s fourth-largest supplier of natural gas in 2025, exporting almost 38bn cubic metres...
European stocks open lower as defense sector rallies on U.S. policy signals
LONDON (Realist English). European equity markets opened in negative territory on Thursday, with the pan-European Stoxx 600 slipping about 0.3%...
Europe’s corruption problem extends beyond the East–West divide, researchers warn
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Corruption in Europe is often portrayed as a problem concentrated in Eastern member states, while Western Europe...
EU squeezed between US and China as trade pressures intensify in 2025
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Union has come under mounting pressure in 2025 from both the United States and China,...
EU prepares €1.2tn upgrade of electricity grids, identifies eight priority projects to speed up renewables rollout
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Commission has selected eight flagship projects under its forthcoming “Grids Package,” a sweeping plan aimed...
EU’s Kallas downplays harsh US security report, urges unity with Washington
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has called for maintaining transatlantic unity after the Trump administration’s...
Taiwan fears US weapons use in Iran could aid China
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
Strait of Hormuz disruption sends shockwaves through global trade
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
Iran war puts Vice President JD Vance in difficult political position
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The ongoing war with Iran has placed US Vice President JD Vance in a politically sensitive position,...
Hormuz crisis reshapes global tanker market as shipping routes collapse
LONDON (Realist English). The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the escalation of the Iran war has triggered...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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